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): Marty Stuart Country icon Marty Stuart is performing “Country Boy Rock & Roll” from new album Ghost Train: The Studio B Sessions. The Tonight Show With Jay Leno [...]
If By Yes is the latest project from the multi-talented Petra Haden. The band’s debut, Salt On Sea Glass (Chimera), took almost a decade to make and features Haden collaborating with Yuka Honda (Cibo Matto) and Hirotaka “Shimmy” Shimizu and Yuko Araki (Cornelius), as well as guests such as David Byrne and Nels Cline (Wilco). [...]
On October 11, John Wesley Harding is issuing The Sound Of His Own Voice (Yep Roc). The Philly-based singer/songwriter recorded the LP in Portland, Ore., with a backing band consisting of R.E.M.’s Peter Buck and Scott McCaughey and the Decemberists’ Chris Funk, Jenny Conlee, Nate Query and John Moen. Also appearing on The Sound Of His Own [...]
When is a cover song better than the original? Only you can decide. This week YACHT takes on X’s “Nausea.” MAGNET’s Ryan Burleson pulls the pin. Take cover! There was always something different about Los Angeles-based, late-’70s punk icons X. Not different in the sense that our parents understood punk itself—fear everything they don’t understand [...]
If By Yes is the latest project from the multi-talented Petra Haden. The band’s debut, Salt On Sea Glass (Chimera), took almost a decade to make and features Haden collaborating with Yuka Honda (Cibo Matto) and Hirotaka “Shimmy” Shimizu and Yuko Araki (Cornelius), as well as guests such as David Byrne and Nels Cline (Wilco). [...]
Priory has followed up last year’s Cold Hands EP with its self-titled debut LP (on Expunged Records). The Portland, Ore., quartet is on the road now supporting the album. Says multi-instrumentalist Kyle Dieker of the band’s sound, “It’s finding that balance between the standard acoustic instruments and partnering them with huge electronic bass and keyboard licks. Priory is all about tones and where those [...]
It’s the 32nd annual Festival International de Jazz de Montreal. MAGNET’s Mitch Myers translates the action. The nights are long, and you have to keep moving at the Montreal Jazz Festival or be left behind. Gathering my strength and several espressos, I began the night at my home away from home, the Gesù, to hear [...]
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): Sleepy Man Banjo Boys These N.J.-based bluegrass brothers, aged eight, 11 and 13, are plugging debut album America’s Music. The Tonight Show With Jay Leno (NBC): Scott McCreery Rerun [...]
If By Yes is the latest project from the multi-talented Petra Haden. The band’s debut, Salt On Sea Glass (Chimera), took almost a decade to make and features Haden collaborating with Yuka Honda (Cibo Matto) and Hirotaka “Shimmy” Shimizu and Yuko Araki (Cornelius), as well as guests such as David Byrne and Nels Cline (Wilco). [...]
Boots Electric is the solo project of Eagles Of Death Metal frontman Jesse Hughes, and its debut album is out September 20. Honkey Kong (Dangerbird) was produced by Tony Hoffer (Beck, Depeche Mode) and co-written with Money Mark (Beastie Boys). Brody Dalle makes a cameo on the track “Boots Electric Theme,” which you can download [...]
