Archive for October, 2009

Watch: Julian Casablancas brings the “11th Dimension” to Conan

By on October 28th, 2009

It might not be The Strokes, but the fact is Julian Casablancas is as strong as ever… both on record and in live performance.

Watch: Ted Leo offers taste of what is to come

By on October 28th, 2009

Listen to a brand new track titled “One Polaroid A Day”!

Album Review: Yo Gabba Gabba! Music Is… Awesome!

By on October 28th, 2009

★★★☆☆

If any other album collected original songs from artists like this, it’d be the greatest modern album of the next decade or so.

Album Review: Kate Walsh – Light & Dark

By on October 27th, 2009

★★★★½

It’s an album to love and cherish.

The Postelles tell tales of recording new album

By on October 27th, 2009

Sometimes recording an album is a fairly mundane process that involves removing yourself from the rest of the world for a few months. But if you’re the garage band The Postelles, you like to make things a bit more complicated.

Album Review: The Twilight Saga: New Moon Soundtrack

By on October 27th, 2009

★★★☆☆

Ultimately, what’s most interesting about the soundtrack is that separately, these songs wouldn’t stand out in most of these artists’ discographies.

A Report: CMJ Music Marathon 2009

By and on October 27th, 2009

Another year, another CMJ has gone by.

Tim McGraw to embark on massive 2010 North American tour

By on October 27th, 2009

When you’ve reached the upper echelon of country music elite like Tim McGraw has, you have to go big when back touring behind your first album in nearly three years. And come 2010, McGraw and his band the Dancehall Doctors will do just that with the 50-date Southern Voice tour.

Pavement to headline Primavera Sound

By on October 27th, 2009

Hey, look! It’s another Pavement reunion tour date!

Midlake finds The Courage of Others

By on October 27th, 2009

Texas quintet ready to unleash new studio album.