Similar. Kinda. Sorta. Words that define the “meh” feeling you get from listening to the latest EP from The Rentals.
After helping Jay-Z “Run This Town” last week, Kanye West is back to supporting and performing his own music… and for a good cause, too.
Arming themselves with cryptic guitars, airy vocals, and a penchant for environmental musical aspects, Quest For Fire do fairly well upon its debut release.
Do you like music? Do you like watching people play music? Do you like watching people play music while you sit comfortably on your couch and eat Funyuns? If so, you’ve found the right place. The lineup for this week’s talk show circuit is actually quite good, though I’m officially calling Carson Daly out as [...]
Unlike classy talent shows of yore such as Star Search, the nation’s unassuming public follows “meme-in-the-making” auditions, packed with Hung-wannabes and other internet fodder, only to later see our champions berated by a smug Englishman and two has-been pop stars…and this is considered funny. While the mindset of America is easily swayed by lesser humor than even Seth Rogen can muster, the same audience of voters hailed one act as significantly different from the others, and his name is Daughtry.
Andrew Hung and Benjamin Power of Bristol drone artists Fuck Buttons have concluded the recording phase for the follow up to last year’s Street Horrrsing. Just over a month ago, Hung and Power went into the studio with artist/producer Andrew Weatherall. You may remember Weatherall from the mid 90’s Warp act Sabres Of Paradise, and [...]
This past week saw the first annual Wanderlust Festival bring the music and the yoga to Lake Tahoe, California. It also brought with it some improvisation, both in terms of schedule changes — Common was tapped as a last minute replace after Michael Franti ruptured his appendix — and performances. Take the below video for [...]
If you haven’t caught the awesomeness that is The Decemberists’ playing their latest studio album, The Hazards of Love, live and in its entirety, you’re in luck. Today, Colin Meloy and Co. announced plans for another round of engagements for their “A Short Fazed Hovel” 2009 tour tour.