I can haz some furry new animal stufz? Yes, you can haz, but sadly all of us will have to wait until the beginning of ’09, before any of us can spin the new Animal Collective record, Merryweather Post. A while ago, some lucky chaps had the chance to take part in a label, invite-only listening part, where they sampled the new AC record. As expected it rocked and must of them hailed “Brothersport” as…
Currently, the hippest name out at the box office today, is none other then the new James Bond flick, Quantum of Solace. I got the chance to see the movie last week at the mall with some friends and it rocked our socks off. A bit too much gore and less charm from Daniel Craig (he only shagged just one woman after all..), but an awesome film, nonetheless. Anyway, I just stumble across a cool…
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…
This year’s Microcastle by Deerhunter was really beautiful from multiple points of view. I was really impressed by it, and considering I’m not a very big fan of the artsy genre, that says a lot. “Cover Me (Slowly)” and the title track, “Microcastle,” are two of my favorite tracks of the record – the first, a great soothing trip down chill-ville, too bad it’s a bit short; the other, a very upbeat song which just,…
Here’s something you don’t see everyday. Rob Stefaniuk, a dime a dozen producer, is set to write and direct a movie called – get ready for this – ‘SUCK,’ which will, apparently, star Alice Cooper, Moby, Iggy Pop and Henry Rollins, alongside Malcom McDowell (Heroes, Halloween) and Jessica Pare. The movie’s plot is fairly simple: a band of vampires that rock! The whole movie wants to be a fun satire, in which a group of…
It’s just times like these that make me wish I was living in NY City. Yesterday, Jens Lekman, together with his fellow countryman, Frida Hyvonen, played an awesome set of songs down at Googie’s Lounge. Frida Hyvonen, a somewhat obscure name, even for Brooklyn’s underground indie scene, dazzled the over-crowded audience, most probably packed together to get to see Jens. From what I heard she was really, really good, with most songs coming from her…
At the beginning of the month, we announced that Rivers will be releasing a new follow-up to last year’s bootleg Alone, in the form of the upcoming November 25th release of lost, stuffed away Cuomo goodies, titled Alone II. You saw the funky yearbook haircut and had a first sample of Alone II, when we streamed I Want To Take You Home Tonight, now it’s time for a new song. Rivers Cuomo just posted a…
Prepare to be baffled by this guy’s awesomeness! The dude, from the video featured bellow, can be seen as he plays “The Final Countdown” on three instruments, including a keyboard/mandolin/trumpet bastard instrument, apparently called KazooKeylele. Whatever.
The garage rock revivalists have been on hiatus for quite a while now, but, apparently, the band’s going to get together soon and try some new things out, at least that’s what The Strokes drummer Fabrizio Moretti recently stated. According to Fabrizio, the band will reform and hit the studio to start working on a follow-up to their previous 2006 effort, “First Impressions On Earth”. “We have plans of meeting up all of us together…
The Killers’ new album “Day & Age” is still a bit distant, concerning its release date, with another 2 weeks left before it finally gets out. Despite this, most of it’s tracks, including the lead single Human, got leaked all over the internet for quite a while. Speeking of Human, the single’s B-side is called “A Creepling Blow,” and from my personal point of view, at least, it sounds better then the single itself. Quite…
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