Last month, we named Retribution Gospel Choir‘s 2 (Sub Pop) one of the 10 best albums you didn’t hear in 2010. We hope if that was the case, you have since corrected the mistake and are now listening to the band’s sophomore LP all the time. Alan Sparhawk and Co. are currently on the road with [...]
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): Darius Rucker The Hootie And The Blowfish frontman is performing “This” from sophomore solo album Charleston, SC 1966. The Tonight Show With Jay Leno (NBC): Grace Potter & [...]
Phosphene Dream, the third album from MAGNET faves the Black Angels, marks a big step forward for the Austin, Texas, psych quintet. The band signed to the Blue Horizon label (run by industry bigwigs Richard Gottehrer and Seymour Stein) and worked in L.A. with veteran producer Dave Sardy (Oasis, Rolling Stones), marking the first time [...]
Seattle’s Ivan & Alyosha returns February 1 with Fathers Be Kind (Missing Piece), a five-track EP that’s the follow-up to 2009′s acclaimed The Verse, The Chorus. (Grab an mp3 of that record’s “Easy To Love” here.) Dostoyevsky fans will no doubt recognize the Brothers Karamazov reference of the foursome’s moniker, but we’re not sure how many MAGNET [...]
When is a cover song better than the original? Only you can decide. This week Soundgarden takes on The Beatles’ “Come Together.” MAGNET’s Ryan Burleson pulls the pin. Take cover! At 28, I’m the same age that John Lennon was in September 1969, the month that saw the initial release of Abbey Road, which featured [...]
Phosphene Dream, the third album from MAGNET faves the Black Angels, marks a big step forward for the Austin, Texas, psych quintet. The band signed to the Blue Horizon label (run by industry bigwigs Richard Gottehrer and Seymour Stein) and worked in L.A. with veteran producer Dave Sardy (Oasis, Rolling Stones), marking the first time [...]
The John Hillcoat-directed video for Grinderman‘s “Evil” features just two scenes, each simply executed all things considered, especially given that the director has on his CV the film adaptation of post-apocalyptic thriller The Road. But, these two scenes—one in which some sort of fish goblin floats in space, mutating as the song develops, the other [...]
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): The Script The Dublin band is plugging sophomore LP Science & Faith. The Tonight Show With Jay Leno (NBC): Neon Trees Utah’s Neon Trees is supporting latest album Habits. [...]
Phosphene Dream, the third album from MAGNET faves the Black Angels, marks a big step forward for the Austin, Texas, psych quintet. The band signed to the Blue Horizon label (run by industry bigwigs Richard Gottehrer and Seymour Stein) and worked in L.A. with veteran producer Dave Sardy (Oasis, Rolling Stones), marking the first time [...]
Poor But Sexy is made up of five longtime members of the Washington, D.C., post-punk scene: singer David Brown and bassist Brandon Kalber (both of Travis Morrison Hellfighters), guitarist Jason Caddell (Dismemberment Plan), keyboardist David Durst (Anti-Social Music) and drummer Bruce Falconer (an investigative reporter who also blogs about beer). PBS will self-release its debut [...]
