'Never Tear Us Apart (INXS cover)' - Beck's Record Club (download)
As one of the more enticing UK acts that seem generally more inclined to tour Europe, I'm happy to announce that La Roux have announced a new set of headline tour dates hitting cities across America this summer, including but not limited to some rather exciting Lilith Fair dates scheduled for July in both Chicago [...]
As you have probably already found out by now, U2 have postponed their 2010 North American tour dates, as well as pulled out of Glastonbury's Friday night headlining slot due to Bono's recent back injury. This comes as a great disappointment to fans (myself included) who were looking forward to seeing the band play this [...]
Who the hell is Fyfe Dangerfield? Apparently, no one in America knows. Which is why it's no surprise that the Guillemots front-man's actually-quite-brilliant solo release has, for the most part, gone largely unnoticed by American audiences. Tragic, really. Like most people in America, I'd never heard of the Guillemots when I came upon this record, [...]
Looks like the Gorillaz promotional team is back on board with another advert for their upcoming UK (and soon to be announced US) tour, but this time they've apparently decided to kick it Reservoir Dogs style, disgruntled looking members of The Clash in tow. And what better way to pimp your cartoon band than by [...]
While I usually don't feel inspired to post more than just a tweet about #MusicMonday, I guess today is an exception. I'm not going to lie, the majority of the reason I feel inspired to post is due to Pitchfork's announcement of Beck's soon-to-be-revealed collaboration with Pavement/Silver Jews singer/guitarist Stephen Malkmus, all of which is [...]
Mark E. Smith is one strange, strange looking dude. The first time I saw his picture on the cover of Slug Magazine back in 2005, just before the release of Fall Heads Roll, my first impression was that in addition to making amazingly bizarre, catchy post-punk tunes, Smith also had immense talent for looking like [...]
Funny how quickly one can go from blistering 90 degree Californian weather to snow in such a small amount of time. It's been a long trip back to the RUBBISH space - Coachella, finals, sickness, snowstorms, and moves into the big city - but we made it. We survived. And in order to celebrate, we've [...]
It's funny how things have a tendency to come back to you sometimes. A few years ago, during a period when I made a point to pick up any and all free new artist mix tapes in my local record store's trash disposal, I came across a rather interesting Filter Magazine "Music For Films" compilation. [...]
There isn't much to be said about New York guy/gal duo Cults, other than, well, that. Both Pitchfork and NME seem equally bamboozled by the lack of information available about the mysterious couple, whose 73 release on their BandCamp website has been making some fairly notable blog waves for the last few weeks. That [...]
It's been a while since we've been able to update properly, but never fear, we've still been keeping our eyes and, more importantly, our ears peeled/sharp for interesting new music. One of our favorite discoveries this week was a rather delightful remix of The Phenomenal Handclap Band's 'Baby' done by London alt-pop master Clock Opera. [...]
(via prismkiller) Just a quick FF today. We needed a short vacation this week in order to let the new Gorillaz' album Plastic Beach sink in. Inititally, we were going to wait for the review to post a track, but since everyone and their mother has posted it on Hype Machine, I figured I'd at least [...]
Written and recorded over the course of the last three years in his hometown of Virginia Beach, Adrian Todd Webb's (and friends) side project Seamonster is a rather interesting beast. A flurry of fuzzy electric sounds and churning daydream folk-pop, 'Oh Appalachia' is more than content to slip comfortably in-between your sleepy workdays. As Robert [...]
It's here! Plastic Beach! Bruce Willis! Stylo! Why is Bruce Willis trying to kill the Gorillaz? How much did this video cost? What the hell is that smokey thing with the funny nose? Is Jamie Hewlett completely off his nutter? I haven't a clue, but I approve. Earlier this morning, the wonderful people over at Gorillaz-Unofficial were [...]
Early this morning I was greeted by a rather excited cheerful email from Matt Hales, aka Aqualung about the release of his newest LP entitled Magnetic North. This news comes as a welcome surprise considering Hales' subsequent announcement that he was retiring following the release of his last record, Words & Music, in late 2008. In [...]
Yesterday morning London dance duo Groove Armada released the latest single off their forthcoming LP Black Light. 'Paper Romance' is a solid, club-worthy hit, full of glossy, bubbling synths and beautiful vocals from SaintSavior & Fenech-Soler. And though it could be said that Groove Armada's last five or six years of output have passed by [...]
Just in case you haven't been paying close attention to @MurdocGorillaz Twitter/Pirate Radio lately, here's an update on all the shiny new promo material Jamie Hewlett and co. have been busily thrusting in our direction. With the Plastic Beach release (March 3) drawing so tantalizing near, the Gorillaz design team have been content keeping themselves [...]
I would like to begin by saying this album gets progressively more difficult to review every time I return to it. It isn't a bad album. In fact, it's a very good album. In a daring shift from their strong analog aesthetics on All Hour Cymbals, Yeasayer has embraced an almost entirely synthetic sound on [...]
Just a reminder.... Trust me, if you live in the Salt Lake area, you're not going to want to miss this. Make sure to get there EARLY.
Irish electro-pop trio Two Door Cinema Club have released a brand new video for 'Undercover Martyn' today, the newest single off their upcoming album, Tourist History (due out March 1st on Kitsune Records). Citing both early Bloc Party and Death Cab For Cutie as musical influences, TDCC have been gaining notoriety on indie blogs with [...]