When Margo Timmins strolled up to the microphone in her low-cut black cocktail dress, wrapped in a scarlet shawl, with a rusty shock of hair draped over one eye a la Veronica Lake, even if you’d never seen Cowboy Junkies before, there was no mistaking her star power at the Villa Montalvo’s Garden Theatre in [...]
Longtime friends Kendall Meade (a.k.a. Mascott) and Doug Gillard (Guided By Voices, Cobra Verde and too many more to list here) recently teamed up to record a new single. The digital-only “Please Please Please” was co-written by the two New Yorkers; Gillard played all the instruments on the track, while Meade handled the vocal duties. [...]
Ever wonder what will happen during the last five minutes of late-night TV talk shows? Here are tonight’s notable performers: The Tonight Show With Jay Leno (NBC): Sharon Jones And The Dap-Kings Rerun from June 24. Sharon Jones And The Dap-Kings were supporting latest LP I Learned The Hard Way. Jimmy Kimmel Live! (ABC): Buckcherry Rerun [...]
When Margo Timmins strolled up to the microphone in her low-cut black cocktail dress, wrapped in a scarlet shawl, with a rusty shock of hair draped over one eye a la Veronica Lake, even if you’d never seen Cowboy Junkies before, there was no mistaking her star power at the Villa Montalvo’s Garden Theatre in [...]
The latest single from Eternal Summers features a foundation of two alternating electric-guitar chords, simulating the up-and-down motion one experiences on its namesake, “Pogo.” Clocking in at 1:43, with the essence and energy of a Sex Pistols track, the song is more day-glo and dream pop than blood and safety pins. (Think Mates Of State [...]
To celebrate today’s crop of releases, here are new mp3s from !!!, Abner Trio, Barb, James Blackshaw, Paul Collins, Dead Confederate, Eels, Fitz & The Tantrums, Grass Widow, Imbogodom, Cotton Jones, Land Of Talk, Brad Laner, Dylan LeBlanc, Mogwai, Neil Nathan and the Sword. Also, vote for your favorite of today’s new releases.
The Beastie Boys’ evolution from bratty, snot-nosed hardcore punks into hip-hop elder statesmen is one of the unlikeliest stories in contemporary music. Actually, 25 years later, it can be easy to forget how unlikely that evolution was. When Licensed To Ill dropped in 1986, the album’s blend of rap and hard rock was perfectly suited [...]
When Margo Timmins strolled up to the microphone in her low-cut black cocktail dress, wrapped in a scarlet shawl, with a rusty shock of hair draped over one eye a la Veronica Lake, even if you’d never seen Cowboy Junkies before, there was no mistaking her star power at the Villa Montalvo’s Garden Theatre in [...]
Last month, we shared three video trailers for the upcoming Grinderman LP, Grinderman 2, out September 14 via Anti-. Because we have always been of the opinion that you can never have too much Nick Cave, here’s the video for first single “Heathen Child.” The clip, directed by Cave collaborator John Hillcoat (The Road, The [...]
When Margo Timmins strolled up to the microphone in her low-cut black cocktail dress, wrapped in a scarlet shawl, with a rusty shock of hair draped over one eye a la Veronica Lake, even if you’d never seen Cowboy Junkies before, there was no mistaking her star power at the Villa Montalvo’s Garden Theatre in [...]
