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Archive for February, 2009
“The New Deal” of ticketing systems?
If there’s one company that should belly up, it’s Ticketmaster. Aside from Lou Pearlman, there isn’t a more foul and dismal stab to the music industry than what has become this ticketing monopoly. If you recall, as we reported last week, Ticketmaster and Live Nation are on the verge of creating one mega, uber, super-licious, [...]
Listen: Love is All
With current temperatures in Chicago still sitting in the 30s, why not consider traveling further north? Heck, it might even be warmer. Gothenburg, Sweden lies at 57º 47′ N, making it a good 16 degrees and then some closer to the Arctic Circle, and yet, its winter lows are moderate-right now, it’s 40º F out-and [...]
Watch: The Presets dance through L.A. in “If I Know You”
For the better part of well, forever, Australia’s crazy fun dance group The Presets have been touring in support of Apocalypso. But as we learned in December, all good things eventually come to and end, and come next month, the duo will take to America for what will be their last slew of tour dates [...]
Leonard Cohen back in the U.S. and staying for long time…
Hot off his first U.S. concert in nearly 15 years, a performance at Madison Square Garden in which the legendary musician dazzled concert goers with a guest-heavy set spanning over three hours, Leonard Cohen has announced plans to get the rest of the country on the fun. Beginning in early April, the Canadian native will [...]
OK Go is OK to return
Last time we heard from OK Go, it was February of last year and they were releasing a charity EP with the brass funk band, Bonerama. Since then, it’s been relatively silent on their end, and with good reason. After spending most of the winter recording in the frosty country of upstate New York, the [...]
Album Review: The Black Lips – 200 Million Thousand
The Black Lips have been spewing their garage punk layered with raw, gritty guitars and sloppy vocals since early 2003 with their debut, Black Lips! When they first hit the scene, let’s just say they weren’t on many top ten lists. Everyone was distracted by electronic beats: The Postal Service’s Give Up and smile inducting [...]
The Thermals will bring sight pretty much everywhere
For as good as The Thermals are on record, they are 1,000,000 times better live, so, needless to say, we were pretty excited to find a tour announcement from the Portland outfit in our inbox. The massive two month endeavor, which comes in support of the band’s upcoming album, Now We Can See (April 7th [...]
Conor Oberst & the Mystic Valley Band bring you Outer South
Ahh, it feels like just yesterday that we were treated to Conor Oberst’s eponymous release with the Mystic Valley band, a collection of stripped down folk songs that any angry but maturing late teen/early college student could appreciate. But, what’s that, Conor Oberst and the Mystic Valley band are already putting the finishing touches on [...]
St. Vincent dabbles her hand in acting…
Seriously, how cool is Annie Clark? First, the 26-year-old mult-instrumentalist, better known as St. Vincent in music circles, captured our hearts and expressed her love for Arrested Development with 2007′s Marry Me. Now, in just a matter of months, Clark will dabble her hand in acting – and once again, we’ll get to go along [...]
Peaches readies a new dessert
One thing is for sure, Merrill Nisker, the creative mastermind behind Peaches, has essentially all but mastered the concept of making incredibly catchy music that is super awkward to buy. (See 2003′s Fatherfucker and 2006′s Impeach My Bush). So it should come as little surprised that the Toronto based electro head will soon be returning [...]
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