The constantly energetic Elvis Costello will be expanding his respectable catalog next week with yet another album, titled “The Secret, The Profane, and the Sugarcane.” Recently he paid a visit to Newsweek’s Pop Vox music session, where he played his latest single “Sulphur to Sugarcane,” a moving southern anthem. That’s not all though, besides playing his song, Elvis also discussed a bit about contemporary country music, Stevie Wonder and, inevitably, digital music. Being a ferm…
OK, this is one weird ass music video, but weird has always kinda been a good word to characterize Royksopp’s work, be it visual or musical. Basically, it’s all about a hilarious soap opera between the talented Swede Robyn and a red tin headed robot. Robyn is left alone in her bead, watching MTV (Ouch!) and texting her robot lover, whose quite busy doing gardening and stuff. The video ends on a sad note, as…
Renée, Naemi and Elin, the three wonderful girls that make up the Swede power-pop trio Liechtenstein, just recently played their first show in the states, where (from what my sources tell me :D ) they simply brought the roof down. The band is still very obscure, but trust me, they’ll get very big in the coming months for sure (as big as you can get as an indie outfit). They’re debut album, Survival Strategies in…
If you’ve been living in a cave for the last few weeks then the highly hyped Blink 182 reunion might come as a surprise. We really don’t have much time to explain what went on, so just follow the previous link if you want more details. What’s important though is that, what’s possibly, the most influential punk rock band of the last 15 years, Blink 182, will soon head out on a massssssive summer tour,…
I’m really big fan of social media, using it every day. I love blogs, twitter, facebook, digg and all that jazz. I love how anyone ca raise an issue for the world to see and actually get some visibility across. Power to people, ha! That’s why I’m really enthusiastic by the Monolith Festival officials’ recent decision of announcing their lineup first on twitter and facebook, instead of doing it on their website. That’s a wise…
We praised a lot Annie Clark’s new album, “Actor,” in these past weeks, but who can honestly say she doesn’t deserve the hype ? Today, we’ve got a new Annie Clark track for your ear’s delight, the melancholic B-Side on the LP “Bicycle.” From the first verse you can tell it’s a deeply Annie-centered song of ravishing fines. Actor is out now, and you can order it from Amazon or iTunes. [many thanks to The…
A myriad of intersting new music this week, folks. My personal favorite release is “Romanian Names,” the latest release from behalf of what’s possibly one of the most under rated contemporary singer/songwriters, John Vanderslice. Check out our download/stream of John’s Fetal Horses in a previous post, for a bit of sampling. Yes, genious . Can’t help noticing there are a lot of R & B and hip-hop centered albums this week, most probably having to…
Just recently Mastodon were invited to play a tune on David Letterman’s Late Show in the usual post-show format. The experience, apparently, left Dave a bit ‘frighten,’ but I’m pretty convinced he’s now gone past it and erased the show out of his memory altogether. Can’t be hard at all, considering Mastodon’s performance was completely pale and unmemorable. All their shows seem this way lately. What’s happening to you, guys? The album itself, Crack The…
Those of you kind readers who’ve been following my writing for the last couple of weeks may have noticed that I’m a big fan of Natasha Khan’s latest LP, “Two Suns.” It’s eery, up-lifting and filled with hope. I always feel more motivated and ready to face the world after I give it a spin, from the first to the last track. The bonus songs on the album aren’t too shaky at all, too.If you…
The latest remix from The Golden Filer of Empire of The Sun’s “We Are The People” is proof yet again of the duo’s remarkable mixing skills, as they’ve managed to turn the original 180 degrees, providing us with a stunning electro anthem. Contemporary percussion mixed in with old school ’80s drum beats and some awesome synths scrapped off Golden Filter’s latest single “Solid Gold,” make it quite a listen. Check it out bellow. [display_podcast]
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