Calexico (pictured) is celebrating its summer tour by releasing a free live album, recorded at its 2009 show in Nuremburg, with the help of CASH Music and SoundCloud. Download it … On July 27, the Smashing Pumpkins are performing a benefit concert at Chicago’s Metro to raise money for medical care for Medina Lake bassist [...]
How do you best the anti-guitar-god bluster of arguably the most sonically bold and melodically sophisticated band of England’s shoegaze era? If you’re Swervedriver’s unflappable former leader, Adam Franklin, you don’t even try. You simply work off the various templates for greatness set forth by your former outfit, which, quite frankly, spewed out enough novel [...]
Only a band as badass and epic as Grinderman needs an animated video trailer to ring in its second album, Grinderman 2. In fact, the Nick Cave And The Bad Seeds side project decided it required not one, but three such videos (one of which features a very pissed-off wolf), which you can watch after the [...]
How do you best the anti-guitar-god bluster of arguably the most sonically bold and melodically sophisticated band of England’s shoegaze era? If you’re Swervedriver’s unflappable former leader, Adam Franklin, you don’t even try. You simply work off the various templates for greatness set forth by your former outfit, which, quite frankly, spewed out enough novel [...]
A.R.E. Weapons is an electro-punk band hailing from New York City. Since forming in 1999, the group has released five full-lengths, the latest being the just-issued Darker Blue (Defend). Longtime fans of the Weapons will not be disappointed, as their heavily synthesized sound and yelping vocals remain intact. We have the first single from the album [...]
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 week The Black Dot Museum of Political Art is asking performers at the inaugural Portland Folk Festival two questions: 1. Do [...]
How do you best the anti-guitar-god bluster of arguably the most sonically bold and melodically sophisticated band of England’s shoegaze era? If you’re Swervedriver’s unflappable former leader, Adam Franklin, you don’t even try. You simply work off the various templates for greatness set forth by your former outfit, which, quite frankly, spewed out enough novel [...]
Spunky, cheeky and undeniably sexy, German singer Oceana just wants to do the nasty with you all night in the video for her latest single, “La La,” off her 2008 debut release, Love Supply (Ultra). It starts with her primping for the day, smiling into the mirror, puckering her lips and playing with her gum, [...]
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): Paul McCartney Sir Paul McCartney will perform with his band to promote his long-running Up And Coming Tour; yes, that’s what it’s called. The Tonight Show With Jay [...]
How do you best the anti-guitar-god bluster of arguably the most sonically bold and melodically sophisticated band of England’s shoegaze era? If you’re Swervedriver’s unflappable former leader, Adam Franklin, you don’t even try. You simply work off the various templates for greatness set forth by your former outfit, which, quite frankly, spewed out enough novel [...]
