Kanye’s new video for “Welcome to Heartbreak”, off the magnetic “808s and Heartbreak”, is quite the spectacle for eyes. What makes it really interesting is the strange depixelation technique, very common in low quality .avi movies. Sadly, though, it seems there was an indie video which sparked terrible resemblance to the one from bellow, released one week ago. Consequently, Kanye’s ego took over and decided to have the video taken down, as hear on Kanye’s…
One my favorite indie-rock band, the Brooklyn trio Bishop Allen, is hard at work prepping their upcoming, third full-length studio release, “Grrr…” – a beautiful collection of 13 tracks, packed with bright melodies, bouncy bass lines and snappy guitars. After 2006’s ambitions project of releasing a new EP every month and the awesomely fun The Broken String, Grrr is gonna rock the house. Countdown to March 10, people! [display_podcast]
The Black Key’s vocalist and axe man, Dan Auerbach, returned on national TV with a live rendition of his latest solo single, “My Last Mistake,” on the Late Night Show with Conan O’Brien. It’s really interesting to see Dan outside his usual, bluesy persona and find out there’s more to his musical repertoir than meets the eye. A lot more raw, a lot more rock. Off his latest solo LP, “Keep It Hid.” Note, the…
The follow-up to Grizzly Bear’s breakthrough album has been in high anticipation by the whole indie scene for some time now, and, while these little teasers are all fun and all, the May release date is just killing us! The most recent of these teasers, after the initial unveiling of the album name from last week, dubbed “Veckatimes”, after an uninhabited island on the Massachusetts coast, is the cover art (as seen above) and tracklist…
Some pretty interesting new music this week, folks, with Morrissey’s “Years of Refusal” leading the wave of new releases. Everybody’s been talking a lot about it, it’s controversial album + single cover, the music itself and so on, but in the end, let’s face it, it’s the Moz, and he’s never failed us yet. Other interesting releases this week include new releases from … And You Will Know Us by the Trail of Dead, Sutton…
One of the hippest festivals of the year, the Austin SXSW art festival, is right around the corner, with only a few weeks left until it kicks off. For your convenience, so you can plan out a dreamy weekend, the good folks that handle the fest’s organization have just released the schedule for all three days, ordered alphabetically. Considering the sheer number of bands playing, though, it’s gonna be a bit hard sorting through all…
OK! Don’t get too exited, since this may or not really happen, as there a lot of complications that might intervene in a studio and, most importantly, the source of the story is Wikipedia. As of February 2, 2009 Muse has already made it into the studio and begun recording at least one song for their upcoming album. On microcuts.net, a news headline has stated that the album is slated for a September 2009 release,…
Album name: The Ride Across Lake Constance (EP) Artist name: Evening Magazine Genre: Indie/Alternative Released: January 2009 Label: n/a ZME Rating: 7/10 Website: www.myspace.com/eveningmagazinemusic I’m sorry. I apologise in advance. I should be able to do better. I pride myself on being able to do better. And yet, here I am, standing on the precipice of my own self-destruction; doused in metaphorical gasoline, and about to strike the match. I never thought I’d stoop so…
Hailed as one of the best albums of the year, albeit 2009 just started stretching its muscles a bit, “The Mountain,” the latest studio effort from Cincinnati natives Heartless Bastards, has turned a lot of heads lately and has received a lot of critical praise. Recently, the band made a huge leap forward by making its first televised appearance on national TV, once with their performance of “Lost at Sea” live on Late Night with…
What’s that? You want new, interesting music to listen to, you say? Music that can be safely categorised as “indie”, yet doesn’t make you want to tear your eyeballs out with your kitchen scissors before feeding them to a horde of rabid dogs? Well – GASP – I might just be able to help you out, son. Extend a warm welcome to Evening Magazine, a shiny new face in the dull, bored crowd of be-stubbled…
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