“We’re going to party like it’s 1699,” sings Nina Persson on Colonia, the second album the Cardigans frontwoman has released under the A Camp name with husband Nathan Larson (Shudder To Think) and Niclas Frisk. As the lyric and album title imply, the ornate Colonia is loosely based on the theme of love in the [...]
People have been trying to do space rock ever since British producer Joe Meek topped the U.K. and U.S. charts in 1962 with “Telstar” by the Tornadoes, soon after the launch of the first Telstar communications satellite. Pink Floyd, Hawkwind, Devo, Man…Or Astroman?, Mercury Rev, Spiritualized and even David Bowie have taken a crack at [...]
Cass McCombs—as cranky-talented a red-blooded American male singer/songwriter as Bill Callahan or M. Ward—will issue his fifth album, Catacombs (Domino), July 7. Here’s the first video for “Dreams-Come-True-Girl,” featuring performance artist/actress Karen Black. Why Karen Black? Might as well ask why McCombs’ website only features photos of spray-tanned guidos.
Ever wonder what will happen during the last five minutes of late-night TV talk shows? Here are tonight’s notable performers: Last Call With Carson Daly (NBC): Let’s think about what the sequel to 24 Hour Party People—the film based on Manchester, England, circa Tony Wilson, Factory Records and New Order—would be like. It would probably [...]
“We’re going to party like it’s 1699,” sings Nina Persson on Colonia, the second album the Cardigans frontwoman has released under the A Camp name with husband Nathan Larson (Shudder To Think) and Niclas Frisk. As the lyric and album title imply, the ornate Colonia is loosely based on the theme of love in the [...]
Every so often, we like to post some doom metal to remind you that you’re not a Snuggie™-wearing, Paste magazine-reading ninny. And to remind ourselves where the umlaut on Queensrÿche goes. We know Queensrÿche is not doom metal. But there’s a little quicksilver-guitar midsection in the middle of the otherwise apocalypto “Immortal” that gets us [...]
Say what you will about Elvis Costello—he’s certainly got a great sense of timing. When the young Costello first hit the airwaves in 1977, he was just in time to be typecast as a punk rocker with a wary sneer and some Chuck Berry riffs. But the label never quite stuck, and Costello has been [...]
“We’re going to party like it’s 1699,” sings Nina Persson on Colonia, the second album the Cardigans frontwoman has released under the A Camp name with husband Nathan Larson (Shudder To Think) and Niclas Frisk. As the lyric and album title imply, the ornate Colonia is loosely based on the theme of love in the [...]
The National recently performed a new song (tentatively titled “The Runaway”) live on CBC Radio’s Studio Q program. The band is finishing up an East Coast tour this week.
“We’re going to party like it’s 1699,” sings Nina Persson on Colonia, the second album the Cardigans frontwoman has released under the A Camp name with husband Nathan Larson (Shudder To Think) and Niclas Frisk. As the lyric and album title imply, the ornate Colonia is loosely based on the theme of love in the [...]
