Conor Oberst made his name on Bright Eyes, to many people, no matter what he does, he is Bright Eyes. But Oberst had been quoted in last month’s Rolling Stone as saying, “It does feel like it needs to stop at some point. I’d like to clean it up, lock the door, say goodbye.” Now [...]
The immaculate Warp20 box set (celebrating 20 years of Warp Records) has finally announced the full tracklisting of this monstrosity. The set will contain two double-CD sets, one single CD, a triple 10″, and a double 10″. Pitchfork has posted an array of photos of the set (which are gorgeous). One of the double CD [...]
Sondre Lerche has announced plans to release a new album on September 8th. The album will be titled Heartbeat Radio. Those are all the details their giving at this point. Hopefully there are more on the way soon. I don’t like teasers.
Tracklisting:
1. Good Luck
2. Heartbeat Radio
3. I Cannot Let You Go
4. Like Lazenby
5. If Only
6. [...]
The good people who brought you Record Store Day aren’t finished with the awesome 7″ exclusives. No, they’re bringing us Vinyl Saturday (which kind of lacks that same ring). They’ve announced the great news on their Twitter page.
The first annual Vinyl Saturday is going to take place on June 20. Bands joining in the [...]
There are rumors floating about that Iggy Pop may be trying to reunite the Raw Power era Stooges. In a recent interview Iggy mentioned that he had begun talking to James Williamson for the first time in about 30 years about doing a project. The idea is being thrown around of an Iggy Pop & [...]
NPR is currently hosting a first listen, via stream, of the new project helmed by Danger Mouse and Sparklehorse. The album is called Dark Night of the Soul, and, yes, it is a collaboration with David Lynch as well. The oddest part of this whole deal is that there are a couple of songs with [...]
A whole slew of music sources are claiming (in a seemingly justified fashion) that promoter Michael Lang (who had a hand in the original ‘69 Woodstock) is eyeing Brooklyn’s Prospect Park as the site of the 2009 festival. There have long been rumors flying of the festivals return for it’s 40th anniversary and they appear [...]
Dylan’s latest studio recording was Modern Times, which may have been his most interesting album in over a decade. Since then there have been a few scattered tours, and not a whole lot from Dylan himself. There was the Todd Haynes film I’m Not There, the documentary Inside Bob Dylan’s Jesus Years, The new Bootlegs [...]
Stnnng, still at work on their third album tentatively titled Summer Bummer, have thrown out some new music over the weekend. Over at their MySpace page they have posted a forty-five second preview of a track titled “Cat’s Eyes” that will appear on their forthcoming album. The track is barely even a preview, but as [...]
In an announcement posted on the Nine Inch Nails website tonight Trent Reznor has announced what is possibly the end of Nine Inch Nails. In the post, which is titled “A note from Trent and a wave goodbye,” Reznor reveals that their last tour was about the “culmination” of what he is capable of. Quoth [...]
