
Let me be frank: music festivals are awful. They are magnificently unpleasant. All of them. There is almost no other way to spend $350+ and have a worse time, other than maybe flying coach to the Midwest three days before Christmas. That being said, this will be my sixth year attending Sasquatch. My first S’quatch was in 2006, and I went consecutively for the following four years. The 2010 festival was, barring Massive Attack’s STUNNING performance, such an abysmal waste of three days that I, during the dark, rank, exhausted drive back, swore I would [...]

A época de confirmações para os festivais de Verão continua em alta. Há mais um nome confirmado para o Optimus Alive 2013: Edward Sharpe And The Magnetic Zeros. A banda do norte-americano Alex Ebert virá a Portugal apresentar o belíssimo Here , editado em 2012. A actuação está marcada para o dia 12 de Julho no Palco Heineken. Os artistas confirmados para o Alive versão 2013 são os seguintes: Alt-J, Band of Horses, Biffy Clyro, Capitão Fausto, Dead Combo, Death From Above 1979, Depeche Mode, Django Django, Editors, Edward Sharpe and The Magnetic Zeros, Green Day, [...]
Every year has its turkey albums. Once a year, we take the opportunity to put them out of their misery. It's the 2012 Turkey Shoot! This is an idea I've stolen from the fantastic Chicago Public Radio program Sound Opinions. Once a year, Jim DeRogatis and Greg Kot get together to take [...]
In exactly the hallucinogenic fashion you'd expect from a bay area nonet, Japonize Elephants congregate with instruments from every nook and cranny, including parts of the kitchen sink and nearby combustible engines, to create slinky, theatrical, gypsy-meets-circus-meets-ridic ulous-plus-a-side-of-adrenalin pieces. To complement the ensemble's large-scale, gluttonous feasting on the every-genre music bazaar buffet, Japonize Elephants' upcoming live [...]

With their sophomore album, Here , released a month ago, I had the fine opportunity to sit down and chat with guitarist/vocalist Christian Letts of beloved folk group Edward Sharpe and the Magnetic Zeros . Everything from bartering action figures for hip-hop records, fans reaching out to their music and secret wishes to collaborate with Jay-Z is covered here. How did you get started making music? Was there are a particular artist and/or album that inspired you and made you decide this was what you wanted to do with [...]
“If four years touring seems like a long time to you, imagine how it felt for us” says Alexander Ebert, enigmatic frontman of L.A.’s Edward Sharpe & The Magnetic Zeroes . “I mean, it definitely won’t be the same this time, we’ll probably never tour one album for four years ever again. It’s just too fuckin’ long, man” he laughs. But you can tell he means it. Having completed their debut album Up From Below in 2009, the band embarked on a heroic schedule that would seriously test the mettle of any of rock and roll’s lifers. [...]

“We had to have a lot of faith,” states Alex Ebert, the lead singer of the American folk band Edward Sharpe and the Magnetic Zeros of the experience of making the band's second album Here , out now via Rough Trade . “We went through a lot of shit as a band over the last four years, and we toured a lot, and we were really tired by the time we decided to go make this album. It wasn’t easy for some people to decide to jump back into it.” The story of [...]
En cette fin d'inter-saison printano-estivale, il est toujours agréable de faire fleurir nos tympans sous une pluie de sonorités acoustiques de guitares sèches et de cymbales.
edward sharpe & the magnetic zeros - man on fire [talk about the singalong factor! edward sharpe and his band of merry folk always manage to make things sound rustically uplifting. throw in a video about the celebration of practice and movement and you have one of the best sunset soundtracks for the summer!] edward sharpe & the magnetic zeros - man on fire (little daylight remix) [follow that up with this equally gorgeous remix and you have a two great tracks to fill up your weekend mix. want it, download it from rcrd lbl for free [...]

Prior to their huge show at the Outdoor Plaza, Minneapolis we caught up with Edward Sharpe & The Magnetic Zeros ' band leader Alex Ebert for a quick chat about their fantastic new album, Here , as well as their progression from Up from Below , connecting with audiences and the possibility of a return to the Old Vic Tunnels. Before you guys were Up from Below and now you're Here – does that mean Edward Sharpe & The Magnetic Zeros have arrived? [...]
We saw Edward Sharpe & the Magnetic Zeros a few months ago during SXSW in Austin, and the band won us over with its sincerity and unfettered musicianship. They have a new album out, Here , and this video for "Man On Fire" manages to capture this band's spirit. Edward Sharpe & the Magnetic Zeros official website
Cosmo Jarvis - 'Love This' Edward Sharpe & The Magnetic Zeros - 'Man On Fire' The Black Keys - 'Gold On The Ceiling' Sam Sparro - 'I Wish I Never Met You' Bright Light Bright Light - 'A New Word To Say' Agent Fresco - 'Tempo' Hunting Grounds - 'Flaws' Cold Specks - 'Blank Maps' [...]
This is the first single from their latest, Here ... See more MJTV video Listen to Musical Justice
Listening: 1. Dalton : This is the solo project of Brooklyn's Nate Harar, and he creates lo-fi living room pop. Listen to : Breaker ( mp3 ) 2. greencarpetedstairs : Denver band is releasing their debut album this month. 3. The Inner Banks : Brooklyn band combining an array of musical styles. Listen to: Ana Peru ( mp3 ) Reading: 1. The Death of Angie by Amelia Gray 2. Unborn by Ben Tanzer 3. Patrick [...]
Perhaps the most infectious thing about the music of Edward Sharpe & The Magnetic Zeros is the attitude behind it. Anyone who's seen them live or given a good listen to 20102s Up From Below or Here, which was just released this past Tuesday, can feel that the nine lovely individuals who make up the [...]

New Music Videos Shot in 3 Days in NY Sara Gaechter photograph Edward Sharpe & The Magnetic Zeros premiered the video for "Man On Fire," the first single from their latest album, Here , which was released this [...]

El nuevo álbum de Edward Sharpe & the Magnetic Zeros llamado Here ya está en la calle dando vueltas hace algunos días. Como parte de la promoción de este segundo disco, los californianos acaban de estrenar un videoclip para la canción Man on Fire . El video de Man on Fire , canción que sirvió como adelanto antes de la salida del álbum, fue [...]
Filed under: News , News Today, Oh Boy! STEPHANE DANNA, AFP/Getty Images Iggy Pop and Cream drummer Ginger Baker pay tribute to the Black Keys . Not the other way around, as you might expect. [ Antiquiet ] Go ahead. Find a better headline than " Kid Rock Is Soul-Fucking America" today. [ Gawker ] Go see opening acts, ya dummy. [ WSJ ] [...]
Indie, Folk, Singer-Songwriter, Alt-Country/strong> - Edward Sharpe and the Magnetic Zeros have released this Brady Corbet directed music video for "Man on Fire", from their most recent album 'Here.' Sample & Buy Music From Amazon!Help Support SoundHype! Follow @soundhype