The year before the Year of Pavement just keeps getting bigger. This time the news of an added performance directly affects Washington, as the group has been announced as a participant of the 2010 edition of the state’s Memorial Day pastime, Sasquatch!, which falls on the weekend of May 29-31st. Those too lazy or too [...]
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 [...]
by Chris Estey
It’s an exciting week here at the pop culture press media compound, hiding behind stacks of dying music magazines before the zeitgeist helicopters swoop in with batches of overheated Kindles to start a blaze. Before our demise, what we’re amped about is a couple of books and a couple of matching DVDs that [...]
Coachella Day One: Crystal Castles, Girl Talk, Morrissey, Paul McCartney, Genghis Tron
I had flown back home from a school language trip to Sevilla, Espana two days before I left for Coachella. I spent the night in Indio before the show was supposed to begin and planned my route for the inevitably sweaty and fun [...]
Posted in All Ages, KEXP | Also tagged Ariel Pink's Haunted Graffiti, Blitzen Trapper, Bob Mould Band, Coachella, Crystal Castles, Fleet Foxes, Fucked Up, Genghis Tron, Girl Talk, my bloody valentine, No Age, Paul McCartney, The Murder City Devils, Vivian Girls, X |
