Moon Duo is a new side project of Wooden Shjips’ Erik Johnson and Sanae Yamada. The San Francisco twosome already released a single and an EP earlier this year to critical acclaim and is set to issue its debut full-length, Escape (Woodsist), on February 16. Clocking in at seven minutes, first single “Stumbling 22nd St” [...]
If it’s ever been your dream to play in a band with two members of the Pixies, then check out Avatar, the new release from Joey Santiago and David Lovering’s side project, the Everybody. You can remix the album, then submit your work to be a part of the Everybody Else LP, which will be [...]
If you seek proof of the theory of evolution, consider They Might Be Giants. Over the course of three decades, the duo of John Linnell and John Flansburgh learned how to adapt and thrive in an increasingly hostile musical environment. TMBG diversified early and often, from its Dial-A-Song project and TV theme songs (Malcolm In The Middle) [...]
Comedian Eugene Mirman is a veteran of Courtney-Cox-in-the-Bruce-Springsteen-video appearances, his heavy-lidded, cartoonish mug having popped up in Flight Of The Conchords episodes and one or two VH1 specials. He has primed the crowd for acts such as Modest Mouse and Yo La Tengo and was recently a MAGNET guest editor. His guerilla promotional tactics are [...]
If you seek proof of the theory of evolution, consider They Might Be Giants. Over the course of three decades, the duo of John Linnell and John Flansburgh learned how to adapt and thrive in an increasingly hostile musical environment. TMBG diversified early and often, from its Dial-A-Song project and TV theme songs (Malcolm In [...]
Lovisa Elisabet Sigrunardottir (a.k.a. Lay Low) topped Iceland’s charts with her 2006 album, Please Don’t Hate Me. Now, the Reykjavík-based singer/songwriter is set to make her U.S. debut. Farewell Good Night’s Sleep will be released March 9 through her Loo Label, and an extensive American tour will follow. Check out out “By And By,” a gentle, folky [...]
Every Saturday, we’ll be posting a new illustration by David Lester. The Mecca Normal guitarist is visually documenting people, places and events from his band’s 25-year run, with text by vocalist Jean Smith. The Good Painter Dad is leaning on the kitchen table. He is old. I am light and graceful. I should float away—up [...]
If you seek proof of the theory of evolution, consider They Might Be Giants. Over the course of three decades, the duo of John Linnell and John Flansburgh learned how to adapt and thrive in an increasingly hostile musical environment. TMBG diversified early and often, from its Dial-A-Song project and TV theme songs (Malcolm In [...]
Seminal punk band Dead Moon broke up in 2006, but the core of the group, husband-and-wife duo Fred and Toody Cole, picked up drummer Kelly Halliburton and formed a new band, Pierced Arrows, not long after the dissolution. The band’s sophomore LP, Descending Shadows (Vice), is due February 2. Check out the video for the [...]
Ever wonder what will happen during the last five minute of late-night TV talk shows? Here are tonight’s notable performers: Late Night With Jimmy Fallon (NBC): Ronnie Spector Ronnie Spector, legendary bad-girl rocker and former member of ’60s chick group the Ronettes, performs on Fallon tonight. Spector recently released The Last Of The Rock Stars, [...]
