Almost three decades have gone by and New Model Army continues to keep the ball rolling with new album Today Is A Good Day (Attack Attack), which came out last week. Check out the British band’s promo video, which is a sampler of songs from Today Is A Good Day. New Model Army is on tour [...]
Ever wonder what will happen during the last five minutes of late-night TV talk shows? Here are tonight’s notable performers: The Late Show With David Letterman (CBS): Noisettes These British pop/punk/folk rockers have demonstrated their versatility with their recent Wild Young Hearts. The band will be spreading the word on its new album tonight, then heading off [...]
A deep-voiced, working-class songwriter with an affinity for ’50s-era crooners, American country music and grand orchestration, Richard Hawley has paid tribute to his hometown of Sheffield, England, through songwriting that serves as a sepia-toned photograph of timeless places and love-troubled lives. While it may seem as if nothing changes in Hawley’s stylishly retro work, sixth album Truelove’s [...]
With “Easy To Love” from their debut EP, The Verse, The Chorus (due October 10 on Cheap Lullaby), Ivan & Alyosha announce themselves as musicians rooted in the reality of romanticism. The duo named after Dostoyevsky characters—vocalist Tim Wilson and multi-instrumentalist Ryan Carbary—creates honest and artful songs that pair strumming and drumming with an occasional sweet [...]
A deep-voiced, working-class songwriter with an affinity for ’50s-era crooners, American country music and grand orchestration, Richard Hawley has paid tribute to his hometown of Sheffield, England, through songwriting that serves as a sepia-toned photograph of timeless places and love-troubled lives. While it may seem as if nothing changes in Hawley’s stylishly retro work, sixth album Truelove’s [...]
The Walkmen stay true to their sound on latest album You And Me (Gigantic). The video for ”On The Water,” directed by Nir Ben Jacob, is very surreal with its use of CGI. It fits well with the gloomy tone of the Walkmen, who in the end bring you down but leave you with a smile.
Ever wonder what will happen during the last five minutes of late-night TV talk shows? Here are tonight’s notable performers: The Late Show With David Letterman (CBS): Snow Patrol Snow Patrol will be performing songs from last year’s A Hundred Million Suns on Letterman. The band has just released a video for its new single, “Just Say Yes,” [...]
A deep-voiced, working-class songwriter with an affinity for ’50s-era crooners, American country music and grand orchestration, Richard Hawley has paid tribute to his hometown of Sheffield, England, through songwriting that serves as a sepia-toned photograph of timeless places and love-troubled lives. While it may seem as if nothing changes in Hawley’s stylishly retro work, sixth album Truelove’s [...]
Swedish disco artist Sally Shapiro is a puzzling character. Despite being completely anonymous (she has never performed live or revealed her real name), she and producer Johan Agebjörn somehow managed to get people’s attention with 2007 debut album Disco Romance in the age of the celebrity. And now, she combines an odd selection of genres [...]
