On Halloween, Ted Leo and some of his buddies got on a Philadelphia stage as “TV Casualty.” Then, they proceeded to play two entire sets of music written and performed by the band Misfits! It’s a pretty faithful effort, too, and very enjoyable. And it’s all on YouTube. Check out Part 1 below, then watch [...]
Spoon have finally given non-Texas concert goers something to be giddy about. The group has announced that album #7, Transference, will be available January 26th. Not only a great way to kick off a new year but also a new decade.
KEXP’s own Jon Kertzer, host of such entertaining fare as The Best Ambiance, has teamed [...]
Frequently played KEXP band, Cymbals Eat Guitars, just switched out their bassist for a new guy named Matthew Whipple. The last guy, Neil Berenholz, according to Pitchfork according to CEG’s publicist, left the band amicably because “he didn’t like touring.” Well, that’s probably good because they’re doing a heck of a lot of it lately. [...]
Morrissey is currently recovering from a collapse on stage Saturday night. The former frontman of The Smiths and long-time solo performer has been touring his new b-side compilation, Swords, and was carried offstage at the Oasis Leisure Centre in Swindon after appearing visibly ill. Shortly afterward, Morrissey was admitted to the Great Western Hospital as [...]
I missed it, but I guess some people on the internets thought Kanye West was dead. He’s not. You’d think his million blog posts a day would’ve stopped the rumors dead in their tracks, but meh.
Yeasayer signed to Secretly Canadian for the North American release of their highly anticipated 2nd album. It’s called Odd [...]
If we only lived in Britain we could enjoy the 10 new stamps that immortalize some of most popular British musicians and albums. According to NME, albums from the likes of Pink Floyd, Led Zeppelin, David Bowie, New Order will be part of the collection, due January 7, 2010.
The Flaming Lips have always been [...]
Agh! Pop music collides! Rivers Cuomo of Weezer reportedly is working with Katy Perry on writing/recording for her new album.
Not enough Eels to sate you? I guess they liked the feeling of releasing a new album in June after four years hiatus. Now they’re going to be releasing their eighth studio album, End Times, on [...]
Whenever the melodies of Brian Wilson drift in our direction, the same question always comes to mind: I wonder what would happen if Wilson played George Gershwin? An answer to that question, as odd as it might be, is on the horizon as the endless one has been granted permission by the Gershwin Estate to [...]
Wha?!?!? Apparently Amazon has a page up for a forthcoming new Animal Collective album! It’s set for release December 8th on Domino Records. Just in time for them to take numbers one and two on year-end top 10 lists.
And speaking of “forthcoming,” both Thom Yorke and his band Radiohead should have new albums out within [...]
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The sheik move of the moment is creating art in clusters known as collaborations; often known by the term ’supergroup’. Yet another fine specimen has cropped up, with Kim and Kelley Deal lending their sisterly vocals to the latest endeavor from The National’s brotherly guitar duo, Aaron and Bryce Dessner. Titled The Long Count, the [...]
