If there is one thing I learned putting together our MASSIVE 3.3 hours, 38 song, from womb to now mixtape of kickin' favourites from every stinking possible year of my life is that I'm getting old. Yep, it's true. Little by little, one grey hair, one fresh wrinkle at a time. Sure, I know what you are thinking, "Tsuru, that can't be so, you is one fine lookin' man, tried & true! If it weren't for that TsuruBride , I'd be all over you like white on rice (or even yellow on [...]

King Khan & the Shrines' album " What Is?! " is finally getting a proper release in the U.S., via Vice Records, on April 21st. This album has been touted as an instant classic and was only available overseas, until now. Vice has been nice enough to offer up a free download of their song Land of the Freak. Caution: This album is known to cause wild Hipshakes!
Vice is offering up a free MP3 of "Land Of The Freak" by King Khan & The Shrines.MP3:Land Of The Freak - King Khan & The Shrines
By now you've heard, King Khan And The Shrines are bringing the sweat-soaked soul explosion known as What Is?! to American shores on April 21 via their friends at Vice Records. Fresh off a mini-US tour and a predictably wild SXSW, Khan and his Shrines are set to return to the states in support of [...]
The Black Lips took the stage Wednesday night obscured by a thick cloud of vapor that poured out of a nearby fog machine and tasted vaguely of waffles. The haze cleared quickly, revealing the four Lip... Continue reading "Concert Review: Black Lips at the Bottleneck" >
Illustration by Gemma Correll Words by Phil Inzurriaga THE TIME IS NIGH. The culmination of my entire year. One week full of my absolute favorite things in the world that start with the letter b : Beer, Babes, Bands. Who knows where those three would rank on a normal day, but for one great week in March, it's all about BANDS. SXSW is one of the major jumpoffs for new bands. With the entire internet and virtually every magazine known to man in Austin, Texas, bands are made during this week. At [...]

Typically, by now I've given up caring about the music schmooze fest going on next week known as SXSW , but this year is different. I've somehow managed to convince my day job that they needed to send me down to Austin to partake in the massive Texas orgy of booze, BBQ and bands. With a mind-numbing number of bands playing over the course of the fest, it's a daunting task making heads or tails of what to see. Here's songs from six bands that I intend to check out. Enjoy and have a great weekend all. [...]
Take a good look at the cowboy, 'cause this is the last week you'll be seeing him. It's Friday the 13th once again, and the cowboy is back to bring us all tidings of good weekending. Yes, this is the... Continue reading "Weekend Round-Up: He's Back Style! Part 1" >
Chad Radford chats about the King Khan show tonight at the Masquerade.
Mar 7, 2009, 9:51pm
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Thanks to the Pitchfork twitter for this one. (Click to listen) Simplicity seems to be easy to comprehend yet difficult to produce. The paradox that's locked in that statement is comparable to the likes of the minimalist movement in visual art, holding the boxed, hued colors of precise thought and inferred beauty. This psalm uses a clear-beachy guitar to strum a rhythm that harnesses this simplicity but somehow reflects this simplicity in glorious circle of light held up by a chain of hidden snap-like links keeping time. The gentle whistle and background voice of King [...]

Knuckle Rumbler is joining forces with RollingStone.com , The Hype Machine , Blog Fresh Radio , The Music Slut , My Old Kentucky Blog , Aquarium Drunkard , NahRight , The Smoking Section , and Ruby Hornet to bring you the most anticipated, hard hitting and up and coming bands of SXSW in the most intimate artist lounge on 6th Street. Knuckle Rumbler is throwing it down with 4 parties this year. Sounds pretty awesome to us! [...]

Damn, what a lineup! 4th Annual Pitchfork/Windish Austin Bash Friday, March 20th (noon - 6pm) Emo's / Emo's Jr. ( 603 Red River St. ) | Austin, TX FREE Lineup: 12:00 - Girls (Emo's Jr.) 12:30 - The Mae [...]
Ah, the disillusioning moment. Just when I think I might be hip, something pops up to remind that indeed, no, I am not. What in this case? A little band called King Khan & the Shrines. Were I hip, I would have already been listening to these guys. See, anyone who is into music (which [...]

Download: King Khan and the Shrines - "Welfare Bread" Download: King Khan and the Shrines - "No Regrets" 03-06 St. Augustine, FL - Harvest of Hope Festival 03-07 Miami, FL - The Vagabond 03-08 Orlando, FL - Wills Pub 03-10 Atlanta, GA - Masquerade 03-12 Asheville, NC - Orange Peel 03-13 Nashville, TN - Exit In 03-14 Memphis, TN - Hi-Tone Café 03-15 New Orleans, LA - One Eyed Jacks 03-16 Dallas, TX - Palladium Loft 03-17 San Antonio, TX - The Warhol 03-20 Austin, TX - Emo's [...]
Download: King Khan and the Shrines - "Welfare Bread"Download: King Khan and the Shrines - "No Regrets"03-06 St. Augustine, FL - Harvest of Hope Festival03-07 Miami, FL - The Vagabond03-08 Orlando, FL - Wills Pub03-10 Atlanta, GA - Masquerade03-12 Asheville, NC - Orange Peel03-13 Nashville, TN - Exit In03-14 Memphis, TN - Hi-Tone Café03-15 New Orleans, LA - One Eyed Jacks03-16 Dallas, TX -
by paper boy Yesterday's news included updates on St. Vincent, Conor Oberst, and Luaka Bop. We've pooled the main points of interest and laid them out for you after the jump. For some background music I wanted to leave you with a new signee of the Swedish label, Flora & Fauna . The band is called Marions and they will be releasing their first record titled Origin of Birds in April. "Another Hour" is the first single from the Stockholm trio. [...]

Black Jaspers , un des nombreux side-project du Black Snake, va bientôt exploser a la face du monde. Un missile punk "New Yorkais", hautement trafiqué par ce savant fou de King Khan qui risque de faire des victimes au premier rang... Nous, on reste et du coup on attend impatiemment la sortie du LP prévue chez Die Slaughterhaus. [MP3] The Black Jespers - I Want My Face On The Radio A guetter sur Die Slaughterhaus... Le Miasme [...]

King Khan and The Shrines seminal 'What Is?!' album will finally be made available domestically come April 21, 2009 by Vice Records. King Khan and The Shrines on amazon.com King Khan and The Shrines on amazon.co.uk Already legendary for their insane live show, 'What Is?!' shows the band harnessing their live power into 14 blasts of pure punk-soul. Originally released on Germany's Hazlewood imprint in [...]

Le nouvel LP , "Lost in the desert" , des Demon's Claws sortira très prochainement sur le label Telephone Explosion . 12 tracks, inédites (dont trois issues de la terrible tape "Sick Chili" sortie sur ce même label) ainsi que de nouvelles démos dont une enregistrée avec King Khan... Pour la qualité des compos, vous pouvez toujours faire confiance au gang de Montreal, c'est toujours aussi efficace. Le LP est pressé à 500 exemplaires, la pre-order est déjà disponible. [MP3] [...]
The California icon of record stores got turned topsy-turvy by King Khan and The Shrines recently when the band came by to play a blistering garage rock set. Check out the amazing video shot at the venue, which encompasses pretty much the raw power and fire of the entire set. Setlist: 01 Pickin' Up The Trash 02 I Wanna Be A Girl 03 Outta Harms Way (How Can I Keep You) 04 Let Me Holler 05 No Regrets 06 Land Of The Freak [...]