Electric Six are one of the few bands remaining from the brief wave of tongue-in-cheek-rock-with-your-cock-out revivalists. For the three months when it was hip to yell “Guitar Solo” in the middle a song, Electric Six were on top of the world. And let’s be honest, who didn’t like Fire? It’s a great album. But in [...]
Rating: *** (3 out of 5 stars)
People aren’t looking for a new Bob Dylan. That’s the harsh reality that talented songwriter Conor Oberst is facing today. Part of the reason for this is that there have been so many Dylans since Dylan - musically, Nick Drake, Bruce Cockburn, Joni Mitchell, Leonard Cohen, Gram [...]
It seems as though The Go! Team have more tracks than they know what to do with (a reoccurring theme of todays posts). So they have created a page for free music, and have put up a four song EP titled Get It Together.
As well as a free EP they have also posted some remixes [...]
Bob Dylan has announced the release of “Tell Tale Signs,” volume 8 in his long running bootleg series. The album will feature rare and unreleased studio recordings from 1989-2006.
Dylan will be offering three different versions of the release. The standard release will follow the traditional style for the bootleg releases: two discs, a booklet of [...]
For any fan of Tom Waits a tour is a precious thing. The reclusive, and carefully aloof, Waits had announced his Glitter and Doom Tour early this year in a very typically Tom Waits fashion. (Not sure what that really means? Click here) Playing only a handful of dates across the southern US and Europe, [...]
After an odd series of rumors finally legitimized late last week it appears as though former Smashing Pumpkins members, James Iha and D’Arcy Wretzky-Brown, are suing their former record label, Virgin, for cutting them out of digital royalties. In a deal struck between Pumpkins frontman Billy Corgan and the label in 2005 Corgan became [...]
OMG. The Dandy Warhols are offering their forthcoming album, …Earth to the Dandy Warhols… (Aug. 19), via text message. The album will be released in the (new) standard format online – through iTunes, Amazon, etc. but it will also be available through Amazon via text. The new program is called TextBuyIt. Registered Amazon users can [...]
Rating: **** (4 out of 5 stars)
I’m just gonna go ahead and throw it out there - Dr. Dog is one of those many highly-unoriginal tribute bands who make careers out of doe-eyed eulogies to their heroes of yesteryear. I hate those kinds of bands.
So why do I love Dr. Dog so much? Maybe [...]
Deerhoof have slated their upcoming album for an Oct. 7 release through Kill Rock Stars. The highly anticipated Offend Maggie is sure to be producing a single in the near future, if not a full leak. In that spirit Deerhoof has released it’s first single via their website. “Fresh Born” is currently available in a [...]
If you’re like me, you often find yourself sitting back and wondering, “Just what is Jah Wobble up to these days? Will there ever be a Public Image Ltd. reunion?” It’s an important question that demands an answer. And so if I saw John Lydon wandering around backstage at a festival in Spain, I would [...]
