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 Jayhawks The former MAGNET guest editors in the Jayhawks are celebrating this week’s release of Mockingbird Time. The Tonight Show With Jay Leno (NBC): Tony Bennett Tony [...]
If Rocky Votolato had reverbed backing vocals, this is pretty close to what that would sound like. Meet Toronto’s Elliott BROOD, which despite obnoxiously using capital letters in its band name, sounds charmingly rooted in gritty folk rock. The three band members harmonize extremely well together, which easily coats all the rough spots in this style [...]
CSS sweat out 11 feel-good hits of the summer. By Jeanne Fury Lovefoxxx is pissed. At me. It’s all Skype’s fault. I’ve repeated myself half a dozen times, but because of a crappy Internet phone connection between my place in Brooklyn and the CSS singer’s new home in Brazil, she can’t hear what I’m saying. “Are you [...]
We knew we had heard this strangely alluring and mysterious duo before. They’re the Lightman sisters, also known as Tasseomancy, and they’ve been spending quite a lot of time with fellow Canadian up-and-comer Austra. The video for “Soft Feet,” off Ulalume (Out Of This Spark), is nothing short of visually stimulating and abstract, quite like [...]
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): Chris Cornell Soundgarden and Audioslave frontman Chris Cornell is likely to perform new single “The Keeper,” the lead track on the soundtrack for upcoming film Machine Gun Preacher. [...]
Following up 2010 debut Nothing Hurts, London’s own Male Bonding is already back with another new release. The 12-track, 36-minute Endless Now (Sub Pop) was recorded at Dreamland Recording Studio in Woodstock, N.Y., with John Angello (Kurt Vile, Thurston Moore, Dinosaur Jr, et al). A fan of ’90s nostalgia? Download an mp3 of album track [...]
We’re sad to report that summer is on its way out the door. The season was good to us this year, bringing a truckload of awesome new albums to listen to, including the Rosebuds’ fifth record, Loud Planes Fly Low (Merge). Ivan Howard, half of the North Carolina duo, makes the warmer months seem to last [...]
Spencer Krug frees himself to make new artistic choices with his ever-changing project, Moonface. By Bryan C. Reed If Spencer Krug is known for anything, it’s his activity. Since 2005, not a year has passed without at least one new album from at least one of his many bands. Krug entered the collective consciousness first as [...]
Prophets & Kings‘ “Hoary Hurrah” starts with elusive-yet-disturbing vocals over oddly edited, ’90s-era home-video footage. It flashes back and forth in time, hitting the storyline hard with joyous, personal moments. The song, off the band’s self-titled, self-released debut, breaks wide open with screaming guitars and shots of an upset child. “Hoary Hurrah” is an incredibly raw, [...]
