Canadian folk/rock legend Neil Young has recently revealed, at his website, plans to release a new record called “Chrome Dreams II”. You might ask why the “II” ? Apparently Neil had a project called “Chrome Dreams”, way back in 1977, that unfortunately was shelved and never saw the light of day.
The new album will feature [...]
California native Earlimart have gone through a lot of changes in their musical style along their 10 years of existence. Their first records were more post-punk/folk influenced, sounding more like Pixies and Sonic Youth, but ever since Aaron Espinoza discovered that adding a piano can drastically improve their music, they’ve been spitting out sophisticated pop, [...]
Besides chasing hogmen, Swedish folk singer Jose Gonzalez tours, and a lot. But you already knew that, but what you didn’t know is he extended his dates, so after a all US tour spanning through out September and October, with English bass player James Blackshaw, he’ll set for the hummed plains of the UK, after [...]
This last few weeks have been a bit poor in new releases, in both quantity and quality, but this week it’s different, as a swarm of great new records will hit your music store this week. “Kala” from M.I.A, “Under The Blacklight” from Rilo Kiley, “Challangers” from New Pornographers or “Andorra” from Caribou are [...]
After we were endorsed with a few teasers from Rilo Kiley’s new record Under The Blacklight, like The Moneymaker and Silver Lining, it’s now time for the real thing. The band has posted the whole album on their MySpace and is now available for streaming. I’ve listened to it a few times so far, and [...]
With his forth album, Andorra, just around the corner electronic musician Caribou reveals his latest video for “Irene”, directed by Nic Brown & David James. The whole video is a collage composed of short nature footages, which leads to a awesome calming and relaxing experience. Clean and simple, a lot more different then Caribou’s last [...]
Few bands can be labeled as a must see live band, I know i have my personal list, there’s Muse, there’s Arcade Fire, there’s The Rolling Stones and of course no list of this sort can be complete with out The Flaming Lips. World renowned for their live sets, The Flaming Lips can be seen [...]
You never really know what to expect when listening to a Animal Collective track, actually their sound is hardly describable, ranging from somewhere between psych-folk and noise-rock. Such is the case with “Winter Wonder Land”, a track full of experimental percussions and synth pop complemented by Avey Tare’s feel-good vibe and vocals. It’s not Christmas [...]
So you’re having your daily stroll with the car, heading to your local Wal-Mart, listening to your favorite radio station, when all of a sudden a strange deja-vu hits you like a punch to the kisser. You stop the car and say to yourself ‘Man this a Eagles song, but I’ve never heard this before’. [...]
The mischief adventures of Manhog continue in Jose Gonzales new video “Killing For Love”, in which Jim Woodring’s acclaimed comic book Manhog Beyond the Face (be sure to read it, it’s great!) is brought to life. This is the second video Andreas Nilsson has made for Jose, after Down The Line, with the same Hogman [...]
Monday, August 20, 2007
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