January 2009
8 posts
Rest in Peace, Billy Powell →
Make No Sense At All- Husker Du
Hype Machine's Best of '08: As chosen by the best... →
I Am Human- The Smiths
WAR CHILD ANNOUNCE HEROES FULL TRACK LIST AND...
War Child and Astralwerks Records are pleased to announce the full track list and artist lineup for the new benefit album, Heroes, which will be released on February 24, 2009. A portion of the proceeds from the sale of Heroes will go to support War Child, an award winning charity that provides humanitarian assistance to war-affected children in some of the most devastated regions of the world.
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Suggested evening listening:
Wild Horses- Flying...
Music book and dvd releases:
Music DVDs • Count Basie & His Orchestra - Live in Berlin & Stockholm 1968 (MVD Visual) • Eric Burdon - The Animals and Beyond (Zeit Media Limited) • En Vogue - Live in the USA (Charly) • Coleman Hawkins - In Europe: London, Paris & Brussels (MVD Visual) • Public Enemy - Revolverlution Tour 2003 (Charly/MVD Visual) • The Who - The Kids Are Alright: Special Edition (1979)...
Great new releases today:
• Animal Collective - Merriweather Post Pavillion (Domino) • Antony and the Johnsons - The Crying Light (Secretly Canadian) • Beyman Bros (feat. Spinal Tap’s Christopher Guest) - Memories of Summer as a Child (5 Points) • Andrew Bird - Noble Beast (Fat Possum) • Fiction Family (feat. Sean Watkins of Nickel Creek and Jon Foreman of Switchfoot) - Fiction Family (ATO) • Jane Monheit - The...
December 2008
2 posts
Billboard compiles critic's choice top 10 of 2008... →
Of all the lists I’ve seen so far, this one seems to make the most sense. Using a points system by selected critics, Billboard is clearly more objective than the average magazine. Combining equal parts record sales and creative genius, here it is.
1. Fleet Foxes- Fleet Foxes
2. Santogold- Santogold
3. Bon Iver- For Emma, Forever Ago
4. Vampire Weekend- Vampire Weekend
5. Elbow- The...
Morrissey Inks U.S. Deal, Plots Spring Tour →
November 2008
3 posts
Shelter- The Dead Trees
The Dead Trees
Earlier this year, a friend and I made the trek to The White Rabbit, San Antonio’s oldest (and most badass) rock club, with the intentions of catching up with one of my favorite bands of ‘08, The Whigs. Two bands I had not seen before were sharing the bill with The Whigs that night, Austin’s own What Made Milwaukee Famous, and Portland’s The Dead Trees.
Now, I hate any...
The Kinks (still) planning possible reunion →
Best news ever?
October 2008
38 posts
From Beck to Zappa: Two Generations of Rock Photos... →
Father/daughter photographers Jerry and Autumn de Wilde recently put on a joint show at New York’s Morrison Hotel Gallery that included their iconic shots of rockers like Jimi Hendrix, Beck and the White Stripes, as well as hippies at the Los Angeles artists’ haven known as the Farm. Click below to check out our gallery of the pair’s photography, which spans five decades of rock and roll.
MerleFest 2009 →
Early lineup announced!
Neil Young cancels concert in LA →
CMJ's Hottest Bands: 10 Buzz-Worthy Breakouts →
Today's releases
Ryan Adams and the Cardinals
The Cure
The Eagles of Death Metal (aka Josh Homme and Jesse Hughes)
The Kaiser Chiefs
Pink
Loreena McKennitt
John Legend
Snow Patrol
and more, more, more…
Suggested listening: THE SPECS →
More props for a Split Hairs fave, Little Joy...... →
DVR alert: Great night for tunes on late night
Al Green visits Jay Leno
Beck and Bill Murray on Letterman
Smashing Pumpkins on Kimmel
AA Bondy
There’s a Reason
Listen →
NME lets you listen to new Cure album
Morrissey's plans for an autobiography →
New book revealing Kurt's private life →
I don’t know why I’m surprised, I’m sure they won’t stop until they sell every centimeter of him.
Four Tops singer Levi Stubbs, 1936-2008
Stubbs passed away this past weekend of an undisclosed illness.
The Four Tops were known for such timeless hits as, “I Can’t Help Myself”, and “Aint No Mountain High Enough”.
Rest in peace.
REM to release deluxe Murmur, Nov 25
Tracklisting: Disc 1: 1 Radio Free Europe 2 Pilgrimage 3 Laughing 4 Talk About the Passion 5 Moral Kiosk 6 Perfect Circle 7 Catapult 8 Sitting Still 9 9-9 10 Shaking Through 11 We Walk 12 West of the Fields Disc 2 (Live at Larry’s Hideaway): 1 Laughing 2 Pilgrimage 3 There She Goes Again 4 7 Chinese Brothers 5 Talk About the Passion 6 Sitting Still 7 Harborcoat 8 Catapult 9...
NME asks for your vote, the best INDIE ANTHEMS of... →
Supersuckers celebrate 20 years with a new release
The Supersuckers are celebrating their 20th year as a band by doing the usual: rocking out.
Singer/guitarist Eddie Spaghetti and company are back Nov. 25 with Get It Together. The album, which is released from the band’s own label, Mid-Fi Recordings. The album, the band’s 11th studio effort, coincides with the bar-rock act’s plans to mark its 20-year anniversary Nov. 29 with a...
Bob Dylan, continues to set the bar in positively... →
It's back, everyone! No Depression is officially...
Here’s the cut and paste of their first e-blast.
Welcome to No Depression Greetings to all our NoDepression.com mailing-list subscribers, Thanks for signing up for our mailing-list, whether you’re a longtime reader from our print days or a recent arrival to our new website. If you haven’t yet checked out NoDepression.com, come join us — we’ve posted quite a bit of...
Whaddya know... just after I posted that I see you... →
Kings of Leon on Jay Leno tonight. Tune in, set...
List of bands for your radar, via my own opinion
Shovels and Rope (presented by Cary Ann Hearst)- pure soul
Dead Confederate- so good its kind of sick
Nickel Eye
Little Joy- This and Nickel Eye are side project bands of Strokes band members who are currently on break from each other.
The Dead Trees
The Modern Skirts
Theodore “Half Pint”
This unsigned...
Brian Eno sets new standard for iPhone apps →
Hot product- Rachael Yamagata (via billboard.com)
Double Trouble Rachael Yamagata knows that a sizable portion of her audience might never hear her new album the way she intended. Due this week via Warner Bros., “Elephants … Teeth Sinking Into Heart” consists of 15 tracks spread over two CDs, one with ballads and one with rockers.The idea, the New York-based singer/songwriter says, was to present “two different sound...
At home with my personal hero, Wayne Coyne →
I’d take that music room, any day.
The L.A. Times presents you with the top 15 songs... →
Solar powered MP3 player announced →
Yes, you’re supposed to leave it in the sun!
T.I. "anxious" about prison →
Flaming Lips to Host Halloween Parade
The Flaming Lips are ready to bring back its Halloween celebrations.
The band brings back its March of 1,000 Flaming Skeletons parade to Oklahoma City again this year, which will put hundreds of torch-wielding people in skeletons on the streets Oct. 25. Pretty cool, huh. The down side is you have to purchase a costume directly from the band in order to participate. Cha-ching!
I really think you should buy this →
Paste weighs in on new Oasis album, not highly... →
For all the band’s outlandish bragging, Oasis has never shown as much nerve in its sound, preferring to polish the rough edges and refine aggressions rather than seek new territory. This neo-conservatism worked in the past when it uncovered a magical melody, and the newfound band democracy of 2005’s Don’t Believe The Truth pointed toward a potential second act. Each member contributes songs here...
Buddy Guy is performing on Letterman tonight!
Speedy recovery to Jim James →
Some somber news came last night from Iowa City, where My Morning Jacket’s Jim James sustained some serious injuries after misjudging the stagefront, slipping and hitting his head. James collapsed into the crowd and was taken to University Hospital.
CSS - have a listen, try not to dance. I dare you. →
My dislike of Cat Power grows and grows →
"Meg White" by Ray Lamontagne- listen here →