Cincinnati's Bunburry Festival, now in its second year, has announced an indie-heavy lineup for 2013. By indie heavy I mean, lots of indie and not much heavy. Headliners include The National, Belle & Sebastian, Yo La Tengo, MGMT, and fun. ... Bonarroo had an announcement today, too . Joining the unwashed masses in Tennessee will be Paul McCartney, Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers, Wu-Tang Clan, Mumford and Sons, Bjork, Wilco, R. Kelly, The National and many, many, many more including Weird Al. Looking for a road trip, but not necessarily a festival weekend? In addition to that [...]
En estos días la avalancha tecnológica pareciera hacernos creer que las disquerías son cosa del pasado. Que así como pasó con el negocio del repartidor de hielo luego de la masificación del refrigerador, los estantes con carátulas y la venta de soportes no serían sino parte de un recuerdo romántico, un pasado mejor. Una época -digamos, dieciséis años atrás- recordada con una extraña nostalgia por quienes fueron desplazados por la masificación del mp3 y las copias piratas. Pero al parecer esta creencia no es tan cierta. Pareciera ser que la masificación tecnológica, por el contrario, ha supuesto -vinilos [...]
The Music for Occupy movement is a splinter group from the Occupy Wall Street organization. Their mission, according ... Read the full article at http://www.prefixmag.com/news/ mogwai-yo-la-tengo-thee-oh-see s-feature-on-occupy-/64487/
Music for Occupy has revealed more details regarding their Occupy Wall Street benefit album . Available May 15th (14 days after the official day of worldwide "re-occupation") on Razor & Tie, Occupy This Album features both previously released and new tracks from the likes of Yoko Ono, Ani DiFranco, Thievery Corporation, Mowai, Tom Morello, Ya La Tengo, Debbie Harry, Willie Nelson, Amanda Palmer, Thee Oh Sees, New Party Systems (members of TV on the Radio, Liturgy, the Notekillers), and even documentarian Michael Moore c0vering Bob Dylan. A four-CD physical release will collect 78 songs, while [...]
Music for Occupy has revealed more details regarding their Occupy Wall Street benefit album . Available May 15th (14 days after the official day of worldwide "re-occupation") on Razor & Tie, Occupy This Album features both previously released and new tracks from the likes of Yoko Ono, Ani DiFranco, Thievery Corporation, Mowai, Tom Morello, Ya La Tengo, Debbie Harry, Willie Nelson, David Crosby & Graham Nash, Amanda Palmer, Thee Oh Sees, New Party Systems (members of TV on the Radio, Liturgy, the Notekillers), and even documentarian Michael Moore c0vering Bob Dylan. A four-CD physical release [...]
Feb 16, 2011, 7:00am
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After a half-decade in semi-hibernation, alt. rock veteran Rick Rizzo returns to deliver two strong albums; one with Antietam's Tara Key and another at the helm of his Eleventh Dream Day mothership.
The dead of winter is no fun, especially when you're dealing with massive blizzards, chilling temperatures, and the Giants out of the playoffs. Despite the lineups and rumors, festivals seem so far away and our next big holiday is what? President's Day? That's no fun. This is where our Friday Mixtape comes in. New music always kicks ass, but it's even better when fending off the winter blues. Christmas is 11 months away? Psshh... check out new music from Bright Eyes, Social Distortion, and The Radio Dept. instead. Plus, we have a wonderful assortment of covers, compliments of [...]
Ah, the beautiful heat of a sweltering New Jersey summer. It doesn't get more wonderful than that. For everyone who whines about the humidity all summer long, just remember your whining when you're stuck inside because of the snow drift that covers your car in February. A little sweat does everyone some good. And a little sun never hurt anyone. I may have almost died of heat stroke when I went for a run on a crazy hot day when I got back from Scotland in May, but that didn't deter me. The hotter the better, I say. Even while [...]
Wyclef's Yele charity has recently drawn a firestorm of criticism, but he's not the only musical figure trying to mobilize folks and funds on behalf of Haiti. There's also an impressive number ... Continue reading "Your Big, Honking Guide to Haiti Benefits and Valiantly Intentioned Fundraising Efforts, Non-Wyclef Musical Edition" >
Need a soundtrack for the long drive to see the relatives? A nostalgic backdrop for seeing old friends and remembering old flames? Some background noise to drown out your annual family fight? We've got you covered. Jingle Jams: A Holiday Mix From NPR Music This one covers all the classics, in addition to covers of all the classics. Dean Martin's "Silver Bells," Johnny Cash's "The Little Drummer Boy, "Vince Guaraldi Trio's "Greensleeves" (if you've ever seen "A Charlie Brown Christmas" you already love Guaraldi) and dozens more. Even a little Run-DMC thrown in for good measure. [...]
This year's Christmas Music Spectacular comes in the form of a list, of my favorite Christmas or holiday-themed or even winter-themed songs of all time. For traditional favorites, I'm giving credit to the artist that covered it best to my ears, even though obviously some of the songs on the list were not originally written by the band I've included. But this is a blog , it's not like there are rules, so without further ado, here are my favorite holiday songs ever... 1. " Fairytale of New York " [...]
Andy Willsher My trip to London last May yielded no shortage of fond and lasting memories, but one of the most vivid is also one of the most unremarkable and inexplicable. My plan for my first visit to the city was pretty much to pick a particular district or two for each day I was there and just wander - one day, the West End, the next day, Soho, Covent Garden and Westminster, the day after, the East End and Greenwich. Greenwich wasn't a place I had any particular prior affinity for, but I [...]
Frank Yang When I got all effusive about seeing Austin's Ume way back at SxSW in March, it wasn't just because they their showcase blew me away - it did - but because I also figured that it would be my last chance to see and write about the trio until SxSW next year, so there was no point in being measured. After all, they were a small band with no label, no tour support and hailing from a long ways away from Toronto meant the odds of catching them up live again [...]
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All Photos by Abbey Braden courtesy of ATP. Saturday night we got back very late to our hotel so I proceeded to order vodka and cranberries by the handful and shoot as many as possible before the looming last call at the bar. I clearly overshot my target and ended up waking up Sunday with a ludicrously painful hangover to start off the day. Most of the afternoon consisted of me trying recover. It finally subsided and I was able to make it to the very end of the Mercury Rev show. As soon [...]
Day 3 was the big day! I won't go over all of it since that was in an earlier post, but here are a few pictures and stuff. Oh yeah, whole album is here . Yo La Tengo First band up on day 3. They were pretty cool, actually. I hadn't listened to a Yo La Tengo album in a really long time, but it was really fun to hear them again. [...]
And now the conclusion of our three-day coverage of this past weekend's All Tomorrow's Parties festival in upstate New York. My dear friend Ian has been kind enough to contribute his words, photos and even some video footage to help spread the joy felt by those who attended the event, and inform those of us who couldn't make it just how jealous we should be. Thank you Ian, you're practically a full-fledged blogger now! So, here's Ian's Day 3 review: I woke up so sore the morning after what proved to be a violent Lightning Bolt set, and [...]
I promise I'm only going to do one more on ATP after this. That will be an entry with pictures from day three. But now - now, I'm going to tell my tale. Not exactly the Bard's tale, but a tale. It seems like I left home a lifetime ago. September 18th, 1914 or something. I don't know. A really long time ago. The flight, but more importantly the screening process, was trivial and uneventful. I did sit in the same row as an old dude who kept asking bizarre questions of the somewhat elderly flight attendant. [...]
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