Monthly Archives: February 2011

Film At 11: East River Pipe

Thanks to East River Pipe‘s F.M. Cornog for guest editing our website all week. Be sure to check out his new album, We Live In Rented Rooms. Typically, we would run a new video from the album here, but as East River Pipe has never made a video, we asked Cornog to pick a clip for [...]

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MP3 At 3PM: ALSO

We are proud to premiere “Call It Funny,” the second single from ALSO‘s Music Belongs In The Background, on magnetmagazine.com today. The self-released third album from the Los Angeles threesome is out Tuesday, and the band is celebrating with a record-release show at hometown venue The Hotel Cafe. ALSO spent three years making the 11-track [...]

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In The News: Radiohead, Death Cab For Cutie, Foo Fighters, Queens Of The Stone Age, Moby, Roy Orbison, Tindersticks, Mick Harvey And More

Radiohead fans, rejoice: Eighth studio album The King Of Limbs is now available for download and will be made available on CD and vinyl March 28 … The lineup for the 10th annual Bonnaroo Music & Arts Festival has just been announced, featuring headliners Eminem, Arcade Fire, Buffalo Springfield, the Black Keys, My Morning Jacket, [...]

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East River Pipe’s Nontrivial Things: “Andy Kaufman: I’m From Hollywood”

Stoutly refusing to record his passionate songs under anything less than his own terms (in his New Jersey home on a TASCAM MiniStudio), F.M. Cornog, under the name East River Pipe, has released seven albums since 1994 that can stand toe-to-toe with anything by your favorite indie rockers over the past 20 years. Although working full-time [...]

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Film At 11: Noah And The Whale

London’s Noah And The Whale is releasing its third album, Last Night On Earth (Mercury), on March 15. The 10-track LP was co-produced by frontman Charlie Fink and Jason Lader (Julian Casablancas, Mars Volta) and features guest appearances by Jen Turner (Here We Go Magic), the Waters Sisters, Adam MacDougall (Black Crowes) and Lenny Castro. [...]

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MP3 At 3PM: Vivian Girls

Brooklyn’s Vivian Girls will release their third album on April 12. The 10-track Share The Joy, which follows 2008′s Vivian Girls and 2009′s Everything Goes Wrong, is the trio’s first for the Polyvinyl label and was recorded by Jarvis Taveniere (Woods) at his Brooklyn home studio. Share The Joy also marks the debut of new drummer Fiona [...]

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Normal History Vol. 100: The Art Of David Lester

Every Saturday, we’ll be posting a new illustration by David Lester. The Mecca Normal guitarist is visually documenting people, places and events from his band’s 27-year run, with text by vocalist Jean Smith. “I have an urge to paraphrase something from the bible,” says Frank. He raises both hands and turns into a TV evangelist. [...]

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East River Pipe’s Nontrivial Things: Beach House

Stoutly refusing to record his passionate songs under anything less than his own terms (in his New Jersey home on a TASCAM MiniStudio), F.M. Cornog, under the name East River Pipe, has released seven albums since 1994 that can stand toe-to-toe with anything by your favorite indie rockers over the past 20 years. Although working full-time [...]

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Film At 11: Toro Y Moi

“Still Sound” is the first single from Toro Y Moi‘s sophomore LP, Underneath The Pine, which is out Tuesday via the Carpark label. Main man Chaz Bundick teamed up with director Steven Daniels for the song’s video. Toro Y Moi kicks off an extensive North American tour March 11 in Athens, Ga. Watch the video for [...]

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TiVo Party Tonight: Lukas Nelson And Promise Of The Real, 30 Seconds To Mars, Fitz & The Tantrums

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): Lukas Nelson And Promise Of The Real Lukas Nelson (son of Willie) and his band are supporting their self-titled debut LP. The Tonight Show With Jay Leno (NBC): 30 [...]

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