Tibi PuiuAll the interesting albums out in the week of October 19-26. The Flaming Lips cover Pink Floyd – band set for a Pink Floyd cover album next year. Trent Reznor got hitched this Monday. Poor guy. Two Lil Wayne albums due this year? According to Yahoo!, Madonna is too loud for her New York flat neighbors. Guess she gets a lot of broomstick nudges. Every Beatles song to be performed by ukulele in Brooklyn this…
The Week in Music: #41
If you’re a Skillet fan, you should definitely check out this contest we’ve organized. Grizzly Bear will release a special edition of Veckatimest. The latest Baroness record got reviewed by us for a 9/10! The 100 best live albums of all time ranked by Amazon. The Killers have a new song up and streaming as part of their contribution to the New Moon soundtrack. You don’t really feel like going out this weekend, you can…
The Week in Music: #40
Air just released this week “Love 2”, one of the duo’s best albums yet. Bummer. Tickets to this year’s Glastonbury Festival got sold out in less than 24 hours when they were put on sale this week. Check out this video of Thom Yorke and his live super-group band premiering some new songs at their LA intimate set. If you had any doubts about the show, know it rocked! The Backstreet Boys caught swine flu?…
The Week in Music: #39
A Rolling Stone list that doesn’t suck? Man, who would’ve thought. The new albums out for this week! Flaming Lips gets profiled by Reuters. Portishead has started working on a new album. Bombadil pays a visit to the Daytrotter sessions. U2 is not turning a profit off of their 360 tour. Woot? A Sam Cooke biopic is in pre-production. After Noel Gallagher left Oasis, rumors have it that he’ll be soon joining Kasabian full time….
The Week in Music: #36
Happy 7th bday to Chromewaves.net! The A.V. Club gives Jay Z’s The Blueprint 3 a B+. More than decent by my accounts. Public Enemy Ltd. will be reforming for a 5 gig stint in the UK this December. Lady Gaga’s Poker Face tops UK’s all time download charts. This is weird: apparently, David Bowie got a species of spiders named after him. 46 essential books in rock ‘n’ roll history by the LA Times. Are…
The Week in Music: #34
R.I.P. Ted Kennedy (not quite related, but the man at least deserves a mention) Karen O premiered her latest stunning single “All Is Love” as part of the soundtrack for the upcoming full length motion picture “Where The Wild Things Are.” Them Crooked Vultures played two new incredibly heavy tracks. Noel Gallagher quits Oasis. The 12 greatest female guitarists. MJ’s death ruled homicide. Pitchfork’s study of mp3 history. A great list by indiescreet of lesser…
The Week in Music: #33
ZME interviewed Astronauts of Antiquity. Bob Dylan got somewhat arrested by police authorities after strolling through someone’s back yard. Freaky! Get some interesting insights on Woodstock by The Daily Swarm, like set lists, declined invitations and the likes. Guitar God Les Paul passed away last week at the venerable age of 94. Rest in peace, maestro! Megadeth is streaming a brand new song. ZME interviewed We’ll Make It Right. The Decider interviews Kim Deal. Michael…
The Week in Music: #31
NME reports that the Red Hot Chili Peppers will end their two year hiatus in Octomber. Jay-Z covers the Beastie Boys at last weekend’s APW fest. Coldplay pays a tribute too. Michal Jackson’s mother finally gets custody for the late artist’s children. Radiohead has released a new song for charity purposes. New (awesome) Jay Reatard video. The A.V. Club reviews the new Modest Mouse record No One’s First, And You’re Next. The 2009 MTV VMA…
The Week in Music – #29
We’ve got something different in stored for you guys today as we release a new ZME feature – “The Week in Music.” Every Friday we’ll be highlighting interesting events in the music scene from across the web, as well as from our own posts, since you can never know when something REALLY important passes you by. Don’t be alarmed by the “#29,” it’s not the 29th post in the feature, it’s just the 29th week…