Actually, the title should read Billy Corgan is releasing a new album, since everybody more or less knows the Smashing Pumpkins, at least the band you and me fell in love with, is long dead. I’ve been known to diss Corgan on more than a few occasions, whenever he was kind enough to give me the occasion, that is, but today however he gave me reasons to set him in good eyes for a change….
This is getting preposterous. A few days after we talk about the first confirmed track off the soundtrack for the upcoming Twilight movie, “New Moon,” by Death Cab for Cutie, I’m left to find out that one of the most consistent bands of the year, Grizzly Bear, has been also confirmed as part of the musical score. So far, the New Moon soundtrack features music by artists of the likes of Death Cab for Cutie,…
The new Muse album, “Resistance,” is out this week, and consequently expect to see the band all over TV and on tour (hopefully!). They’re latest appearance was on Jools Holland’s Later, where they played, accompanied by an orchestra, two feature tracks off the new record, “Uprising” and “United States of Eurasia.” Great show! Muse – Uprising Muse – United States of Eurasia
It’s my great pleasure to introduce today one of my favorite bands to rise up out of the merciless shroud of mediocrity this summer, the incredible lo-fi duo Girls, the band. Lately, it seems like I’ve been starting to develop a soft spot for West Coast surf jams, but truth be it, what’s there not to love? And, boy, how well does Girls know how to pump out incredibly simple lo-fi anthems. It sure does…
Shiver my timbers, me Lass, if it isn’t another Pavement reunion, argghh*. This time, however, it seems it’s all legit, and the band will indeed get back together, according to still unreleased trusted sources (like we haven’t heard that before, but we’re still entitled to hope, right?), for a stint of shows in 2010. In about 370 days or so, Pavement will hold a benefit show at Central Park SummerStage on September 21, 2010. Moreover,…
It’s been an incredible year for the French quartet Phoenix, having released the amazing “Wolfgang Amadeus Phoenix”, that’s sure to get feature in most people’s year end best of lists, and toured much of Europe and North America almost relentlessly. Last night, the band paid Conan a visit when they were invited to play their hit single “1901” at the end of the Tonight Show. The performance was, as expected, flawless, but a bit boring…
For some reason or the other, I’ve always found Death Cab for Cutie’s mellow music suitable for soundtracking a vampire love story Hollywood flick. Actually, the association never came to mind but now that I’ve happened to listen to the band’s latest single, especially released for the upcoming New Moon soundtrack, the music seems remarkably suitable. The song, suggestively titled “Meet Me On The Equinox,” hits you from the start with the sense of an…
I just stumbled across this incredibly magical video a few minutes ago over the web and I just can’t stop watching it over and over and over again! Ok, I’ve left you a bit in the mist, and I apologize for it. To be more explicit, I’m talking abut the music video for “Thurso” by Glasgow indie band Over The Wall. The song itself, although very soothing and melodic, is far from being anything mind…
This is extremely funny as hell… in the first second, that is. After that it’s just ahhhhh, another lol cat, I mean lol dog or whatever. Considering the above captioned canine levitating through a living room will be the cover art for Weezer’s upcoming seventh album, titled “Raditude,” makes the down spiral slump the band’s been on for the last few album even more embarrassing. This album should better deliver something valuable and quick before…
Hate it or love it, the new Muse album, with its new bigger than life sound, is out this week, much to my personal delight. A lot of good, and bad things alike, have been said about “The Resistance,” but the truth lies somewhere in between I guess. It’s just a matter of taste and … well, respect. It’s the band’s decision to evolve to higher grounds, even if they’re just trying. I, for one,…
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