Tibi PuiuTapes ‘n Tapes’ sophomore album, Walk It Off, didn’t impress me too much, not as much as their debut album anyway, but their main, featured single “Hang Them All” makes up for half of the uninteresting tracks. More on why I love this song on a previous post of mine, when I put the MP3 up for download. Bellow you can watch the video for the single, which is ever better then the song, being…
New Black Keys video: ‘Strange Times’ (live on Conan O’Brien)
Attack & Release has been spinning like crazy in my play list for the last couple of weeks and it doesn’t show any sign of slowing down any time soon. A good remark would be that I’ve grown intoxicated with The Black Keys’ music, so consequently I’m gonna try to spread the awesomeness further to you guys. Last night the Akron duo performed live for Conan O’Brien’s Late Night Show, where they played their latest…
New Manu Chao video: ‘Politik Kills’
Released last year, Manu Chao’s “La Radiolina” went on to gain loads of critical acclaim and the title as the new latin rock icon. However, as it’s always the case with awesome art in a radio friendly world, it of course got terribly overlooked and didn’t get the amount of success it deserved. “Politik Kills” his famous single from La Radiolina just got recently pimped with a delayed video, a child soldier named Christian who…
Weezer to releaser new album earlier
In a recent press release on their website, the band has announced that due to their new single’s, titled “Pork An Beans,”immense popularity, that it’ll push down the release date, for its upcoming album. Thus, Weezer’s forthcoming full length studio album “The Red Album,” will get out on June 3, opposed to the initial June 24 date, in the USA with much of the rest of the world to follow behind with a few days…
Download: Dead Leaf Echo – ‘Pale Fire’
New York’s LG (Vocals,Guitars,Keys), Mike DiLalla (Bass) and Liza B.(Keys,Vocals) form Dead Leaf Echo, a lovely indie band, that’s really pleasant on the ears. Their influences seem pretty broad, but they all seem to point and converge into a single direction: shoegazing. Recently, the artsy trio, have just released their 2nd EP “Pale Fire,” via their own record label Year of the Gallon Records, an EP that shines with haunting ballads and dreamy melodies. The…
Artists vs Labels – Raconteurs continue the fight
Andrei Mihai
OK, this is definitely one of the biggest issues of the music industry – it could just be the biggest. With the ever growing influence and power of the internet, it’s only natural that artist would seek a cheaper yet more effective way of promoting himself. Also, the internet has some other advantages, such as the fact that it appeals to a way larger number of people and there are no deadlines, no nothing. After…
Coldplay announces first leg of the ‘Viva La Vida’ tour
With the band’s new album, “Viva La Vida or Death and All His Friends” right on the corner, it was righteously expected Coldplay would soon announce their tour dates. And so they’ve had, at least the initial North American ones. The band is set to play through the whole summer and much of autumn in the US and Canada, as part of their massive world tour planned that will see Coldplay play in 4 continents…
‘Roots-rock from Spain’s rainy North Coast’
“There are a lot of stories I could tell about places I played and people I played with,” says Jorge Otero, the founder and only continuing member of the Spanish rock band Stormy Mondays, a name that most hardcore blues fan can relate to, being the title of one of T-Bone Walker’s classic songs. Indeed Jorge and his band have traveled and played in a lot of places, from the rainy Spanish Northern Coast, to…
Beck’s new album set for the summer + tour
A while back, Beck said he’s planning a new release for this year, but he refused to give further details, other then he’ll be collaborating with a famous producer. According to a recent press release the alleged famous producer, is non other the Danger Mouse and Beck’s, still untitled upcoming album, will get out much sooner then most of us thought, namely in the summer, maybe even in June. The record will be 10 track…
Tom Waits on summer tour! Yahaa!
If you want to see one of the biggest badass people alive, grab a ticket to a Tom Waits show next to you. Now people, now! Tuesday, June 17, 2008 Phoenix, AZ US -Orpheum @ 8:00 PM Wednesday, June 18, 2008 Phoenix, AZ US – Orpheum @ 8:00 PM Friday, June 20, 2008 El Paso, TX US – Plaza Theatre @ 8:00 PM Sunday, June 22, 2008 Houston, TX US – Jones Hall @ 8:00…