Here’s to starting off the week with a big smile and on dancing steps with Ted Leo and the Pharmacists’ latest brillinat video for “Bottled in Cork”. The video premiered today on funnyordie.com and in it the band gets convinced by Reginald VanVoorst, played by the hilarious Paul F. Tompkins, to stage their new album “The Brutalist Bricks” as a Broadway musical. Of course, what follows is a slew of intensive rehersals before the musical is performed…
Josh Homme and Nick Oliveri! Now that was a sight back in the ol’ Queens of the Stone Age glory days, not to mention the Kyuss era, when these two giants of rock would simply plummet pure riffage across the stage and audience. In somewhat antagonistic positions, Oliveri and Homme were like brothers until unfortunate circumstances, well to known and deplorable to mention here, broke the two apart. QOTSA survived under Homme’s solitary rule, not…
Matador just released Ted Leo’s latest single, the explosive “The Mighty Sparrow”, out for free download. The track is off Ted Leo and The Pharmacists’ “The Brutalist Bricks” slated for a March 9 release. Pre-order here for a 15% discount. [via P4K] [MP3] Ted Leo and The Pharmacists – ‘The Mighty Sparrow’
The Dead Milkmen, a Philadelphia quartet known for their quirky underground hit singles such as “Punk Rock Girl,” “Dean’s Dream,” and “Stuart,” spent years making an art form out of not taking things too seriously during their late 80’s heyday. Twenty years later, the world hasn’t forgotten them. There could have been little more proof of that than the string of sell out crowds at the sporadic reunion shows they’ve played since November 2008. On…
Are you ready to feel like a piece of shit? Gordon Gano was 19 when the Violent Femmes recorded their self-titled debut album. True story: the trio borrowed $10,000 from bassist Brian Ritchie’s old man and ground out one of the great American rock albums of the 1980’s, and certainly one of the most unmistakable. Gano’s age shouldn’t come as a surprise, considering how (sometimes disturbingly) well Violent Femmes encapsulates the iconic rage and frustration…
They’re Jawbox and they’re back! At least for a spark around Thanksgiving this year. According to Billboard and Reuters, the massively influential DC indie/punk quartet Jawbox will be reuniting for a December 8 performance on “Late Night with Jimmy Fallon.” The performance is largely to promote the band’s (finally) reissued 1994 touchstone LP, “For Your Own Special Sweetheart.” Fallon recently (and giddily, which made my respect for the guy shoot up) hosted equally influential emo…
[Sorry I was unable to write a new “Polarity” this week, but it should be returning next time. This is a piece I wrote recently in honor of the start of another National Hockey League season last night, and my inability to not connect it with music in some way. If you have any other suggestions on top of my five, hit me with them in the comments!] John Buccigross, hockey analyst for ESPN, is…
Violent Soho is a young punk rock/grunge outfit from Brisbane, Australia that’s been making a lot of waves recently in the scene. Now, after extensive touring in the land down under with the likes of Reptiles, Cut Off Your Hands and The Mess Hal, they’re headed for a US stint alongside iconic indie band Built to Spill and Disco Doom. The East Coast tour will feature 11 dates, starting October 8th in Ithaca, NY. Check…
Happy Friday, ZME readers. We know there are a ton of music websites you could be choosing to burn your time on while you should be entering data, emailing clients, or for the funemployed of you, watching some high quality porn. So, we appreciate that you’ve chosen us. Today, I’d like to present my breakdown of the Descendent’s earth-shattering 1982 debut LP, Milo Goes to College. I can’t overstate the importance of this album in…
Bellow you can read a very insightful Q&A with Rou Reynolds, the lead vocalist/keyboard player of the post-punk/hardcore band Enter Shikari, a band that’s only at is second album, but tah has already began to gather a cult-like following in the UK. Info about the new Enter Shikari album, titled “Common Dreads” (out now in the UK, 2010 in the US), as well as bits from Rou’s personal and professional life can be found bellow….
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