As a preview to Sunrise In The Land Of Milk And Honey (due May 5 on 429 Records), Cracker has posted a video for album track “Yalla Yalla” on YouTube. The video cobbles together clips of American fighting men and women stationed in Iraq, rocking out in and around tanks, aircraft carriers and barracks. “‘Yalla’ [...]
Multi-monikered hip-hop artist Guillermo Scott Herren (a.k.a. Savath y Savalas, a.k.a. Diamond Watch Wrists), best known as Prefuse 73, will be releasing his latest effort, Everything She Touched Turned Ampexian, on April 14 on Warp. Ampexian arrives just in time to set up lawn chairs on your roof this summer, where Herren’s deft, palatable R&B [...]
Around the world, people are losing their jobs, cashing their unemployment checks and hunkering down to weather the storm. Canadian singer/multi-instrumentalist Jean Smith’s response to getting a pink slip when the eco-friendly clothing store where she worked closed its doors is a bit more hopeful and creative. She booked a 25th anniversary tour for Mecca [...]
Josie Cotton may have stolen the prom scene in a cult-classic film (1983′s Valley Girl, singing new-wave hit “Johnny, Are You Queer?”), but she never committed such cinematic high-camp crimes as found in vintage b-movies. Each day this week, Cotton surveys one of her favorite films and offers a song from her latest album, Invasion [...]
They’re nobody’s buzz bands anymore. But since 1993, MAGNET has discovered and documented more great music than memory will allow. The groups may have broken up or the albums may be out of print, but this time, history is written by the losers. Here are some of the finest albums that time forgot but we [...]
Somewhere between Joy Division, the Damned and a can of hairspray, you’ll find the Horrors. Their NME-approved brand of manic garage goth might’ve seemed like a joke at first (a drummer named Coffin Joe wasn’t helping), but the Horrors aren’t laughing anymore. The songs from upcoming album Primary Colours (due in May on XL) are [...]
A weekly review of The Best Show On WFMU, Tom Scharpling’s call-in/comedy/music show broadcast every Tuesday night from Jersey City. The three-hour program is available for free download at iTunes. As previously mentioned, WFMU is a listener-sponsored station, and two weeks a year are dedicated to the fundraising marathon. So the past two episodes of [...]
Josie Cotton may have stolen the prom scene in a cult-classic film (1983′s Valley Girl, singing new-wave hit “Johnny, Are You Queer?”), but she never committed such cinematic high-camp crimes as found in vintage b-movies. Each day this week, Cotton surveys one of her favorite films and offers a song from her latest album, Invasion [...]
They’re nobody’s buzz bands anymore. But since 1993, MAGNET has discovered and documented more great music than memory will allow. The groups may have broken up or the albums may be out of print, but this time, history is written by the losers. Here are some of the finest albums that time forgot but we [...]
Ever wonder what will happen during the last five minutes of late-night TV talk shows? They let musicians onstage! Here are tonight’s notable performers: Late Show With David Letterman (CBS): Jesse Harris With Norah Jones Harris (who wrote Jones’ hit “Don’t Know Why” and played on Bright Eyes’ I’m Wide Awake, It’s Morning) will perform [...]
