There has been a barrage of oddly confusing news surrounding Prince over the last week. To offer a little clarity, and brevity, on the situation I will summarize in short sentences what everyone seems to be clamoring about (I fell asleep last night reading the Pitchfork article on this whole ordeal, so if you want [...]
There seems to be an odd promotion that no one knows about and isn’t being promoted, or this is the result disgruntled employees at Amazon this morning. Mos Def’s classic album Black on Both Sides is being sold in their MP3 store for only $1.99. Why? Who knows. It’s not a bad deal considering that [...]
Always one for classy moves (Tokyo Police Club just appeared on “Desperate Housewives”) Tokyo Police Club keyboard artist Graham Wright has released an EP titled the lakes of alberta. Recorded earlier in the year, Wright wasn’t ready for a full on release, but (according to Pitchfork) had promised himself that he was going to release [...]
Dan Auerbach of the Black Keys fame will be taking his guitar and going solo this February. He is planning on releasing his debut solo album through Nonesuch Records on February 10th of 2009. If you thought The Black Keys were trying to strip down blues-rock to an auteristic level this will come as no [...]
After releasing three albums with Sub Pop Records Portland’s The Thermals have decided to move on and sign with Kill Rock Stars. Their fourth album, Now We Can See, will be released through KRS on April 7th, and will release the lead single on 7″ March 10th.
Many labels pursued the act, but the now Portland [...]
Bon Iver will be releasing a new EP to grace us all in January, his first outing since his widely praised debut LP For Emma, Forever Ago. The Blood Bank ep will hit store on January 19th in the UK/Ireland and will hit US shelves on the 20th. The album will be released on CD [...]
New Amsterdam Record’s darlings itsnotyouitsme have posted a new live video online, streaming in very high aural quality. The video was taken at the Glasslands in Brooklyn, NY during the recent CMJ music marathon. The group is still out supporting it’s 2008 release Walled Gardens.
The legendary drummer Mitch Mitchell passed away early this morning at the age of 61 (though a few sources are claiming he was 62). He was found early Wednesday morning in a hotel room in Portland.
On top of being a part of one of the most influential rock trios ever he was also a member [...]
Premiere has released a list of what they are calling the 20 Punkest Films of All Time. Since this site is based on lists, I thought this was particularly appropriate. It’s not really an F10 list, but, for once, it’s not a bad list from Premiere, who has had some rather questionable lists in the [...]
The new full length release from Antony Hegarty’s Antony & the Johnsons has been in the works for a while now. News first emerged in the fall of 2007 when Pitchfork announced that they were recording a new album, and that it would be titled The Crying Light. While the release dates has been pretty [...]
