Academy award winning pics and successful movies in general have almost always been followed by spoofs, either under the form of a movie, a TV show or …erhh music! Snoop Dogg’s latest track is a collaboration with Tanvi Shah, one of the featured artists on the Slum Dog Millionaire soundtrack, called “Snoop Dogg Millionaire”, an interesting hip-hop spin off. The single does well in mixing hardcore beats with oriental harmonies, as Snoop raps on about…
NYC’s new indie hope, Vampire Weekend, paid newly appointed Late Night anchorman Jimmy Fallon a visit last night, when the band played a brand new song called “White Song.” Although the band’s orchestra adopts a somewhat weird dressing code, the string section of the song makes it quite special, especially when put next to Ezra Koenig’s high pitched vocals. The song is scheduled to appear on VW’s upcoming new album, which has yet to receive…
The Ropes is a rocking NYC duo that’s been getting quite a lot of hype lately, through underground indie and college radios. They’re hip and stylish, without sounding pompous or over-pretencious, and that’s a rare sight in the scene. They just recently an EP, called “By My Gun,” available now on iTunes, featuring quite a few interesting songs, among which we can note as standouts the title track and “Kitty Get Down,” whose masterfully directed…
Through out their short spanned existence, the post grunge Tallahassee quartet Creed rapidly gained popularity among clearly troubled youth, selling millions of records and, in the process, becoming one of the most atrocious bands the earth has ever seen. No, I don’t hate Creed, not more than your average decent music lover, anyway. I can’t lie, I did my own little victory dance when I finally heard the band disbanded, but with these recent news…
Is Bob Dylan the man or what? As if it wasn’t enough he’s the crowing figure of the entire beat generation, he’s now defying both time and, well, mediocre mortal conceptions, by releasing a new LP, his 46th album to be more exact, very soon. As previously reporated, Bob Dylan’s new album, now dubbed “Together Through Love,” came out more or less out of an accident, since he wrote a song for French director Olivier…
Anyone remember Voxtrot? The Austin based band gained its fair share of internet hype sometime two years ago, when they managed to release 2 surprisingly good EPs, one after the other, within a pretty short time frame. Their 2007 full length self titled wasn’t so impressive, however, and, consequently, Voxtrot kinda plunged into the shadow of anonymity. Meanwhile, the band has been keeping to itself, with no new material out for year and with some…
Let me break it to you folks, Annie Clark is one talented soul! The Tulsa, Oklahoma native multi-instrumentalist dazzled everyone with her incredible musical talents, both vocal and instrumental-wise. Quite remarkable how she can handle the role of an one person band, often engulfing the sound of entire orchestras in her tracks. Her 2007 debut, “Marry Me,” was divine, and, obviously, very well received. We’re in 2009 now, though, and our expectations, how great they…
In this first quarter of ’09 we’ve been graced with some pretty amazing compilation albums. Actually, they were of such a surprising quality, that I can go as far as saying they’re even better than most of the regular releases we’ve seen so far. There’s the incredible indie compilation Dark Was The Night or the all star cast of Heroes, and now yet another great various artists release, a refreshing cover compilation, suggestively titled “Covered,…
When the wind picked up – the fire spread And the grapevines scene, left for dead And the northern sky looked like the end of days The end of days In, what you’d normally call a normal, happy suburban community, fires sweep through the greapvine. For a young couple, though, hope is not lost, for they know “it’s gonna be alright” and life will continue on with its natural, animated course. Still, beyond the tune’s…
There’s still a long time to go until Veckatimes’ May 26th release date, even though it leaked and anyone who can operate a torrent site can download it, know that you’ll soon be able have a taste of the real thing since Grizzly Bear will immediately part on a North American tour in support of their upcoming LP. If you haven’t seen the band live before, book a ticket right away and count the days…
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