The Flamings Lips are the kings of nontraditional marketing tactics and are no strangers to unique niche merchandise, but this new thing is pretty unexpected and awesome: a Silver Trembling Fetus Christmas tree ornament. The video below will provide you with all the details.
Portland pop-punkers The Thermals, who are performing during KEXP’s 7th Annual Yule Benefit on December 12th, are already revealing the news that their as-yet-finished fifth album will be released September 7th, 2010. That should give the band a bountiful cushion while keeping fans on pins and needles.
Today at noon, KEXP presents an exclusive broadcast of Pixies live at the Paramount Theatre from their sold-out Seattle performance on Friday, November 13. Listen to the concert in its entirety as the legendary band performs their influential album Doolittle from beginning to end, plus an assortment of B-sides and a few surprises.
Listen to KEXP three days in a row and statistically you’re practically guaranteed to hear at least one if not two Pixies songs — that’s just how integral this seminal band of American alternative rock is to the station. Last week, the band was in town playing two sold-out shows at the Paramount Theatre.
Missed it? [...]
You call yourself a Pixies fan? Bought tickets to their reunited Doolittle tour, yeah? For multiple shows even? Well, you’re not a real Pixies fan until you’ve plunked down two hundred and something bucks on the Minotaur box set, collecting 5 remastered CDs of their studio albums, also contained on 6 Blu-ray and 6 DVDs [...]
It’s raining when I walk out the door this morning. I get into my car and put the faceplate on my radio and put in my copy of The Pixies album Doolittle.
The first song is “Debaser”:
The simple bass leads me to some kind of window in my mind. And as the guitars hit [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
photos by Jim Bennett
review by Jim Beckmann
I’m guessing that if you’re a Pixies fan, you already got your tickets to one — or more — of their shows coming up this fall. There’s certainly been enough fanfare about it, especially since they’re performing their 1989 breakthrough, Doolittle, in its entirety. I don’t think as many [...]
The Lollapalooza lineup has been released and it looks like the headliner rumors were spot on. In addition to Depeche Mode, Tool and the original Jane’s Addiction, the fest is stacked with a decent mix of heavy hitters and up-and-coming acts. Though a few festival cancellations have caused panic in the music community, Coachella just [...]
