Annie Williams - Nevermind Midnight Window came out back in November, as a double release with Annie Williams ' other EP This Mountain . It's taken me this long to write about it, because I am a terrible person. Just kidding! I was moving into a new house and stuff and... Also, um, I sort of forgot about it? Oh no! That was a harsh way of putting it. Let's just say, it took a while for the music to [...]
Here's some big and exciting news from the quickly rising Sacramento-based Sea of Bees - Baezinger's second album Orangefarben will be released this spring on Team Love Records , and "Broke" is the first single off of the album (below). Don't forget that we caught a very rough performance of another song listed on the upcoming album, "Teeth," back during last year's Record Store Day. Spawned out of (but no longer distributed through) Omaha indie label Saddle Creek , Team Love is based in New York [...]
Chicago-born, L.A.-based songstress Haroula Rose will headline the next installment of Buzz Bands LA's monthly songwriter night at Lot 1 Cafe . Rather than our traditional second-Tuesday-of-the-month date for the series, this show will happen the first Tuesday, Feb. 7 (so we don't conflict with your Valentine's Day plans, naturally). Rose, whose debut album "These Open Roads" earned comparisons to the likes of Lucinda Williams and Jenny Lewis, recently began working on her next album in Athens, Ga., with highly regarded songwriter/producer Jim White. She'll preview some of the new songs and play selections from [...]
Of the slew of quotable lines in the 1996 movie Swingers, there is one in the beginning casino scene where Vince Vaughn's character Trent tells a cocktail waitress, "I want you to remember this face, here. Okay? This is the guy behind the guy behind the guy." That line might be the best way to introduce you to Jonathan Wilson , who over the last few years has been "that guy," working with an impressive laundry list of musicians as both a side man and a producer, while helping to revitalize the Laurel Canyon music scene. [...]
I was quick to become obsessed with LA-based Stone Darling's debut single "All I Wanna Do" . I mean obsessed to the point where, if I had it on CD or vinyl, it would no longer be playable. Thus you can imagine my excitement to see that the group of girls have finally released their debut self-titled EP. When we spoke with them awhile back, they told us the new set of songs would trade the hazy reverb with guitar grit- and the girls did just that. The EP has the twang of Neil Young, the charm of Jenny [...]
Here we go, the official announcement that we have all been waiting for! Whether or not 2012 will be the Apocalypse or not, it seems that everyone is stepping up their game this year and not holding anything back. After the Coachella announcement, many were wondering to see what SXSW would announce: Best Coast, Blouse, of Montreal, ASAP Rocky, Danny Brown, Dan Deacon, The Polyphonic Spree, The Drums, Astronautalis, Beach Fossils, Ceremony, Chairlift, Crystal Antlers, PUJOL, Built To Spill, Deerhoof, Mindspiders, Gossip, Matthew Dear, Miike Snow, SBTRKT, Sharon Van Etten, Zola Jesus, Thundercat, Blitzen Trapper, The War [...]
Summer sounds that much closer after listening to Rene Lopez's, Shing-a-ling Is What I Bring. Has that old school Marvin Gaye summer time sound, but in the barrio. Rene Lopez - Shing-a-ling Is What I Bring Press Release: Rene Lopez will be proving that February is the month of love with appearances at Nublu every Thursday during the month. He will additionally be appearing for a performance at Arlene's Grocery on February 28 th [...]
If you've read any of my previous posts, you'll know i'm a huge fan of John Digweed. I listen to his podcats and live mixes regularly. I'm assuming John has ultimate veto power when it comes to the guests he chooses for TRANSITIONS SHOW - like his mixes - are stellar. Last May, he had NY native ROYAL SAPIEN (aka BEN MAUTNER) on the show. Ben had worked tirelessly to create an EPIC ableton mix called STACKED. His appearance on the TRANSITIONS show, was the debut of the mix. According to Ben, [...]
We've been thinking lately about the importance of sharing the city of Cleveland with our readers. Our city is the home of the Rock N Roll Hall of Fame and the world renowned Cleveland Orchestra's beautiful concert venue, Severance Hall. But what do you really know about the city of Cleveland past our embarrassing sports teams? Maybe you're a Clevelander and you need some insight on the cool Mom & Pop places in town. Maybe you're from out of town and not really familiar with our city. Either way, we thought, who better to introduce [...]
It's the Sounds of 2012 by Cara Giaimo the latest EP: Nightosphere You Can Be A Wesley - Old In Florida MUSIC THAT COUNTS - We all know [...]
Como es costumbre, el SXSW de este año se realizará del 9 al 18 de marzo en Austin, Texas y ya está confirmado el extenso line-up en el que destacan algunas de las bandas mexicanas más interesantes del momento. Además, el evento cuenta con ciclos de cine e "Interactivo". Esta es la lista de grupos iberoamericanos: Antoine Reverb (Guadalajara MÉXICO), Juan Cirerol (Mexicali MÉXICO), Candy (Ciudad de México MÉXICO), The Copper Gamins (Zinacantepec MÉXICO), Dirty Karma (Ciudad de México MÉXICO), Andrea Balency Trio(Ciudad de México MÉXICO), Lila Downs (Oaxaca MÉXICO), 3 Dudes & a Mullet (Ciudad de México [...]
We've been to nearly 300 shows this year, in cities scattered all over the globe, from our hubs in Tampa, Denver, and London, to Toronto, Columbus, Detroit, NYC and LA. We've traveled hundreds of miles in planes, trains, and cars, braved extremes of heat, cold, and port-a-loos, danced with hippies and hipsters, and ingested untold quantities of alcohol, always with cameras in hand. For the writers and photographers who are known collectively as The Ruckus, live music is the integral why behind this business of music blogging. We photograph shows in order to steal memories [...]
It's been a long year. Scratch that, it's been a veeerrrry long year. From social revolutions to the end of our occupation of Iraq, from the death of celebrities and dictators to a man who sneezes bullets and the mystery of planking, the world experienced a slew of emotions and all sorts of cultural and political upheaval in 2011. And that's not even counting the plethora of music news that had the blogosphere abuzz this year . So, as the question begs, what comes next? Well, 2012. If you were to believe certain [...]
Well, I always promise myself that I won't do a best of this year, but I end up doing something that looks quite like a best of-list. I listen to A LOT of music in a lot of different genres, and I always find it difficult to range albums from 1-10 or even 1-100, so here are the albums I have enjoyed the most in 2011. Why should there be only one winner, when there are so many great albums and bands out there? There are also lots of other bands that I would love to add here, but [...]
Like every other music blogger/critic since the dawn of the recording age, I love compiling year end lists. Nonetheless, while I enjoy putting together the ubiquitous "Best Albums of the Year" list (which will be coming closer to the end of the year), it's my "Best 73 Vinyl Singles" List that is my favorite. By checking out the tracks on our list this year, you'll get a sense of some of the hottest bands to watch in the coming year. You'll also get a sense of where bands like The National, for example, are moving creatively and what you can [...]
O festival norte-americano South By Southwest (SXSW) que decorre anualmente em Austin, no Texas, vai receber este ano, entre muitas outras bandas internacionais, os portugueses You Can't Win Charlie Brown . A edição de 2012 do festival decorre entre os dias 8 e 12 de março de 2012 e a lista de bandas anunciadas (até agora) pode ser conferida abaixo: Primeiro grupo de bandas confirmadas: Akina Adderley & The Vintage Playboys (Austin TX) Agent Fresco (Reykjavík ICELAND) Ambition (Halifax CANADA) [...]
Quante volte abbiamo visto un video e siamo rimasto piacevolmente sorpresi? E, invece, quante altre volte abbiamo guardato il clip di una canzone e ne siamo rimasti profondamente delusi? A volte ci siamo chiesti "Ma è uno scherzo, vero?". Ecco, proprio in base a questa teoria, il sito Nme ha voluto pubblicare una classifica dei video più brutti di sempre. Dopo il salto potete leggere il cantante e il brano. Quale nome che potrete trovare? Christina Aguilera , Paris Hilton , Lady Gaga , Cher e Britney Spears ... Se [...]
Photo by Philip Cosores South By Southwest has its final band addition grouping of 2011, and we are starting to get some really solid names listed. Among those included: Metric, Stars, The Big Pink, The War On Drugs, Bleached, The Magnetic Fields, Talib Kweli, Built To Spill, Beach Fossils, PAPA, Screaming Females, Hospitality, and many more. We have the latest list of adds below, and you can check out a full list of SXSW participants here . Remember, the biggest acts don't get announced until the weeks before the event, so everything [...]
This is a big update. The Magnetic Fields, Built To Spill, Metric, Neon Trees, and The War On Drugs are some of the big names. Peter Bradley Adams (Brooklyn NY) A.Dd+ (Dallas TX) Alberta Cross (Los Angeles CA) Allah-Las (Los Angeles CA) All The Young (Stoke-On-Trent ENGLAND) ALO (Animal Liberation Orchestra) [...]
Here we go again! 3rd Round of Official 2012 Showcasing Artists Peter Bradley Adams (Brooklyn NY) A.Dd+ (Dallas TX) Alberta Cross (Los Angeles CA) Allah-Las (Los Angeles CA) All The Young (Stoke-On-Trent ENGLAND) ALO (Animal Liberation Orchestra) (San Francisco CA) Alpha Rev (Austin TX) Amoral (Helsinki FINLAND) Amplified Heat (Austin TX) Anamanaguchi (Brooklyn NY) [...]
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