Well, now it's finally official! We are hosting a party at Pianos in Manhattan during New York City's most incredibly exhausting music festival known as CMJ Music Marathon (or simply CMJ). CMJ is a yearly week-long indie music fest that features the best of today's up-and-coming independent artists. Official showcases are complimented by a plethora of free parties that put some of the best bands out there on display. This year's festival runs from October 18-22 and will feature stand out acts such as Handsome Furs , Zola Jesus , We Are Augustines [...]
Buzzzzz. That's the sound coming from the giant green beehive Lady Gaga sported as she left her London hotel earlier today. The trampy pop star looked like an extra straight out of Hairspray with her retro glasses and 60s-inspired getup as she headed to a taping of the Jonathan Ross Show . Check out the "Marry The Night" singer's latest fashion incarnation and tell us if you're feeling the MTV O Awards nominee 's bespectacled look.
White Birds - Bee Hive Philly band White Birds hit me up last week with a download of their upcoming limited cassette to promote their fall tour... (Visit my blog for more!)
U2.com's Zooropa video from Mexico City. U2360º 2011 - 'We're Mild And Green...' Zooropa live from Mexico City Best viewed while high.
Excerpt: "We featured Rich Bennett back in August 2010 on the strength of his superb album 'On Holiday'. So the following from Hidden Shoal a week a go was a nice surprise. Today, Hidden Shoal Recordings found an old VHS cassette stuffed down the back of a sofa in their label office. Delighted to discover a playable copy of the movie Buddy Cop, the label is now proud to share its soundtrack, for free, with the world. The back of the tape reads: Dan Lyman (Rich Bennett, star of Badge of Fury and Miami Lockdown) [...]
Chad VanGaalen — Beehives Being the upstanding Canadian gent that he is, Chad VanGaalen just released a brand new EP to benefit relief efforts in Japan. It's dubbed Your Tan Looks Supernatural , and features 6 outtakes from his forthcoming Diaper Island album (out 5/17 on Flemish Eye ). Hear the sweeping, string-filled "Beehives" and get the full release from bandcamp .
Hailed by The Chicago Tribune as "the most innovative songwriter working today" (and certainly one of our favorites), Susan Werner has proven she can pretty much do it all. From her early coffeehouse folk days in the early 90's to her groundbreaking 2004 album I Can't Be New -- where she wrote in the style of classic tunesmiths like Cole Porter -- to her 2007 album of "agnostic gospel" ( The Gospel Truth ), Werner has quietly risen to the elite of American songwriters. Werner's wide breadth [...]
Let me tell you guys about this brilliant blog I encountered a couple of months ago. It's called Yours truly and you have to keep an eye out for this one, cause it's truly a gem. This lovely girl from the UK, with feisty red hair, really knows how to travel back in time. Wearing a beehive from time to time and scoring the best vintage finds from London, Brighton, and so on. She loves garments that tell a story and believes you must have a sense of humour when it comes to fashion. Couldn't agree [...]
While I scroll my ipod looking for songs to put on, Bottom Of The Hudson always jumps off the screen at me. Naturally, I click in and choose my favorite song of theirs, ' Bee Hive ' (from 20072s Fantastic Hawk on Absolutely Kosher ). I miss this band and it reminds me of a time when I felt like every which way I turned, there was a new band or song that was blowing my mind. Not to say that 2010 doesn't have that vibe (and I'm sure in 2013 I'll be looking back to [...]
It's been a couple of years since Wolf Parade made their sold-out debut in Cincinnati. After touring in support of their second LP At Mount Zoomer , the band took a year off so its two frontmen, Spencer Krug and Dan Boeckner, could focus on their other projects, Sunset Rubdown and Handsome Furs. When the band reconvened, they pumped out what became their third full-length release, EXPO 86 , a frenzied, focused record that hits just as hard as their debut, Apologies to the Queen Mary. Wolf Parade is touring once again in support of their [...]
Adult Swim is bringing the ultimate block party to Tempe next Wednesday and inviting everyone (older than 21 of course) to attend for free. Tempe is one of the 10 lucky cities that are getting a visit from the Adult Swim Block Party tour that will feature different musicians at each stop along the way, along with a variety of other entertainment. Tempe's date on the tour will have one of my favorite rappers, Murs , doing his thing live along with one of Arizona's best DJs, DJ Epidemic , spinning some records for all [...]
Beehive - Breathing The Bad Smoke Beehive is the work of Zach Hinkle, a former member of the Athens, Georgia music scene who recently relocated to... (Visit my blog for more!)
Today is a sunny day. Today is my birthday. And today it is time to publish the 50th MP3-Mix of the Last Pop Song. The first and the last fact undoubtely are reasons enough to pimp up the mix a little bit. Have som fun today, make someone happy and always remember: Carpe diem! Mount Wilson Repeater - Pencils/Pens MP3 Echosuite - Disarmed MP3 Black Gold - Detroit MP3 The Horrors - Sea within a Sea [...]
I only had to listen to one song from Crayon Rosary to decide they were a great band. Having stumbled across their myspace page I listened to the only track available and was simply blown away by the astonishing vocals and melodic keyboard playing. This track was called "New York City" and is one hell of a hit single. Although gentle, It's an excellent listen and some perfectionist acoustic guitar playing compliments the keyboard and children'stoys that feature throughout the track. But this is not why you should check out the track. The harmonised [...]
Day 1 of Bumbershoot madness, including reviews and photos of Beck, Neko Case, Nada Surf, Beehive, New Faces, Das Vibenbass, The Girls, Grynch, PWRFL Power, The Walkmen, Estelle, Saul Williams, Man Man, M. Ward, !!!, Kinski, and more! read more
Day 1 of Bumbershoot madness, including reviews and photos of Beck, Neko Case, Nada Surf, Beehive, New Faces, Das Vibenbass, The Girls, Grynch, PWRFL Power, The Walkmen, Estelle, Saul Williams, Man Man, M. Ward, !!!, Kinski, and more! read more
Special Episode #4, Fun While Waiting For Tropical Storm. Podcast Page Direct Link RSS Feed Beehive, "Better Than Lies" Website Myspace Darker My Love, "Two Ways Out" Website Myspace Dead Heart Bloom, "Come Back" (Downloaded from their Myspace) Website Elaine Chao Finnell, "Dance" (From the Masters of Song Fu song competition) Website (No Myspace listed) Chairs in the Arno, "Winter Song"
the WILD honey pie
Idolator
Ears of the Beholder
Scatter O' Light
Hidden Shoal Recordings
Boy Attractions
Direct Current
Neon Enlightenment
Indie Music Filter
EachNoteSecure
Factory Made Future
The last Pop Song
There Goes the Fear
Three Imaginary Girls
Cerulean's Love of Music
Clive Davis Cancels Pre-Grammy Party After Whitney Houston’s Death
Watch: Trailer for Dave Grohl’s documentary, Sound City
Retro-Review: Stellastarr*- Stellastarr*
