This year’s hottest reunion is one of this summer’s best ticket. Why?
Lots of good stuff this fine Friday in July. In the singles section, you’ll find brand new mp3s from The Almighty Defenders, Jay Reatard, Julian Plenti, Times New Viking and more, while below that, you’ll find remixes of everyone from Bloc Party and Autokratz to Phoenix and La Roux. Then, there’s the mp3s from some [...]
For a brief snatch of time between 1996 and 1997, big beat techno actually threatened to make inroads into the American popular music scene. British acts like The Prodigy, the Chemical Brothers, and Fatboy Slim got ample airplay and exposure via MTV. Big Beat anthems appeared in films and television shows. Repping for the States [...]
As we reported earlier this week, Trent Reznor has decide to delay Nine Inch Nail’s U.S. farewell just a little longer with the addition of a few more tour dates. Today, we got exact detail of when and where these dates are going down.
One would think releasing a highly acclaimed and loved album earlier this year, landing a supporting gig for Depeche Mode’s first American tour in four years as well as headlining their own shows would be enough for one band. Well, not if you are Peter, Bjorn and John. The trio has announced plans for a [...]
It has been brutally apparent that The Mars Volta’s albums are complex beyond the surface of textured, lengthy sonic mutations. Partly responsible for this depth of character, Omar Rodríguez-López has yet again trekked off to solo work (the fourth time this year!) with the onset of Xenophanes, a release of entirely Spanish-spoken lyrics with a [...]
Meet Dead by Sunrise, the new side-project of Chester Bennington
Annie Clark, also known as St. Vincent, is a shining diamond in both the recording booth and on stage. As a multi-instrumentalist and one who can hold notes well past the city limit, St. Vincent manages to do it all. So when she tries her hand at something so simple as an acoustic rock song [...]