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Archive for February, 2009
Black History Month Spotlight: All That Jazz
Much like yesterday’s spotlight, Matt Melis continues to celebrate Black History Month, talking today about the pretty awesome history in jazz. Stick around folks, tomorrow will be a new genre, as will Thursday and Friday. He’s hitting ‘em all, and considering he’s spent a great deal of time on ‘em, I recommend you comment away! [...]
Watch: Bono, Brandon, and Chris, oh my!
Last week, O2 Shepherd’s Bush Empire in London played host to a benefit concert in support of the newly released War Child: Heroes, and to probably no one’s surprise the event proved as jaw-dropping as the music found on the compilation album it was celebrating. Take the below performance for example. From the onset, it’s [...]
Album Review: Kittens Ablaze – The Monstrous Vanguard
Naming a band is a difficult thing to do. It’s rarely fun, and often arduous. Brooklyn sextet Kittens Ablaze can certainly attest to this. Don’t let their too-odd-for-your-parents name fool you, this is a band to be taken seriously. If their recent release, The Monstrous Vanguard, is any indication, loyal fans will be setting fire [...]
WTF: Tinted Windows
My favorite band just formed. No, I’m not talking about Blink 182′s reunion, and no, Radiohead and Animal Collective did not join forces. A few interesting musicians, however, are getting together to create a new “super-group.” Who might you ask? None other than Hanson’s Taylor Hanson (you know, the talented Hanson), The Smashing Pumpkins’ James [...]
Black Moth Super Rainbow takes hunger on the road
As you probably already know, Black Moth Super Rainbow is planning to Eat Us on May 26th, meaning the Pittsburgh based outfit will have plenty of energy when it embarks on its newly announced North American tour. Beginning on May 20th, Tom Fec, aka Tobacco, and company will take their elegant cacophony of analog synths, [...]
Faith No More will reunite…just not in the U.S.
Let’s play, “Who’s Reuniting?” Clue #1: This band hails from San Francisco, California. Clue #2: This band released six studio albums during its 15+ year existence. Clue #3: This band’s former frontman is currently touring with a beatboxer. The Answer?
Watch: Black Lips go retro on “Short Fuse”
What’s that, a new Black Lips video? And it’s weird? Shocker! Hot off the release of their brand new album, 200 Million Thousand, our favorite “art punk” rockers – by the way, did you know they hate that term? – have apparently dug up Chuck Jones, or found someone with quite similar animation skills, for [...]
Album Review: The Prodigy – Invaders Must Die
I’ve never been to a rave. Despite this fact, I do find the lure of certain electronic music unavoidably alluring. Though half a generation has passed since The Prodigy broke free of the underground, and found resounding success as a major tour de force in the dance music business, their uncanny ability to take simple [...]
Keane takes perfection on the road
It may have taken a little longer than expected, but Keane will soon hit the U.S. in support of last year’s Perfect Symmetry. You know, the English outfit’s third studio album that despite rather unfavorable critical reception, still managed to chart in at #1 in the U.K. and #7 in the U.S. Well, following their [...]
Check Out: Cursive – “I Couldn’t Love You”
Since we first caught wind of Cursive‘s new material last month at the CoS-backed Tomorrow Never Knows, we’ve been eagerly anticipating the release of the band’s upcoming album, which we learned a few weeks ago is officially titled Swollen and due out March 10th. When the Omaha based rockers announced the album, they described it [...]
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