The Cardigans singer Nina Persson has announced that she will be releasing a new album this coming February with her side project band A Camp.If you haven’t heard of them before, A Camp is a collaboration between the Scandanavian singer and Niclas Frisk of the band Atomic Swing. They came together because they had in [...]
It cannot be contested that J Mascis is a legend. He’s a very proactive guy too. In 2005 he put together and released the album J + Friends Sing + Chant For Amma which was a collection of tracks inspired by Sri Mata Amritanandamayi Devi (otherwise known as Amma) - A humanitarian with a healing [...]
Of Montreal are still buzzing all over the world on the back of their latest release Skeletal Lamping. Not settling with touring throughout the cold end of 2008, the Georgian collective have added more tour dates into 2009 which takes them back through Europe. Then they will skip over to the other side of the [...]
James Murphy, frontman of LCD Soundsystem is a secretive soul, so it seems. In an interview with the NME he squashed rumours that the group were nearing the end, by revealing that he has already written eight tracks for the new album. However, no demos will be rearing their heads online anytime soon, as Murphy [...]
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 [...]
Snow Patrol are back after what seemed like an eon, and their new album A Hundred Million Suns is not bad, not bad at all. However it was obviously going to be hard to live up to a seven-time platinum predecessor (Eyes Open) which sold over one million copies in the US alone.
The Northern Irish [...]
So who here remembers Crowded House? Those New Zealanders who were slightly bland but ever-so-catchy. Weather With You?, Don’t Dream It’s Over? or how about their most famous album Woodface?
I imagine that some of your are taking a trip down memory lane right now, whilst others are scratchin their heads thinking “What the hell is [...]
Kevin Coghill, the twenty seven year old who was arrested for breaking copyright laws by leaking nine tracks from the highly anticipated G n’ R album Chinese Democracy onto the internet, has changed his plea to guilty.
How Coghill discovered and obtained the tracks is still a mystery as they were apparently guarded under high security.
The [...]
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 [...]
