The Baseball Project just released Volume 2: High And Inside (Yep Roc), the follow-up to 2008′s Volume 1: Frozen Ropes And Dying Quails, so we thought it would be appropriate to let the band usher in 2011′s opening day of the baseball season with something to get you ready for the next 162 games. Here is Scott [...]
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): Funeral Party Funeral Party will perform “Finale” off debut album The Golden Age Of Knowhere. Jimmy Kimmel Live! (ABC): Sum 41 Sum 41 is supporting Screaming Bloody Murder, [...]
Aside from having the coolest name of any punk-leaning Chicago-area band since Big Black, Smoking Popes have been blessed with core fan base that refused to quit on the outfit. When leader Josh Caterer pulled the plug on the Popes in 1998, it came little more than a year after releasing what might have been [...]
On Tuesday, Ha Ha Tonka returns with third album Death Of A Decade (Bloodshot). The 11-track LP is the follow-up to 2007′s Buckle In The Bible Belt and 2009’s Novel Sounds Of The Nouveau South, and while both those records were stellar, Death Of A Decade is even better. The quartet hails from West Plains, Mo., [...]
In February, Portland, Ore., singer/songwriter (and longtime MAGNET fave) Fernando Viciconte saw his seventh full-length, True Instigator, released physically via his Domingo Records. This is something Fernando fans didn’t really expect to see happen, since he announced a break from the music business after the album was digitally released in 2009. We can thank R.E.M.’s Peter [...]
Aside from having the coolest name of any punk-leaning Chicago-area band since Big Black, Smoking Popes have been blessed with core fan base that refused to quit on the outfit. When leader Josh Caterer pulled the plug on the Popes in 1998, it came little more than a year after releasing what might have been [...]
The latest video from PS I Love You looks a lot like a typical night during our college years. “Get Over” is from the Canadian duo’s excellent debut album, Meet Me At The Muster Station (Paper Bag), and if you haven’t seen these guys live yet, you need to immediately. Luckily for you, PS I [...]
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): Willie Nelson, Norah Jones & Wynton Marsalis The trio is supporting brand new collaborative album Here We Go Again: Celebrating The Genius Of Ray Charles. The Tonight Show With [...]
Aside from having the coolest name of any punk-leaning Chicago-area band since Big Black, Smoking Popes have been blessed with core fan base that refused to quit on the outfit. When leader Josh Caterer pulled the plug on the Popes in 1998, it came little more than a year after releasing what might have been [...]
Evryman For Himself is the second proper album from Chicago singer/songwriter Daniel Knox, and it’s out May 10 via the La Société Expéditionnaire label. Knox recorded most of the 14-track LP in his kitchen and living room with help from Jason Toth (Manishevitz, Edith Frost), Paul Parts, David Coulter and Ralph Carney (Tom Waits, They [...]
