Most rock n’ roll tour documentaries are fairly painful to endure, if we’re to be honest with ourselves, full of self-important man-children who think their philosophies on life, music and the laydeez are compelling viewing, and oh-so-artistic shots of the artists coming off stage (invariably with a towel wrapped around their head or neck) and collapsing into a chair. Rock stars are, generally, not people you want to spend a lot of time around. An…
Your favorite indie party animals/swamp rats, the Atlantian quartet Black Lips, are prepping the release of their upcoming latest LP, “200 Million Thousand.” The band’s last studio effort, Good Bad Not Evil, was packed with loads of Southern canon run fun, and, from the looks of it, 200 doesn’t sound any lower, quality and fun-wise. The first single is called “Short Fuse” and it just got released and offered for free download today. Hectic vocals…
Dayton, Ohio locals, The Heartless Bastards, form a garage rock band that impresses through it’s smooth combination of blues and retro ’70s rock, much like their fellow Ohians and label mates, The Black Keys. To be frank the band feels more like a solo project, as Erika Wennerstrom’s dominance can be felt through out their whole catalog. Actually for the new album, their third, called “The Mountain,” Erika made out a new band, surrounding herself…
No, Jay Reatard is far from being a retard. He’s quite brilliant actually, as far as Memphis garage-punk goes. The video bellow is for “See/Saw,” the first A-Side in the Matador Singles ’08 series, and, as incredible as it might sound, this is really Jay’s first ever music video. We trust Matador Records enough to take their word for it. Wild, frantic, energetic. Each and all of these at one place can describe both the…
First I was stocked by the new EODM album art, then I got really jumpy when the official video for the first single Wannabe in LA come up, but I finally got my copy of Heart On the day before yesterday I was really close to climax. I won’t go ahead with the actual spinning of the CD, as it involves wet pants. Whatever. Anyway, yesterday Jesse Hughes, joined by some QOTSA maestros, including a…
The Pretenders are back with a new album this week, in the form of “Break up the Concrete,” a fun, classic Pretenders record, that’s sure to delight any nostalgic punk (don’t give me any of that ‘punk’s not dead’ crap). Chrissie Hynde, which looks fantastic by the way (considering she’s in her late 50s!), and the rest of the gang stormed David Letterman’s Late Show with an awesome performance of “Boots of Chinese Plastic,” a…
I’m literally counting the days before the new EoDM album, Heart On, gets out, and this new video for the Jesse Hughes/Josh Homme extravaganza sure does hit the spot. Making it big in LA can be tough, often implying faustian pacts, but if you want a few moments of glamor, you might as well sell your soul to Jesse ‘The Devil’ Hughes. Btw, anyone notices any similarities between the video for the band’s latest single,…
The rockabilly duo that formed the ’80s cult act Flat Duo Jets is clearly one of the most underrated bands in rock’n’roll history. The blue-garage duo paved the way for similar bands and influenced a great deal of artists through out the ’90 and 2000’s like R.E.M. or Catpower or the most clear example The White Stripes. Sadly the band disbanded in the late ’90s, but fans can finally rejoice at hearing new material from…
Yesterday we told you all about a alternate Spanish version of the [tag]White Stripes[/tag] single “Conquest,” that’s soon to be released under the moniker of Las Rayas Blanca and titled “Conquista.” The single is out on February 19, but the video’s already been released, with no visual changes to the original, just Jack’s alternate Spanish ego. The whole thing sounds like a Spanish dubbed B-movie, with Jack’s vocals and accent sounding awful, as many native…
Remember the last “Conquest” single from the [tag]White Stripes[/tag]?Yeah the one in which bull fighter Jack gets his ass kicked. Great video, laughs and rockin,’ but now the duo wants to take the hispanic of the single even further, by releasing a alternate version sung in Spanish, suggestively titled “Conquista,”with a whole new video to go with it. Splendid idea mates! The single, in both CD and vinyl form, hits the States February 19 from…
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