Seems like Modest Mouse’s frontman Isaac Brock and the late Heath Ledger were friends, revealing, among other things, in a past interview 2007 interview, that the two had been working on a music video for one of the band’s songs “King Rat” (any tie to the James Clavell novel?). The song didn’t make the cut for MM’s ‘We Were Dead Before the Ship Even Sank’ LP, but you can find it now in their recently…
This indie pop group comes from LA, California. “The Tartans” is formed by Brian C., Jesse, Lon, Yvonne and Brian Y. “Full of soul and full of fun” (as the YAY! Records have described them), they use 6 & 12 string guitar, bass, drums, glockenspiel, melodica, harmonica, keys, saxophone and next to their nice, melodic and most soothing vocals, they make one of the best indie pop tracks I have so far heard. I could…
The Cribs new single ‘Cheat On Me’ has been released three weeks early to ‘beat the leakers’. In a press release to fans, lead singer Ryan Jarman had this to say, “Hey kids, Instead of buying a McDonalds burger this Monday please buy our new single “Cheat On Me” from iTunes. We’re releasing it almost a month early on the 3rd of August to beat the leakers. If you care about the band then please…
I don’t know why this even surprises me, but I guess it’s worth point out what a shy, crying little girl Marilyn Manson is. He is, really, take a look at his latest blog post on myspace. I can, but do not need to defend myself And the absurd accusations that the average press has clinged onto. If we need a nude photo of me to prove that I am far different than the soon-to-be-murdered-in-their-home…
Have I ever mentioned what’s my second favorite super group of the year? Coming before The Dead Weather, and beneath the Josh Homme/Dave Grohl/J.P Jones extravaganza (you can’t possibly compete with this. sorry) is the newly confirmed Monsters of Folk, comprised of Jim James (My Morning Jacket), M. Ward (solo/She & Him), Conor Oberst and Mike Mogis (Bright Eyes). Exactly what I thought too! The first single off the MoF’s upcoming self titled is “Say…
It’s been called one of the defining sounds of this era as well as a trend [that became] a gimmick. TIME Magazine acknowledged it as a rare gimmick that can lead to innovation. Rick Rubin has called its use lazy and argues that using it can remove the emotion from a performance. All this over a simple computer program? Yes, Auto-tune has both captivated audiences and caused tidal waves of hatred usually reserved for Twilight…
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.
stands for the Stockholm-based solo performance of Magnus Sätterström . This Swedish indie pop performer has released a couple of songs that could perfectly get squeezed among the good pop songs we’ve listened to lately. Different keyboards get mixed with guitars and a variety of computer editings. Don’t be fooled – it wouldn’t fit under the electronica label or something equally artificial. The relaxed and sometimes quite pessimistic vocals, the honest and up-front lyrics and…
We’ve got something different in stored for you guys today as we release a new ZME feature – “The Week in Music.” Every Friday we’ll be highlighting interesting events in the music scene from across the web, as well as from our own posts, since you can never know when something REALLY important passes you by. Don’t be alarmed by the “#29,” it’s not the 29th post in the feature, it’s just the 29th week…
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