Trent Reznor’s protégé, poet turned rapper Saul Williams, is set to embark on a North American tour this spring, in support of his recently online released album,”The Inevitable Rise and Liberation of NiggyTardust!” Kicking off March 12th at Austin’s SXSW, Saul Williams’ ‘The Tar Spangled Banner Tour‘ will consist of both live musical performances as [...]

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One week later, after the Recording Academy announced, that the Grammys will be spared of the dreaded script writers boycott, the R.A. inked an interim deal with the Writers Guild that allows writers to participate in the awards ceremony, which will take place on February 10th in Los Angeles. Thus writers are now allowed to [...]

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Probably Kentucky’s most fine group of rock musicians, at present date, five piece My Morning Jacket will be broadcasted on Current TV. Tune in now to Current TV to catch a glimpse of My Morning Jacket’s special performance with the Chicago Youth Symphony Orchestra at last year’s Lollapalooza through the eyes of their fans during [...]

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This Saturday, the highly prolific Radiohead frontman, Thom Yorke attended “The Jonathan Ross Show,” on BBC 2 radio, where among other things, he acoustically performed two songs: the mellow “Reckoner,” from In Rainbows and “Everything In Its Right Place,” from Kid A. After the short performance, Thom was interviewed, revealing among other ramblings, that people [...]

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One of my favorite songwriters, Spencer Krug, is set to travel across the Atlantic , accompanied by his band Sunset Rubdown, as part of a spring tour in Europe. The Canadians will be touring across the old world, through out UK, Ireland, and a couple Scandinavian countries before ending in early June. Should prove entertaining, [...]

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Earlier today master guitarist Jimmy Page stated for journalists in Tokyo that, after performing a show to remember at last month’s O2 benefit concert, he’s ready to take Led Zeppelin on tour, but no sooner then September.
“The amount of work we put into O2 was what you would normally put into a world tour anyway,” [...]

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This weeks seems to be the first “big one” of the year 2008, with a lot of excellent new releases from both experienced and new comer artists. The clear highlight is “The Bedlam in Goliath” by The Mars Volta, which is already shaping up as a contender for best album of the year. List nerds [...]

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Artist name: Cat Power
Album name: Jukebox
Label: Matador
Gender: Indie
Release date: January 22, 2008
ZMErating: 8/10
Website: www.catpowerthegreatest.com
It’s a pretty well known fact Chan Marshall, aka Cat Power, is a bit eccentric in nature, to say the least, fact that can be attested by her live show attendants. But this exact eccentricity, combined with her signature weary, smoky [...]

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Country rock legend Willie Nelson is set to celebrate his 75th birthday, on April 30, by releasing a whooping 100 track long, four CD, box set, called “One Hell Of A Ride.” The box set will be released on April, on Legacy, 1 and will feature songs from across Willie’s five decade long discography; what [...]

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The iconic alternative rock band R.E.M., has just revealed the tracklist for its 14th record, Automatic, as reported by Billboard Magazine. Accelerate is due April 1 via Warner Bros, spanning across a 11-track set, which gets in and out in a lightning-quick 34 minutes and change, is led by the single “Supernatural Superserious.” For the [...]

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