Siren sisters CocoRosie just released their fourth LP, Grey Gardens (Sub Pop). Parisian transplants and aficionados of the avant-garde, Bianca (Coco) and Sierra (Rosie) Cassidy fuse the tradition of folk with the swagger of blues and the drama of opera. CocoRosie’s latest delves deeper into the folklore fostered by the duo’s Kahlo-esque appearance and mystic, mind-blowing soundscapes. [...]
In celebration of the 25th anniversary of R.E.M.’s Fables Of The Reconstruction, Capitol/I.R.S. is issuing expanded two-CD and digital editions of the album on July 13, featuring the digitally remastered original work plus 14 previously unreleased demo recordings. In other R.E.M. news, the band just completed the second phase of recording the follow-up to Accelerate. Once again, [...]
There comes a time when nothing else but a brain-hammering session with Pussy Galore‘s 1989 album Dial M For Motherfucker will do. And not just to clear the house of your so-called friends who’ve been sloshing cheap wine on your expensive new carpet all night. (Although it might work for that, too.) Jon Spencer, the [...]
In February, England’s Field Music returned after a three-year hiatus to allow brothers/co-frontmen Peter and David Brewis to work on separate solo material. And the band definitely came back with a bang: Field Music (Measure) (Memphis Industries) is a 20-track double album featuring additions to the lineup with Kev Dosdale on guitar and keys and [...]
There comes a time when nothing else but a brain-hammering session with Pussy Galore‘s 1989 album Dial M For Motherfucker will do. And not just to clear the house of your so-called friends who’ve been sloshing cheap wine on your expensive new carpet all night. (Although it might work for that, too.) Jon Spencer, the [...]
English rocker Jody Porter, guitarist for Fountains Of Wayne and former frontman of the Belltower, will be doing a physical release of his first solo album, Close To The Sun (Engine Room), this month, although the LP was originally available via iTunes in August 2008. This album is a vast departure from the power pop [...]
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. This is strange, but I think I understand it. In thinking about this type of guy, this guy in particular, my mind [...]
There comes a time when nothing else but a brain-hammering session with Pussy Galore‘s 1989 album Dial M For Motherfucker will do. And not just to clear the house of your so-called friends who’ve been sloshing cheap wine on your expensive new carpet all night. (Although it might work for that, too.) Jon Spencer, the [...]
If you’re currently on drugs, you’ll be enthralled by this psychedelic video, directed by Wiley Wiggins (who has done videos for Silver Pines, Horse+Donkey and the Octopus Project). It’s for the song “A Man Alone,” by Austin instrumentalists My Education, from new album Sunrise (out now on Strange Attractors Audio House). The record is the [...]
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): Massive Attack British duo Massive Attack will perform tonight in support of newest album Heligoland, which features such notable guests as Tunde Adebimpe (TV On The Radio), Damon Albarn (Gorillaz) and [...]
