New-York, downtown. Entre la la Cinquième Avenue et la Neuvième Avenue, de la 34e rue à la 42e rue, The Garment District étale ses fastes et imprime les modes vestimentaires : cet immense quartier absorbe - outre de nombreux entrepôts et d'innombrables ateliers de confection de vêtements - l'Empire State Building, le Madison Square Garden en plus de l'un des plus grands magasins du monde, le Macy's. La démesure à l'américaine, comme souvent, pour un lieu réputé être l'une des places fortes mondiales de la création et de l'habillement. The Garment District , encore et toujours, [...]
We've arrived at the final week of Buzz Bands LA's annual local-music countdown. Starting at 11 a.m. today on Moheak Radio on a special two-plus-hour edition of the Buzz Bands LA show, I'll play my 40 favorite songs of the year, finishing up with No. 1 just in time for your holiday weekend. After the jump, the complete playlist, which I'll be updating during the show: Week 1 countdown (Dec. 9) 100. Voxhaul Broadcast, "Broken Nerve" 99. Caught a Ghost, "Sleeping at Night" [...]
Each spring music fans from across the globe descend upon The Crescent City for the annual New Orleans Jazz Fest . The festival attracts a diverse and impressive roster of acts each year and the 2012 will be no different. Set to take place between April 27 and May 6, this year's headliners include the Eagles, Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers, Foo Fighters, John Mayer, The Neville Brothers, My Morning Jacket, Bon Iver, John Mayer and the Levon Helm Band with special guest Mavis Staples. HT faves Bruce Hornsby, Iron & Wine, Grace [...]
We've already brought you our songs of the year and Texas albums of the year, so now it's time for the much anticipated albums of the year list. I'm sure many of you will notice some big names off the list and you will be ready to plead your case about why we are wrong. We'll hear ya out... Feel free to drop us a comment with your own list or just to debate with us. Follow the jump for list. 50) The New Tigers - s/t 49) Secret Cities [...]
This year, for the first time, I decided to try to keep a running log of everything I listened to, if only so I could ctrl+f to remember if I hated some new band I was being emailed about for the third time. (Yup.) I listen to maybe 5% of what I get sent and there are plenty of bands I listened to who didn't make it into these notes, which means there are too many bands . I thought it might be worthwhile, or at least amusing, to share the list of bands that didn't make it onto [...]
The grammy Nominations are out and, again, they are off the mark with waht's really happening in music. But, they are giving kudos to all the big sellers and the show will probably be fun. So, that's how it goes! We starred who we think should win in the categories we care about. Click below to see the full list. Record Of The Year Adele - "Rolling In The Deep"* Bon Iver - "Holocene" Bruno Mars - "Grenade" Mumford & [...]
Here are some of the nominees(78 at all) I think we should be proud of(BON IVER!!!!), some we should be ashamed of(SKRILLEX???) and some we shouldn't foregt(MEMORY TAPES!!!!). To see all the nominees head over to Grammy.com Record Of The Year Adele - Rolling In The Deep Bon Iver - Holocene Bruno Mars - Grenade Mumford & Sons - The Cave Katy Perry - Firework Album Of [...]
Bon Iver at Sasquatch! 2009 Photo : Drake Lelane ( more ) Skrillex at SXSW 2011 Photo : Jon Klemm ( more ) Hey folks, the big excitement in the music industry tonight was of course, the announcement of the nominations for the 54th Annual Grammy Awards . Following are the nominations in the General Field categories: 54th Annual Grammy Nominees [...]
It's been a solid year for full-album coverage from single artists. Kris Delmhorst's summery Cars tribute and Thea Gilmore's transformative Dylan tribute alone held the line for excellence in the singer-songwriter categories. Eef Barzelay's Journey project , which transformed my childhood poprock into poignant, soulful solo pieces, turned out to be a great success; so did Ralph McTell's Dylan EP , duo Thomas Fox' tradfolk release , Sara Lov's full-album cover set , and Reid Jamieson's birthday tribute to his wife through the songs of 1969 , [...]
"Get Home" is an epic arrangements. An experiment with sound and pursuit of new sonic avenues, the only constant being Bastille 's lead Dan Smith's distinctive voice and aforementioned love of melody. Dogtanion's remix in particular makes for an affecting listen as it gradually builds to the most colossal wall of vocoder harmonies since Bon Iver's 'Woods'. MP3: Get Home (Dogtanion Remix) by Bastille A funky bass-heavy bounce take on Little Dragon 's "Ritual Union" from Captain Planet. More remixes from him coming soon (Katy B, [...]
Revoltaire is Ruby Stewart, Jason Yates, Shawn Davis and Chris Cano doing Fillmore West-style rock 'n' roll, and they will light up the back lot at Footsie's for the second time on Saturday. You can hear what they think about here and read what they think about below. This interview by Chris Ziegler. You got together over whisky at the Short Stop—what single brand of whisky is most responsible for the existence of this band? Jason Yates (keyboards/organs): Good question! I always fuck the name up—it's [...]
On October 13, 1986, a ridiculous lineup of Crosby, Stills, Nash and Young, Bruce Springsteen, Nils Lofgren, Don Henley, Tom Petty and Robin Williams played a benefit for the Bridge School, a school that assists children with severe physical impairments and complex communication needs, at Shoreline Amphitheatre in Mountain View, Calif. No one expected the benefit to turn into an annual concert, especially when there wasn't one the next year. Yet here we are, 25 years later, about to witness the 25th anniversary of the concerts this weekend. For those of us who can't make it to Shoreline, we can watch [...]
Revoltaire is Ruby Stewart, Jason Yates, Shawn Davis and Chris Cano doing Fillmore West-style rock 'n' roll, and they will light up the back lot at Footsie's for the second time on Saturday. You can hear what they think about here and read what they think about below. This interview by Chris Ziegler. You got together over whisky at the Short Stop—what single brand of whisky is most responsible for the existence of this band? Jason Yates (keyboards/organs): Good question! I always fuck the name up—it's [...]
Let's just get this out of the way right now, if you ever use the line "you're the sugar to my tea", you should be getting laid. Portland based singer/songwriter Shawn Lawson Freeman definitely knows this. And when you sing and play guitar in the fashion of Sting or Justin Nozuka, yet have a real depth to your style that comes off more like Neil Young or a happy-go-lucky Elliott Smith, you may have created a "winning" combination. And on Freeman's latest project under the surfer friendly pseudonym, Beneath Wind and Waves , we find a [...]
2011 Brooklyn Book Festival The sixth annual Brooklyn Book Festival will take today ( September 18, 2011 ) at Borough Hall Plaza, Borough Hall Courtroom, St. Francis Auditorium and The Brooklyn Historical Society. This free event includes readings, discussions, and panels with such literary, comedic and musical luminaries as: Selina Alko, Sean Qualls, Jonathan Safran Foer, Sam Lipsyte, Wallace Shawn, David Rakoff, Kurt Andersen, J. Hoberman, Alina Simone, Larry McMurtry, Terry McMillan, Jennifer Egan, Eoin Colfer, John Sayles, Joyce Carol Oates, Craig Thompson, Walter Mosley, Adrian Tomine, Amitav Ghosh, [...]
IVAN: Uncharacteristically clear skies heralded the second day of Outside Lands. Ana Tijoux IVAN: Chilean rapper Ana Tijoux made up for the previous night's lack of hip-hop satisfaction. Taking the stage with a band and DJ, her set combined jazzy, sample-laden grooves recalling Do You Want More?!!!??!-era Roots with a constant yet smooth flow akin to a Ghostface Killah. Rapping mostly in Spanish save for a brief English freestyle, Tijoux alternated from hard-hitting socio-political conscious rhymes like Suve to laid-back [...]
Sunday, August 28, 2011 Time for your weekly notable news update! Below you'll find a slew of sentences meant to provide a brief glimpse of what's been going on over the past week in movieland. If something leaves you desperate for more info then my advice is to do a little extra research on one or all of the following fantastic sites: Latino Review, Dark Horizons, Ain't It Cool News, CHUD and/or JoBlo. Now, read on! Movie News Rundown [...]
Photograph by Sabrina Diemert Toronto's North by Northeast - or NXNE - is the younger cousin and orienteering opposite of the behemoth Austin music extravaganza South by Southwest. Over its 17 years, the festival has swollen to 7 days of concerts (ranging from cozy church acoustic sets to sprawling punk moshing at Yonge and Dundas Square), films (mostly music-centric documentaries, including this year's highly touted Better Than Something: Jay Reatard ) and interactive conferences (if you were a musician and could get advice from Brian Wilson, wouldn't you?). As with any event attempting to [...]
Photograph by Sabrina Diemert Toronto's North by Northeast - or NXNE - is the younger cousin and orienteering opposite of the behemoth Austin music extravaganza South by Southwest. Over its 17 years, the festival has swollen to 7 days of concerts (ranging from cozy church acoustic sets to sprawling punk moshing at Yonge and Dundas Square), films (mostly music-centric documentaries, including this year's highly touted Better Than Something: Jay Reatard ) and interactive conferences (if you were a musician and could get advice from Brian Wilson, wouldn't you?). As with any event attempting to [...]
Portland's Greyday Records released Live From Nowhere Near You; Vol 2, a three disc compilation to benifit homeless and street youth programs at Outside in , yesterday. The compilation contains previously unreleased and rare tracks from Elliot Smith, Black Rebel Motorcycle Club, Daniel Johnston, The Dandy Warhols, and more. Check out the track list and details below. You can also stream the album over at Under The Radar . [...]
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Bon Iver's PISSED OFF frontman Justin Vernon LASHES OUT at HIPSTER RUNOFF over critical coverage
