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February 4, 2012 - Ryan should come hang out in my kitchen. Photo by David Black. Ryan Adams is hanging out here in Denver this weekend, snowed in and tweeting his adventures as we collectively pass the time until his postponed show – Saturday, instead of tonight. I'm not good at waiting, so I've decided to compose a fierce rejoinder to my friend John Hendrickson's...
February 3, 2012 - In honor of Don Cornelius, people are planning a double soul train in Times Square at 4pm today (Saturday, 2/4). Details at Facebook. Similar festivities went down in Chicago where Don Cornelius was from. Continue reading "Soul Train Line Flash Mob happening in Times Square today" at brooklynvegan...
February 3, 2012 - The Plimsouls captured live in their prime.
February 3, 2012 - I've been trying to come up with a good way to describe Racoon Bandit's full-length debut, Into The Hills, for months now. It hasn't been easy -- while I've certainly heard acts that are a little more difficult to categorize, I don't think I've heard a band with so many diverse sounds describe themselves as a "folk-rock outfit". It's kind of perver...
February 3, 2012 - Old style country artist, Moot Davis, returns with his third album, Man About Town.
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February 3, 2012 - The C90s are Jamie Paterson and Danny Ashenden from London who make disco beats with an emphasis on hand claps, piano keys and bass guitar, all of which is slightly reminiscent of Fred Falke. The guys have been having a pretty good year so far, with already several stellar remixes to their name. Their latest release is a February mixtape that keeps...
February 3, 2012 - The Kinks: Chapter 2. The Kinks' second album was only released in the United States.
February 3, 2012 - With Deer Park Avenue, the Snyder sister travel in good company and make very good music.
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February 3, 2012 - The Nation explains how the GOP is resegregating the South with its infuriating redistricting campaign.“The GOP’s long-term goal is to enshrine a system of racially polarized voting that will make it harder for Democrats to win races on local, state, federal and presidential levels. Four years after the election of Barack Obama, which offered t...
February 3, 2012 - It was packed from wall to wall for Wally De Backer on Thursday night at the El Rey Theatre. Known better by his stage name, Gotye provided an hour-and-a-half high for those lucky enough to get their hands on tickets to the sold-out show. Initially only a megastar on his home turf, the Australian multi-instrumentalist quickly rose to international...
February 3, 2012 - Martin de Thurah, the auteur behind a number of amazing videos like Fever Ray's “When I Grow Up” and James Blake's “Limit To Your Love” directs this ravishing, cinematic video for “The Bad In Each Me”, the best track on the Feist's Metals. The song's lyrics talk about human connection, good and bad, and de Thurah matches the words wit...
February 3, 2012 - Today, Letters In The Mail got double the love from The New York Times and NY Daily News. Thanks to you both!Related Posts:Thanks Guardian...
February 3, 2012 - Click here to view the embedded video. Pt. 1 Dustin White leads me down a hallway and Sundown introduces themselves. Click here to view the embedded video. dustin white discussess how west virginia is awesome but it could give you cancer. more after jump Click here to view the embedded video. TK Webb briefly discusses his past and Dustin White r...
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February 3, 2012 - A new transnational, Spanish-language, radio program seeks to share human stories throughout Latin America and the U.S. In the last year, Radio Ambulante has built a production network throughout the Americas and begun production on the first three episodes. To propel the project to the next stage, donations are being accepted through Kickstarter.R...
February 3, 2012 - Lambchop announced a slew of new U.S. dates for their current tour, supporting their upcoming album Mr. M, out February 21st.The new dates go through April and into May, with a date in hometown Nashville on May 12th. Kurt Wagner’s group released “Gone Tomorrow“, a seven-minute effort off the album, a week ago. With the...
February 3, 2012 - Shingletown, California—“The Gateway to Lassen”—was the scene of a karaoke tragedy last week, involving an unknown Kenny Chesney song, a father stricken with a series of strokes, and one angelically forgiving son. From MSNBC: William Oller, Sr., 70, was jailed after shooting son William Jr., 50, at a residence in Shingleto...
February 3, 2012 - This week our old friends Jack White and M.I.A. returned, and despite unseasonably pleasant weather (at least in NYC) you stuck around your laptops to welcome them with accolades and constructive criticism. We appreciate it! We also appreciate your in-jokes! Let's take a look at the week's highest and lowest rated comments and see who we appreciate...
February 3, 2012 - COMIQUES:Get Yerself OrganizedAnother fantastic Rumpus Comic from Anne Emond!Related Posts:No related posts…...
February 3, 2012 - today in NYC * Optimo @ Public Assembly * Thurston Moore @ Maxwell's * Soul Rebels Brass Band @ Brooklyn Bowl * The Yardbirds, Vanilla Fudge @ Irving Plaza * Luke Moldof + Reuben Son, Hell Hoarse @ The Stone * Class Actress, Pictureplane, Beige @ 285 Kent Ave * Bjork's Biophilia Live @ New York Hall Of Science * Super Diamond, Booga Sugar @ Highlin...
February 3, 2012 - In November, long-standing Irish folk legends the Chieftains announced that they were recording with Bon Iver, the Decemberists, Pistol Annies and more for their new LP, Voice Of Ages. Last month, we heard Bon Iver's collaboration with the group, “Down In The Willow Garden,” and now the Decemberists' contribution has surfaced at Rolling Stone,...
February 3, 2012 - I first came across Sharon Van Etten when she popped up on Megafaun's take away show. Being a Megafaun fanatic, my interest was immediately piqued. Combine that with one of our favorite sites, Muzzle of Bees, showing her a steady stream of love; I knew I had to be missing something. So I got my hands on Epic and became enamored. As I spun Epic coun...
February 3, 2012 - It’s no secret that Neon Indian love paying tribute to ’80s pop, especially with Era Extraña (2011: #42) cut “Fallout”. Mix a John Hughes film with Drive and this is what you get; the neon pink coloring and suave nonchalance is nostalgic enough. The busty driver of the pink convertible just missed the Drive casting call...
February 3, 2012 - Looks like a bluff may soon be called? Rolling Stone points to this Facebook message from the three ‘remaining’ members of Sabbath… We were saddened to hear yesterday via Facebook that Bill declined publicly to participate in our current Black Sabbath plans…we have no choice but to continue recording without him although o...
February 3, 2012 - Zola Jesus at CMJ 2011 (more by Dominick Mastrangelo) Zola Jesus (aka Nika Roza Danilova), who is one of the many artists playing the just-announced Sasquatch! Music Festival, kicked off her tour this week and hits Austin tonight (2/3). That tour comes to NYC on February 18 at Webster Hall with Liturgy and Talk Normal. Tickets are still on sale.
February 3, 2012 - “You have to want it, and I didn’t want it. When I was paid a million dollars… Artists need to be dead. A dead rockstar, a dead artist, makes far, far, far more money… I wanted to want, but I didn’t want it…” (via Motherboard) Read and comment. From thedailyswarm.com.
February 3, 2012 - To celebrate Leonard Cohen's new record Old Ideas, our Album Of The Week, Columbia is putting together a series of tribute videos featuring contemporary artists covering their favorite Cohen songs. We've seen Cults' take on “Everybody Knows,” Greg Dulli perform “Paper Thin Hotel,” and now we have Bradford Cox doing Cohen's “Seems So Long...
February 3, 2012 - by Andrew Sacher Hot Water Music Chuck Ragan (of Hot Water Music) is taking The Revival Tour 2012 across the US and Canada this March and April. Like past Revival Tours, the shows feature a number of singers (usually of the punk scene) and their acoustic instruments collaborating on stage in a traditional folk music fashion. This year's tour hit...
February 3, 2012 - Gary Busey, Buddy Holly, karaoke. From The Current: As part of an ongoing rock ‘n’ roll film series at South Minneapolis’s Parkway Theater, organizer Rob Chapman will be screening the 1978 biopic The Buddy Holly Story—and the event will be feature an appearance and performance by none other than Gary Busey, who portrayed H...
February 3, 2012 - Miike Snow at Terminal 5 in 2010 (more by Brook Bobbins) As mentioned, Miike Snow are releasing Happy to You and heading out on a tour in support of it which hits NYC on April 24 and 25 at Terminal 5. Both of those shows are sold out, but they've just announced a third show at the venue happening on April 26. Tickets for that show go on sale Frid...
February 3, 2012 - On the 2009 season of American Idol, in which he finished second place, Adam Lambert proved himself to be really good at wailing high notes, whether or not the songs he was singing actually required those high notes. And now he tells the British press that he's about to stand in for one of rock's all-time great high-wailiers: Freddie Mercury. Accor...
February 3, 2012 - Air have been making electro ambient music that’s as simple and necessary as their name since their formation in a suburb of Paris in 1995, and now they’re gearing up to release their seventh album (and their first since 2009’s Love 2), Le Voyage Dans La Lune, due out February 7.Continue reading: Album Stream: Air – Le Voyage Dans La LuneRe...
February 3, 2012 - So far, we've heard a pair of really nice-sounding tracks from Frankie Rose's upcoming Interstellar — “Know Me” and “Night Swim” — and now she's made the starry title track available. It's probably the best thing we've heard from the release so far. Hit the stream below. Read More...
February 3, 2012 - No? Why not?We’d like to know the last book you loved and why. Send us a writeup of the last book you truly loved — a little bit book review and a lot about why you loved it — along with a short bio. We’ll publish our favorites in The Rumpus blog. No length requirements, but please refrain from reviewing books written by people you know.Ema...
February 3, 2012 - We are shamelessly in love with M.I.A.'s new single, “Bad Girls.” It's better than anything on /\/\/\Y/\ and gives some of Kala's highlights a run for their money. Now we have a video of insane car stunts to jam to. The clip comes from by “Born Free” director Romain Gavras.Continue reading: Video: M.I.A. – “Bad Girls”Read more article...
February 3, 2012 - Pop's reigning matriarch, Madonna, has just premiered “Give Me All Your Luvin',” the M.I.A. and Nicki Minaj-wasting first single from her forthcoming 12th studio album, MDNA.Continue reading: Madonna – “Give Me All Your Luvin'” f/ M.I.A. & Nicki MinajRead more articles like "Madonna – “Give Me All Your Luvin'” f/ M.I.A. & Nicki Mina...
February 3, 2012 - Drake has just released this nice homemade clip for the Weeknd-penned “Practice,” from last November's excellent Take Care album. Don't watch it in front of your boss, or mother.Continue reading: Video: Drake – “Practice”Read more articles like "Video: Drake – “Practice”" on PMA | Pretty Much Amazing. Tags: Drake...
February 3, 2012 - Every week we bring you Friday on My Mind, a collaborative effort with King 5 News which explores musical subjects with focus on three artists or bands. February 3rd is the anniversary of what people refer to as “The Day the Music Died” when Buddy Holly, The Big Bopper, and Ritchie lost their lives in a plane crash. Today for the Friday on My M...
February 3, 2012 - We weren't that sweet on The Big Pink's second LP, Future This, but that doesn't mean our ears didn't perk up when we heard the band decided to give away one of the album's slyest and poppiest numbers, “Give It Up,” for free. It's a fun Friday listen and, it's f*cking free. Claim your MP3 below:Continue reading: MP3: The Big Pink – “Give It...
February 3, 2012 - A quick pop quiz for the upwardly mobile couch potato: what theme unites virtually all our marquee cable television shows?If you guessed picturesque violence as a means of psychological liberation you are technically correct. But I have in mind something even more fundamental. Strip away the circumstantial differences and The Sopranos, The Wire, Br...
February 3, 2012 - "Holiday" kickstarted Madonna's career in 1983. The writers discuss the song's creation and working with the Queen of Pop.
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February 3, 2012 - Long live the throwback, from the eighties to the sixties to the fifties and beyond. When done well and with a modern creativity scheme, venturing into the past proves to be a great source of inspiration for our minds as well as our feet. The five shows that follow invoke these properties, with head-bopping, hip-swaying results. If in need of a vac...
February 3, 2012 - Sam Sparro serves up some stirring disco-soul on "The Shallow Ground," the very first track unveiled from his much-anticipated new album, "Return To Paradise." The song was produced by Jesse Rogg and Greg Kurstin, and is "about life in Los Angeles," Sparro writes on his web site. Set to a mighty infectious "woo-hoo," a bouncy bass, lots of cowbell...
February 3, 2012 - Air got famous in the late '90s by making sexed-up retro-futuristic bachelor-pad music that sounded like the most French thing ever created. But their new LP, Le Voyage Dans La Lune, is a bit of a departure. It started out as a new score for a restored version of the classic silent film of the same title, and it's more of an organ-laden psych-rock...
February 3, 2012 - by BBG We were saddened to hear yesterday via Facebook that Bill declined publicly to participate in our current Black Sabbath plans...we have no choice but to continue recording without him although our door is always open... We are still in the UK with Tony. Writing and recording the new album and on a roll... See you at Download!!! - Tony, Ozz...
February 3, 2012 - England's the Big Pink are masters of the soaring electro-rock anthem and “Give It Up,” a cut from their new LP Future This is no exception. 4AD recently made the track available for free download, which you can find below. Read More...
February 3, 2012 - Jonah Bromwich slightly prefers Ashley Banks. What made “212″ great? It’s actually pretty easy to explain. 1. It came from a person that no one had ever heard of. 2. It was well-rapped, (incredibly well-rapped, actually) by a person that no one had ever of. 3. It was raunchy as hell, while being well-rapped, by a person that no one had ever...
February 3, 2012 - Jonah with Far in 2009 (more by Chloe Rice) Onelinedrawing, the moniker that Jonah Matranga used to record solo material under before reverting back to his own name, will make a return (unless maybe too many people object). As previously mentioned, Jonah recently scheduled a tour that hits the NYC-area on March 7 at Maxwell's (tickets) and Mar...
February 3, 2012 - Well, BeatCrave readers, the votes have been cast, the count is in, and the BeatCrave Fav Artist of January is The Kickback! Congrats! And thanks to all of those who participated and voted for your fav band! If you haven’t had a chance to dig into The Kickback yet, check out their BeatCrave Fav feature from January. You’ll learn more abou...
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February 3, 2012 - This is about as indie as it gets, right? Billboard.biz: For nearly 50 years, Time Inc.‘s Sports Illustrated Swimsuit Issue has been the ultimate showcase for the hottest models (and, technically, swimwear) in fashion. But for the first time ever, the No. 1 sports magazine’s biggest annual issue will double as a showcase for hot new i...
February 3, 2012 - VEVO premieres the new Miike Snow video for Happy To You‘s official first single “Paddling Out.” Happy To You is out March 27. Watch the clip below:Continue reading: Video: Miike Snow – “Paddling Out”Read more articles like "Video: Miike Snow – “Paddling Out”" on PMA | Pretty Much Amazing. Tags: Miike Snow...
February 3, 2012 - Adult Swim produced this animated clip for Neon Indian's very great Era Extraña standout, “Fallout.” Get back into this song, folks. Watch the vid and grab an mp3 after the skip:Continue reading: Video: Neon Indian – “Fallout”Read more articles like "Video: Neon Indian – “Fallout”" on PMA | Pretty Much Amazing. Tags: Neon Indian...
February 3, 2012 - After last year's Grammys, when Arcade Fire performed dodging Mat Hoffman bike-tricks and then immediately won the Album Of The Year award, the award show has a high standard to live up to when it comes to ridiculous and implausible but kind of awesome indie-rock performances. But even though Bon Iver got nominated for a boatload of Grammys and sho...
February 3, 2012 - We wrote about Shabazz Palaces associates THEESatisfaction before; you guys dug them right? The Sub Pop duo have an album coming out on March 27th called awE NaturalE. Here is “QueenS,” the first track to come from the album.Continue reading: Check Out: THEESatisfaction – “QueenS” MP3Read more articles like "Check Out: THEESatisfaction ...
February 3, 2012 - Mr. Agreeable affably answers some questions. From the Quietus: Yeah, yeah, we f***ing get it. Artifice – good. Notion that “it isn’t authentic unless Aretha f***ing Franklin comes round to your house, in person, sings her heart out and them commits f***ing suicide on your living room carpet” – bad. We f***ing get it. Inauth...
February 3, 2012 - The big day approaches. Sugar's Coming Out Party is on Tuesday, February 14th (Valentine's Day) at The Verdi Club in San Francisco (2424 Mariposa Street), 7pm.Come out to meet Sugar live and in person as he/she reveals his/her secret identity!Music by Pocket Full of Rye and The Yellow Dress. And comedy by the amazing Janine Brito!Plus fantastic dea...
February 3, 2012 - by BBG DOWNLOAD:Noisear - "Endless Reincarnation" (MP3) Unearthly Trance at Saint Vitus (more by Greg Cristman) Unearthly Trance shows are few and far between nowadays, but the band will awaken from their live slumber to play Acheron on March 1st as part of a bill that includes The Communion, Water Torture, and Syphilitic Lust. $8 gets you...
February 3, 2012 - In the Book Notes series, authors create and discuss a music playlist that relates in some way to their recently published book. Previous contributors include Bret Easton Ellis, Kate Christensen, Kevin Brockmeier, George Pelecanos, Dana Spiotta, Amy Bloom, David Peace, Myla Goldberg, and many others. Steve Erickson's new novel These Dreams of You...
February 3, 2012 - You know that voice on the other end of the line, in the drunk-dial-gone-wrong narrative of Drake's Take Care standout “Marvin's Room?” Well, allegedly, that other voice is Drake's ex-girlfriend Ericka Lee, to whom Drake promised half the songs' proceeds (according to Lee). But that didn't happen, and now she's suing. According to Billboard: Le...
February 3, 2012 - People love Stephen Fry! And more importantly, they trust his musical taste. Daily Dot: Can a a single tweet change a stranger’s life? Perhaps if it comes from Stephen Fry. The venerable English actor, who has 3.8 million followers on Twitter, has given singer-songwriter Jon Gomm an enormous career boost after tweeting a YouTube link with the...
February 3, 2012 - Discobelle and clothing label/collective Uniforms For The Dedicated go way back and they've also been very creative in ways of combining music, visuals and fashion. The label is currently part of the Preview exhibition initiated by PUB and Aplace together with other Swedish labels Hope, Minimarket and The Local Firm where focus lies on aspects of...
February 3, 2012 - Join me at 11 a.m. today on Moheak Radio for two hours of mostly new local music. In the past week or so, the likes of Delta Spirit, Superhumanoids, Robert Francis, Whispertown, Lady Danville and the Ross Sea Party have unveiled new songs. We'll visit them, and toss in a blast from the past from a band that is playing a reunion show on Monday night...
February 3, 2012 - by BBG Cut Hands, who you may know as William Bennett of power electronics juggernaut Whitehouse, will play a select set of shows in the US in February. The tour, which mostly focus on the East Coast/Midwest, will kick off in Los Angeles on 2/14 (how romantic!) and eventually make its way to Brooklyn's Public Assembly on February 24th. The sho...
February 3, 2012 - No clue. (To avoid confusion, “ROCKIN'” is basically code for “ROCKING.”) (via @SubPop)...
February 3, 2012 - Love at the Bottom of the Sea will be Los Angeles songwriter Stephin Merrit’s eleventh record with the Magnetic Fields, so it’s appropriate that the record’s first single, “Andrew In Drag,” sticks with (as you may guess) one of Merrit’s favorite lyrical tropes – a blurring of gender lines. The track’s slightly NSFW video sticks with...
February 3, 2012 - When the Silver Lake Jubilee returns in May for a third year, the nascent neighborhood festival will come with a higher admission price and a new location. The May 26-27 street party moves one block from its previous Myra Street location to Santa Monica Boulevard, just below Sunset Junction. And general admission — $5 the Jubilee's first two year...
February 3, 2012 - Atlanta’s finest ambient punk four-piece Deerhunter have been all too quiet since the release of their fantastic fourth full-length Halcyon Digest in 2010, but they dropped a new instrumental track today on Blonde Redhead frontwoman Kazu Makino’s Japan tsunami relief compilation We Are the Works in Progress, which’ll also feature exclusive tr...
February 3, 2012 - As major labels continue to exist behind the times, artists and labels with little capital and lesser reputations are producing some of the most innovative, interesting, and inspiring music. Whether it’s creating a new niche in digital technology or looking to once obsolete formats, Agitated Atmosphere hopes to pull back the curtain on a wealth o...
February 3, 2012 - photo by Brian Cullen Denver trio Tennis emerged in the summer of 2010 with the release of “Marathon,” a heavenly 7″ single featuring a catchy, easy-going melody and the crystalline vocals of front woman Alaina Moore. Their debut full-length, Cape Dory, was released the following January and contained a similarly delightful collection of laid...
February 3, 2012 - Lana Del Rey's second crack at American late night TV wasn't too shabby. Check out the young singer perform “Video Games” below. Born To Die is out now, read our review.Continue reading: Lana Del Rey Performs “Video Games” on LettermanRead more articles like "Lana Del Rey Performs “Video Games” on Letterman" on PMA | Pretty Much Amazing...
February 3, 2012 - Emeralds with Alan Howarth at UNSOUND 2011 (more by Erez Avissar) While we await full details on Unsound NYC 2012, the festival is working to ensure funding for its "LABS" by putting up a Kickstarter. The say;In 2012, we are working to expand UNSOUND LABS, both within the context of the festival and with further related events to be presented thr...
February 3, 2012 - Red Bull Music Academy: What we need from you: Your application form A CD of your finest Two groups of 30 participants are chosen to represent a wide range of cultures, musical backgrounds, experience levels and set of skills. Every application is read and listened to by at least two people from a group of international producers, label heads,...
February 3, 2012 - Madonna keeps it light and fluffy in the video for her new single "Give Me All Your Luvin'" that perfectly matches the fun and quirky qualities of the song. The Martin Solveig-produced single is not all that new to Madonna fans as an earlier version leaked a few months ago much to Madonna's dismay. The final cut of the song is pretty much the sa...
February 3, 2012 - Read and comment. From thedailyswarm.com.
February 3, 2012 - On February 3, 1959, a plane crash near Clear Lake, Iowa, killed three American rock and roll pioneers: Buddy Holly, Ritchie Valens, and J. P. “The Big Bopper” Richardson. The plane crash has been called the first and greatest tragedy rock and roll has ever suffered.
February 3, 2012 - Sometimes music makes climbing the Monday mountain more palatable. On More Exiting Moments, Frank O'Toole played an MP3 of The Butterfield Blues Band, from a 1966 live Filmore Show. Liz Berg played a set that included Richard Papercuts, The Skunks, and Baby Tears. Irene Trudel played Curved Air next to 1971, pre-disco Bee Gees, and Colin...
February 3, 2012 - No word on whether this is a “glitch” or there’s some obscure setting we’re all missing. From Cult of Mac (via Cnet): Here are four tracks I can confirm have been “cleaned up” by iTunes Match: Kanye West’s “Hell Of A Life” from My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy Kanye West’s “Power” from My Beautiful Da...
February 3, 2012 - Happy Friday, everybody: ► Long Island quintet Twin Sister, on their first headlining tour, visits the Echo behind their 2011 debut “In Heaven.” Ava Luna and Talkdemonic support. That's Twin Sister's video for “Kimmi in a Rice Field,” above. ► This month's installment of First Fridays at the Natural History Museum brings San Francisco...
February 3, 2012 - Tickets are now on sale for the Masotodon/Opeth/Ghost show at Roseland Ballroom, and for the one in CT. Tickets are on sale at noon for the recently-added Death Cab/Youth Lagoon show (there are three total at Beacon Theater). Archers of Loaf tickets go on general sale at noon too. Same with Rob Delaney. Eddie Vedder tickets are going on sale...
February 3, 2012 - The Material Girl told Newsweek, via the New York Post, that you should totally be able to afford her shows… “Start saving your pennies now,” said Madonna. “People spend $300 on crazy things all the time, things like handbags. So work all year, scrape the money together, and come to my show. I’m worth it…”...
February 3, 2012 - Update: The Susan G. Komen Foundation has reversed its decision to stop funding Planned Parenthood.I doubt the board of the Susan G. Komen Foundation had any idea what sort of blowback they were going to get when Planned Parenthood announced that Komen had decided to stop funding some of Planned Parenthood's breast cancer work. After all, the Susan...
February 3, 2012 - Justin Vernon/Bon Iver spoke to Billboard.biz about his record’s multiple Grammy© nominations and performing (or not) at the show… “Me and Brian [Joseph] and a bunch of our fucking friends and we were given accolades for it, and all of a sudden we were being asked to play music that had nothing to do with that. We kind of said...
February 3, 2012 - Justin Townes Earle @ Prospect Park in 2011 (more by David Andrako) Speaking of artists who played Celebrate Brooklyn on June 28th, Justin Townes Earle also has a big tour coming up with a NYC show that goes on sale today. Tickets go on sale at noon for JTE @ Webster Hall on May 17 with Tristen who also opens many other dates on the tour, all of...
February 3, 2012 - Somebody sent me this video the other day under the title “she is the REAL Lana Del Rey!” Now who know what that really is supposed to mean, but at least it got me to press play. And I'm glad I did. Kendra Morris' “Concrete Waves,” is a catchy track. Although I don't know about some aspects of the song, it's different enough to catch my att...
February 3, 2012 - TRUTH SERUM:Colors (Part 3)Another fantastic Rumpus Comic from Jon Adams.Related Posts:No related posts…...
February 3, 2012 - Deadline New York reports on the backroom workings… Will Robert Zemeckis’ 1985 classic Back To The Future become the latest film to get a Broadway stage production? I’m told that Zemeckis is in early talks with his co-writer Bob Gale and the film’s composer Alan Silvestri to explore a stage transfer… Read and comment. From...
February 3, 2012 - The New York Times tells us that the ratings for American Idol continue to dwindle… In the ratings that most matter to Fox — viewers between the ages of 18 and 49 — “Idol” was down 34 percent from the Wednesday one-hour edition last year. That eclipsed the 25 percent loss it has been averaging for the previous episodes this season&#...
February 3, 2012 - Dublin-based band Funeral Suits kicked off their year of activity at Eurosonic and here we get a taste of what's ahead with a stream of their new single ‘All Those Friendly People', an anthemic sounding song produced by Stephen Street … Read More... → [[ This is a content summary only. Click links for full content, and more! ]] Scan And Fix...
February 3, 2012 - “You know, it's like they say. Necessity is the mother of invention.” Thus and so begins the story of the rise to sustainability of Washington, DC rapper SmCity. Simeon Booker is a DC native, a long toiling member of the area's densely populated underground hip hop scene. In the game for nearly a decade, his “Indie Life” movement has expand...
February 3, 2012 - Symbol Six, Piss ‘N Blood, White Flag Down, Clepto, No Victor On The Rox, Hollywood, CA Thursday, January 5, 2011 Admission $5.00 Time: 9:00 PM So, I snuck out on a Thursday night. I’m pretty much a fuddy-duddy, I’ve only done weeknight shows four or five times in my life. And I notice the older I get the harder it is to get my shit togethe...
February 3, 2012 - New York Times: Tucked away for decades in a cabinet in Thomas Edison’s laboratory, just behind the cot in which the great inventor napped, a trove of wax cylinder phonograph records has been brought back to life after more than a century of silence… Read and comment. From nytimes.com.
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February 3, 2012 - Coming across like a Beach House tune conceived in the Antipodes with the gender roles reversed, ‘Rhodesia' is a beautiful lilting song from Adelaide duo Manors, Nathaniel Morse and Caitlin Duff. It's their first single and an album is out … Read More... → [[ This is a content summary only. Click links for full content, and more! ]] Scan An...
February 3, 2012 - Punch Brothers @ Prospect Park in 2011 (more by David Andrako) The Punch Brothers will be out on the road for much of February and March and then some in April and over the summer too. Many of those dates are with Jesca Hoop including April 26 at Town Hall in NYC which goes on sale at 11am today (2/3). All tour dates are listed below.... Continue...
