Somewhere between the Colorado Rockies and Santa Fe, New Mexico, Jesse Elliot and These United States were on a tour bus soaking in Americana, the road, and the "Knight Rider" car. All this for the love of music. At 1 p.m. I had the honor of calling Jesse to chat about their journey, their tour, and their cell phones. Jesse Elliot , These United States: Hey man, sorry about that, I have come to realize that my cell phone is [...]
Miike Snow , the Swedish pop trio, has been shaking around and denting up the music scene this past 2009. When the band came out with the debut of their two singles "Burial" and "Animal" earlier this year with remixes by DJ Mehdi and Treasure Fingers in tow, people were perplexed as to what this entity "Miike Snow" was. The band had emptiness on their myspace, there was nothing on Wikipedia or anywhere on the internet for that matter. Nobody knew if "Miike Snow" was a band, DJ, solo artist, etc. A mystery that indeed helped build a buzz around [...]
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On Saturday night the 12th at the 9:30 Club, D.C. readied for a clash of two rock goddesses - New Zealander electropopper Ladyhawke and Norwegian punk rocker Ida Maria . Support for the night was provided by London electropop/remixer extraordinaire Frankmusik and New York glam rockers Semi Precious Weapons . This tour is all thanks to the organization and chutzpah of SoCal celebrity gossip "reporter" Perez Hilton . A nice Neuro rep outside the club before the show explained to me that the owner of the [...]
You may already known them for that ubiquitous JC Penney's commercial featuring "Too Fake" or maybe you witnessed them throwing beer at Lollapalooza. The band is Hockey and they are dropping their first US label release Mind Chaos , Sept. 14, so I dropped in on them at Lollapalooza to learn what this album and what they're all about. I spoke with bassist Jeremy "Jerm" Reynolds and drummer Anthony Stassi . Bethany, PopWreckoning: What was your reaction with what happened with your Lollapalooza set? [...]
Straight off the heels of a J.C. Penney TV commercial featuring a London band Plugs ' remix of their song "Too Fake" (in which high school kids run their own catwalk on cafeteria lunch room tables), Portland band Hockey will be embarking on an extensive tour of North America starting September 16 in Vancouver. They will be joined by Drug Rug and Portugal. the Man on all dates and Robert Francis on selected dates. They're already a bigger deal in Britain than they are here, selling out venues there, so [...]
The coasts of the United States never seem to be at a shortage for festivals, but travel to the heart of the country and festivals are scarce. Chicago does have Lollapalooza, which is a fun festival, but very mainstream. So the addition of Monolith Festival has been a haven for the Midwest hipster to see new buzz indie bands and some classic gems in one of the most beautiful venues in the world: Red Rocks Amphitheatre in Denver, Colorado. The first day of the festival was a cold and rainy mess, [...]
London folkies and cinema lovers Noah and the Whale will coming back to this side of the pond from their native England this October to tour in support of their new album, The First Days of Spring . The new album and a limited edition CD/DVD version of the album will be available in the States on October 6. Tour Dates: Oct 20 - Roxy / Los Angeles Oct 22 - Swedish American Hall / San Francisco Oct 24 - [...]
Our favorite Philadelphian rapscallions Man Man recently performed a free show in our neighbor to the north, New York City, at the East River Amphitheater. Fellow music bloggers Baeblemusic captured it in its fun and delightfully whimsical glory. Below, we've got "Top Drawer" from Man Man 's 2008 release Rabbit Habits , for your aural and visual pleasure. Head over to Baeblemusic to watch the entire performance, which includes my personal favorites, "Ballad of Butterbeans" and "Doo Wop." Lucky for us, [...]
The Mile After Mile Tour, sponsored by Fender, Audix, Faceless International, and The Love Alliance, kicks off on October 7th in Aurora, Illinois and follows Straylight Run across the US playing with Lydia , Anarbor , Mansions , Camera Can't Lie , The Dangerous Summer , Moving Mountains , Brian Bonz and Dave Melillo . Ticket pre-sales begin tomorrow, Tuesday, September 15th. John Nolan (vocals/guitar), Shaun Cooper (bass), and Will Noon (drums), [...]
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The Bandstocks.com -funded The Bachelor finds the lanky, elfish Patrick Wolf staking out even more ambitious territory than he did on The Magic Position , crafting sweeping pop songs with elements of European folk, classical and electro, and song names like "Damaris," "Kriespiel" and "Theseus." More so than any of his previous work, The Bachelor further defines Wolf's orchestral/electronic sound with its extensive use of drum machines and elaborate string arrangements. While Wolf has no difficulty constructing a compelling album – he pretty much just has to appear on it - he [...]
Saddle Creek knows a powerful female voice when they hear one. They helped launch the career of Jenny Lewis , have been the home to the phenomenal ladies in Azure Ray and their sister label Team Love boasts the gang vocals of the tap-dancing gals in Tilly and the Wall . The latest female-fronted band to join the roster, Land of Talk , is no different. Singer Lizzie Powell lives up to the legacy of the Saddle Creek gals. [...]
On September 22, Arts & Crafts brings us yet another original & charming record to caper and cavort to. Origin:Orphan is the fourth full-length treasure from Toronto's ever-burgeoning cache of sprightly minstrels, The Hidden Cameras . The album was recorded in Toronto, Ontario and Berlin, and feels as if it's a kind of rollicking audio passport, each song another fabled adventure and another stamp allowing access as they cross the border along their daring, arcane journey, that at times feels a bit stormy but is mostly inspired by mirth. The track layout has a linear, narrative quality [...]
Monday of Bumbershoot: I would have been completely happy with two days, but no - Seattle handed me a third to enjoy. All the music, the rain, the moshing, and everything else that came with the biggest gathering of music in Seattle over Labor Day weekend could not have been the same without the thousands of people there to enjoy it all. Monday started quite differently than the previous two days. I couldn't find parking anywhere, but determined as I was, I drove around a 12-block radius for 20 minutes searching [...]
Wussy 's self-titled has been available for awhile, but that hasn't stopped people from telling me that I'm a music failure if I don't immediately check it out. I finally set a side some time to check this group out and after listening to them, I must also tell you dear reader that you're a music failure if you don't immediately check Wussy out. The vocal power houses behind Wussy , Chuck Cleaver and Lisa Walker appear to be polar opposites, but I wouldn't have one without the other. [...]
When I first saw the Kurt Cobain avatar "featured" on the new Guitar Hero 5 , my gut reaction was to pause it after fifteen seconds and to gasp loud enough that it made those around me come running to the rescue. I was found with my hands covering my mouth, paralyzed. I'm not being dramatic, it's that bad. Go ahead and have a look at the damage: and please for the love of God, tell me I'm wrong. Tell me Courtney hasn't completely sold Kurt out while taking boudoir photos [...]
School is back in session, but a summer of music festivals and fun is not at an end. It is not too late to hop on a plane or jump in a car and head to the beautiful Colorado Rockies and catch the Monolith Festival at the breathtaking and acoustically perfect Red Rocks Amphitheatre in Denver. The festival is a two day event and you can still buy two day passes for $110 or a single day pass for $59.50. The event is a really fun time [...]
Arriving in the Seattle Center on Sunday proved that people don't give a shit about the weather when good music is involved. It reminded me of a movie I recently saw – "Taking Woodstock," where the famous Woodstock festival was almost put to a halt because of a terrible rainstorm. We're Seattle, it doesn't affect us much. But in defiance of the sky's will, the rain did stop and start during various times during the day – the most ironic one actually was during the [...]
No One's First and You're Next sounds like what it is, and for what it is, it sounds pretty good. The eight song, 33 minute (legitimately album-length) EP is comprised of songs that didn't make it onto Modest Mouse 's last two albums, Good News For People Who Love Bad News and We Were Dead Before The Ship Even Sank . Most of the songs either didn't fit with the overriding theme of the album, were too idiosyncratic, or were too instrumental; [...]
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