The Montreal based Wolf Parade has always been one of my favorite indie bands, blowing me away right from the start with their extraordinary debut Apologies To The Queen Mary from 2005. Now, just 3 years later, the band is back with their sophomore release, At Mount Zoomer, a more adventurous and exiting attempt then [...]
Right at the end of 2007, we’ve made a small preview of the current year, in which we expressed our excitement for what we believe to be a very fruitful year for music. Everybody knows the best releases come in the summer time. That’s when all the big festivals and tours are held and [...]
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Today is a special day for all Americans. Today marks the day the US conquered oppression and embraced liberty; let’s hope we can do it again… Anyway we’ve said it before, this is not a place for politics, such trivialities can’t be found here. But considering today’s a day like no other, [...]
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I was going over a few of my favorite websites on the net, just earlier, when I cam across an interesting post down at the Guardian music blog, that really caught my attention and made me reflect a bit. The article is centered around the idea according to which bands should disband as [...]
Listen up “maggots,” the Iowan metal heads of Slipknot are making their last preparations, before the release of their much anticipated forth full studio album, “All Hope Is Gone,” scheduled to hit the record stores on August 26. The celebrate this forth installment and probably to better promote their upcoming new work, the band have [...]
After they’ve released a more or less successful Prince cover compilation record, in the form of Controversy, a while ago, the fine folks from Rapster are back with yet another cover song compilation LP, this time featuring artists influenced by the great David Bowie.
Matthew Dear, Carl Craig, Kelley Polar, Au Revoir Simone, Joakim, and [...]
Freshly signed by major label XL, the Chicago based rap duo, The Cool Kids, are finally gonna release their much awaited mixtape, “That’s Stupid,” tonight for free. The new mixtape will feature a lot of new, unreleased songs by the duo, that’s sure to make this summer a lot more interesting, giving “kids with new [...]
Lil Wayne totally blew everybody over with his latest, recent studio effort “Tha Carter III,” the last album in the Carter trilogy and, most of all, what’s considered by most critiques the best rap album of 2008, so far. With a cover like this, you can’t really go anywhere but up. Anyway Lil Wayne paid [...]
Beck and his upcoming new album, “Modern Guilt,” is just a few weeks days away from its release date, and of course the teasers and leaks couldn’t stop either. This time, after Beck previously previewed the first single from the new album, the psychedelic “Chemtrails“, the ’60s revivalist artist, much to the delight of his [...]
Here’s a treat for the blog’s electro fans, seeing as we haven’t posted anything about one of my favorite Dj’s, Diplo, for a while. Last weekend he went by The Roots picnic, somewhere in Philly, where among other massive tunes, he mixed in a new track, punned over Ronnie Foster’s 1972 classic Mystic Brew, thoughtfully [...]
Saturday, July 5, 2008
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