It’s a wonder where greatness comes from. Any given day you read a newspaper, or scan a website, you come across a throng of young journalists trying to discover a “movement.” But that’s the thing. These things just happen. There’s little rhyme or reason to their initial existence, nor their lasting power. It’s all about [...]
What’s better than three days of nonstop music in the breathtaking location that is Lake Tahoe, California? How does three days of free nonstop music in breathtaking location that is Lake Tahoe, California sound? That’s right folks, Consequence of Sound has teamed up with the Wanderlust Music Festival for one hell of a giveaway! We [...]
Brooklyn-based indie darlings The Antlers are fixing to have themselves a marquee summer. For starters, their little-album-that-could, Hospice (which sold out of its initial, self-released pressing) will be receiving a proper, remastered, indie-label release from Frenchkiss Records, which happened to recently sign the rockers. In fact, it’ll be two kinds of proper: the digital release [...]
Manic Street Preachers’ latest full-length effort, Journal for Plague Lovers has’t even been out a week yet, and the Welsh outfit has already begin work on another project. In the classic sense of art is an ever evolving form, the Manic Street Preachers have decided that there needs to be even more music for you [...]
Boy, the weeks are flying by! Of course, we can’t really complain all that much. After all, we’re getting ever so closer to that time of the year when festivals are as plentiful as the collection of mp3s found below. Speaking of which, as is the case every week, we have put together the best [...]
On June 2nd, Tea Leaf Green‘s acoustic alter-ego Coffee Bean Brown will release a live, acoustic record on its own Tea Leaf Green Partnership imprint. Called Coffee Bean Brown Comes Alive, the album was recorded at now-defunct New York City venue Mo Pitkin’s and features the four-piece experimenting with acoustic guitars, piano, banjo, cello, mandolin [...]
When George Harrison passed away in November 2001, the music world paid tribute to him through the now infamous, Concert for George. Held at the Royal Albert Hall a year after Harrison’s death, it was organized by Eric Clapton and contained performances from several of Harrison’s friends including Clapton, Tom Petty, and Paul McCartney. While [...]
Back in March, Conor Corcoran, the attorney of the Philadelphia based Popped! Music Festival, noted in an interview with Make Major Moves that this year’s edition could be in serious jeopardy after promoter Live Nation back out of its planned involvement. “It’s incredibly devastating, not only for the organization but for the city,” Corcoran said. [...]
Roger Clyne & The Peacemakers (RCPM) rode into the Thunderbird Cafe Wednesday night with guitars blazing and a brand of southwest-flavored rock that rarely passes through Pittsburgh. RCPM had been on my lengthy list of “bands to check out” for a couple of years. I’d read rave reviews of their 2004 release, ¡Americano!, and RCPM [...]