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): Arctic Monkeys Arctic Monkeys are plugging the June 6 release of new album Suck It And See. Jimmy Kimmel Live! (ABC): Big Sean Rapper Big Sean is supporting forthcoming [...]
Marcellus Hall first made a name for himself as the frontman of Railroad Jerk, which released four albums on Matador between 1990 and 1996 before breaking up. Hall and RJ drummer Dave Varenka went on to form White Hassle the next year, issuing a handful of records until disbanding in 2005. These days, Hall is [...]
Cassettes Won’t Listen (a.k.a. L.A.-based multi-instrumentalist/producer Jason Drake) returns June 21 with EVINSPACEY. (Yes, the title used to have a “K” at the beginning, but a certain actor, who shall remain nameless, hit Drake with a cease and desist order.) The 12-track LP, the follow-up to 2008′s Small-Time Machine, will be released via the Daylight Curfew [...]
The rumor floating around is that Hammer No More The Fingers was born in 1994 when band members Jeff Stickley, Joe Hall and Duncan Webster were just 10 years old and already cranking out original tunes in their hometown of Durham, N.C. The trio certainly picked one of the best times and settings to develop [...]
Marcellus Hall first made a name for himself as the frontman of Railroad Jerk, which released four albums on Matador between 1990 and 1996 before breaking up. Hall and RJ drummer Dave Varenka went on to form White Hassle the next year, issuing a handful of records until disbanding in 2005. These days, Hall is [...]
Amor de Días—the duo of Alasdair MacLean (Clientele) and Lupe Núñez-Fernández (Pipas)—just released debut album Street Of The Love Of Days via Merge. (Those of you who speak Spanish know that the band’s moniker translates to “love of days,” hence the album title.) MacLean and Núñez-Fernández worked on the 15-track LP for more than three [...]
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): Augustana Augustana is likely to play “Steal Your Heart” from its new self-titled album. The Tonight Show With Jay Leno (NBC): Foster The People L.A.’s Foster The People [...]
Marcellus Hall first made a name for himself as the frontman of Railroad Jerk, which released four albums on Matador between 1990 and 1996 before breaking up. Hall and RJ drummer Dave Varenka went on to form White Hassle the next year, issuing a handful of records until disbanding in 2005. These days, Hall is [...]
Chemikal Underground just issued Everything’s Getting Older, an eight-years-in-the-making collaboration between multi-instrumentalist Bill Wells and ex-Arab Strap vocalist Aidan Moffat. The two met in 2003 when Wells contributed piano to Arab Strap’s Monday At The Hug & Pint, an album that also featured members of Bright Eyes and Mogwai. Everything’s Getting Older showcases Moffat singing [...]
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 [...]
