Sharon Van Etten is a special person. Genuine, passionate, humble and talented; she's a rare combination of many great things. On this occasion, we sit down to talk upstairs in a cosy Paddington pub. It's the last day in a week of European press ahead of her forthcoming record Tramp , to be released on the 7 February 2012 by Jagjaguwar . I've been a fan of Sharon's music for the past three years. Along with her self released home recordings CD, she has also put out two records – Because I Was In Love and [...]
This Saturday East of LA, The Coachella Valley Art Scene and UTB Life$tyle present "Trillwave Be The Motto," at Dillon's Roadhouse in Desert Hot Springs, CA. Sounds provided by East of LA's Alf Alpha and DJ Jimbo Jenkins , with performances by UTB Life$tyle's Pheo and Cashius Green . Additional performances by Will Da Beast and Provoked. This event is 21 and over and takes place from 9 PM until 2 AM. Get your surfboards ready and ride the Trillwave...
Gothic garage rockers The Black Belles will embark on a U.S. tour next month in support of last year's self-titled debut album . The tour kicks off on February 5th in Muncie, IN, runs through February 16th in Farmington, MO, and picks back up in March for a series of shows around South by Southwes t. Along the way, the band will share the stage with Bleached and The Strange Boys. Check out the tour schedule below, along with the Jack White-directed video for "Lies". The Black Belles 2012 Tour Dates: [...]
One of the more neglected sounds in popular indie music (if there is such a thing) are those that take away from the hardcore funk and psychadelic movements of the late 80s and early 90s. In comes Pond to change that. Pond is comprised of members of Tame Impala that take some of their trippier moments and combine that with heavy basslines and in your face guitar licks. For those old enough, flashbacks to early Lenny Kravitz will instantly hit with the soulful, funky vocals on Moth Wings , not to mention [...]
Psychic Ills announce co-headlining tour with Prince Rama New York City's Psychic Ills returned after a brief break with 2011's Hazed Dream , their debut record for Sacred Bones. Hazed Dream is a long stony trip, the album boasts their classic psych guitar riffs and also drone, organs and most importantly, the album is a return to songwriting. Psychic Ills have taken bits and pieces of their previous work and expanded their ideas into their most accessible album to date. [...]
photo by: Dalton Flint Psychic Ills are gearing up for tour and SXSW. Their 2011 S acred Bones debut Hazed Dreams was a psychedelic, drone-y affair. TOUR 3/06 Raleigh, NC - Kings Barcade 3/07 Atlanta, GA - 529 ! 3/08 Memphis, TN - Lamplighter 3/09 Denton, TX - Denton Confederette * 3/11 New Orleans, LA - Cafe Istanbul 3/12 Houston, TX - Warehouse Live # 3/14 - 17 Austin, TX - SXSW 3/19 Hot Springs, AR - Low Key [...]
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HEART - Oberhofer Brooklyn-via-Washington musician Brad Oberhofer is finally releasing his first full-legth album, Time Capsules II , this March 27 via Glassnote Records ( Phoenix , Mumford & Sons , Givers ). Oberhofer's (@oberhofermusic) stellar 2009 debut EP was extremely well received, garnering the musician some well deserved attention from practically every blog in existence, including ours (listen to some of the release here ). Unlike that youthful debut, Time Capsules II looks to be the work of a more mature songwriter who knows [...]
Catch him at: 3/6 - Black Cat Backstage - Washington, DC 3/7 - Savannah Stopover Music Festival - Savannah, GA 3/8 - Drunken Unicorn - Atlanta, GA 3/10 - 35 Denton Festival - Denton, TX 3/11 - Fitzgerald's - Houston, TX 3/18 - Low Key Arts - Hot Springs, AR 3/20 - Johnny Brenda's - Philadelphia, PA 3/21 - Bowery Ballroom - New York, NY 3/22 - Brighton Music Hall - Allston, MA 3/23 - Casa Del Popolo - Montreal, QC 3/24 - Cafe Dekcuf - Ottawa, ON [...]
Punk-infused alt-country rockers Lucero have always sought to capture the spirit of their Memphis home on record. However, the sextet looks to take one step closer in becoming "the 21st century voice of that great musical city," according to a press release, with the March 13th release of their ATO Records debut, Women & Work . The album collects 11 original cuts that "range from barroom brawlers to lonesome laments, and cut deeper than anything else in the band's extensive catalog." [sic] Women & Work sees the band joined once more by a [...]
Psychedelic sisters Taraka and Nimai Larson (aka Prince Rama ) will embark on a U.S. tour this February/March in support of last year's LP, Trust Now . The outing kicks off on February 23rd in Brooklyn, NY and wraps up on March 24th in Pittsburgh, PA. The duo are also set to perform at two Austin music festivals: South by Southwest in March and the Austin Psych Fest in late April. Check out the full tour schedule below, followed by the music video for "Summer of Love". Prince Rama 2012 Tour Dates: [...]
Oberhofer Oberhofer has announced the release of his debut LP, Time Capsules II , on March 27, 2012. He also announced a US tour. Listen to "HEART" from his album in this post. HEART - Oberhofer by Glassnotemusic Brad Oberhofer is a native of Tacoma, WA who moved to New York to attend NYU. His tour includes dates at the Savannah Stopover and Coachella. Complete tour dates follow the album tracklisting below. Tracklisting [...]
Catch 'em at: 2/23 Brooklyn, NY Glasslands 3/6 Charlottesville, VA Twisted Branch Tea Bazaar 3/7 Knoxville, TN The Pilot Light 3/8 Savannah, GA Savannah Stopover Festival 3/13 - 3/17 Austin, TX SXSW 3/18 Dallas, TX Bro Fest 2012 3/19 Hot Springs, AR Valley Of The Vapors Festival 3/20 Lawrence, KS Jackpot Music Hall 3/21 St. Louis, MO 2720 Cherokee 3/22 Chicago, IL Hideout 3/23 Cleveland, OH Happy Dog 3/24 Pittsburgh, PA Assemble 4/27 - 4/29 Austin, TX Austin Psych Fest Watch 'Summer [...]
Thank you to the Appalachian Trail Museum for posting another Appalachian Trail log from 1983. This time it's from Spring Mountain Shelter , located in Tennessee on the North Carolina border, just north of Hot Springs. The shelter is at 3,300 feet, 282.2 miles from Springer and 1898.2 from Katahdin. MP3: Henri Tixier - Les Là-Bas
We've been siting on this mp3 for a while, and I can't think of a valid reason. For those not in the know (or who don't listen to the podcast), the Holy Shakes are a band based out of Hot Springs, Arkansas. They also happen to feature on vocals one ...
"I'd rather be broke down and lost in the wilds of Big Bend, any day, than wake up some morning in a penthouse suite high above the megalomania of Dallas or Houston." - Ed Abbey Cold Splinters and Upstate are gearing up for a southern adventure down to Big Bend National Park towards the beginning of next month. It's an area we've never experienced, so if you're lucky enough to have spent a night or two in that " barren, sun-blasted, apparently lifeless, [...]
Editor's Note: The gripping conclusion to this story. Did you read the whole thing? I don't believe it. I sure as hell didn't. I came to in a haze. I was lying on hot asphalt, my face toward the sky, but my newly returned vision obscured by hot breath and saliva. I wearily slid back to find the source of my moistening. I was greeted with the dopey face of a spritely pit bull puppy. I rose to my feet and attempted to quell his exuberance. "Down boy. Girl. Pit bull baby, just. Come on." [...]
Such is the appetite for real radiophonic inspired recordings that recent reissues have become an industry in themselves, with the now rightly celebrated and previously underrated greats of British electronic experimentation, like Delia Derbyshire, Daphne Oram and John Baker, the subject of lavish and brilliantly documented packages. We're now celebrating an era of British electronic innovation that was both as mainstream as Doctor Who and as underground as anything else in the world in its field. These rediscovered artists have in turn inspired a new generation of new electronic innovators mixing up a skewed [...]
Hopefully this list will inspire you to get off your couch and check out some of these bands live. We all need a little rock n' roll to make us feel good. If you have additions to the list please email me at amy(at)rockerzine(dot)com and I will be happy to include them in the next update. Click the band you want to see dates for below, or scroll to see em all! Adam Ant *~* Ryan Adams [...]
Verse two, coming with that Heineken brew.... See Also: Passion of the Weiss Top 50 Albums (#50 - 26) See Also: Passion of the Weiss Top 50 Albums: 2010 , 2009 , 2008 , 2007 , 2006 25. Big K.R.I.T . - Return of 4Eva [Self-Released] Big K.R.I.T. rose to "next" status [...]
Lucero Lucero has announced a 2012 headlining tour starting in Hot Springs, AR on February 23 and ending in Atlanta on April 28. The band will be announcing details on a new record in the coming weeks. Regarding the new record, the band's frontman Ben Nichols says, "This record is Lucero doing what we do best. It's one part barrelhouse Rock & Roll and one part lonesome nights. The thing is, we are having more fun than ever playing both on stage and off and I think that shows on this album." [...]
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