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 [...]
Forged in 1984 by a reverence for the Beatles’ 1966 single “Rain,” the Green Pajamas have pretty much stayed within the friendly confines of psychedelic/folk rock for most of their storied career. Until now. For the past decade, Pajamas founders Jeff Kelly and Joe Ross have been kicking around the idea of doing a country [...]
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): Gavin Harrison Drum Solo Week 2 continues with former Porcupine Tree drummer Gavin Harrison. The Tonight Show With Jay Leno (NBC): The Antlers Rerun from June 23. The Antlers performed [...]
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 [...]
Trung Ngo and Brad Petering are TV Girl. Immediately following the 2010 release of its self-titled debut, the San Diego-based pop duo received an impressive amount of web attention. TV Girl recently issued the Benny And The Jetts EP, a four-track, sample-based gem whose songs are available for free on the band’s Facebook page in [...]
To celebrate today’s crop of releases, here are new mp3s from Active Child, CSC Funk Band, CSS, Curtains For You, Ganglians, D. Gookin, I Break Horses, Stephen Malkmus And The Jicks, Stephin Merritt, Nazca Lines and Sea Of Bees. Also, vote for your favorite of today’s new releases.
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 [...]
Nothing did more to further the cause of Alternative Nation-building than 120 Minutes, MTV’s Sunday-night video showcase of non-mainstream acts. For nearly two decades, the program spanned musical eras from ’80s college rock to ’00s indie, with grunge, Britpop, punk, industrial, electronica and more in between. MAGNET raids the vaults to resurrect our 120 favorite [...]
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 [...]
After a six-year absence from the music scene, Tom Vek returns with sophomore album Leisure Seizure (Downtown). Saam Farahand, a U.K. director who’s worked with the xx, Klaxons and Simian Mobile Disco, conceptualized a video for LP track “Aroused” that would make anyone want a cigarette. Says Vek of the meaning behind the imagery in the [...]
