So that headline’s a pun on the name of famous Dirk Benedict impersonator, Bradley Cooper, but I fear it doesn’t work very well. I can “face” that fact, arf, etc. Never mind, though, because none of that even matters. What does matter is that Brad – side project of feared Pearl Jam guitarist and turtle-fondler, Stone Gossard – is gearing up to release their fourth studio album, Best Friends, on August 10. Pre-orders have started…
This is a feel-good story. Trust me. A site called Recording Industry vs. The People found some numbers on the trials (and tribulations) of the RIAA’s lawsuits over the past few years. They’re quite entertaining – if you’re not with the RIAA, of course. In 2008, the RIAA has spend $16 million on attorney fees to recover $390,000. Even worse, the year prior they spend $21M on lawyer fees plus an additional $3.5M on “investigative…
Yesterday, School of Seven Bells’ sophomore release “Disconnected from Desire” finally got out, after years and years of anticipation following their critically acclaimed debut, “Alpinisms”. Speaking of which, Alpinisms still gives me the shivers whenever someone mentions it – a marvelous mellange of atmospheric sounds, space rock and krautrock influences arranged by Benjamin Curtis (Secret Machines), while twin sister vocalists Alejandra and Claudia Deheza make sure everything comes into place in the most harmonious way…
Above, you can check out the new DieHard commercial advertising their car batteries, which features Gary Numan playing his 1979 ‘Cars’ on an organ whose output consists of car horns. The result? Well you’ll just have to see for yourself. Adam Sadowsky, president of Synn Labs, writes in to explain how they created the “corgan”: We’re the same folks who built the Rube Goldberg Machine for OK Go’s music video for “This Too Shall Pass”….
Separated they are Jenny Lewis and Jonathan Rice, together besides making a fine couple, they also make an awesome band – Jenny and Johnny. Their new album “I’m Having Fun Now” will be out August 31, and below you can download the second track to surface off this new record, the care free americana-indie-surf infused “Big Wave”. All in exchange for an measly e-mail address, of course. Check out Jenny and Johnny’s tour dates, slated…
A thousand thank yous to Max Tundra for posting a marvelous set list yesterday on his SoundCloud account, where he listed 26 of his best remixes up for free streaming and download. Really, you’ll be able to find some incredibly well made reworks of various hits by the likes of The Strokes, Lily Allen, The Futureheads, The Strokes, Mogwai or Final Fantasy. Check it out below. [via nialler9] Remixes by Max Tundra I like to…
This just came in our inbox and boy do we love it! My name is Ori Toor and i just graduated from the shenkar school of design, majoring in illustration and animation. My final project is a stream of consciousness video for the song “Lion in a Coma” by Animal Collective, made frame by frame in flash. No script, no planning ahead.
The ever occupied musician and producer, Jack White, recently had a chat with Spinner about his new album released this year with The Dead Weather, “Sea of Cowards”, his record label (Third Man Records), how ‘hits’ can’t be premeditated, his frustrations with the so called “celebrity status” and, of course, “internet cowards.” You’ve mentioned that ‘Sea of Cowards’ is a reference to the state of criticism on the Internet … The Internet thing kind of…
Artwork for 'The Final Frontier' by long time Maiden collaborator Melvyn Grant.
What the heck just happened? No, seriously, WHAT happened, Maya? As if it wasn’t enough M.I.A.’s new album is totally disappointing, with respect to general musical standards (If I were to compare “Maya” to her previous other two records… well, you get the idea), last night’s Letterman performance topped anything one could call pathetic. I’m still pretty shocked! Honestly, I’m not even sure if it was bad BAD or intentionally bad – you never fucking…
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