Not long after the release of their second album, 2007′s Our Ill Wills, and months of relentless touring, Sweden’s Shout Out Louds decided to take a six-month break, and its five members—frontman Adam Olenius, bassist Ted Malmros, guitarist Carl Von Arbin, drummer Eric Edman and keyboardist Bebban Stenborg—spread out between Melbourne, Los Angeles and Stockholm. However, [...]
Thanks to John Petkovic, J Mascis, Dave Sweetapple and Tim Parnin of Sweet Apple for guest editing our website all week. Be sure to check out the band’s new Love & Desperation. Here’s the video for the album’s first single, “Do You Remember.”
Sweet Apple is more than just a question of Cobra Verde’s John Petkovic and Tim Parnin having some teenage kicks with Dinosaur Jr’s J Mascis and Witch’s Dave Sweetapple. It’s the answer to the heartache, grief and depression that led Petkovic to drive from Cleveland to Vermont, where he rediscovered the healing powers of rock [...]
Frog Eyes writes tunes for the last five minutes of the party. Or for the end of the world. These songs are full of grand, frantic desperation. Fans of Wolf Parade, Modest Mouse and Sunset Rubdown might already be on board; if not, they probably haven’t heard Frog Eyes yet. The group’s latest album, Paul’s [...]
The Pixies (pictured) will play two fan-exclusive shows in London on June 3 and 4. Tickets are on sale now … Dark Night Of The Soul, the album by Danger Mouse and Sparklehorse (the late Mark Linkous), will be officially released in the U.S. by Capitol Records on July 13. The pair enlisted the help of [...]
Sweet Apple is more than just a question of Cobra Verde’s John Petkovic and Tim Parnin having some teenage kicks with Dinosaur Jr’s J Mascis and Witch’s Dave Sweetapple. It’s the answer to the heartache, grief and depression that led Petkovic to drive from Cleveland to Vermont, where he rediscovered the healing powers of rock [...]
If one thing can be said about These New Puritans, it’s that they definitely have an aesthetic. “Attack Music,” like the video for 2007′s “Elvis” (certainly one of that year’s best singles), features compellingly strange bodies, usually shot from the waist up, being, uh, tested. They’re running and being jerked around, but they don’t seem [...]
Sweet Apple is more than just a question of Cobra Verde’s John Petkovic and Tim Parnin having some teenage kicks with Dinosaur Jr’s J Mascis and Witch’s Dave Sweetapple. It’s the answer to the heartache, grief and depression that led Petkovic to drive from Cleveland to Vermont, where he rediscovered the healing powers of rock [...]
In anticipation of the June 8 release of Rooney’s third album, Eureka (California Dreaming), download first single “I Don’t Wanna Lose You” below, grab a few (dozen) Coronas, call all of your friends, take off your clothes, and hit the beach. The Los Angeles rockers have done it once again, blending classic pop melodies, dance beats [...]
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 26-year run, with text by vocalist Jean Smith. People tell me things. In my job as a fitness technician at Curves—the gym for women who hate gyms—I hear about size [...]
