The Ettes return August 2 with fifth LP Wicked Will via Krian Music Group/Fond Object/Fontana. (Sympathy For The Record Industry is handling the vinyl.) The Nashville trio recorded the 13-track album with producer Liam Watson (Kills, White Stripes) at his London analog studio, Toe Rag. Download Wicked Will track “The Pendulum” below, catch the Ettes [...]
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. Brampton Comes Alive Watching bagels going through the slicer at Tim Hortons somewhere outside Brampton, Ontario. At exit 48 on the 407 [...]
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 [...]
“City Don’t Care” is the latest single off Dig Up The Dead (Burning House/King Bones), the sophomore album from Mansions (a.k.a. Louisville, Ky., singer/songwriter Christopher Browder). Christian Sorensen Hansen directed the video for “City Don’t Care,” which you can watch below. Browder and band just got off their “Pick What You Pay Tour,” on which fans [...]
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): The Vaccines Rerun from May 23. The U.K. band promoted debut album What Did You Expect From The Vaccines? with a performance of “If You Wanna.” The Tonight Show [...]
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 [...]
Though he’s supposedly hard at work on his band’s sophomore album, the xx’s Jamie xx has released a two-song 12-inch. “Far Nearer”/”Beat For” (out via the Glasgow-based Numbers label) is also available digitally. A demo of the a-side has been floating all over the web (including on Britney Spears’ blog) since it aired on John Kennedy’s XFM [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
