Happy halloween, and don't get pissed if I steal your candy. Also, don't skip out on your girlfriend to go shoot dope and then call her from the hospital after another overdose, cause she'll probably be out trick or treating. Translation: be fucking safe. Please.
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Yeasayer have confirmed details about their second album release; the follow-up to their highly acclaimed 2007 debut 'All Hour Cymbals'. The new record is called Odd Blood and will be released on February 8th of 2010. STOKED. Hope it's as good as the last one was. Yeasayer are also set to play a special show, headlining New York's Guggenheim Museum on October 30. "Special Show" huh? Wonde
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On November 2 at 11 p.m. ET, Fuse, the national music network, will televise the worldwide premiere of Nirvana Live at Reading, the band's legendary, never-before-released 1992 Reading concert. The show, marking the first time that Nirvana fans will experience the epochal August 30, 1992 headlining appearance at UK's Reading Festival, will debut as an hour long broadcast the night before the li...
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Ok, so you've heard it, I've heard it; it's been all over the blogosphere lately. The hip thing for the past 3-6 months has been chillwave. You know what I mean, hopefully: indie pop music of the more "laid-back" variety. It was absolutely huge this summer, with its hazy undertones and minimalist grooves. I hadn't really been interested in a lot of it, mostly because the majority of that p...
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He has a few records out but a couple years ago he put one called Neil Hamburger Sings Country Winners and it's basicaly the funniest thing ever. Los Angeles (and other parts of the country), Neil Hamburger will be performing at Spaceland on November 29th, and he'll be doing some comedy stuff, also at Spaceland, on October 25th. I'm tired so I'm gonna go to sleep now (yes at 9:45pm on a Saturda...
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I've been waiting forever to find the right time to post this. Once someone asked me, "Are there any CURRENT bands that I could go see now that are awesome and rock like Violent Femmes?" I had a really hard time coming up with an answer, and finally settled on Tapes n' Tapes, but still didn't feel like it was the right answer. A few months later I heard this fucking fantastic song on the radio,...
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Checkout this clip of Nirvana performing "School" at the 1992 Reading Festival - I guess it was recently made available for fans and comes from the CD+DVD Nirvana Live At Reading which hits stores November 17th. (CD only version arriving on November 3rd.) Nirvana's performance at the Reading Festival in 1992 was one of the greatest Nirvana shows of all time (not that I've actually ever se
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Mixwit has been dead for some time now, and today I spent like 3 hours trying to make it work on my server - unfortunately, it was to no avail. Enter 8tracks.com. Mixes can only be 8 songs long, they play in random order, and don't look like tapes at all, but they'll serve the purpose until I find one as cool as mixwit was - anybody have any suggestions/know how to fix it??!?! Please lemme know!
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Bassist Eric Wilson and drummer Bud Gaugh are hitting the stage as Sublime, just like they did in February - only, now everyone knows about it so FANS will actually get to go. The show is part of Cypress Hill's Smokeout, and while Sublime might get the most attention, the lineup includes a ton of your favorites. Scheduled to hit the stage on Oct. 23 and 24 are...
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Steve Albini is responsible for fronting the most caustic and, depending on whether or not you have a sense of humor, either hilarious or upsetting bands of the mid- to late-80s (Big Black), that weird sort of late-80s to 90s spur period (Rapeman), and the 90s proper (Shellac), as well as producing more albums by more bands than we're sure even he can keep track of.
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Let me preface by saying I have not heard any songs by any of these artists except for the ones posted below. I kinda feel like the rest of them will probably suck, so at the risk of losing esteem for the presented tracks, I think I'll choose to remain ignorant.
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The Associates released 'Club Country' on April 26th 1982, which appeared on their third album, Sulk. The B side was a non-LP track. The 12 inch version added "Ulcragyceptemol" (added as a bonus to Sulk when it was re-released) and a remixed version of "Club Country". The single reached the #10 spot on the U.K. singles chart.
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Yes I know it's Sunday, so what? Since I haven't been vibing on any music lately, except for Shellac (obviously), and I can only post the same 5 Shellac songs so many times before someone'll throw a brick at my head until I can't lift it anymore, I had to come up with something. So these are my 3 favorite songs written before 1970. At least, they are for right now and probably still will be to..
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Even though I'd say the readers of this blog are probably not interested in Shakira, the REMIX FAIL post got shit tons of traffic so some of you MUST be interested. Shakira stopped by Soundcheck a couple weeks ago and performed 3 tracks from her new release, "She-Wolf." The exclusive interviews and performance videos will be live on the soundcheck website on September 28th. Until then, here's s...
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Just got a stellar new track from the fellas in M.A.U., otherwise known as Man and Unable. These gents are an electro-house duo from Portugal -- unless they're playing live, in which case they tack on another two members -- and are yet another reason why the Southern Hemisphere is bringing the heat in terms of excellent dance music (see also X-Wife, the Twelves, and almost anything on Modular).
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They say that "All you really need to know for now is that Gussy is Josh Gussy and Minna Gussy, and they make music together." But I say you need to know some other stuff, too. For starters, they're like, good. And that's pretty rare isn't it? GOOD unsigned tunes whose band members add you on myspace? Maybe I am just too picky when it comes to music.
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Soundcheck presents a sizzling performance by country wild child, Miranda Lambert. The 'Crazy Ex-Girlfriend' singer previews tracks from her latest, 'Revolution,' including the hit single, 'Dead Flowers.' Plus, Miranda discusses the process of songwriting... and the definition of a redneck.
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At the beginning there was an atmosphere of breaking up. Whereas on the one hand face and body of his band Seabear (whose debut was released on Morr Music in August 2007) gained their outlines more clearly, there remained a deliberately left open game with the sounds on the other hand. The name for this game was soon found: Sin Fang Bous
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Brand New are gearing up for the release of their new full-length album, Daisy, out September 22nd, featuring the first single "At The Bottom." The album, which promises to be another boundry breaking assault, is the follow-up to The Devil and God are Raging Inside Me, an album that earned critical acclaim from SPIN, Blender, NY Times, LA Times and Billboard, among others.
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In the spirit of super groups (see previous post), the weapon brings you Monsters of Folk. The name would be fitting if the band consisted of Will Oldham, Jeff Mangum, and Samuel Beam, but it doesn't. Members Conor Oberst, M. Ward, Jim James, and Mike Mogis are Monsters of Folk - and I'll be honest - they make me remember why I LOVED THE CRAP out of Fevers and Mirrors so hard (yes, I just said ...
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