Check out the video for soulful country-rock number “Rusty Gold” by San Francisco’s Or, The Whale, from the band’s self-titled sophomore album (on Seany). It’s just some guy wandering around in the woods, but with a magical twist. Seems innocent enough, but do not, under any circumstances, watch this one at work. (Of course, it’s [...]
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): Ray Davies Rerun from November 18. The Kinks frontman performed “You Really Got Me” from the recent The Kinks Choral Collection.
Touring the U.S. in the chill of December is always problematical, unless you’ve decided to play only in Florida and California and have access to dad’s Learjet to get from the land of orange juice to the Golden State. You’d think MAGNET’s Jud Cost, a grizzled veteran of the music wars, would have figured that [...]
“Falling From The Sun” is from the upcoming Album Leaf album, A Chorus Of Storytellers, to be released in February by Sub Pop. If this new song is any indication, Chorus is an ideal soundtrack for the frosty month, radiating the melodic, metallic melancholy of Her Space Holiday and Band Of Horses. For the first [...]
As 2009 comes to an end, we are taking a look back at some of our favorite posts of the year by our guest editors. Today’s entry is from July 17. Here, James Jackson Toth writes about Boston terriers. We know, it’s not the most illuminating post, but if you have a Boston terrier with [...]
The video for “Stonewords” features this Bay Area band cavorting in a cemetery, in full-on ghost regalia. But it’s not all Robert Smith territory here, thanks to Karla Kane’s inspired vocals (not too far from a Vivian Girls aesthetic), which add a dreamy girl-pop sheen to this tale of a friendship gone awry. Taken from [...]
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): Mos Def & Talib Kweli Rerun from November 25. Mos Def and Talib Kweli performed “History” off The Ecstatic with help from members of Dirty Projectors.
Touring the U.S. in the chill of December is always problematical, unless you’ve decided to play only in Florida and California and have access to dad’s Learjet to get from the land of orange juice to the Golden State. You’d think MAGNET’s Jud Cost, a grizzled veteran of the music wars, would have figured that [...]
Liars return with Sisterworld, their fifth LP, due March 9 on Mute. Produced by Tom Biller (Jon Brion, Rhett Miller) and recorded in Los Angeles, the album is the first to be cut stateside for the band since 2004′s witchy concept album, They Were Wrong So We Drowned. Lead single “Scissor” sounds like the careful, [...]
