Noise-rock band HEALTH’s follow-up to their self-titled debut is on its way, and it’s called GET COLOR. The album was recorded in Lincoln Heights, Los Angeles with Manny Nieto.Last month, we got a taste of the new album through their first new single, “DIE SLOW”. With their previous material, the band’s influences were clearly audible. [...]
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Green Day21st Century Breakdown[Reprise; 2009]Links: Green Day | Reprise | Lala album stream Five years ago today, Green Day seemed destined to go down in history as another ‘90s pop-punk casualty done in by diminishing public interest and replaced as the official voice of the disaffected youth by the Fred Dursts of the world. Which [...]
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The follow up to American Idiot is finally here. Does the packaging match up to Green Day’s ambitious concept album?There is nothing more disappointing than a band going all-out musically, but leaving you dry with stale album packaging. After all, if you are going to make a concept album as ambitious as the trio’s brand-new [...]
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Right from The Tripwire:A discussion in our offices arose about who would be putting out the Danger Mouse, Mark Linkous (of Sparklehorse) record Dark Night Of The Soul. Turns out no one is, and the packaging won’t even come with music.A little digging led us to ask some friends at Waxploitation, who gave us the [...]
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The stream for the Danger Mouse/Sparklehorse/David Lynch collaboration entitled Dark Soul of the Night is back up and this time it’s on NPR. Check it out here.Dark Night of the Soul01. Revenge (feat. The Flaming Lips)02. Just War (feat. Gruff Rhys [of Super Furry Animals])03. Jaykub (feat. Jason Lytle)04. Little Girl (feat. Julian Casablancas [of [...]
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“The Rifle’s Spiral” (Live In Oakland)“Double Bubble” (Live In Hollywood)There you have it. Both new songs that The Shins have been playing with their new line-up. As you may know Martin Crandall (keyboard/bass) and Jesse Sandoval (drums) are gone, replaced with Ron Lewis (bass) and Modest Mouse drummer Joe Plummer, because front-man James Mercer [...]
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Click the image for full resolutionWhat a strange flyer. Let’s sum it up:-It’s called Chamber Music-Chamber Music apparently includes brand-new fully sanctioned new material from the entire Wu-Tang Clan. No outtakes, no bootleg material, no b-sides, no left-overs-It will sound reminiscent of old-school Wu-Tang (a la 36 Chambers)-The RZA is the executive producer-It’s due out [...]
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Check it out right here. Wilco (The Album) is due out June 30th on Nonesuch.
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Animal Collective played the 9:30 Club in Washington, D.C. last night and lucky enough, NPR recorded the full concert. Amongst the tracks played was a new tune called “Bleed”. Check it out below:MP3: Animal Collective - “Bleed”Last night’s setlist:Chocolate GirlSummertime ClothesGuys EyesWhat Would I Want SkyComfy In NauticaMy GirlsSlippiDaily RoutineBleed (New Song)FireworksEncore:Bansh
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The 60-minute documentary on Conor Oberst and the Mystic Valley Band called One of My Kind is available for free download over on the Causecast site. Download it over there in various formats or just stream it below:Conor Oberst Donates Music Video To Charity(via Quarterlifeparty)
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The Chinese Democracy of Indie Rock? I don’t think so.It looks like the second Postal Service album is finally coming together. A few weeks ago, The Postal Service/Death Cab for Cutie front-man Ben Gibbard posted this clip on his Twitter profile.MP3: The Postal Service - “Space Gods” (Clip)Sounds pretty good to me. So hopefully these [...]
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Billboard is reporting that the follow-up to 2006’s At War with the Mystics will be a double album, and is scheduled for a late Summer release. And according to a previous Stereogum progress report, the album may be entitled Embryonic.Front-man Wayne Coyne told Billboard that 13 tracks have been written so far, with eight or [...]
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Here’s a video of Grizzly Bear’s wonderful performance of their new single ‘Two Weeks’ on UK TV show Later… With Jools Holland.You’ll also find the equally as gorgeous performance of ‘While You Wait For The Others’ from the show after the jump.Both songs appear on the band’s upcoming album Veckatimest, released on May 26.
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Great performance of Animal Collective playing “Summertime Clothes” on Letterman last night. I don’t know what the hell is going on with the background dancers though. Anyway, Grizzly Bear will be performing on Letterman on May 20th, so get your DVR set.Merriweather Post Pavilion is out now on Domino.
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In the same vein as the Paul’s Boutique and Check Your Head remasters/deluxe editions, it appears that the Capitol is reissuing Ill Communication; no surprise really. No official announcement has been made yet (most likely to not overshadow the recent Check Your Head issue) but Amazon and CDUniverse are displaying a June 16th release date.Ill [...]
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I’m preparing to be heavily moved by this album. Honestly, how much better could this get.Wilco (The Album) 1. “Wilco (The Song)” 2. “Deeper Down” 3. “One Wing” 4. “Bull Black Nova” 5. “You And I” 6. “You Never Know” 7. [...]
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The Wrens - The Meadowlands[Absolutely Kosher; 2003]“It’s been so long since you’ve heard from me” croons bassist Kevin Whelan on album opener “The House That Guilt Built”. One can’t help but think that he’s talking directly to the listener rather than to an old friend. 2003’s The Meadowlands was released a staggering seven years after [...]
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Iggy Pop - “King Of The Dogs” (Single) artworkI never thought I’d see the day. Alas a track from Iggy Pop’s New Orleans jazz-influenced album Préliminaires. Included on the digital single are tracks “Nice To Be Dead” and “Je Sais Que Tu Sais”. The “King Of The Dogs” single is out now. Préliminaires is out [...]
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Pitchfork is reporting that music publisher Chrysalis Music is streaming the upcoming Danger Mouse/Sparklehorse/David Lynch collaboration entitled Dark Night of the Soul.Dark Night of the Soul will be an album, book, and live experience. The album/book will be released by powerHouse over the Summer. The album itself features Danger Mouse and Sparklehorse along with the [...]
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Lead singer and guitarist of New York based band Interpol is to release his first solo album this August.Banks is releasing it under the name Julian Plenti; a name that he has apparently been using for his solo work for many years. Although this will be his first official release under the moniker some of [...]
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