Xavier Rudd plays House of Blues(s), Canada, and some other places

By Alex Young on May 15th, 2009

Australia’s favorite didgeridoo-playing indie rocker will soon be returning to North America for something we like to call, the Xavier-Rudd-plays-House-of-Blues-Canada-and-some-other-places-summer-extravaganza! Beginning in mid-June, Xavier Rudd will embark on a month-long trek in support of last year’s Dark Shades of Blue, consisting of dates to both the west and north of the Mississippi – that’s the [...]

Pitchfork Music Festival fills out ’09 lineup

By Alex Young on May 15th, 2009

It’s Friday! You know what that means: the Pitchfork Music Festival has returned with a new round of additions to its ’09 bill to either kick off your weekend on a good note, or have your bitchin’. In what will be the final lineup additions for this year’s festival, Pitchfork has added Final Fantasy, Cymbals [...]

Ziggy Marley to teach your kids about his father

By Alex Young on May 15th, 2009

“Me is a common sense man,” Bob Marley once said. “That mean when me explain things me explain it in a very simple way, that mean if I explain it to a baby the baby will understand too, you know.” Marley’s oldest son, Ziggy, is apparently using these words as the basis for his latest [...]

Check Out: Flipper “be good”, releases new single

By Jay Ziegler on May 15th, 2009

If there’s any shred of the past that didn’t end up in a time capsule somewhere six feet buried underneath the earth, San Francisco’s legendary noise punk quartet Flipper is back for the attack. The quartet has been on and off for over twenty years since the death of original bassist and lead vocalist Will [...]

R.I.P. Chris Fletcher, 1983 – 2009

By Jay Ziegler and Michael Roffman on May 15th, 2009

For most of you readers, Chris Fletcher is an alien name. For a select few, it’s a name we’re all too familiar with, though none of us ever associated it with anything else but catchy pop-rock sensibilities and a demeanor similar to Ben Gibbard. That’s why many of us were shocked upon hearing of his [...]

Festivals in Brief: City Stages, Summerfest, Calgary Folk Fest, Outside Lands, and more!

By Alex Young on May 15th, 2009

A new day, a new slew of festival news. Let’s round up all the important info in today’s edition of CoS’ Festivals in Brief: City Stages: Things don’t look to be going all that great in the world of Alabama based City Stages right now. Jane’s Addiction canceled its scheduled headlining appearance earlier this week, [...]

Blink-182 gets back together for the kids, plans rock shows everywhere!

By Alex Young on May 15th, 2009

48 hours ago, if someone were to ask you about Blink-182′s upcoming reunion tour, you’d probably say, “Yeah, they’re apparently planning something, but I really haven’t heard what’s going on with it.”

Well, that changed in a hurry.

Lots and lots of details emerge from Jacko camp…

By Michael Roffman on May 15th, 2009

As we reported back in March, this summer Michael Jackson returns with fifty dates at London’s O2 Arena — all of which are sold out. Everyone knows this by now. However, what we don’t know is what to expect…until now. As details leak out, fans can only start to salivate. Promoters told the LA Times [...]

Frampton continues to rock like it’s 2006!

By Rose Martelli on May 15th, 2009

When not helping Davy Knowles and the new Back Door Slam, Peter Frampton is still milking his 2006 album Fingerprints – which featured guest spots by Charlie Watts, Bill Wyman and Mike McCready and earned him a Grammy for Best Pop Instrumental Album. The latest publicity push sees the legendary musician embarking on a 24-city [...]

Half of ABBA returns with new group, song, album

By Rose Martelli on May 14th, 2009

The boys who put the B’s in ABBA, Benny Andersson and Bjorn Ulvaeus, have set a July 6th release date for their first new work in 15 years. “Story of a Heart” will be the title track off the 14-song compilation. The single was originally written in Swedish but was translated into English for the [...]