Ever wonder what will happen during the last five minutes of late-night TV talk shows? Here are tonight’s notable performers: The Tonight Show With Conan O’Brien (NBC): Phoenix Rerun from September 15. Conan hosted Phoenix as the band kicked of its North American tour. The French quartet has been traveling worldwide since the successful release [...]
Whether it was as the guitarist who created the gothic-western landscape of Shiva Burlesque 20 years ago, the even bigger guitar sound of Grant Lee Buffalo that rode herd in the ’90s (while he screwed up his courage to get his feet wet as a singer) or his current solo career (a wonderfully diverse summation [...]
This Los Angeles pop band is back with its third full-length, We Are Dios. “Stare At Wheel” embraces the dios ethos of ’90s alternative rock melded with a hefty dose of classic ’60s experimentation, and it does it all in a few minutes. Not too shabby. “Stare At Wheel” (download): [Audio clip: view full post [...]
When is a cover song better than the original? Only you can decide. This week: Fischerspooner takes on Wire’s “The 15th.” MAGNET’s Edward Fairchild pulls the pin. Take cover! Fischerspooner is usually known for its earnestly ironic electroclash, but here the band panders to the bearded, bespectacled indie set with a cover of Wire’s “The 15th.” [...]
Whether it was as the guitarist who created the gothic-western landscape of Shiva Burlesque 20 years ago, the even bigger guitar sound of Grant Lee Buffalo that rode herd in the ’90s (while he screwed up his courage to get his feet wet as a singer) or his current solo career (a wonderfully diverse summation [...]
Lewis Pesacov (Foreign Born) and Luke Top make up the core of Fool’s Gold, a Los Angeles-based music collective that blends various world-music influences with good ol’ American rock ‘n’ roll. African beats, Far Eastern hooks and Yiddish vocals bathed in California sunshine and electric guitars—this may be the West Coast’s answer to Vampire Weekend. [...]
Ever wonder what will happen during the last five minutes of late-night TV talk shows? Here are tonight’s notable performers: Jimmy Kimmel Live! (ABC): The Sounds The Sounds will be performing in support of new LP Crossing The Rubicon and its expansive world tour, which will be going through December. The Swedes’ third full-length album [...]
Whether it was as the guitarist who created the gothic-western landscape of Shiva Burlesque 20 years ago, the even bigger guitar sound of Grant Lee Buffalo that rode herd in the ’90s (while he screwed up his courage to get his feet wet as a singer) or his current solo career (a wonderfully diverse summation [...]
This Alabama-born folk/pop singer boasts some pretty impressive credentials: married to Todd Fink of the Faint; signed to Saddle Creek Records; a member of Azure Ray and Art In Manila. Orenda Fink could choose to rest on her laurels. Thankfully, she’s chosen not to, and her sophomore solo album, Ask The Night, was just released earlier [...]
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