Tag Archives: Gorillaz

Monday Morning News Fix

By Ryan Bort | Published: December 27, 2010

The album Gorrilaz recorded on an iPad that was scheduled to be released on Christmas has been released, because Christmas was the other day. It is called The Fall and you can stream the whole thing on Gorillaz’ website. It is available for download for Gorillaz fanclub members. Four-time Grammy nominee and R&B singer andRead more...

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Thursday News Roundup

By Jason Kinnard | Published: December 9, 2010

New Gorillaz Album for Christmas? Consequence of Sound is reporting that Damon Albarn has recorded an album using his iPad which he will release for FREE on Christmas Day. The music was created during the Gorillaz latest tour of the U.S. over a month. They’ve also made an Advent Calendar to track the release here.

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Monday Morning News Fix

By Ryan Bort | Published: November 15, 2010

In case you haven’t heard, the latest painfully awkward Kanye West moment has befallen the nation, and the controversy conveniently comes just weeks before his new album is scheduled to drop (My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy will be released November 22). West was brought on to the Today show to sit down with Matt LauerRead more...

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Thursday News Roundup

By Jason Kinnard | Published: November 4, 2010

The Seattle music community, and far beyond that indeed, is at a loss as the life of Andy Kotowicz, Sub Pop’s Vice President of Sales and Director of Marketing, was tragically cut short by a car accident last week. In effort to support Andy’s wife, Jocelyn; his 3-year old daughter, Anna; and the rest ofRead more...

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Live Around Town This Week

By Ryan Bort | Published: November 1, 2010

Now that the City Arts Fest has come and gone, it looks like there might not be any big music events or festivals around the Northwest for a while. It should start raining and getting cold soon though, so at least we have that to look forward to. Despite the Summer/Fall festival season coming toRead more...

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Monday Morning News Mash-Up

By Justin Spicer | Published: October 11, 2010

Soul singer Solomon Burke died yesterday at age 70. In the first half of his career, Burke’s popularity apexed in the 60′s, and though he wasn’t quite as famous as some of those who came after him, he’s remembered as one who set the stage for other soulful singers like Isaac Hayes and Barry White.Read more...

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Saturday Afternoon Artist - Damon Albarn (of Gorillaz and Blur)

By Michele Myers | Published: August 13, 2010

Every Saturday morning at 9am I wake up and start researching music for that day’s show.  There’s always a list of brand new stuff sent out the night before from the programming team. But before getting to that it’s fun to start with looking for great older songs and bands that I haven’t heard yet. Read more...

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Monday News Mash-Up

By Justin Spicer | Published: August 2, 2010

Paw Tracks, home to both the whole of Animal Collective and the sum of its parts, is getting back into the solo business with the October 26th release of Avey Tare‘s first solo album, Down There. Those who fear backward recordings are being told not to fear such tomfoolery this go-round.

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Thursday News Explosion

By Dusty Henry | Published: May 27, 2010

Conor Oberst and Sonic Youth have confirmed to join Zach De La Rocha from Rage Against The Machine‘s Sound Strike protest concert against the Arizona Immigration law. The site also contains a petition against the law.

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Sound and Vision: A video roundup - March Madness!

By DJ Sharlese | Published: April 13, 2010

Hello! I have friends who like basketball and their teams lost those basketball games that happened over the month of March. I know nothing about basketball and March Madness makes me think of someone going crazy in the month of March, so dedicate this month’s Sound & Vision post to everyone who likes basketball andRead more...

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