PJ Harvey and John Parish make quite a great creative duo, their multiple collaborations spaning across many years, with a lot of critical acclaim. Although John most of the time is in the backseat, producing PJ’s albums, they once joined forces and released a really solid record, “Dance Hall at Louse Point,” back in ’96. The formula worked and the two are prepping to reform, with a new album, dubbed “A Woman A Man Walked…
Last year’s “Day & Age” LP by the Vegas gang, The Killers, was disappointingly mediocre; a blunt collection of dull and uncatchy pop songs, with a one or two exceptions of course. As a Killers fan, I became a bit dishearten of the band, but I then remembered I have two other, almost perfect pop albums to rock of to – “Hot Fuss” and “Sam’s Town”. With this in mind, I’ll just think of Day…
Being European, like a lot of our readers as well, I can only be ecstatic to hear Zach Condon and his band are gonna head out for a trek around the old continent. Beirut is set to play London’s Forum on May 8, with support coming from Shearwater. They will then head to All Tomorrow’s Parties – The Fans Strike Back in Minehead a day later. Although the band won’t be rich with dates, the…
Like every March, hundreds of bands are set to perform in Austin,TX’s SXSW art fest, battling for some attention and maybe a label contract. Most of the bands are great, some are more awesome, some are lameass, doesn’t matter really. We all get a kick of it. Bellow you can check out the full list of the initial line-up, which will be constantly updated with new names, until it hits a few hundred. To save…
What’s probably the most influential electronic music band in the world, Kraftwerk, will surprisingly tour with Radiohead, as gig openers, for their upcoming 2009 trek. Quite an end to German-English rivalry. Although, Kraftwerk is on board only for a hanful of shows, Latin American fans will be delighted to see the two giants on tour, starting March 15-16, when they’ll kick it off in Mexico City, before calling it quits on April 25-26 in Wolfsburg,…
“In Ear Park”, the latest album from the brilliant duo of Department of Eagles, consisting of Grizzly Bear’s Daniel Rossen and old college pal Fred Nicolaus, just got released a few weeks ago and I’m already feeling that it’s some of the best new music I’ve listened in months. Now DoE is ready to set out on a promotional tour across a few dates in Europe and then, right after the new year, in the…
What’s maybe the most iconic and appreciated noise rock group ever, the Chicago underground super group The Jesus Lizard, is set to reform and tour next year just like in the old days. A lot of mayhem is predicted, thus! The last we’ve seen the band together was almost a decade ago, when Jesus Lizard decided to call it quits and let each member go on his own roads. Speaking of which, all four of…
Since he released his brilliant debut album, “For Emma, Forever Ago,” last year, Bon Iver has been a bit scarassed with new material on us. Not anymore, though, as he’ll be releasing a new 4 track EP soon, titled “Blood Bank,” which will soon be in stores in UK/Ireland on January 19 and the U.S. on January 20, via Jagjaguwar Records. The format of the EP will be CD and download. Bon Iver will also…
Supporting their soon to be released record, “Heart On,” Eagles of Death Metal on tour this november, with further dates to be probably added. Interesting to see if Josh Homme will join the band on touring. They’ll be joined by The Hives as co-headliners, the opening day of the tour being on October 30th in Seattle. Other US cities to be graced by the Pigeons Eagles presence are Portland, Denver, New York or Washington before…
Pinback’s last year Autumn of the Seraphans was really awesome for me, with a lot of great hooks and memorable riffs. Anyway, what better way to promote the album then an autumn tour? No pun intended, of course. The tour kicks off tonight, in Dallas, and is set to keep the band all busy the whole months of September and October. Joining Pinback on stage, during the curse of the tour, will be Kylesa, sBach…
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