Brazilian samba-soulsero Curumin just got off a coast-to-coast US tour but he's already been invited back! On March 8, he'll be playing a special show at Spaceland in LA, with fellow Brazilians Los Piratas as openers, plus more special guests! Curumin, of course, released his second full-length, JapanPopShow, on Quannum Records this past fall. You can [...]
Naomi Shelton is no ordinary gospel singer. Though she, like many others, grew up singing with her sisters in their Alabama church, she has also spent much of her life in the soul clubs around New York, and her 45s, "41st St. Breakdown" and "Wind Your Clock" b/w "Talking 'Bout a Good Thing," have long [...]
It's that time again...Time to pack your bags and head down to TX for a week of warmth, free BBQ, time away from the desk, and, oh right, music. Lots of WF artists are making appearances this year, including Lady Sovereign, Youth Group, Colourmusic, The Upsidedown, DePedro, Spindrift, and Los Pirata. Full details after the jump! LADY SOVEREIGN THURSDAY, [...]
Black Diamond"The most exciting live act you could ever hope to see" - Observer, UK "Black Diamond is one of the fiercest dance records in recent memory." - Pitchfork (7.9) "...one of the most jaw-droppingly effusive club moments I've experienced." - The FADER (Gen F) "Cats like Buraka Som Sistema are killing it at the moment. [...]
The Dandy Warhols' "The Legend Of The Last Of The Outlaw Truckers Aka The Legend Of Sheriff Shorty" will be played on this week's episode of Les Invincibles, the popular show on Canadian French-language television network Radio Canada. The show will be broadcast this Wednesday, February 18, at 9pm, and "Trucker" will be available as a [...]
This weekend, unfortunately, was not an unqualified success for Daptone Records. After two fantastic shows at the Nokia Theatre in New York (check out live shots from Saturday night here), the crew headed back to Bushwick Monday morning to find that their studio had been broken in to. Here's the letter that label co-founder and [...]
Menahan Street Band, who happen to be opening for none other than Sharon Jones & The Dap-Kings tonight at their show at the Nokia Theatre in New York, will be featured on Studio 360 this afternoon, at 5:40pm on WNYC. Studio 360 visited bandleader and guitarist/multi-instrumentalis t Thomas Brenneck at his brand new Dunham Records studio, [...]
Menahan Street Band, who happen to be opening for none other than Sharon Jones & The Dap-Kings tonight at their show at the Nokia Theatre in New York, will be featured on WNYC this afternoon, at 5:40pm. WNYC visited bandleader and guitarist/multi-instrumentalis t Thomas Brenneck at his brand new Dunham Records studio, where they talked about [...]
Youth Group, who will be releasing their third album, The Night Is Ours, in the US on April 7, are excited to announce a series of East Coast dates, as well as a show in Los Angeles and performances at SXSW. After kicking things off with a show at LA's Spaceland and playing the Brush Square [...]
So we may be in a recession, but that doesn't mean you still can't show that special someone you care. To help, Hollywood, Mon Amour, the new project from Marc Collin, one of the producers behind the much celebrated Nouvelle Vague, has made an ecard, complete with music. Best of all, it's totally free. Just [...]
Entertainment To Come Four Years After Their Last Acclaimed Sophomore Album on May 5th Fischerspooner, the art pop performance project created and helmed by Warren Fischer and Casey Spooner, is back with their third album, Entertainment. Recorded over a two-year period with producer Jeff Saltzman (The Killers, Sounds) and featuring Ann Magnuson (Bongwater), Gabriel Olegavich [...]
Portland's The Upsidedown, who will be starting their spring tour in a little over a month, have just released a video for their song "#29." Comprised of stills from New-York-by-way-of-Taiwan culture and fashion photographer Wayne Liu (check out some of his stuff here), the video is a gorgeous, thoughtful exploration on the intersection between the [...]
Roger O'Donnell, the former Cure keyboardist who recently released his second solo record, Songs From The Silver Box, was just featured on Wired.com, where he talks about his new music, what he brought to the Cure, his love of the Moog. Here's a clip, but read the whole thing here. Artist: Roger O'Donnell Album: Songs [...]
Although the chance to see Budos Band at Langerado is sadly no more, the Staten-Island-based Afrofunk ensemble's shows in the tri-state area are still on! On February 26, they'll be at one of New York's best new venues, (Le) Poisson Rouge, alongside Chin Chin, and March finds them in Brooklyn, Hoboken, and Princeton. Full info below! But [...]
Just before midnight on Friday, February 20, Spaghetti-Western, psychedelic superstars Spindrift will be treating movie fans to a special screening of their film, The Legend of God's Gun (directed by Mike Bruce, and starring the band), along with a live set from the group, who will be performing songs from the movie's soundtrack (which they [...]
Lady Sovereign releases her new single "So Human" today, February 3rd (digital) on her label Midget Records (via EMI). The single, taken from Sov's forthcoming album Jigsaw (due April 7th), was produced by Medasyn and featuring a remix by Sinden. Inspired by The Cure's "Close To Me," "So Human" reflects on Sov's rollercoaster ride over [...]
Sharon Jones & The Dap-Kings' cover of the Shuggie Otis favorite, "Inspiration Information," which is appearing on Dark Was the Night, the latest AIDS charity album from the Red Hot organization, is being streamed for today only on myspace.com/DarkWasTheNight. You can also check it out below. Sharon will also be playing what is turning out to be [...]
The Secret Machines' new full-length, Secret Machines, has been out in the US since October, but it was only a couple of weeks ago that the UK got a taste of the record. Check out some of the press quotes below, and if you happen to be in the UK, the Netherlands, Germany, Belgium or [...]
"Mission Control," the very fun, very catchy song from the Dandy Warhols off their most recent release, ...Earth To The Dandy Warhols..., will be featured on Gossip Girl this upcoming Monday, February 2. 98.7 The Star's Sunday night New Music Show will also being playing "Mission Control" this week, on Jan. 31. The show [...]
For their new record, The Night Is Ours, Australian stars Youth Group decided to forgo the more traditional approach employed for their previous records. Over the period of a couple of months in late 2007, the band holed up in a near-derelict 1920s mess hall on Sydney's harbor. They decided against traditional studio procedures and [...]
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