Arresting, intense folk-rock Americana Lissie Maurus is a folk-rock singer from the southwest Illinois border town of Rock Island. Although there's a rustic Midwestern edge to her Americana, her transplantation to Los Angeles, and national and international gigs have elevated her music beyond coffee-house strumming. Her voice pulls you in close with confessional introductions and then attacks with arresting outbursts of emotion. The exclamation of "danger will follow me now everywhere I go, angels will fall on me and take me to my home" finds her bending back from the microphone to make room [...]
MUSIC NEWS - Evan Dando , singer, songwriter, and guitarist of The Lemonheads, is embarking on a USA solo tour in early 2010 that begins January 29 at Maxwell's in Hoboken, NJpand currently is due topwrap up accross the Hudson River onp March 6pin New York City at the Mercury Lounge (current itinerarypbelow). Evan is on tour in Europe thru the end of 2009, with the USA shows having him perform an intimate set that features songs from his solo album pand classic Lemonheads tunes along with [...]
Some of you may know Skye Edwards from her role as the lead singer in Morcheeba and others may remember her from her great 2006 album, Mind How You Go . Suddenly, out of the blue, she's back with a new one this week. It's called Keeping Secrets - that's the cover image above, sort of a cross between [...]
NME.com is reporting that Them Crooked Vultures have confirmed that they are to start work on their second album. Despite their self-titled debut having only been released earlier this month, the three-piece say they are already thinking about its follow-up. "I felt we've only just started to pick up steam. Why would we want to stop now?" singer Josh Homme told The Sun, while bassist John Paul Jones agreed. "We all know we have so much more in us yet," he said. Dave Grohl said that "when we make our second record, [...]
The Co-Op is a hip hop trio based out of Washington DC. The group consists of rapper Decon, rapper/producer D-Daye, and R&B singer Frankie D. The group has released two mixtapes, and now they are releasing their second single, "Dumb It Down". Check out the DMV remix, of course standing for DC/Maryland/Virginia. MP3: The Co-Op "Dumb It Down (DMV Remix)"
Rock Radio is reporting that Beatles legend Paul McCartney once refused to work with Ozzy Osbourne, the Black Sabbath singer says – and his negative reponse was actually a positive honor. Osbourne tells Heat magazine that he was working in the studio next door to McCartney, and took the opportunity to ask him to collaborate. He explains: "Meeting Paul McCartney was f'kin phenomenal. I was in the studio the same time as him so I tried to get him to play bass on one of my songs. "He came in and listened, [...]
"My mama said don't talk to strangers" Easily the most successful thing to come out of Canada's now-defunct version of the Idol franchise, Hedley is a punk-pop band with a lot of radio appeal. I've written about them several times already. I'm a huge fan of lead singer Jacob Hoggard's voice. Their new album ups the electronic influence (think Boys Like Girls, Cobra Starship, etc) and though I haven't had time to listen to most of it, the first handful of tracks are quite good. Lead single Cha-Ching was incredibly catchy, and [...]
Echoterra has issued the following statement about revealing the cover artwork for their new "In Your Eyes" EP: "Here is the artwork for the In Your Eyes EP; this mini album will feature our new singer Melissa Ferlaak on the 3 re-recorded songs from our debut cd: In Your Eyes, A Tear of Her Heart, and Say, Try, Lie, Die. The EP will also feature... Read More/Discuss on Metal Underground.com
Ever wonder what will happen during the last five minutes of late-night TV talk shows? Here are tonight's notable performers: The Late Show With David Letterman (CBS): Lyle Lovett Singer/songwriter/actor Lyle Lovett performs on Letterman in support of new LP Natural Forces. Could a fifth Grammy be headed his way? Jimmy Kimmel Live! (ABC): Death Cab For Cutie Kimmel [...]
I wrote this post over a year ago - in August 2008, to be exact - after I got a cease and desist for posting a song by a girl named Gabriella Cilmi. For whatever reason, I didn't post this. Maybe I figured some mysterious record company man in a long black coat with scars on his face would whack me in the parking lot if I did. Not so worried about that now. And, if you don't mind me noting: as of today - November 20, 2009 - I haven't heard a lot [...]
A Classic Education A Classic Education are a six-piece band from Bologna, Italy whose epic melodramas seem to attracting much attention. They played Indietracks in 2008 and are frequent visitors to London and further afield. Following a trip to CMJ in New York in October, they're back in the UK this month: they play at the Lexington on 26 November and the Buffalo Bar the following night. They have released two records: an [...]
Rita J: Artist Workshop Chicago rapper/singer Rita J releases her debut album, Artist Workshop via All Natural Records. Rita J reminds me of Queen Latifa . The girl is multi-talent; when she raps she commands the track but she also has a very soulful singing voice. She combines both talents on some tracks creating R&B tinged hip hop; on other tracks she lets her raps do the talking. Right from the get-go its apparent that Rita J is bringing something unique to hip hop. The album's opening track, "Introduction" is half rapping [...]
It's always cringe-worthy when two brands that are "so last year" find each other. Witness, Jennifer Lopez 's brand-new single "Louboutins." (Stream it below.) I guess J. Lo has decided she's a singer again - just when she was in danger of being best known for her line of department-store fragrances! In a song that will make its live debut Sunday, on the American Music Awards, Lopez channels Nancy Sinatra's "These Boots Are Made for Walkin'" via Beyonce's pop girl-power anthems. Except, well, she just doesn't have the voice to nail it. The track is a miracle [...]
I'm one of those who feel that the philosophy of "If it ain't broke, then don't fix it" can be applied to music. Truth be told, I'm not a big fan of most covers. For me to even listen to one is a feat in and of itself. So, when I was going through the other blogs I read and noticed that Swedish singer, Lykke Li was giving away a free download of her take on The Shirelles hit, "Will You Still Love Me Tomorrow" I thought it would [...]
J. Tillman took the stage at the Middle East Upstairs for a late show on Sunday night. But then again, it was only 8pm in Seattle, the west-coast town that this drummer from Fleet Foxes calls home. The performance was a family affair, with J. Tillman's brother Zach opening as a solo act called Pearly Gates Music . Zach Tillman offered us a stripped-down version of his already sparse style: leaving behind all unnecessary instruments, he came to us as one man and a guitar crooning blues and covering Pavement's "Shoot [...]
Dave Dupuis is familiar figure to Eastside clubgoers, and not just for his head of hair, which seems to occupy the whole room. Dupuis, who plays guitar in Film School and was a sound man at Spaceland and for several bands (including Silversun Pickups ), recently debuted his new band, the trio Nightmare Air . It features Film School drummer and longtime friend James Smith and bassist-singer and fellow New Hampshire native Swaan Miller, and it's not just their local associations that have ears turning. Nightmare Air's freakout-meets-space rock sounds like a Silversun Pickups vs. No [...]
Want some free music? We've rounded up the best free downloads from across the blogosphere so you can download all in one place, guilt free. Hear new jams from Miike Snow, Beach House, Blakroc and more. 1. Miike Snow - "Black and Blue" (Savage Skulls remix) Singer/songwriter Andrew Wyatt teamed up with Bloodshy & Avant, the Grammy-winning production duo behind Britney Spears' "Toxic." (That song is still badass and you know it!). Here Savage Skulls give the group's "Black and Blue" the remix treatment. Download track via RCRD LBL [...]
So maybe a few of you are saying "Why the hell are you writing about The Alkaline Trio ?, They suck". Well I'll be honest, recently they have kind of sucked, but back in the day when I was starting to really get into music they where one of my favorite bands. So back to the recent sucking. I kind of feel the same way about this band as I do with Weezer. First couple records where good, then all went to hell. I don't know if this was because they where changing labels every record finally ending up [...]
You may not know Fred but the chances are you will be familiar with one, if not more, of their songs. Over the past year they have become a firm fixture on Irish radio with a series of singles off third album Go God Go that have seen them take their suitably off-kilter Cork roots and polish them up into the brightest of pop music. Why then do they find themselves playing the basement of a larger venue that has played host to many of their contemporaries. It's hard to understand but somewhere along the line something is [...]
i was one of the lucky 50,000 or so who got to see nirvana's second performance at the reading festival in 1992. it was my first visit, just for the day, and i'll never forget bouncing up and down with everyone else to "in bloom" trying to save my reading fest poster from getting crushed while clutching a plastic bag containing this great indie compilation cd. put together by melody maker, it's a pretty good survey of the early 90s indie scene with a good smattering of bands demonstrating the scene's inherent quirkiness. so i'm glad it didn't [...]
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