Bonnie "Prince" Billy - Beware (Drag City) review by Robert Ham It only took the better part of 15 years and almost one hundred singles, EPs and albums, but it seems Will Oldham - better known to the musical world as Bonnie "Prince" Billy - is ready to take a step into the limelight. He's allowed [...]
I went by the WOXY.com broadcasting studio yesterday to meet up with Joe [who I have only known as @eachnotesecure on Twitter until now.] WOXY is recording, filming and live broadcasting bands and artists every day during SXSW. I looked in to see Ume perform and then Joe interviewed me. I'm hoping to post up [...]
Ume Live at SXSW March 2009 from Dave Allen on Vimeo. Although the music events at SXSW don't kick off until Wednesday, the music scene here in Austin continues to plow ahead. Ume played Saturday night to a packed house at the Mohawk and here's a clip from that set. Much more to follow including Devo [...]
Pete Doherty - New Love Grows On Trees
Pic ©Nilina Mason-Campbell If last night's show at Worksound was offered by a travel company, I think the brochure would read something like this: "Out of the snow and hail of the outdoors and into the tundra." Yep, that was pretty much the name of the game when it came to entering a very chilly Worksound [...]
WHITE FANG - "SPACE GEMZ" from judesays on Vimeo.
The Golden Filter's remix of Peter Bjorn and John's "Lay it Down" [Download HERE from Pitchfork] and their hypnotic take on Cut Copy's "Far Away" has attracted the attention of other local Oz Favorites Empire of the Sun, and the UK's Little Boots. This year they are heading to SXSW to play at some of [...]
Watch the Fever Ray - When I Grow Up video Watch the Fever Ray - If I Had A Heart video Fever Ray - If I Had A Heart
Buy In Rainbows Here It's amazing how those Radiohead remixes keep coming in. This one is from You, You're Awesome. Radiohead - Reckoner [You, You're Awesome Remix]
Found on Twitter thanks to @sashafrerejones
Radiohead Something for your weekend. A handful of MP3s that turned up this week including the wonderful Radiohead and Dave Brubek mashup of Brubeck's classic jazz work out Take 5 and Radiohead's 15 Steps plus new outfit Beast and another cut from N.A.S.A. Also a quick request - please take the poll in the right hand column [...]
Pic ©Nilina Mason-Campbell Like a sticky mid-western summer heat, the buzz was thick all day and all night long that Sleater-Kinney would reunite at Holocene last night during the Reading Frenzy benefit. The stars were seemingly aligned - what with Corine Tucker headlining with a performance and Carrie Brownstein presenting a screening of her Thunder Ant [...]
Ok back on it. A full-length set for the Pampelmoose edition of the New Music Hour on Portland's 94.7FM. This is a celebration of new releases from Robyn Hitchcock and Art Brut and my new discovery, Wavves. You can hear me on air every Tuesday and Thursday at 8PM and you can also stream the [...]
Backstage with NASA, Squeak E Clean and Ras Congo from Dave Allen on Vimeo.
Click image to watch and hear Jim Griffin's response. Found on AdAge via Twitter.
Alternative TV 'How Much Longer' and 'You Bastard. Release date: 1979 on Deptford Fun City Records. Band members: Mark Perry, Chris Bennett, Alex Fergusson and Tyrone Thomas. Pampelmoose Punk Rock Classics - Alternative TV from Dave Allen on Vimeo. I was digging through a crate of 73 singles the other day and considered ripping them to MP3 [...]
Photo ©Nilina Mason-Campbell From the moment I heard the carefee epicness of Breakfast Mountain's "Dunn [Not Done]," I began picturing a spaced out skate video to accompany it, full of lens flare and adventure. And that's what I love about the jams Portlander Zack Osterlund creates. Specifically how even without lyrics helping to paint a picture, [...]