Things are still a-stir in the world of Soundgarden. Now that all involved have entered a healthful middle age, they’ve cast their one good eye towards the past, and played a number of reunion shows, including what looks like an excellent set at grimly indie-fied festibule Lollapalooza. (Moderately tuneful but utterly bland British glumsters Mumford & Sons played there this year, to give you an example of how far from its freak-show-encompassing, bile-drinking-contest roots the…
ODDSAC, a visual album by Animal Collective and director Danny Perez, is out on DVD today, which you can order directly from the film’s website. As a small treat, below you can stream two absolutely brand new AC songs featured on the movie’s soundtrack, the soothing “Screens” and the majestic “Mr. Fingers”. ACSAC by user482219 [via Pretty Much Amazing!]
It’s official, Wyclef Jean filled for the presidency of Haiti, one of the most poorest countries in the world, on August 5th, after much debate and controversy surrounded his decision in these past days. If you thought the man is popular in the US, know that a few monumental albums landed by him not only made him into one of the scene’s icons, but also one of the most beloved Haitians in his country. This…
This past weekend Thom Yorke made a surprise appearance on the Big Chill festival stage where he landed an almost brand new Radiohead song titled “Give Up the Ghost” (the track debuted live sometime in February this year, but it hasn’t been played since). The whole performance was dazzling, and as for the song itself – a real gem! Thom went up on stage, thumbed the mic to a beat, then looped one of his…
On their previous cover art for the dreadful “Raditude” Weezer went for a loldog icanhazcheezburger approach which was more or less quite funny for a second or two. Their latest album dubbed “Hurley” and due September 14 on Epitaph Records continues on the same internet meme territory with this preposterous literal rendition of the title. Yeah, that’s a photo of the ever jovial Jorge Garcia Hurley from Lost. Oh, and if you think, after four…
So after five weeks at number one, Eminem’s utterly bland Recovery was knocked from the Billboard’s top spot by another gray-scale release, Avenged Sevenfold’s Nightmare. The “metal” record moved 163K units to Eminem’s week six tally of 159K. I don’t know how to feel about this. On the one hand, “Not Afraid” is Em’s best single since “Lose Yourself” but the rest of the album is pop-rap nonsense with a few lyrical gems scattered throughout….
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As previously reported, the new Black Mountain album , “Wilderness Heart“, will be out on September 14 via Jagjaguwar, and if their first single “Old Fangs” just got you started, here’s yet another new song off the new record, titled “The Hair Song,” which suit your hard riff needs until the release date. [MP3] Black Mountain – The Hair Song
Built around the a cappella of the Love Committee’s “Cheaters Never Win”, Teengirl Fantasy’s completely revamped version, called “Cheaters”, turned the track upside down, filling the dramatic vocals with liquid synths, an uplifting bass line, against a wall of splattered neutral tones of sound that lift you up, only to bring you back on your feet emotionally the next second, then back up. It’s quite the emotional roller coaster, but if I have to give the Ohio duo credit for just…
Despite the fact that at the end of 2007 Radiohead released with much hype one of the decade’s musical milestones In Rainbows, all for free on the band’s website, it seems like the ghost of the RIAA is still here to haunt us. The latest attack on file sharing is addressed to bloggers that posted in parts or integral the In Rainbows album, even though the record is probably most known for its innovative free…
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