Archive for August, 2009

Jimi Hendrix biopic in the works?

By on August 21st, 2009

Maybe possibly hopefully…

R. Kelly’s new release is so profound he didn’t bother titling it

By on August 21st, 2009

Now, usually we don’t do this (we actually do), but we’re going to go ahead and break you off with the tracklist of R. Kelly’s newest album Untitled. Originally slated for a 2010 release, Kells follow up to 2007′s Double Up was original titled 12 Play, 4th Quarter. But after that leaked, the whole album [...]

The Toronto International Film Festival just got a whole lot more free Neil Young concerts

By on August 21st, 2009

The title might not make sense, but the news surely does!

Norah Jones attempts to wow indie kids with new album

By on August 21st, 2009

Get ready hipsters… Norah is coming!

Camera Obscura announces another lengthy world tour

By on August 21st, 2009

After hitting our shores earlier this year, Camera Obscura is back on road for the foreseeable future. The current itinerary includes a lengthy European tour, 14 dates in North America with Papercuts, and a quick trip to New Zealand and Australia to ring in the new year. Of course, all this will be in support [...]

Album Review: Suicide City – Frenzy

By on August 21st, 2009

★☆☆☆☆

Overkill is the word here, and Suicide City need some serious discovery.

On Sale: August 21st, 2009

By on August 20th, 2009

The following tickets are on sale beginning August 21, 2009…

Nick Oliveri to release solo album, Death Acoustic

By on August 20th, 2009

Throughout Nick Oliveri’s career, he has been found in several of the generation’s coolest rock bands, from Kyuss to Queens of the Stone Age to The Dwarves to his current band Mondo Generator (he’s even got a sporadic group with Dean Ween and Butthole Surfer Jeff Pinkus called Moistboyz). For the second album under his [...]

Album Review: Brendan Benson – My Old, Familiar Friend

By on August 20th, 2009

★★★★☆

My Old, Familiar Friend is full of the Wings-esque stadium songs, all in the structure of overcomplicated pop songs. These are grandiose declarations of love lost and gained, and the complexities of being a human, far removed from the obscure, often artsy lyrical content and musical construction of his Raconteurs bandmates.

Buy Björk’s New York home!

By on August 20th, 2009

Got an extra $1.8 million lying around?