Hailing from San Antonio is Hacienda, a family four-piece that blends rock with a healthy dose of Southwestern honky tonk. The Villanueva brothers and their cousin came together as a band in 2004 and have recently released sophomore album Big Red & Barbacoa (Alive). Here’s the video for first single “Younger Days.”
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): Merle Haggard Merle Haggard is supporting newest album I Am What I Am. The Tonight Show With Jay Leno (NBC): Norah Jones Norah Jones promotes new album The Fall [...]
In the ’90s, most indie rockers were white males who cultivated a cool, detached image. New York-based Versus stood out from its contemporaries for many reasons. Its lineup included two (and sometimes three) Filipino-American brothers, it had a female bassist/singer, and the band gleefully professed its love for sports, meat and classic rock. After several [...]
On fourth LP I See The Sign, Sam Amidon once again showcases an educated appreciation of older, less popular styles of music, except this time he’s literally re-interpreting “age-old secular ballads, gospel, folk songs and hymns.” The album pulls from the obscure children’s singing-game songs of Bessie Jones to R. Kelly’s “Relief, which we covered in [...]
To celebrate today’s crop of releases, here are new mp3s from Carl Broemel, Clean Equations, the Clientele, Alan Cohen Experience, Film School, Jenny & Johnny, Alain Johannes and Sonny And The Sunsets. Also, vote for your favorite of today’s new releases.
Nothing did more to further the cause of Alternative Nation-building than 120 Minutes, MTV’s Sunday-night video showcase of non-mainstream acts. For nearly two decades, the program spanned musical eras from ’80s college rock to ’00s indie, with grunge, Britpop, punk, industrial, electronica and more in between. MAGNET raids the vaults to resurrect our 120 favorite [...]
In the ’90s, most indie rockers were white males who cultivated a cool, detached image. New York-based Versus stood out from its contemporaries for many reasons. Its lineup included two (and sometimes three) Filipino-American brothers, it had a female bassist/singer, and the band gleefully professed its love for sports, meat and classic rock. After several [...]
What do you get when you fill a room full of AARP life-insurance-commercial actors and tell them to make distorted faces at the camera? Probably something very close to Ratatat‘s new video for “Drugs,” from latest album LP4 (XL). The duo is set to embark on a full-blown North American tour, backed up by up-and-comers Dom.
Ever wonder what will happen during the last five minutes of late-night TV talk shows? Here are tonight’s notable performers: Late Show With David Letterman (CBS): Ryan Bingham Rodeo bull rider turned singer/songwriter (and Academy Award winner) Ryan Bingham and band the Dead Horses are supporting new album Junky Star, which is out tomorrow. The [...]
In the ’90s, most indie rockers were white males who cultivated a cool, detached image. New York-based Versus stood out from its contemporaries for many reasons. Its lineup included two (and sometimes three) Filipino-American brothers, it had a female bassist/singer, and the band gleefully professed its love for sports, meat and classic rock. After several [...]
