Aug 27, 2007, 1:51pm
MVSW
Interesting Shows around Los Angeles: Monday 8/27 Sarah Silverman @ Largo Joss Stone @ Greek Theatre Tuesday 8/28 Gogol Bordello @ Music Box Theater The Watson Twins @ Spaceland Crowded House, Pete Yorn @ Greek Theatre Wednesday 8/29 Blonde Redhead @ Glass House Meiko @ Hotel Cafe As Tall As Lions @ Roxy The Like (Club NME) @ Spaceland Sham 69 @ House of Blues (Anaheim) Thursday 8/30 [...]
Somehow, while nobody was looking, the food industry managed to sell a truly horrendous lie to you, me, and the rest of the world. I'm talking, of course, about the sun-dried tomato. This shriveled red menace has become particularly ubiquitous over the last decade as a trendy topping for pasta dishes, pizzas, and sandwiches. What nobody has the guts to point out is that these things are nothing more than chewy crimson lies. "Sun-dried"? Really? And when was the last time you saw somebody laying tomato slices out in the sun? A heat [...]
intermezzo by ew white since the last time we met like this, the founder of factory records (new order), tony wilson passed away. new order was the first significant influence in my musical ventures and it has helped to shape my understanding of electronic and rock music as one. also, the passing of one of jazz's great drummer, max roach has left the world absent of another creative progressive force in music. now, the music that will change your life. Crowded House - [...]

TIME ON EARTH is CROWDED HOUSE 's first new LP in 14 years. By and large, it's a subdued affair. The tracks below are pretty much the perkiest of the lot. CROWDED HOUSE on MySPACE . CROWDED HOUSE in North America >>> Aug 3 2007 8:00P/Foxwoods Resort Casino/Ledyard Aug 4 2007 8:00P/Calvin Theater/Northampton, Massachusetts Aug 5 2007 8:00P/Bank Of America [...]
Jul 16, 2007, 12:04pm
MVSW
Interesting shows this week around Los Angeles: Monday 7/16 Eskimohunter @ Spaceland Spoon @ Little Radio Tuesday 7/17 Benni Hemm Hemm @ Echo Crowded House @ Troubadour Sierra Swan @ Largo Groove Armada (DJ Set) @ Standard downtown Wednesday 7/18 The Polyphonic Spree, Jesca Hoop @ El Rey Lavender Diamond @ Echo Gomez @ Greek Mocean Worker @ Virgin Megastore (instore) Thursday 7/19 Delores O'Riordan, [...]

Crowded House will release a new studio album, Time On Earth , on July 2nd. It's the first release with new drummer Matt Sherrod (formerly with Beck ), and the first "proper" studio album after 1993's Together Alone (there have been various Best-Of-compilation and last year's fabulous live-album Farewell To The World ). I've just been listening to the new stuff, and it sounds great. The guys haven't lost their talent [...]
Best known for their hit 80s single "Don't Dream It's Over, it's been 14 years since Crowded House released an album. Time On Earth is scheduled to be released on July 10th. The album features Johnny Marr and the Dixie Chicks. Former Beck drummer Matt Sherrod replaced the late Paul Hester. Also, they're playing Coachella this weekend. Time On Earth tracklisting: 'Nobody Wants To' 'Don't Stop Now' 'She Called Up' 'Say That Again' 'Pour Le Monde' 'Even [...]

Once again, it's that time of year for the Coachella Music and Arts Festival in my home town of Indio, California. And once again, just like last year, I look at the lineup early in the year and look at the lack of money in my wallet and my busy schedule and think, "meh....I don't need to go." And then I get to about a month before the concert and I think, "why aren't I going???" Ah well, another year, another missed opportunity to go to Coachella. Enjoy this round up of bands [...]

Via NME: Beck drummer Matt Sherrod has joined as a full-time member of the recently reunited Crowded House , according to Australian website Undercover. The band held auditions for the position following their decision to reunite. The original drummer Paul Hester passed away in 2005. The report also says that former Smiths guitarist Johnny Marr, now a full member of Modest Mouse, has also been working on song-writing with Neil Finn. Marr has collaborated with Finn on a number of tracks for the new Crowded House album 'Time On Earth', to be released later [...]
You just don't hear that much anymore about Charlemagne. And it's really a shame. The only bright spot in the Dark Ages, Charley dealt with great hardships to unify much of Europe. I mean, if you think it's easy growing up the son of someone named Pepin the Short, then you obviously have never been around eighth century Frankish royal children. But disproportionately thick necked Charlemagne was all about overcoming the odds. He was also a bit of a oddball. His court was filled with elephants, he enjoyed bathing with his clothes on, and during the Avar Campaign of 792 [...]

Für alle, die es noch nicht mitbekommen haben sollten - Blumfeld , die "Urgesteine" der Hamburger Schule, haben sich vor einigen Tagen aufgelöst! O-Ton ihrer Website: «Nach sechzehn Jahren Blumfeld hat Autor, Sänger und Gitarrist Jochen Distelmeyer in Absprache mit den übrigen Bandmitgliedern Andre Rattay (Schlagzeug), Vredeber Albrecht (Keyboards) und Lars Precht (Bass) beschlossen, die Band aufzulösen. Die zur Veröffentlichung von Ei n Lied mehr – The Anthology Archives Vol.1 angekündigte Tournee im April/Mai wird somit die letzte Blumfeld-Tour sein. Hiermit möchten sich [...]

Crowded House Live at the Bottom Line March 19, 1987 Crowded House - Don't Dream It's Over Crowded House - Better Be Home Soon Crowded House - Not Fade Away
"You want me to do what? Okay. Wait... what?" Well the Hoppin' Jacks have fallen to 0-3, after a 48-26 decision last night. But don't let the score fool you. It looks like it was a drubbing, but in actual fact, we played pretty good, and more importantly, I scored my first points of the season. Like last week we were running even up until halftime, and then decided just to take deep shots in the second half, which would be fine and all if they were falling... [...]

DOWNLOAD: Rage Against the Machine - Wake Up (MP3) DOWNLOAD: Crowded House - Don't Dream It's Over (MP3) DOWNLOAD: Daft Punk (live @ Coachella) (full set) (MP3) <<<---- HOT! DOWNLOAD: Radiohead - Planet Telex (live @ Coachella) (MP3) "....a reunited Rage Against The Machine , Bjork and the Red Hot Chili Peppers will lead the lineup for the 2007 Coachella [...]
Here it is. And as every year, it was not too easy to narrow down a list. But this year was a bit different. Normally, I vote for one album to be THE album of the year, but I just couldn't do that this time. Not because there were so many candidates for it... rather because there was no album that completely blew me away. That I kept playing over and over again. Mind you, there are a few great ones, but none of them reaches the impact that for example last years winner Mew had [...]