Blog: Waved Rumor

I saw Surfer Blood a few years ago when they toured Phoenix , and the first encore was Guided by Voices' 'Game of Pricks'. And the singer-guitarist John Paul Pitts did a great version of it. So I ended up liking them more than the average indie-rock-pop band. Now the new Surfer Blood LP is coming out in June - here's the first single 'Demon Dance' - it ain't edgy or aggro, but it sounds like the best Pixies song you'll hear all day by a [...]

This weekend, the Phoenix-Tempe area plays hosts to the traveling rock 'n roll circus known as the International Pop Overthrow . It's a weekend-long event, showcasing local music in cities where the IPO (as it's known) plays throughout the year. This is the 4th year in greater Phoenix area. International Pop Overthrow started 14 years ago in Los Angeles. David Bash is the founder and CEO of IPO and has spent the last 14 years building up the enterprise to include more and more cities in its yearly itinerary. [...]

One of my favorite fun music curation-discovery-sharing thingamajigs on the Internet is This is My Jam . It's a easy-to-use site to let you find music via URL or download and post it as your weekly fave track. Here's my Dfactor Jam page . When you share a 'jam' online with friends, everyone gets to see a cool new or old track. And with YouTube's music vaults as expansive as anything, anyone can link a URL to This is My Jam to share with friends. Now, according to GigaOm tech [...]

Warner Music is hosting a three-day live music residency March 12-14 at South By Southwest (location is The Belmont Austin). It's the " The Warner Sound Captured by Nikon " showcase. Surfer Blood, Blondfire and The Wild Feathers are all on the bill and will also be playing a handful of other shows and events throughout the week. See below for more info and full schedules. Surfer Blood West Palm Beach rock band Surfer Blood are gearing up for the June 11th release of its Warner Bros. Records debut, Pythons. Pythons is [...]

Singer-songwriter Dfactor announces the release of a new pop song 'Yes & No Girl' and two upcoming live appearances. The Phoenix-based guitarist-rocker has released a bubblegum rocker called ' Yes & No Girl ' about the politics of indecision and the quality of relationships. You can stream 'Yes & No Girl' at the Dfactor Soundcloud page or below. "I am stoked to share 'Yes & No Girl' with my friends and fans," said Dfactor. "As with many of my songs, this title came about in a [...]

• Dfactor - Yes & No Girl

So excited that The Hives are opening up Pink's 2013 arena rock tour . Here are the majority of the dates, as seen from The Hives website . See all the dates below and get your tickets now! The first show of the Pink-The Hives tour is in Phoenix on Feb 13th! FEBRUARY 2013 01 February 2013 - Kalmar, Sweden Palace 02 February 2013 - Örebro, Sweden Club 700 07 February 2013 - Malmö, Sweden KB [...]

The Rolling Stones are doing shows on the East Coast all week - a couple in Brooklyn last weekend, then the 12-12-12 appearance Wednesday night, then two shows in New Jersey tonight and Friday. Nice work if you can get it. The New York Times wrote: What is a Stones show? Musically, now that they’re in their 50th year and a long time before now, it doesn’t seem to be so much about the performances you’re actually hearing in real time. It’s an oldies show that can become a flickering re-enactment ritual: [...]

I've heard the band name The Movement a few times in recent years, but being 6,000 miles away, didn't hear it enough to listen closely. But tonight, I'm hearing a good chunk of the band's songs from their 2012 LP Fools Like You and it's flooring me. The Movement is a power-trio from Copenhagen/DK. They play mod-rock! Their sound is influenced by The Jam, The Who and The Clash. The Movement is a well dressed band who always wears suits, they know the old mod-slogan: "Clean Living Under Difficult Circumstances". A great [...]

Yay - The Hives get to plays for chicks! The Hives will return to the U.S. in February for a nationwide arena tour in support of Pink! Kicking off February 13 in Phoenix, the dates will take them to 25 cities across the U.S. See below for details. The Pink tour is called "The Truth About Love" tour . "She burst onto the scene with "There You Go" and "Get The Party Started" and now she's back on tour celebrating her latest [...]

Green Day isn't touring for the rest of 2012, Billie Joe Armstrong is recuperating somewhere and all we've got is what the band recorded this year. And I like a lot of it. The new stuff from Dos! is out. Here's several of the songs that Rolling Stone called "a short but sweet platter of 13 tracks that rock hard and fast." Fuck Time is fun, right? Here are three Green Day songs from its 1st Lp 'Uno!' in the trilogy: [...]

• Green Day - DOS (FULL ALBUM)
• GreenDay - Green Day

I'm still catching up on cool new releases that have flown by me in recent months. Here's another one. The Soft Pack from sunny CA has a new release out. It came out in September when I was sleeping, clearly. It's called 'Strapped' and it's full of catchy cool songs laced with 70s pop vibe and loads more. photo courtesy of You Me and Charlie The band is just finishing up a month-long tour across the East [...]

And You Will Know Us by the Trail of Dead is a veteran Austin, TX-based pop-punk metal hardcore rock band that has blown the minds of many audiences in their decade or more together. Their songs are anthems, even if you can't hear them past their hardcore volume, but you know, you should. Cuz their songs are brilliant loud exercises in intellectual and physical ferocity. The band's new CD is called " Lost Songs " and it's described by head Dead guy Conrad Keely (in this Paste Magazine interview ) as a natural extension [...]

Another TV appearance, another absolute fiery performance from Bob Mould , Jason Narducy and Jon Wurster. Are these guys the hardest working trio playing live right now? I say yes! (pic via Slicing Up Eyeballs ) Man, this song smokes. Bob's got his capo up on the frets, playing through a few amps for maximum distortion, volume and ultimate guitar ringing. Plus the band just kills its. Have a listen and a watch, in case you missed it last night watching storm coverage. [...]

Yes, the rock still goes on, in the midst of calamity, inertia and distraction. These are indeed wild times in which we are living. - Public Image Ltd. hits Phoenix-Tempe Tuesday at the Marquee Theater. British multi-media star and punk rock legend leads an all-star bill at Marquee Theater, featuring openers, The Father Figures and Dead Irrelevants. Phoenix New Times' resident old school punk Glenn BurnSilver writes: "there's plenty of PiL material to fill a concert, including songs from the recently released This Is PiL, [...]

(photo via Orange County Register ) Thanks to YouTube uploader Brian James, we have a nice clip of the reunited New Order playing live this past weekend at LA's Greek theater doing their awesome track 'Age of Consent' from 1983's Power, Corruption & Lies. The Orange Country Register reviewed the show at LA's Greek Theater, writing: "Regardless, from there they were off and running, rarely letting up for 90 minutes and only once or twice departing from their canon of time-tested classics. Formative singles like “Ceremony” and [...]

Any regular reader of Waved Rumor will see that I love The Hives . And why not? They play fast, furiously fun rock music with a pulse and energy. They put on some of the best rock shows around, and the band are pros at what they do. "You Love the Hives", shouts out Pelle in concerts. I noted the Hives' announced 2012 tour dates , the Hives' return to Coachella earlier this year, assorted snippets about videos and songs and more. And I thoroughly [...]

Loads of great content on the web today - here are a some of my faves! ClashMusic has two great recent articles with some classic rockers types: - Mott the Hoopple mainman and solo artist Ian Hunter spills the juice on what makes music click, and how the Mott reunions went down. - More from ex-Joy Division and New Order bassist Peter Hook on the rough feelings within the band, and promoting his new book release, ' Joy Division: Unknown Pleasures '. [...]

Good news from London! David Bowie's contributions to art, music, fashion and culture (and more) will be seen through the lens of a 'right here, right now' exhibition in London in 2013. The UK Telegraph writes : "'David Bowie is', the world's first retrospective of the musician, artist and cultural icon, hosted in association with Italian fashion house Gucci, promises to be a must-see for any fan of Bowie's enduring music and fashion legacy, and will no doubt bring his influence and inspiration to the attention of a whole new [...]

Aerosmith played the iHeart Radio festival in Las Vegas over the weekend (yep, the same fest that Green Day's Billie Jo Armstrong threw a fit), and he was rocking this gold-plated bass with two iPod touches attached that were recording the crowd as he played. Kinda cool, oui? Here's how the band sounded at the festival, on its 1970's hits Sweet Emotion and Walk This Way.

(Photo via Consequence of Sound) Great to read how exciting Bob Mould 's Thursday-Friday shows last week in Chicago must've been for attendees. Consequence of Sound wrote about Thursday night's show: "But the turning point of the night came after the clipped ending to “Man On The Moon”. Following a few thankful words to the crowd, the band launched into several tracks off the recently released Silver Age, which, hands down, marks Mould’s best record since Sugar’s second and final full-length, File Under Easy Listening. Playing the [...]