posted by Matt on August 27th, 2008 in Josh Rouse, Music, Stream/Download
Rhino Records announced they will be releasing a double disc
JOSH ROUSE retrospective album on September 9th. The discs will span Rouse’s nearly 7 years on the
Rykodisc label where he put out some of his most memorable work.
Selections from his solo albums, Dressed Up Like Nebraska, Home, Under Cold Blue Stars (my personal favorite), 1972, and Nashville will appear on the anthology’s first disc along with Chester an early EP where he collaborates with Lambchop’s own Kurt Wagner. The second disc will highlight Rouse’s more rare releases including his most recent EP, Bedroom Classics Vol 1., demos and unreleased tracks.
Rhino has set up some listening parties so you can get your Rouse on until September 9th.
STREAM: Josh Rouse :: The Best Of The Rykodisc Years listening party
ORDER: Josh Rouse :: The Best Of The Rykodisc Years
Tracklisting and album art can be seen after the jump. More »
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posted by Matt on August 27th, 2008 in Kings Of Leon, Music, Videos
KINGS OF LEON debuted their new video for “Sex On Fire”, the first single from their forthcoming album Only By The Night. It’s a bit of a departure for the band, having sexual connotations in this video where they haven’t before in previous vids. But with a song called “Sex On Fire” it’s probably safe and responsible to do so.
The Followill brothers give us the impression that writhing on beds, getting water doused on their heads, eating chicken(?), and belching out some sort of black demon smoke means sexy. More »
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posted by Matt on August 27th, 2008 in In Brief..., Kenny Rogers, Sonic Youth, The Black Kids, The Gaslight Anthem, The Virgins, Video Games
:: Sir Mix-A-Lot is the latest musician to get the Rickroll treatmentnt.
:: Sonic Youth may no longer be with Geffen Records for their next release. Their last studio album, Rather Ripped ended their longtime deal with the label. Thurston Moore is looking into indie labels.
:: Popular food chain Cracker Barrel is looking to get into the music biz. Its first release is (fittingly) to be none other than Kenny Rogers.
:: The Gaslight Anthem’s new album The ‘59 Sound debuted at #70 on the Billboard top 200 this week. Selling 7,447 copies of the album in their first week.
:: The Virgins are hitting the road, opening for the Black Kids.
:: Guitar Hero for Christian Rock?
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posted by Matt on August 26th, 2008 in Bodega Girls, Music, Read Yellow, Stream/Download
When
READ YELLOW broke up this past winter, they left a hole. Sometimes
take-off-your-pants-and-dance hole, but a void nonetheless.
For those interested in wondering what members of the group have been up to since disbanding, take comfort that half them have a new band, Bodega Girls. Yellow’s former lead singer, Evan Kenny and bassist Michelle Kay make up half the Bodega Girls, A weird mix of what’s they describe on their Myspace page as:
Twisted throwback-Jersey disco with a stammering Chic-meets-Clash backbeat. Brennan sings about a Lexington white girl who enjoys walks on the wild side involving the Western Front, snorting coke, blowing the DJ — and, of course, hooking up with, uh, African-Americans.
It seems like a wild idea that shouldn’t work but with the aim to be the “musical manifestation of hedonism,” it’s definitely something you can’t take your eyes off, or ears for that matter. Bodega Girls, it might just be your next guilty pleasure. And hey, Bob Dylan meets Junior Senior could be a new genre in music.
MP3: Bodega Girls :: “She’s Into Black Guys” via Myspace
Check out a teaser clip after the jump. More »
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posted by Matt on August 26th, 2008 in Feature, New Music Tuesday
Whats coming out this week…
:: DRAGONFORCE
Ultra Beatdown (Roadrunner) - Go find out what the next hardest song will be on new Guitar Hero game.
:: MATTHEW SWEET Sunshine Lies (Shout! Factory) - Sweet’s 10th studio album.
:: ROCKET FROM THE CRYPT All Systems Go, Vol. 3 (Vagrant) - Scream! Dracula! Scream! You have me hanging on a rope!
:: SLIPKNOT All Hope Is Gone (Roadrunner) - do the masks give you nightmares?
:: THE DELTA SPIRIT Ode To Sunshine (Rounder)
:: THE VERVE Forth (MRI) - It’s been way too long since we’ve had a new album from The Verve. It’s good to have them back!
:: WOOD HANDS Heart Attack (Paper Bag)
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posted by Karen on August 26th, 2008 in Live, Music, People In Planes, Photos
During the twelve songs
PEOPLE IN PLANES performed for the early set at
Mercury Lounge Monday evening, the band effortlessly patch-worked together numerous colorful bits of apparently unrelated styles and across-the-board influences. The five Welsh gents of this group expertly embrace a concoction of genres and musical texturing, resulting in solid one-of-a-kind songwriting, and simply riveting stage energy.
The set’s selections drew from a huge spectrum of styles, ranging from Smashing Pumpkins-infused classic rock, to development of a unique head-banging Brit-pop/Pantera hybrid. (Yea…what?) It is no wonder this band has become known for their distinctive contribution to the modern British musical invasion. Even tunes with the most minimalist of structures were overlaid with fascinating instrumental detailing, frequently including whimsical secondary guitar melodies, and going as far as the addition of unexpected synth-fem background vocals. Singer Gareth Jones’ creates variety both in terms of lyrical interest and tone, and just as the instrumental compositions drew from many eras and areas for inspiration, his melodies and phrasing suggested greats including (but not limited to) Thom Yorke, Omar Rodriguez, Ozzy Osbourne, and Billy Corgan. More »
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posted by bill on August 26th, 2008 in ...Trail Of Dead, Live, Photos, Shock Cinema
Last night,
Conrad Keely and
Jason Reece brought …AND YOU WILL KNOW US BY THE TRAIL OF DEAD back to their original two piece form, switching up which instruments they played throughout the night. The band rocked just as hard as being a 10 piece with two full drum kits.
The seemingly short set featured classics like “Source Tags And Codes” and “Another Morning Stoner” (which was loosely dedicated to Buddha and the Dalai Lama) as well as some older tracks from Madonna, and one new song. The new track was performed with Keely on keyboard and Reece on drums, despite being stripped to two instruments, the song had a really heavy sound with nice vocal melodies. The song sounded awesome and it will be interesting to see how the song sounds with a full band.
Opening the show was SHOCK CINEMA who Conrad also performed keyboards with. The band had a very dense spacey indie rock sound that was well matched with the female vocalist. Definitely a band to watch out for.
You can check out some pictures of both bands and a video of Trail of Dead after the jump. More »
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posted by Matt on August 26th, 2008 in Music, Stream/Download, The #12 Looks Like You, United Nations
Well, maybe their similarities end with just the press photos, you can be the judge of that. UNITED NATIONS are a hard/grindcore side project. There’s been speculation as to who is actually in this band for months.
The only actual member in the band we know of is Thursday frontman Geoff Rickly. Rickly has become the unofficial spokesperson/leader of the band since the rest of them are under contract with different labels and therefore haven’t revealed their true identities, let alone given interviews.
But after a quick browse of some message boards, the same few recurring bands/names come up - Daryl Palumbo (Head Automatica, Glassjaw), members from Converge, as well as members from The #12 Looks Like You and Made Out Of Babies all get mentions. Though we may never know the true identity of this band, we have one thing going for us…some new music! Their new album is streaming on the band’s Myspace page and on September 9th, we can all have it in our hands thanks to Eyeball Records.
STREAM: United Nations via Myspace.
You can check out a tracklisting of the record after the jump. More »
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posted by Matt on August 26th, 2008 in Dr. Dre, In Brief..., Nas
:: After 40+ Olympic athletes downloaded a free, pro-Tibet allstar album, China decided to ban iTunes throughout the country.
:: Nas is putting on a free show in NYC this week. Put in a request for tickets here before they are gone.
:: Emos have a voting voice and apparently, they are pro-Obama.
:: The son from The Cosby Show is now a musician.
:: Dr. Dre’s son passed away this weekend.
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posted by Matt on August 25th, 2008 in Comedy, Television, Videos
This weekend, IFC Channel debuted it’s new original comedy series, Z Rock. The show is basically about a rock band that leads a double life. By night, they are a Brooklyn-based rock band ZO2. By day they are trying to make ends meet by performing as a kid party band, The Z Brothers.
The trio is two brothers and their lifelong friend as they take a satirical look at the underbelly of rock, hauling gear, dealing with overly aggressive club owners, and a manager that likes to attend temple for the connections, (she got them an opening spot for Kiss by eating Gefilte fish with Paul Stanley’s mother). Similar shows have existed, the two we think of most are Flight Of The Conchords, and Tenacious D. However, unlike those shows, Z Rock has a harder more rock edge to it unlike FOC’s gullibility and The D’s brazen fanboyism. The likes of Joan Rivers, Dave Navarro, Gilbert Gottfried, Greg Giraldo, and Sebastian Bach all make appearances working to round out the mix of celebrity and comedy. Catch the trailer after the jump. And if you live in the NYC area, you can easily recognize the clubs and scenes since the show is shot on location, including radio station WFUV, and Southpaw night club. More »
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