photo by Krystopher Beiro Sad to be missing Coachella this year? YouTube is streaming a large chunk of the 2012 music festival this weekend. Highlights for Friday's YouTube schedule include The Black Keys , Neon Indian , Grouplove , Yuck , Pulp , Frank Ocean , Explosions in the Sky , and M83 . A full schedule can be found here. In other Black Keys news, one person they don't view as an asshole [...]
photo by Jim Bennett 90s throwback heroes Yuck have released a new track entitled "Chew". As is with the rest of their catalogue, the song is fantastically catchy and has more crunchy, fuzzed-out guitar than your ears can handle. Check it out below: Sigur Rós have announced a North American tour in support of new album Valtari , out May 28. They will be making a stop in Seattle at the Paramount Theater August [...]
The BackstageRider has little rock worker bees EVERYWHERE. Particularly in Austin, Texas for South by Southwest 2011. In this case, all kudos go to my favourite roving rockhands reporter Shelly Corbett . Shelly works with the ab-fab gang at Seattle radio station KEXP, who've this year nabbed some pretty shit-hot bands for their live SXSW broadcasts , and is a friend to the BSR. She's also an expert at getting the most awesome in indie rock to raise their two fingers for her camera. So I'm thrilled to present the SXSW Rockhands Edition, starring BackstageRider favourite [...]
Their set featured: Get Away Holing Out Rubber Shook Down The Wall Stream the full playback here. Catch Yuck on their North American tour. MP3: Yuck - Coconut Bible
Starting things off with a wandering winter diddy from Santa Rosa’s That Ghost ( Ryan Schmale ). Then Sharon Van Etten gives you yet another reason to order the new Air Waves . A taste of the new Minks LP is more Smiths -y than Cure -y but nonetheless tasty. Acoustic Radio Dept. shows off Johan Duncanson breathy pipes. And while there's a new Yuck LP coming soon, this early track still fits the bill for a cold, winter day. Enjoy thoroughly. [...]
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