These Athens, Ga., natives have had a bumpy road, with major-label disputes before they even released their debut back in 2006. But that hasn’t kept the Whigs down. They return with album number three, In The Dark (ATO), in early 2010. If “Hundred/Million” is any indication, In The Dark should be everything we’re expecting and more: [...]
When is a cover song better than the original? Only you can decide. This week: Neil Young takes on the Beatles’ “A Day In The Life.” MAGNET’s Edward Fairchild pulls the pin. Take cover! During the recording of “A Day In The Life,” the Beatles brought in a group of 40 classically trained musicians from [...]
With the release of major-label debut What Will We Be (Warner Bros.), Devendra Banhart proves once again he has the potential to be one of his generation’s major players. His voice, with its careening vibrato and fuse-blowing intensity, sounds something like Marc Bolan’s, but his repertoire may be more all over the map than anyone [...]
Wanna learn how to play guitar? Luke Doucet (you might know him from Sarah McLachlan’s band and his work with the group Veal) will teach you how in a series of lessons. So get out that guitar that’s been collecting dust, and watch Doucet break down his song “Buttercloud” for you. Plus, he throws in [...]
Ever wonder what will happen during the last five minutes of late-night TV talk shows? Here are tonight’s notable performers: Late Night With Jimmy Fallon (NBC): Neko Case Neko Case is at the tail-end of her U.S. tour. The singer/songwriter is doing Fallon to promote Middle Cyclone, which features such guests artists as Calexio, M. Ward [...]
With the release of major-label debut What Will We Be (Warner Bros.), Devendra Banhart proves once again he has the potential to be one of his generation’s major players. His voice, with its careening vibrato and fuse-blowing intensity, sounds something like Marc Bolan’s, but his repertoire may be more all over the map than anyone [...]
Dave Grohl (Foo Fighters, Nirvana), Josh Homme (Queens Of The Stone Age) and John Paul Jones (Led Zeppelin) have combined hard-rock forces to create Them Crooked Vultures. The supergroup’s self-titled debut LP is out today on DGC/Interscope Records, and it’s given fans a taste of the album by offering “Mind Eraser, No Chaser,” which you [...]
‘Scuse me, sir? You with the Devendra Banhart haircut? And you, ma’am, in the vintage prom dress and cat’s-eye spectacles? Don’t look now, but Bunnybrains are playing an unannounced in-store with Yamakata Eye on vocals at the Atomic Soundz record shop, about a block and a half up. Me? No, no, I developed tinnitus from [...]
With the release of major-label debut What Will We Be (Warner Bros.), Devendra Banhart proves once again he has the potential to be one of his generation’s major players. His voice, with its careening vibrato and fuse-blowing intensity, sounds something like Marc Bolan’s, but his repertoire may be more all over the map than anyone [...]
Glenn Taunton and Simon Taffes created and directed this folky Claymation video for the Low Anthem‘s “Charlie Darwin,” the opening track from the trio’s third album, Oh My God, Charlie Darwin (Nonesuch). The song’s lush harmonies and sparse instrumental sound combined with the video’s strange desultory main character convey a certain sorrow that will haunt [...]
