The Beastie Boys have a new album, Hot Sauce Committee Part 2, coming out next month, and the first full track off the album made its way onto the internet today. "Make Some Noise" is the lead single off the album, and if you haven't heard it yet, we've got it for you to check out below. After "Make Some Noise" hit the web, the Beastie Boys took to their blog with a stream of the track and the following message: This wasn't really part of the plan, but since [...]
Earlier today Josh Ritter announced via his website the upcoming European release of the limited edition Josh Ritter & The Royal City Band: Live at the Iveagh Gardens 2 CD & DVD set. The Iveagh Gardens show took place last July 18th in Dublin, Ireland and was the first ever rock show to be played at the venue. This limited edition set will be available at Josh's April Irish shows on 13th (Belfast) and 15th & 16th (Vicar Street, Dublin) and in a limited number of shops/venues for Record Store Day on Saturday 16th April. According to [...]
Man ALIVE this is one sexy song. Joan Osborne's "Right Hand Man" reminds me of not only how incredible a singer she is, but just how unbelievably appealing she is. Her voice has always been stunning, and match that with the right attitude... well, all I have to say is, "Houston, we have lift off!"
I needed a good kick in the ass this morning to get the day going. To be honest, I actually enjoy waking up early because I tend to get more work done. The other day I got up at 4am to do some homework, and whaddyaknow by the time 7 rolled around, I had made a good dent in my assignments. I was dead tired by 12 noon and was therefore completely useless until I got a nap in there, but that's not the point. The point is that [...]
woke up this morning and realized that today is the last day of SXSW. Wow. I missed it. Ratfarts. But you know what? That's ok because I'm ok and you're ok... everybody's A-OK! So anyway, the thought of SXSW brought up The Kills. They've fascinated me since seeing them perform on the most excellent Live From Abby Road series on the tube. Here's a video of what I saw... still very cool, indeed [...]
I've been studying all weekend and have nothing to show for it (yet). But that's all gonna change soon because soon... yes, soon I will do so poorly on my tests that you'll be able to hear me weep from miles away. Did I say, "miles?" I meant ÜBER-miles, whatever that means. It's been almost 2 months now since my classes started, and boy are my arms tired! *rim shot - CRASH* I've enjoyed it so far, though, and have many stories to tell. Unfortunately, I cannot tell any of [...]
So many great videos have premiered in the last few days that we haven't yet had a chance to post about, so we thought we'd share some of them with you here today in one big Video Roundup post. We've featured many of these songs on the site here already, and if available, we've included the MP3 of the song under the video in case you missed it the first time around. Download: Howlin' for You Download: When I'm Small [...]
Dinosaur Jr.'s J Mascis has a new solo album coming out March 15th via Sub Pop, and he has just made a second track, "Is It Done" available for free download. The new album, Several Shades of Why, the first solo effort for Mascis, was recorded at Amherst Massachusetts' Bisquiteen Studios and is nearly all acoustic. He was joined in the studio with several friends, including Kurt Vile, Sophie Trudeau (A Silver Mount Zion), Kurt Fedora (long-time collusionist), Kevin Drew (Broken Social Scene), Ben Bridwell (Band of Horses), Paulo Zappoli (Black Heart Procession), Matt Valentine (The Golden [...]
The Strokes have released the first single, "Under Cover of Darkness" off their upcoming album, Angles, and you can download it free for a limited time by clicking here. Angles, the band's fourth album, will be released on March 22nd via RCA. Rolling Stone did a piece on the return of The Strokes, and the article discusses the recording process this time around: After making live demos of 18 songs, the Strokes started recording with producer Joe Chiccarelli at Avatar Studios in New York. "Life Is Simple" is the only [...]
New York musician John Brodeur has recorded a cover of Phantogram's song, "Mouthful of Diamonds," and in honor of his friends in Phantogram's recent debut television appearance on "Late Night with Jimmy Fallon," he has now made it available as a free download. The original version topped our This Week's Top 5 Most Played Songs list back in October of last year, and Phantogram's Eyelid Movies was our favorite album of 2010. If you haven't checked out Eyelid Movies yet, do it. Now. Anyway, check out Brodeur's version of the song, [...]
First of all we've got to send out our congratulations to Super Bowl XLV Champs The Green Bay Packers and all the Cheeseheads of the world. What a game, what a game! And how about that The Black Eyed Peas halftime show! Yowza! What'd you guys think? A couple years ago we took a poll after the Springsteen halftime show and thought we'd do the same this time around. You can see the results of the Springsteen poll here… pretty sure the results of this one will be quite a bit different, but we shall see! [...]
The New Pornographers have released a fun, star-studded video for the song "Moves", which is off their 2010 album, Together. The video was written and directed by Tom Scharpling and produced by Robert Hatch-Miller and Puloma Basu. It was shot on location at Other Music, Seaside Lounge, and Death By Audio. The video is hilarious. Check it out. Last week the band announced new Spring tour dates with The Walkmen and Menomena. The 13-show tour starts on April 13th in Boulder, CO and heads across the US. Check out the dates below, and for [...]
Jenny Lewis and Johnathan Rice, aka Jenny and Johnny, have debuted the new video for their song, "Big Wave" from their 2010 relelase, I'm Having Fun Now. The video, which was directed by Autumn de Wilde, premiered on Spin and features the real-life couple doing all sorts of cute couplish things. Check it out below. The duo are touring in Australia currently and have a few shows coming up in the US. For ticket info and for all things Jenny and Johnny, stop by their website.
On April 5th experimental electronic pop group Cold Cave will be releasing its second album, Cherish the Light Years via Matador Records. The album was recorded in New York City and is said to be "a tour de force of pounding synths and soaring romantic melody." The press release goes on to say: Bandleader Wesley Eisold has taken Cold Cave worlds beyond 2008′s Love Comes Close with a massive, ambitious love letter to his adopted city. With Eisold's newfound vocal strength fully to the fore on every track, Cherish The Light Years is a [...]
Papercuts' new album, Fading Parade, will be released on March 1st, and we've got a ton of news and media to share with you tonight. The new album is the fourth album for Jason Robert Quever's Papercuts and the first on the Sub Pop label. The album is described as "Belle & Sebastian teaming up with Slowdive and recording with Phil Spector back when he was killing it in the studio rather than, well, you know." It's also being described as Papercuts' liveliest record, as Quever wrote with live performance in mind and [...]
The Dodos' fourth album, No Color will be released on March 15th via Frenchkiss, and the band premiered the album's lead track, "Black Night" recently on Pitchfork. The new album was produced by Jon Askew, who also produced their first two albums, Beware of the Maniacs and Visiter and features singer Neko Case's contributing vocals on about half the album. The new album may offer something new from the duo. Of No Color, frontman and guitarist Meric Long says, "I have a love for '90s riffs that I haven't gotten to showcase in this band. The most [...]
Nashville's Those Darlins are getting ready to release their sophomore album, Screws Get Loose, in March and have just released the first single off the album, "Be Your Bro." The songs on the new album are said to show that life on the road is no place for the faint of heart. The album's press release states that each song on the album "bears the scars of the highs and lows they've soldiered through together on the road, accentuating the realities of growing up in a rock and roll band."
We have some very exciting news for Josh Ritter fans. We received an email yesterday from the Ritter camp announcing the reissue of his amazing album, The Animal Years, which is said to be drastically improved and available in deluxe and vinyl editions. The new version includes a bonus disc of Josh performing the entire album solo acoustic, four studio b-sides, and two videos. The bonus acoustic album tracks are all previously unreleased recordings made in 2008 specifically for this re-issue. More info on the reissue from Josh's website: [...]
Last week The Kills announced the upcoming release of their fourth studio album, Blood Pressures. The album, which is the follow up to their breakout 2008 album, Midnight Boom, is set to be released on April 5th via Domino Records. We totally dug Midnight Boom, as you can see here, and we look forward to seeing what this new album has to offer as well. Blood Pressures is said to be a stylistic leap forward for the duo. Guitarist Jamie Hince recently spoke with Spin about the album and how he and singer Alison Mosshart wrote and [...]
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