Fergus & Geronimo take their name from the rival child gang leaders in the 1994 film War Of The Buttons. (No, we haven’t seen it either.) After issuing a handful of singles over the past couple years, the NYC (by way of Denton, Texas) band has just released its debut full-length, the 11-track Unlearn (Hardly Art). [...]
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): Best Coast The lo-fi surf/rock trio is supporting latest LP Crazy For You as well as its tour with Wavves with a performance of “Each And Every Day.” The [...]
British trio White Lies—guitarist/vocalist Harry McVeigh, bassist Charles Cave and drummer Jack Lawrence-Brown—just released Ritual (Geffen/Fiction), which follows up To Lose My Life…, the band’s commercially successful 2009 debut. The 10-track sophomore LP was co-produced by Alan Moulder (Depeche Mode, Killers) and was written over a five-week period when White Lies wasn’t crisscrossing the globe [...]
The Heart Is A Drum Machine is a documentary film directed by Ryan Page and Christopher Pomerenke (Blood Into Wine) that explores the relationship that humans have with music. Many rockers appear in the movie, including Steven Drozd (Flaming Lips), Maynard James Keenan (Tool, A Perfect Circle), Brit Daniel (Spoon), Isaac Brock (Modest Mouse), John Frusciante (Red Hot [...]
British trio White Lies—guitarist/vocalist Harry McVeigh, bassist Charles Cave and drummer Jack Lawrence-Brown—just released Ritual (Geffen/Fiction), which follows up To Lose My Life…, the band’s commercially successful 2009 debut. The 10-track sophomore LP was co-produced by Alan Moulder (Depeche Mode, Killers) and was written over a five-week period when White Lies wasn’t crisscrossing the globe [...]
British trio White Lies—guitarist/vocalist Harry McVeigh, bassist Charles Cave and drummer Jack Lawrence-Brown—just released Ritual (Geffen/Fiction), which follows up To Lose My Life…, the band’s commercially successful 2009 debut. The 10-track sophomore LP was co-produced by Alan Moulder (Depeche Mode, Killers) and was written over a five-week period when White Lies wasn’t crisscrossing the globe in [...]
When I heard the Get Up Kids were doing a show at Slim’s in San Francisco, my thoughts drifted back to sophomore year of high school, riding four strong in my friend’s ’91 Taurus that had duct tape holding together the left side-view mirror, game-planning how we were going to smuggle in our house drink [...]
Thanks to Tom Moon for guest editing our website all week. Be sure to check out his debut album, Moon Hotel Lounge Project’s Into The Ojalá. Here’s a video of him promoting his bestselling book, 1,000 Recordings To Hear Before You Die.
You might know award-winning critic/journalist Tom Moon from his bestselling book 1,000 Recordings To Hear Before You Die, his contributions to NPR’s All Things Considered or his freelance work in the likes of Rolling Stone, GQ, Blender, Spin and Vibe, but around the MAGNET office, when we think of Moon, we think of the nearly [...]
A year and a half after its first release, Portland, Ore.’s Starfucker returns with sophomore album Reptilians, due March 8 on Polyvinyl. Much like the band’s earlier tracks, first single “Bury Us Alive” is both dolorous and danceable: Trilling synths mix with understated vocals that will either depress or uplift. Reptilians promises to walk a [...]
