No matter whether you “get” Deerhoof or not, we all like it when bands allow us to hear singles online from an upcoming release a month in advance. It makes us feel special, like we have a secret that no one (except the rest of the f*cking world) knows about.
As a little (about two minutes little) preview of their upcoming album Offend [...]
Radiohead have just wrapped up their extensive US tour in Santa Barbara, CA. If you missed them on this trek (or only had the chance to see them once or twice), then NPR might be your new favorite radio station. NPR will be broadcasting, and streaming, the entirety of Radiohead’s final US performance today. The [...]
Yesterday we reported on how Coldplay were going to post up some behind the scenes footage from their show in Lyon, France on their website. We also speculated on how the band could spice it up a little to make the documentation a bit more exciting for their online fans. The Coldplay UNdressing room? [...]
Times New Viking are busy these days and, goddamn, hasn’t New York been good to them. After successfully supporting Sonic Youth at the final McCarren Park Pool show in Brooklyn two days ago, they are now confirmed to be supporting Wire at another high profile show at the Fillmore at Irving Plaza.
The October 9th [...]
The New York based experimental quartet Battles played a free live show on Saturday August 16 before thousands at the Central Park Summer Stage. Supported by Gang Gang Dance and The Black Dice it was a noted departure from the Summer Stage’s typical line-ups through most of the summer. Furthermore, The Black Dice and Battles [...]
Queens Of The Stone Age are hosting a benefit show this Saturday (August 16th) at the Henry Fonda Theatre in Los Angeles. The show is to celebrate the life of Natasha Shneider, keyboardist and vocalist from the band Eleven. She also toured the world with QOTSA in 2005 to support their Lullabies To Paralyze [...]
From October 21st to 25th The CMJ Music Marathon And Film Festival will descend upon NYC again for it’s newest installment of the best up and coming bands of this year.
Last year saw artists like Santogold and Black Kids emerge from it’s underbelly and take the stage by storm, so who knows who’s going [...]
I know that Radiohead fans can go overboard in their effusive praise of the band but seeing them in a crowd of 25,000 when they are at their tightest is akin to a religious experience. Between their mind-blowing visual effects, constructing layers of sound, and putting together a killer setlist, no other band [...]
There’s nothing like perfect weather to get you in the mood for some kick-ass live music. When the blue skies and cool breezes are traveling across the bay and weaving through a New York City skyline in the distance, it almost makes you wish you brought that old t-shirt that says “Proud To [...]
Impeccably turned-out Scots Franz Ferdinand are streaming a brand new song on their website entitled Lucid Dreams. They claim this track is not a single, but sources believe that it is an intended song for their upcoming album which is set to be released in the first few months of 2009.
Hear ‘Lucid Dreams’ here.
The track [...]
