Discovery
julio Are you guys having a hard time filling that Vampire Weekend void until the next record? Your wait is over, kind of. What if Vampire Weekend and Ra Ra Riot…
April 2009
Silversun Pickups
In case you didn’t know, people still buy their music. Silversun Pickups debuted @ # 7 on the BILLBOARD TOP 200 this week. Crazy times. Silversun Pickups-Panic Switch (Chin and…
Radiohead and Philosophy
Radiohead is the most relevant band in the world. I said it. There. Now there’s a book that talks about that and their influence on culture based on their music…
Street Sweeper Social Club
Kind of like Buena Vista Social Club, but not really. Tom Morello and Boots Riley have joined forces to create the Street Sweeper Social Club. Rage Against the Machine-Wake Up!…
MEXICAN INSTITUTE OF SOUND
The hype machine is running on all cylinders behind Camilo Lara (aka MIS). The New York Times wrote an extensive feature story on him and the LA Times said he…
…And You Will Know Us By The Trail of Dead
Baeblemusic was on hand to record the band’s last show in Brooklyn and they also have a contest for fans… AYWKUBTTOD-Isis Unveiled Hey Trail of Dead fans…how would you like…
Nomo
Instrumentalists go bananas! The horn and percussion enthusiasts sound like what Trey Anastasio’s solo backing band use to sound like after a twenty minute jam session. The thumping bass, horns-a-blarin,…
Magic Wands/The Kills **** Free Tickets!!!
I have a pair of tickets to give away to the first person to email me @: [email protected] for the Kills/the Horrors, and Magic Wands show tomorrow @ the Fox…
The Cure Live
When I was growing up, the UK music scene provided the soundtrack to my youth. While friends of mine were listening to Pearl Jam, Nirvana, and NWA, I was listening…
Pink Mountaintops
Stephen McBean’s side band is starting to give his main band a run for their money. On the May 5th release of Outside Love (via Jagjaguwar), the Quaalude version of…