Rap demigods [tag]Wu Tang Clan[/tag] have managed to be the first ever musical group to be allowed to legally sample [tag]The Beatles[/tag]. A mighty feat no doubt. The song in question to be sampled is “As My Guitar Gently Weeps” and as we reported a while back it’s set to feature guitarist John Frusciante from RHCP and George Harrison’s 21 year old son, Dhani Harrison on acoustics. The cover is set to appear on the…
“Lord Don’t Slow Me Down” is the only download only single, ever to be released by [tag]Oasis[/tag]. The single will be available for purchase from most retail download stars starting from October 21, just a few days before the rockumentary with the same name will be released, a view on the band’s adventures during the “Don’t Believe the Truth” world tour from 2005/2006. The video itself is a black and white collage of scenes from…
One my favorite festivals is the Big Day Out Festival, a January/February trek in the Australian and New Zealand outback featuring live shows from the most hip acts at present date. This year’s headliners include: [tag]Arcade Fire[/tag], [tag]LCD Soundsystem[/tag], [tag]Rage Against The Machine[/tag], [tag]Battles[/tag], [tag]Bjork[/tag], Dizzee Rascals just to name a few, with future artist to be announced as the festival dates close in. For now you can have a look at the BDO schedule…
Things are not looking any better in Myanmar and a solution without help from the outside seems unlikely. But there are people who care about what the situation is outside of LA and other big cities. [tag]Bono[/tag] says he had “slept uneasily” since seeing extraordinary photos and TV footage of the violence in Myanmar. After a month of mostly peaceful demonstrations against Myanmar’s military government the militaries opened fire and a big part of the…
There are not so many things that are similar about Arcade Fire and LCD Soundsystem. They are an anthemic Montreal-based indie rock band whose dress and instrumentation is more Baroque and a dance punk outfit whose fusion of synthesizers and rock sensibility is unquestionably contemporary. So the fact that they are doing something together may seem strange. But the two bands have proven unlikely friends and collaborators. They are currently touring together and that is…
Don’t let the title track scare you away, it’s really a sweet video for a sweet song from a equally sweet Nellie McKay. Her stand up comedy days came up in handy when making the video for her ’50ish in house jazz extravaganza “Zombie.” The video features scenes with Nellie performing on a stage, teaching people the lost technique of the zombie dance, it’s really simple really: hands forward, positioned at the 90 degrees angle…
This is fucking massive gents! Not only did [tag]Radiohead[/tag] announce the tracklist and the title for their upcoming seventh album, but they shocked everyone by releasing it on such short notice, that means that starting from October 10 you can experience its magic. Here’s the spark that light the world on fire yesterday, a blogpost on the band’s Dead Air Space. Hello everyone. Well, the new album is finished, and it’s coming out in 10…
The Black Eyed Peas have showed interest in the problems of the world in their songs. They also took part in some charity but this time it is something big for them. “Being in Mexico is special to all of us, being from Southern California,” singer Fergie added. “They call Will a “blaxican” because he grew up with all Mexican friends and family. Taboo, of course, being of Mexican heritage. My great-grandmother is from Guanajuato…
Ryan Adams has some very good live acts and he has pleased the people who came to his concerts many times. But Minneapolis is just not a good place for him to sing. A a few years after his last local meltdown he sang Thursday night at the State Theatre. But he complained about the sound monitors onstage and then he moved two monitors, his microphone and his guitar pedals. He was very displeased. The…
This week marks the re-entry in the scene of two iconic rock groups: [tag]Bruce Springsteen[/tag] & the E Street Band and English heavy metal pioneers [tag]The Cult[/tag], with Magic, respectively Born Into This. Also both country star Faith Hill and the famous alt group Matchbox Twenty have each released best of compilations in the form of The Hits and respectively Exile On Mainstream. Bruce Springsteen (feat the E Street Band): Magic The Cult: Born…
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