Have you ever spent your days wishing you could experience as an aleatory and combinatory Grizzly Bear remix courtesy of Grammy-winners Phoenix? Well the French quarter have posted on their official site two YouTube clips – one of Grizzly Bear’s “Foreground” and another of Brian Eno’s “Canon In D Major” – which is accompanied by [...]
Have you had plans to travel to Europe disrupted by that nasty volcanic ash emanating from Iceland? Those pesky Icelanders, with their crazy music, ridiculous fairytales and inability to contain their natural resources! How inconsiderate of them to disrupt everyone else’s travel plans. With news that the volcanic ash has upset flight plans as far [...]
Yesterday’s British election was an absolute fiasco. Instead of an outright winner declared, the Brits have descended into a hung parliament which unfortunately isn’t where politicians are killed for their greed and misdeed but in fact occurs when no one party wins an outright majority. So the nation has spoken but no one is exactly [...]
The Village Voice has announced that the 10th Annual Siren Music Festival at Coney Island, NYC on Saturday, July 17 will include Matt and Kim, Ted Leo and the Pharmacists, The Pains of Being Pure at Heart, Surfer Blood, Harlem and more to be announced. Celebrating its 10th anniversary in historic Coney Island, the fest has [...]
On May 11, Villagers – whom we interviewed exclusively here – will release their limited edition ‘Becoming A Jackal’ 7″ featuring the album track “Twenty-Seven Strangers” on the flip. Domino Records is now giving away a download of the single “Becoming A Jackal” to preview the 7″ and forthcoming debut album out June 8. Grab [...]
Trent Reznor is a very astute man. He fattened up the industrial sounds of Coil, Ministry and Einsturzende Neubauten and made them a commercially viable proposition for mainstream America via Nine Inch Nails. That bands mix of glossy electronics, abysmal pseudo my-life-is-torture lyrics and souped up Goth sound capitalized on mainstream America’s love for anything [...]
The live rehabilitation of legend Gil Scott-Heron is set to continue this summer as he plays two free shows in NYC this summer – Central Park Summerstage on June 27 and Marcus Garvey Park, Manhattan on August 5. Still touring his excellent XL Recordings debut and comeback album I’m New Here, he is also currently [...]
The hook-laden and irresistibly catchy Surfer Blood are set to hit the road and embark on a June US tour, with The Pains of Being Pure at Heart and Hooray For Earth. The band are touring on the back of their stellar debut Astro Coast which is out now on Karine Records and you can [...]
Is the quality of an album title often reflective of the quality within? Radiohead are pretty crap at coming up with album titles – OK Computer, In Rainbows, Pablo Honey? They are utterly lame, half-assed titles seemingly cribbed from some Sunday lifestyle supplement. But the music isn’t half bad. Does this mean that the upcoming [...]
Lovísa Elísabet Sigrúnardóttir, thankfully more commonly known as Lay Low, made her New York debut last night at Brooklyn’s Union Hall venue, bringing her very low key, often faltering but very charming acoustic country to a very appreciative new audience.
We love nothing more than free stuff and, in their unprecedented second mention of the day (!), lo-fi indie hero Best Coast is releasing “Far Away”, the title track of her latest limited edition 7″ for free. You can grab it over…here. And, in addition to this, Eskuche is giving away a select number of [...]
Apart from a six year hiatus in the early nineties, Echo and the Bunnymen have been around for a whopping 32 years incorporating a glorious heyday from 1979-1984 whereupon the band released five albums which still eclipse anything released by their ‘Big Music’ contemporaries U2, Simple Minds or, heaven forbid, The Alarm.
Buying second-hand goods from a legendary avant-garde artist is, unquestionably, the ideal way to spend a weekend. With this in mind, gender-bending avant-garde hero Genesis P-Orridge is holding his/her very own garage sale at Ridgewood/Bushwick May 1st and 2nd. Once denounced as a ‘wrecked of civilization’ by the British parliament, P-Orridge is selling his/her wares [...]
Rodrigo Sánchez and Gabriela Quintero took to the stage at Radio City last night like two possessed sonic surgeons, rifling their way through a relentless (mainly) acoustic set leaving the audience barely enough time to breathe. For the uninitiated, Rodrigo y Gabriela essentially play thrash metal on classical acoustic guitars. It sounds like a relatively [...]
If Edward Norton and Kurt Cobain had a baby, who would the child look like? James McAvoy apparently. Well that is according to Courtney Love. But can you see this man on the left belting out ‘Rape Me’? I certainly can’t. While speaking on The View, the Hole singer said she hoped McAvoy or star [...]
Iceland’s Lay Low, dubbed “One part Duffy, One Part Patsy Cline”, is setting her sights on New York following her acclaimed first U.S. release, Farewell Good Night’s Sleep (Loo Records). The analog post-country songstress will play two dates in New York City in early May: at Brooklyn’s Union Hall on Monday, May 3; and at [...]
The new album by the absolutely brilliant Sun Kil Moon, entitled Admiral Fell Promises will be released on July 13th, 2010 by Caldo Verde Records. This 60 minute, ten song album of original material will be available on CD, digital download and vinyl. The vinyl version includes liner notes and two bonus tracks recorded live [...]
One of the most important aspects involved with being on the campaign trail is that of meeting and greeting voters. Clinton and Gore were legendary for their charm but over in Britain, the beleaguered Prime Minister Gordon Brown has taken a whole new angle on proceedings, this morning denouncing a woman he met as ‘bigoted’ [...]
On April 29, Holly Golightly and The Brokeoffs’ will make their late night TV debut as musical guests on Last Call With Carson Daly. The segment- filmed onsite at the duo’s recent show at LA’s Spaceland- will feature an interview and a performance of “When He Comes” from their new album Medicine County out now [...]
Villagers’ frontman Conor J. O’Brien – whom we interviewed extensively quite recently - has confirmed a 5-date East Coast solo tour starting June 17 at Brooklyn’s Union Hall supporting his anticipated Domino Records debut Becoming A Jackal (June 8). The tour includes stops in DC, Philadelphia, Boston and a second NYC show at Joe’s Pub. O’Brien [...]
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