Bernard Sumner of Bad Lieutenant/New Order/Joy Division After canceling their four US shows last November because of visa issues, Bad Lieutenant aimed to reschedule for the spring. They've confirmed those dates, one of which is at Coachella . Another is NYC's Webster Hall , the last of their four stateside shows, on Wednesday, April 21st . Tickets go on sale Friday, February 12th. The shows will be the band's first in [...]
How could I fire off a bunch of African music posts without touching on the great Fela Kuti ? Back in November you might remember me mentioning how Knitting Factory Records was planning on re-issuing all of Kuti's catalog over the next year and a half. To start it off they released the compilation teaser The Best of the Black President , and now the first batch of re-issues is here and ready for you. It's being called the "Chop 'N Quench" batch and it contains nine albums released between 1969 and [...]
The Presidents of the United States of America -yes, the very same band that brought songs like "Lump," "Peaches," and "Kitty" into our youthful lives-will be at the Roseland Theater this Thursday night, and we want to send you and a guest. Just like that Socialist Kenyan-born Obama is giving away money to banks (and korans to our precious children), PUSA is parting with a free song this week via their site. Fitting, it's a song not about America (check it out below). Anyway, to win your way into their show, just comment below and explain why you [...]
TESTAMENT INVITES FANS TO BE A PART OF HEAVY METAL HISTORY THIS SPRING ON THE RUST IN PEACE TOUR WITH MEGADETH AND EXODUS; AND, THIS SUMMER ON THE AMERICAN CARNAGE TOUR WITH SLAYER AND MEGADETH RUST IN PEACE TOUR STARTS MARCH 1st; AMERICAN CARNAGE TOUR STARTS JULY 23rd Bay Area Thrash Legends TESTAMENT have one hell of a year on tap. Starting March 1st, TESTAMENT is direct support on Megadeth "Rust in Peace" 20th Anniversary Tour with special guests Exodus. Keep in mind this is no regular metal tour, this will be an event [...]
Is there any rock sibling more disappointing than 38 Special 's Donnie Van Zandt ? Has any rock sibling brought more shame to his or her family - not to mention an entire region of the United States - than the brother of Southern Rock's leading light, Ronnie Van Zandt ? Think about the pride and identity Ronnie brought to his people, and then think about Donnie's role as leader of a band that the members of REO Speedwagon thought were wimpy. I doubt Donnie got to sit anywhere near Papa Van Zandt at family [...]
This morning, the official Josh Ritter website announced the title of his next album, the followup to the Historical Conquests of Josh Ritter: So Runs The World Away. Along with the announcement was a free MP3 download for a track called Change Of Time. The new album is due out on May 4th in the United States, or if you live in Ireland, it will be out just a couple days before, on April 23th. This is rather exciting news for me, as both The Animal Years and The Historical Conquests of Josh Ritter were both two absolute [...]
Legendary Californian doom metal band Sleep has announced that they will be reforming to perform some shows in the United States later this year. These shows will happen around September time with the only confirmed show taking place on September 3rd in Monticello, New York. The performed some reunion shows in Europe last year but were unable to to... Read More/Discuss on Metal Underground.com
Revenge of the Nerds With Chiptunes In high school, most students belonged to a group defined by a common interest and attitude. There were the jocks, the rich kids, the pretty girls, the musicians and the nerds. The jocks always dated the pretty girls, while the musicians were popular with everyone. The nerds, on the other hand, with their chess club and computer games, were outcasts. But it seems that the tables have turned and now being a nerd is cool. Nerd culture has taken off all over the world, including here in Indonesia. [...]
Heading off to work for tomorrow morning's 4:39am launch of Endeavour and the STS-130 mission. It's the final night launch of a space shuttle and only four more of these in your manned United States space program, so try and catch the launch if you can. A bunch of readers and co-bloggers have emailed wanting to know how the cancellation of the Constellation program affects me personally and professionally and I appreciate the concern! I'll update everyone a few days after launch and the post-launch business but in short, I'll [...]
TLTN Keeps It Hardcore When Metallica played in Jakarta in 1993, a riot broke out between security and fans without tickets. It was clear that heavy metal had gained steam in Indonesia and that fans identified with the drama and rage metal bands exuded on stage. The genre dwindled in the late 1990s, but heavy metal made a comeback in the early 2000s, with bands like As I Lay Dying from the United States and UK group Bullet For My Valentine. These groups retained the instrumental heaviness of the Metallica era, but ornamented it with [...]
A few days before next month's SXSW Festival here in Austin, there's another festival going on a few hours up the road in nearby Denton. Set to take place on March 11th-14th , the NX35 Music Conferette boasts an impressive lineup with the likes of Midlake , Neon Indian , Pattern Is Movement , Pomegranates , The Black Angels , Via Audio , The Flaming Lips , and many others. Single night all-venue tickets are only $20, with the all-access tickets going for $65. Purchase [...]
Smithsonian Folkways Recordings is the nonprofit record label of the Smithsonian Institution, the national museum of the United States. From its founding in 1948, Folkways has sought to record and document the entire world of sound. Topics have included traditional, ethnic, and contemporary music from around the world; poetry, spoken word, and instructional recordings in numerous languages; and documentary recordings of individuals, communities, current events, and natural sounds. Upon acquiring Folkways Recordings in 1987, the Smithsonian Institution Center for Folklife and Cultural Heritage agreed that virtually all of the label's 2,168 titles would remain "in print" forever — a [...]
Except for the songs that made my Top 20 Songs of 2009 , these are the rest of the best indie and indie-minded rock tracks of 2009 (Volume 1 of 3). To be eligible, a song needed to be included on an album released in the United States between December 1, 2008 and November 30, 2009...
Except for the songs that made my Top 20 Songs of 2009, these are the rest of the best indie and indie-minded rock tracks of 2009 (Volume 2 of 3). To be eligible, a song needed to be included on an album released in the United States between December 1, 2008 and November 30, 2009. 1. [...]
Except for the songs that made my Top 20 Songs of 2009, these are the rest of the best indie and indie-minded rock tracks of 2009 (Volume 3 of 3). To be eligible, a song needed to be included on an album released in the United States between December 1, 2008 and November 30, 2009. 1. [...]
Except for the songs that made my Top 20 Songs of 2009, these are the rest of the best lighter/mellow rock tracks of 2009 (Volume 1 of 3). To be eligible, a song needed to be included on an album released in the United States between December 1, 2008 and November 30, 2009. 1. A.A. Bondy [...]
Except for the songs that made my Top 20 Songs of 2009, these are the rest of the best lighter/mellow rock tracks of 2009 (Volume 2 of 3). To be eligible, a song needed to be included on an album released in the United States between December 1, 2008 and November 30, 2009. 1. Monsters of [...]
Except for the songs that made my Top 20 Songs of 2009, these are the rest of the best lighter/mellow rock tracks of 2009 (Volume 3 of 3). To be eligible, a song needed to be included on an album released in the United States between December 1, 2008 and November 30, 2009. 1. Thrice "The [...]
I've been realizing some parallels lately between the music theory of Steve Reich and the political theory of Noam Chomsky. Reich is of the most beloved and experimental modern American composers, a writer of systems music -sound continuums which evolve gradually, often over very long periods of time. One of his approaches to writing systems music has been phase shifting, which Roger Sutherland , author of New Perspectives in Music , describes as something "recorded on two channels, first in unison, and then with channel two beginning to move ahead. As the phrase begins to [...]
The Wagner Logic From: Kasilof, Alaska, United States The Wagner Logic, first featured on the Devil's blog back in April 2009 ( Anchored Down In Anchorage ), are releasing their self-titled sophomore follow-up to their 2007 debut release Easiest to Grab . Self-produced in the dark basement of a small cabin in a town best known for salmon [...]
Yeasayer – Odd Blood (Review)
TOUR: The Tallest Man On Earth Announces U.S. Dates
New Releases V2.9
[mp3] Joanna Newsom - "Kingfisher"
Hot Chip: One Life Stand
