For more than a decade, the Pernice Brothers have mostly made plush, romantic orchestral pop that doesn’t gild the lily once tended by the Zombies, Walker Brothers and Elvis Costello. True to frontman Joe Pernice’s working-class nature, the band’s sixth and latest album, Goodbye, Killer (Ashmont), does away with the sighing string section and goes [...]
For more than a decade, the Pernice Brothers have mostly made plush, romantic orchestral pop that doesn’t gild the lily once tended by the Zombies, Walker Brothers and Elvis Costello. Despite the band’s refined sound and frontman Joe Pernice’s delicate vocal delivery (not to mention his MFA-in-poetry credentials), he’s from a blue-collar Boston background and [...]
Thanks to OK Go frontman Damian Kulash for guest editing our website all week. Be sure to check out the band’s latest album, Of The Blue Colour Of The Sky. Here’s the video for new song “End Love.”
This past winter was an eventful time for OK Go, between the release of third album Of The Blue Colour Of The Sky, disputes with EMI over its YouTube videos and an eventual split with the label and the creation of Paradacute Records. But even after all the dust settled, the music is still stuck [...]
It’s the 31st annual Festival International de Jazz de Montréal. MAGNET’s Mitch Myers translates the action. Who are these guys, indeed. On the second night of the fest, trumpeter Paolo Fresu continued his Invitation Series’ explorations in collaboration, this time with veteran guitarist/composer Ralph Towner. Towner has been performing and recording since the late ’60s, [...]
Miss TK & The Revenge had been anchored in the studio for the past few years working on The Ocean Likes To Party Too, which is coming out July 13 on Ernest Jenning Records. Featuring husband and wife Ari Katz (singer of Lifetime and Zero Zero) and Tannis Kristjanson, this dynamic duo sets the stage [...]
Blonde Redhead (pictured) returns September 14 with Penny Sparkle (4AD), followed by a European tour (more dates, including a U.S. jaunt, will be announced soon). Download “Here Sometimes” … Beginning a long list of bands announcing upcoming tours is Stars, who will hit the road for a month-long U.S. tour this fall supporting The Five [...]
This past winter was an eventful time for OK Go, between the release of third album Of The Blue Colour Of The Sky, disputes with EMI over its YouTube videos and an eventual split with the label and the creation of Paradacute Records. But even after all the dust settled, the music is still stuck [...]
On July 13, Chicago trio Hey Champ’s debut full-length, Star (Townie), will be released. But you can get half of the album now if you pre-order it at the band’s website. Plus, the group just released this video below for the single “Neverest,” which depicts a guy and his annoying friend, who apparently took some [...]
This past winter was an eventful time for OK Go, between the release of third album Of The Blue Colour Of The Sky, disputes with EMI over its YouTube videos and an eventual split with the label and the creation of Paradacute Records. But even after all the dust settled, the music is still stuck [...]
