In honor of, what’s probably, The Pixies’ most loved album “Doolittle” 20th anniversary, the band will head out on a North America/Europe tour where selected tracks from the album, plus B sides, will be performed. The first to get a glimpse of the influential alt rockers will be the European peeps, pretty soon enough starting late September/October. North America soon follows after that. “We wanted to do something special for Doolittle’s 20th anniversary,” said Pixies…
John Friend, center, a famous yoga instructor, leads a session at the Wanderlust festival at Lake Tahoe. (c) Jon Hyde for NY Times.
I’m getting more and more surprised by the stupidity shown by the contemporary record industry as each day passes, and Scottish electronica artist Calvin Harris is the latest to feel it’s fowl stench. Seems like Calvin tried to upload a video on YouTube of ”Ready For The Weekend – Original Mix,’ a song he 100% produced – his sole creation, you know, the works! – only to find it removed by the British Phonographic Industry…
I think “Popular Songs,” Hobokon’s Yo La Tengo twelfth album, is probably on everybody’s wish list by now, and if the September 8th release date sounds a bit too distant, here’s a tasty appetizer to quencher your thirst for good music. Bellow you can stream and download Yo La Tengo’s latest single “Here to Fall,” a very elaborate track, filled with string arrangements and acid groove. [MP3] Yo La Tengo – ‘Here to Fall’ Also,…
Hailed as one of the most innovative figures, web 2.0-wise (and not only, of course), the highly controversial NIN frontman Trent Reznor deleted his Twitter account recently, on which he was followed by tens of thousands of fans, dying to get a glimpse of the real Trent. Quite the proper word – followers – considering Trent’s fans could easily be considered a cult movement. Some were thrilled by Trent’s use of twitter, while many were…
Some pretty sad news hit the web yesterday as Beastie Boys’ Adam “MCA” Yauch announced via the band’s website that’s he has just recently been diagnosed with a tumor in a parotid gland. Lately, during live shows, MCA was evidently struggling a bit, compared to the rest of the trio and this serves as a very unwanted explanation. Fans should not worry too much though (heck, it’s just cancer, right?), since it’s been localized and…
A while ago we told you how psyched we were about Monolith Fest’s innovative use of social media by updating the band line-up over twitter each day. Seemed it more or less kinda worked, gaining them a lot of exposure and 1300 followers a twitter. Way to go, guys! Anyway, the weekend at Red Rocks will definitely prove to be an awesome summer end’s road trip for all indie aficionados ’round the US. The final…
It can be hard to know what to make of the latest solo sideline project from Julian Casablancas of the Strokes. In what must be viewed as a bold move by some, the gravel-throated frontman has opted for a futuristic apocalyptic vision as the platform for his solo adventure. Recorded in New York, Nebraska and Los Angeles, “Phrazes for the Young” was recorded over an 8-month period, with production provided by Jason Lader and Bright…
… except for the genre break through act Modest Mouse, that is. More than 15 years ago, Isaack Brock’s gang was playing music so original, so unidentifiable, so hard to mimic, that it was almost impossible to categorize into a genre, nowadays plainly called indie rock. Modest Mouse’s last studio effort, their fifth, titled “We Were Dead Before the Ship Even Sank,” was really amazing and uplifting, like much of the rest of their catalog,…
Guess it was really just a matter of time until someone thought of shooting a music video solely with an iPhone. I mean, if you can make music on your iPhone, why not shoot a music video too? Makes sense. Showdown Productions LLC, an Ohio based small time production company, just recently finished production on a music video for “Play” by BJSR, using only the new video-capable iPhone 3GS and an improvised camera stabilizer for…
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