Looking to match the luck the band had with 2008’s critically acclaimed All Ya’ll, Gringo Star is set to release sophomore album Count Yer Lucky Stars (Gigantic) on October 25. The LP’s first single, “Shadow,” has a lot to offer lyrically, reminding listeners they can’t escape who they are or the darkness that underlines their [...]
of Montreal’s music is hard to define, given it changes more often than frontman Kevin Barnes’ sequined and feathered outfits during a live show. One album might be heavy on the drum machine and synthesizer, while another showcases Barnes’ best high-pitched Prince wail with more traditional strings and percussion. The Atlanta band boasts a prodigious [...]
If groups like No Doubt and Fleetwood Mac are any indication, it’s generally a bad idea to be romantically involved with bandmates. However, L.A.-based duo Big Harp doesn’t seem to have a problem with it. Chris Sensenery and Stefanie Drootin-Senseney met while touring together in separate bands (Art In Manila and the Good Life, respectively) [...]
of Montreal’s music is hard to define, given it changes more often than frontman Kevin Barnes’ sequined and feathered outfits during a live show. One album might be heavy on the drum machine and synthesizer, while another showcases Barnes’ best high-pitched Prince wail with more traditional strings and percussion. The Atlanta band boasts a prodigious [...]
The late Poly Styrene may have left this world for the big festival in the sky in April, but there’s one last music video from the former X-Ray Spex frontwoman. “Ghoulish,” from her final solo album, Generation Indigo (Future Noise Music), features a number of Michael Jackson impersonators trying to win the affections of a [...]
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): Stewart Copeland Former Police drummer Stewart Copeland continues Drum Solo Week 2. The Tonight Show With Jay Leno (NBC): Mat Kearney Rerun from August 2. Mat Kearney performed “Hey Mama” [...]
of Montreal’s music is hard to define, given it changes more often than frontman Kevin Barnes’ sequined and feathered outfits during a live show. One album might be heavy on the drum machine and synthesizer, while another showcases Barnes’ best high-pitched Prince wail with more traditional strings and percussion. The Atlanta band boasts a prodigious [...]
The self-described Vancouver “fuzz-rockers” in Sun Wizard are all set to drop their first full-length, Positively 4th Avenue, on September 20 via Light Organ. Classicists at heart, they pull their inspiration from the likes of Paul McCartney and Fleetwood Mac. Album track “Middle Of My Heart” is a sunny, late-summer jam that fits to fill [...]
of Montreal’s music is hard to define, given it changes more often than frontman Kevin Barnes’ sequined and feathered outfits during a live show. One album might be heavy on the drum machine and synthesizer, while another showcases Barnes’ best high-pitched Prince wail with more traditional strings and percussion. The Atlanta band boasts a prodigious [...]
When is a cover song better than the original? Only you can decide. This week Zee Avi takes on Interpol’s “Slow Hands.” MAGNET’s Ryan Burleson pulls the pin. Take cover! Despite the gloom often hovering amid Interpol’s music, there is often heaps of romance at play. Over the course of four LPs, the band has [...]
