Cette semaine, nous partons faire l'éloge de la troupe d'un artiste à barbe. Non nous ne parlerons pas des ZZ Top ou d'un best of de Georges Moustaki. Les habitués de cette chronique se doutent bien qu'il s'agit d'une barbe bien suisse , suisse -allemande, même. Une barbe qui trône bien en évidence sur un album sorti ce vendredi 13 janvier, celle d' Elia Rediger , chanteur du groupe bâlois The Bianca Story . Sans sa barbe, comme dirait Corbier, The Bianca Story ne serait pas un groupe moins intéressant. Mais la pochette [...]
I was planning on posting one more Star Wars LP, an audio story called Rebel Mission To Ord Mantell . However, it turns out you can get that right here . Why don't you just do that instead if you're interested in Star Wars? I'm more interested in posting some bloody music tonight. Winter. It sucks doesn't it? If you live in the Midwest (which is reason enough to be depressed), tonight you're probably bracing for your first big winter storm. That's never fun. And I don't know about you, but I've been reading [...]

ElectroSound - Back To The 802s [ mp3 ] Huey Lewis & the News - The Power of Love (1985) INXS - Need You Tonight (1987 Lipps Inc - Funky Town (1980) Ray Parker Jr - Ghostbusters (1984) B52's - Love Shack (1989) Survivor - Eye of the Tiger (1982) New Order - Blue Monday (1983) Phil Collins - Sussudio (1985) ZZ Top - Gimme All Your Lovin' (1983) Doc Emett Brown "Back to the Future" Movie (1985) – Doc's Plan Scene [...]

Living in your own Private Idaho Underground like a wild potato.

by Jeff Barringer - Staff Photographer It's hard to go to a B-52's concert and not have fun, and tonight's gig at Stubb's was no exception. For a band that that is celebrating their 35th anniversary, they sound and look great, even if Fred isn't quite the dancer he was way back when they were just a "college" band out of Athens and I was a high school student hanging out Raul's and Club Foot. It's hard to see the band and not reminisce over their long career arc. I still miss Ricky Wilson's [...]
Joan Didion talks to Morning Edition about her new book, Blue Nights Kate Pierson of The B-52s looks back on the band's discography at the A.V. Club . The Guardian lists the top 10 wilderness books in literature. American Laundromat has finalized the tracklisting for its Smiths tribute album and is [...]

Words by Brendan Halloween is a strange holiday, when you think about it. For kids, it's that magical day when you can ask your neighbors for candy and they have to give you some! (Fuck that guy who gave you raisins.) For teens, it's that awkward day where you're too old to trick or treat but you're secretly jealous of kids and their candy so you make mischief and mayhem, instead. (Amiright?) For college students, it's an excuse to get drunk and dress ruhl slutty and get away with it, or an excuse to [...]
The B-52's prove that you can indeed go home again.

Eagle Rock Entertainment is delighted to have released With The Wild Crowd! - Live In Athens, GA , the first official B-52s live album. With The Wild Crowd! was recorded in the B-52s' hometown of Athens, Georgia in February 2011 at a show that commemorated the band's 34th anniversary of their first-ever live show on Valentine's Day 1977. Wig-wearing, boa-draped, glitter-covered fans came from near and far to celebrate this historic event, which saw the band deliver a sizzling 90 minute set [...]
Filed under: Concerts and Tours , News , Exclusive , New Releases , Q + A Robb D. Cohen For all of the energy and frat-party frenetics that epitomize a B-52s show, it's amazing they've never put out a live album. That all changes this month with the release 'With the Wild Crowd! Live in Athens, Ga.' Recorded last February in their hometown of Athens, Ga., on the anniversary [...]
Download an all-pirate band's rocking cover of the B-52s' 'Rock Lobster'!

The B-52s : Mesopotamia [ purchase ] This seems to be one of those weeks when my fellow Star Makers and I avoid obvious choices in favor of lesser known ones. I can think of several well known groups that would fit our theme, and I really thought someone would have posted them by now. I can't completely resist the urge to share lesser known music myself, so here is my solution: a lesser known song by one of those obvious bands. In the early days of this band, [...]

I've been mad busy this week, so I'm only now getting around to posting up the highlights of my sets on Friday and Saturday. GIGANTIC turned out to be another really fun night. Considering how much was on, and the fact that it is still the summer, it was great to see a such a big bunch of regulars down getting their dance on. It was another one of those occasions where one random request changes the course of the set hugely. I got asked to play Jeff Mills 'The Bells' again, and I was only too happy [...]
Swedish eccentrics Teddybears return with this groovy new single from their sixth studio album (second in America) 'Devil's Music'. Like their past efforts this latest album is a mixed bag of genres and features a fitting array of guest vocalists. Appropriately, the track 'Cho Cha' showcases the vocal skills of Cee Lo Green as well as the B52's and fittingly demonic video. [...]

Event - The B-522s w/ The Human League @ The Hollywood Bowl - Hollywood, CA - 09/02/11 The B-522s w/ The Human League @ The Hollywood Bowl The B-522s w/ The Human League, The Fixx and Berlin The Hollywood Bowl Tickets: $20 - $95 All Ages
The B52's - Roam The B52's make happy. I would much rather be bombed by song, dance, art and pleasantness than payloads carrying death and destruction. Just saying. Get out there, enjoy your day, listen to music. Enjoy. Peace. http://www.theb52s.com/

G3RSt - No Love Shack [ mp3 ] B52s - Love Shack 2 Unlimited - No Limi + additional beats by G3RSt one of the craziest mashups ewwa?
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Tweet OK, I might be a little biased about this new band, Androcles And The Lion - the name doesn't exactly roll off the tongue, but we'll get to that later. Androcles And The Lions are actually from my home state of Georgia - Athens more specifically. Athens is a little-known music hub for established and up-and-coming bands, such as R.E.M. , B-522s, and now we can add Androcles And The Lion. Bandmates McKendrick Bearden and Austin Harris first came together [...]
Everything about the video for "Cho Cha" by Teddybears is nuts. And full of cats.

Swedish electro masters Teddybears recently released their new LP Devil's Music , and their new video for "Cho Cha" has some seriously evil things going on in it. Though neither of the track's featured guests, The B-52's and Cee Lo Green, appear in the group's creepy-crawly clip, The Voice coach's vocals are lip-synced by a teddy bear hand puppet who has a strange way of convincing his cute next door neighbor of cuddling up next to him. Watch below. [...]