Filed under: News , Exclusive Spinner.com : Christmas is a time for family togetherness. No one need tell the Wainwrights that. To that end, the whole clan will host a family gathering at Carnegie Hall on Wednesday night, with guests like Lou Reed, Laurie Anderson, and Emmylou Harris. Rufus... Read more
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Take that, AC/DC! First, I ruin your song. Now I pee on your star of fame. Ha ha. The sixth installment of our 100 best songs of the year covers the month of June 2008. This month's new releases included highly anticipated albums from Coldplay, My Morning Jacket, Wolf Parade, and UK sensation The Ting Tings. [...]

web site It's almost impossible to talk about Martha Wainwright without mentioning her family and her past. Whether it's her parents, extended family or her super talented brother, Martha's career will always be judged on the catalog of her family tree. It's a shame too, because I Know You're Married, But I've Got Feelings Too shows that she can stand solidly on her own two feet, aptly balancing the heartache and power the title suggests with a gentle touch. Martha possesses a beautiful voice, one that exudes strength but can [...]
So the Harper gov't thunk twice. But it might be too late for them. Their Stalinist-by-way-of-Tom-Flanag an power play has spurred the long-dormant Liberals into action . Whoops! For more LOLZ-Harper , Paul Wells at Macleans laid it on solid yesterday , with bonus awesome photo that will be my new desktop. Meanwhile, there's a boatload of shows in Vancouver tonight, in case we need something to take our minds of the best political intrigue this country's seen since Gerda Munsinger . We got AC/DC at GM [...]
A new project from Fatboy Slim, BPA features a host of big names. Names involve include Talking Heads legend David Byrne, Iggy Pop, Martha Wainwright, Jamie T, Jack Penate, Dizzee Rascal and Emmy The Great (who guests on 'Seattle'). The BPA - Seattle on MUZU . You might have seen the naughty censor-bar heavy video for 'Toe Jam' which feature David Byrne and Dizzee Rascal.

Fatboy Slim no es ya Fatboy Slim ; Norman Cook , el hombre tras la máscara, publicará su próximo trabajo bajo las siglas BPA (The Brighton Port Authority). El nuevo trabajo se llamará I Think We're Gonna Need A Bigger Boat , y se publicará el 3 de febrero de 2009. Título más que apropiado para la gran cantidad -y calidad- de artistas invitados al proyecto. Entre otros, destacan los nombres de Iggy Pop, Dizzee Rascal, Martha Wainwright o David Byrne. Grandes nombres para un álbum que a priori promete mucho, y [...]

I like random. Fusion 45, when it first launched, was all about random. Close your eyes, pick some records. Open your eyes, roll the dice, play some songs. I've heard it said the algorithms governing your iPod are not true random but that the numbers you can get from random.org are. I don't know but I believe. So I punched-in the parameters (10 numbers randomly chosen between 1 and 12,000) and this is what came up. (This is from my iTunes category specifically dedicated to the music I've acquired from [...]

Last night (4 November, 2008) I witnessed two sets from Martha Wainwright and her support act Angus & Julia Stone that couldn't be more different. One look at the crowd told me the majority were lefty (I'm one too, before I sound like a fascist!), middle class professionals who were there for Martha first and foremost and who'd probably heard about her through the Observer (heck, an English teacher from my high school was there). However, by the end of Angus & Julia's set they were clearly won over to their curious alt-folk - and quite [...]
If this reviewer is ever stupid enough to martyr himself for some strange cause he will pass on the 70 virgins for just one Martha Wainwright standing in the shape of a capital 'A' in a little, little black dress with white knee socks on, singing 'Stormy Weather' for eternity. A seated, and quite reserved Olympia received Martha on Sunday night. Such a subdued reception is a little unusual for a Dublin crowd welcoming a fiery, confident, cheeky (and if we may again lower the tone, foxy) woman touring such a fine album of songs about infidelity, [...]

Snow Patrol was my favorite little secret until their one little song blew up and I was forced into a blizzard of Snow Patrol overload. Now don't get me wrong, I'm not one of those people who doesn't wish a band success and these guys have earned it. I'm just annoyed that it took one of their least interesting songs (it barely used over three notes) to propel them to that level of success. On their fifth studio album A Hundred Million Suns , Snow Patrol seemed to struggle with a choice between continuing with the simple pop [...]

Gig Of The Week: Release The Bats All Tomorrow Parties host the Hallow'een bash to end them all over two nights at Kentish Town's Forum. Headlined by Steve Albini's blistering Shellac, the undercard provides almost as much interest with Brooklyn's post-punkers Les Savy Fav, noisebastards Lightning Bolt and the excellent Wooden Shjips leading the way. Expect a no-limits party atmosphere, along with some audacious fancy-dressing! Shellac - Ghosts Les Savy Fav - Who Rocks The Party Wooden Shjips - Losin' Time [...]

The BPA, or Brighton Port Authority, is a new project headed up by Norman Cook (Fatboy Slim) and features the talent of David Byrne , Dizzee Rascal , Emmy The Great, Iggy Pop , Pete York, Jack Penate , Jamie T, Martha Wainwright , Conan, Olly Hite, Lateef, Ashley Beedle , Simon Thornton , Thomas Gandey, and Justin Robertson . The lead single off of this album is entitled "Toe Jam" and features David Byrne as well as Dizzee Rascal on vocals. All of the manic energy you'd [...]

howdy all! hope everyone out there is having just a lovely day. i know i sure as hell am.... anyway, we finally found a place , and we are all good to go. well, at least on the living situation front. now, we just have to hear from my relocation people. my company is paying for the move but the one caveat is is that if its over 500 miles they direct bill a moving company, but if it's less than said amount we are responsible for the arrangements, but we will get paid back. wouldn't you know it [...]
Filed under: News Today, Oh Boy! Spinner.com : Jarvis Cocker, Feist and Martha Wainwright boarded a ship to the Arctic to investigate the effects of global warming with a crew of artists, scientists, engineers and journalists.Guns N' Roses' 'Chinese Democracy' will be sold exclusively at Best Buy... Read more

Pictured: Primal Scream Will Young is punching up some big numbers with new single "Changes" . After an incredible 10,000 plays on UK radio, the track is #1 in the national airplay chart and #4 in the regional airplay charts . We're expecting a top ten chart entry this weekend, with CD, video and digital bundle formats still to come on Monday. Listen out for Will on Jonathan Ross' Radio 2 show this weekend. He also plays London's Cadogan Hall next Thursday September 25th, 2008. [...]

En una excelente noticia para todos los españoles les informó que la gran Martha Wainwright ( de quien ya hemos hablado antes ) realizará una serie de presentaciones en este país como parte de su más reciente tour por Europa, Australia y el norte del Continente Americano para promocionar su nueva producción I Know You're Married But I've Got Feelings Too . La cantante actuará en Bilbao, Madrid y Barcelona y ésta es una excelente oportunidad para todos aquellos a quienes les guste el buen folk y voces tan [...]

On Sunday night I had the good fortune to catch Martha Wainwright perform live at the Iron Horse Music Hall in Northampton, MA. For those of you not familiar with the venue, when I had first heard that she was playing there I was somewhat surprised she would be stopping in such a small place. Come to find out, it's one of her last dates before heading over to Europe and then Australia on tour, so I was rather lucky to be seeing her at all. So just to prove that bloggers don't know [...]

I attended my first ever Goldfrapp concert last night at Radio City Music Hall, with opener Martha Wainwright . I really enjoyed Martha's folky sound complete with a smokey, raspy voice over an acoustic guitar. My favorite songs from her set was a song called " BMA ," which was unexpectedly explicit and a French song that her mother came out and played keyboard for. The show began with Allison shining through a backdrop of lights, arms spread like wings and singing the opening notes of Utopia . The [...]