Of Montreal multi-instrumentalist James Huggins III (a.k.a. James Husband) released his debut album, A Parallax I (Polyvinyl), last year and is now supporting Azure Ray on its six-week tour. One of the standout tracks on A Parallax I is “Window,” which features Azure Ray’s Orenda Fink and Maria Taylor. Check out the video for “Window” [...]
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): N.E.R.D Rerun from September 28. Hip-hop group N.E.R.D. promoted new album Nothing with a performance of “Hypnotize You.” Last Call With Carson Daly (NBC): Japandroids Rerun from September [...]
It’s hard to believe it’s been more than three decades since the release of Gary Numan‘s The Pleasure Principle, the electronic-pop masterpiece that spawned massive hit single “Cars,” one of the defining tracks of the new-wave era. (The song has since been covered and sampled numerous times and been used in countless commercials, movies, TV [...]
Kristian Hoffman first cannonballed into the national swimming pool as the pal of Lance Loud, the oldest son of the Loud family of Santa Barbara, Calif., whose day-to-day existence was chronicled in minute detail by fab early-’70s PBS cinema-verite classic An American Family. Loud and Hoffman moved to New York just in time to catch [...]
Cincinnati’s Pomegranates started out as a fun project between friends Jacob Merritt and Isaac Karns, but it grew with staggering speed, releasing an EP within just months and signing a record deal soon after. Fast-forward four years to present day, and Pomegranates is now a quartet set to release its third album, One Of Us, [...]
It’s hard to believe it’s been more than three decades since the release of Gary Numan‘s The Pleasure Principle, the electronic-pop masterpiece that spawned massive hit single “Cars,” one of the defining tracks of the new-wave era. (The song has since been covered and sampled numerous times and been used in countless commercials, movies, TV [...]
U.K. import Clare Maguire has music fans buzzing about her new single, “Ain’t Nobody” (Polydor). Already touring heavily in Europe, the striking brunette has made a name for herself there with deep, shrill Stevie Nicks vocals and lusty, epic lyrics backed by action-movie film-score strings/keyboards combinations. The vastness of her voice is matched in this [...]
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): Die Antwoord The South African rap/rave group will perform in support of new EP Ekestra as well as the re-release of debut album $O$. Last Call With Carson Daly (NBC): The [...]
It’s hard to believe it’s been more than three decades since the release of Gary Numan‘s The Pleasure Principle, the electronic-pop masterpiece that spawned massive hit single “Cars,” one of the defining tracks of the new-wave era. (The song has since been covered and sampled numerous times and been used in countless commercials, movies, TV [...]
Impossible Hair hails from Baltimore and Washington, D.C., and the quartet will self-release sophomore album Toast A Dozen (On The Outside) on November 2. With its 15 songs clocking in at just more than half an hour, Toast A Dozen recalls the smart, pop-leaning indie rock of the late ’80s and early ’90s. The band [...]
