Besides chasing hogmen, Swedish folk singer [tag]Jose Gonzalez[/tag] 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 which he’ll return to the US for another short string of gigs. Jose Gonzalez’s newest album In Our Nature will…
With his forth album, Andorra, just around the corner electronic musician [tag]Caribou[/tag] 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 video Melody Day. Andorra will be out on August 21, in the US, you can listen to the whole album…
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 [tag]Eagles[/tag] song, but I’ve never heard this before’. That’s because this is their first single in 14 years, called ‘How Long’, released all over the air waves and…
The mischief adventures of Manhog continue in [tag]Jose Gonzales[/tag] 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 sage theme. This time around Hogman is completely bare naked, as opposed to the Down The Line video, where he…
Sri Lankan originated rap artist [tag]M.I.A.[/tag] has streamed her latest album Kala, on her myspace, just one week before its official release, on August 21. All 12 tracks are listed and ready for listening free of charge. I’ve listened to the whole thing, it’s playing as I’m writing, and I have to say that it’s fantastic! Expect a review on the matter soon enough. Recommendations: “Bird Flu”, “Jimmy” and “Paper Plane” >>Stream: M.I.A – Kala…
After we had a little sneak preview on [tag]James Blunt[/tag]’s magnificent cover-art for his third album s, his first single of the upcoming LP, suggestively named “1973”, has been released recently. Now James joins the ranks of other famous artists that have named their songs of particular years, whether for it’s significance or just for their plain cool name. Some of you may remember, to name a few, [tag]Smashing Pumpkins[/tag]’s “1979”, or “1985” from the…
Artist name: Lori McKenna Album name: Unglamorous Label: Warner Bros Records Gender: Country/Folk Release date: August 14, 2007 ZMErating: 8/10 Website: http://www.lorimckenna.com/ Lori McKenna is a mother of five from Stoughton, Mass. (pop. 27,000), about 20 miles outside Boston. Almost every info you can find about her begins with that and so when listening to the album you should not let yourself be influenced by that. Was not quite sure what to expect and when…
Bad boy gone good, country/folk/rock/whatever star [tag]Ryan Adams[/tag] has just recently announced the details concerning his upcoming autumn North American tour, but this after he’ll have a short series of gigs in New Zealand and Australia. Ry will be joined by his band The Cardinals on the tour that will see him and co. play across North America, supporting Ry’s latest LP Easy Tiger, on such venus as: NY, Milwaukee, Birmingham, Chicago or Madison.
Last week we had a little discussion about [tag]Devendra Banhart[/tag]’s latest video, the 8 minute epic Seahorse. Now the song has been chosen as the official promo for Devendra’s upcoming LP, “Smokey Rolls Down Thunder Canyon”, set for September 25, and has been released for free sampling by XL Records. [display_podcast]
If you recall, in a previous post, we talked about a video making contest for [tag]Bjork[/tag]’s newest single ‘Innocence’. Bjork chose 10 lucky finalists from 500 entries, that were up for voting on the website and yesterday evening the winner was announced. Actually winners, the french directors Fred & Annabela who won with entry #10, the best video out of the finalist, hands down; I haven’t seen videos as good as this from actual hired…
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