Kristian Hoffman and Lance Loud met in high school back in the early ’70s in Santa Barbara, Calif. After starring in PBS cinéma-vérité documentary An American Family, they formed the Mumps, moved to New York and shared Max’s and CBGB stages with all the legends of the punk/new-wave explosion of 1976: Television, the Ramones, Talking [...]
On May 10, Fire Records is issuing Alegrias, the latest release from Howe Gelb. Where 2006′s Sno’ Angel Like You saw the Giant Sand frontman mining gospel-choir territory, Alegrias, recorded with A Band Of Gypsies, finds Gelb exploring flamenco themes. The 13-track LP was recorded and originally released only in Spain, where A Band Of [...]
MAGNET contributing editor Jud Cost is sharing some of the wealth of classic films he’s been lucky enough to see over the past 40 years. Trolling the backwaters of cinema, he has worked up a list of more than 100 titles—from the ’30s through the ’70s—that you may have missed. A new selection, all currently [...]
Kristian Hoffman and Lance Loud met in high school back in the early ’70s in Santa Barbara, Calif. After starring in PBS cinéma-vérité documentary An American Family, they formed the Mumps, moved to New York and shared Max’s and CBGB stages with all the legends of the punk/new-wave explosion of 1976: Television, the Ramones, Talking [...]
If you are one of those people who, when listening to Smith Westerns‘ recent Dye It Blonde (Fat Possum), thinks aloud, “I wonder what the recording process behind this album was like,” have we got a treat for you. Die With Your Chin Up is a short film by director Ray Concepcion that documents just [...]
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): Selena Gomez Rerun from March 16. Justin Bieber’s boo performed “A Year Without Rain.” The Tonight Show With Jay Leno (NBC): Duran Duran Rerun from March 22. Everyone’s favorite new-wave band [...]
Kristian Hoffman and Lance Loud met in high school back in the early ’70s in Santa Barbara, Calif. After starring in PBS cinéma-vérité documentary An American Family, they formed the Mumps, moved to New York and shared Max’s and CBGB stages with all the legends of the punk/new-wave explosion of 1976: Television, the Ramones, Talking [...]
Dancer Equired, Times New Viking‘s fifth album, is out April 26 via Merge. The Columbus, Ohio, trio kicks off a month-long tour in support of the 14-track LP on May 26 in Boston. Download Dancer Equired track “Ever Falling In Love” below, watch the Jo McCaughey-directed short film Hello…We Are Times New Viking From Columbus, [...]
For a pair of musicians who have been around the block (Rob Montejo was a founding member of Smashing Orange, and Monika Bullette is a former member of NERO and Licorice Roots), Delaware natives the Sky Drops prefer to maintain a DIY ethic. The duo is self-managed and self-booked and recorded its newest EP, Making Mountains, [...]
