Andrei Mihai
A few days ago, I was telling you about the totally crazy interview Kanye did with Zane Lowe. Here’s the interview in its entirety, and I’m gonna go no comment on this one.
The full Kanye West – Zane Lowe interview on BBC
The Killers release teaser clip for ‘Shot At The Night’ video
We’re gonna have to wait until tomorrow for the new Killers video, but until then, the boys have released a teaser for their brand new song, ‘Shot At The Night’, which you can view here. The video features Australian actress Bella Heathcote [Dark Shadows, Not Fade Away] as a cleaner in a casino as well as English actor Max Minghella [The Social Network]. Speaking about the video, frontman Brandon Flowers had this to say: “We…
Albert Hammond, Jr. Reveals “Rude Customer”
Justin Zamarripa
Strokes guitarist Albert Hammond, Jr. has released a song from his upcoming EP AHJ. The song is called “Rude Customer” and it debuted on Zane Lowe’s BBC Radio 1 show earlier today. The track is a great upbeat rocker and with some sublime guitar work. You can listen to “Rude Customer” below. Albert also did a short interview on the show, which you can check out at thestrokesnews.com. AHJ is set for release on October…
Jack Johnson Goes ‘From Here to Now’ to Number One
Jack Johnson hasn’t changed much since 2012, or since 2008, or since 2006 for that matter – and neither has his music. His still the laid back, hawaiian surfer, curly hair or no hair, strumming his guitar, blending in poetically meaningful lyrics with great licks. “I Got You,” the love song on his latest album From Here to Now to You, begins with the most relaxing whistling you can imagine – not really your typical…
Peter Darling – Uh Huh Huh
francescaPeter Darling described Uh Huh Huh to me as ‘a simple nostalgic pop song under 3 mins – standard.’ That’s the thing about songs that just work. They often are short and simple, a pleasing melody around basic chord structures, the right notes and the right words all working together to sound like the feeling of being barefoot in the grass, or seeing eyes that smile, or hearing church bells in the distance, or responding to the delight…
Chatting with Sky Larkin
Given that they are about to kick of their UK tour to support new album Motto, the one subject to rave reviews, 8/10 ratings and general buzz, Katie Harkin, founder, writer, singer and guitarist of Sky Larkin would be forgiven for feeling nervous or frantic, buzzing about the attention she is receiving and anxious as to how to perform to the level of the bar that has been set. As it is we are sat downstairs in The…
Bob Dylan’s metalwork exhibition
It’s a nice, simple day, until something you stumbled upon something totally awesome like this: Who wants to see Bob Dylan with a blowtorch? Or even better, see the works of art he created ? Not content with being one of the greatest songwriters of all time, he’s turned his hand to iron and metalwork. You can check his work if you’re in London at an exhibiton at Halcyon Gallery in November. Damn I’m jealous…
Stream Justin Timberlake’s “The 20/20 Experience 2 Of 2”
Justin Timberlake has released part two of his album The 20/20 Experience for streaming on iTunes. The stream is of the clean version of the album and does not include the two bonus tracks exclusive to the Target deluxe edition of the album. You can pre-order the album here and listen to the album on Timberlake’s iTunes artist page until the album’s proper release on September 30th. Below is the audio for the latest single from the…
A Decade of Seeing New York as Ancient Rome: ‘Bazooka Tooth’ Turns Ten
Tyler Sonic
Aesop Rock, early 2000s. (mushrecords.com) “People can label me whatever they like. I don’t really care any more…I get told that I’m weird—but you forget that the whole reason you liked [Boogie Down Productions] in the first place was because you never heard anything like that before.” – Aesop Rock, quoted in the Harvard Crimson, 2003 As Ian Bavitz was writing the songs that filled out the 70 minutes of Bazooka…
The Strypes – A Snapshot into the Future?
Dani_BS
Snapshot… Where to start? This album is the closest we’ve had to the raw sound of the early sixties since the early sixties. Aged only between 16 and 17, and with their debut album reaching the top 5, these 4 boys are really starting to make a name for themselves. They’ve already got Jeff Beck, Paul Weller, Roger Daltrey, Noel Gallagher and Dave Grohl behind them, and I think if 5 of the biggest musicians in the…