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Bettye LaVette “Is” The Rolling Stones

I like to think that I keep my finger on the pulse. I sniff out news, I hunt down obscure albums to review, and I rend asunder songs and feast on their bulbous, nutritious entrails. Also, I mix my metaphors, and I get confused about time zones and stuff, and sometimes I sleep until 4pm in the afternoon. All of that somehow adds up to the reason that I bring this to you today, only…

Sugar Army: “The Parallels Amongst Ourselves”

Album name: The Parallels Amongst Ourselves Artist name: Sugar Army Genre: Rock Released: July 2009 Label: Shock ZME Rating: 5/10 Website: sugararmy.com/au In The Style Of… Mock The Week! SCENE: A RATHER BARE STUDIO. A CENTRAL DESK IS FLANKED BY TWO LARGE CURVED ONES. A LARGE VIDEO SCREEN IS EMBEDDED IN A SIDE WALL. DRAMATIS PERSONAE BRIAN O’HARA – Good-natured Irish host HANK E. FOIL – Caustic Glaswegian ne’er-do-well MUSCLED COWARD – Cheeky chappy Q….

Here There Be Nudedragons

Or, as they’re perhaps more commonly known, Soundgarden. Y’know: Soundgarden. The most interesting band of the big Seattle four, who recently played a reunion show at the famous Showbox Theatre. That Soundgarden. And now there is a pro-shot video of their performance of Beyond The Wheel from that gig, which – quite honestly – defies all logical expectations, and both illogical ones. It’s gooooooooooood. That’s after the jump.

A Special Word To Concert-Goers

In an unanticipated one-off ZME Special, I am now going to present an important instruction for anyone considering attending a concert within the next fourteen decades. Consider this both vital, and extra vital.

Hear anything by Black Francis for free – legally

The legendary Pixies frontman has put his entire solo catalog on his site for free. As he proudly proclaims on the site, The site here has been re-vamped a bit. I am most excited about our new player. It has all of the solo releases at the moment. You can play and listen at your leisure. We are hoping to load other releases (Pixies, b-side compilations, etc.) in the future. Which, I must say, is…

New M.I.A. video: ‘Born Free’ (M.I.A.)

Violent, aggressive, and disturbing is nothing but M.I.A.’s latest video for her latest single “Born Free”, which just recently leaked on the web. It’s better to leave this short for words, so I’ll leave you to Romain Gavras’s directed video below. Free the ginger kids! M.I.A.’s still untitled third album will be allegedly out June 29th.

New Grizzly Bear song featured on lottery ad

Seems like the Washington state lottery is trying to tap into the indie kids market with this latest commercial, soundtracked by a new, unreleased Grizzly Bear track. Although only 60 seconds long, the music as expected is simply outworldly – coupled with the marvelous choreography staged by Michael Rooney, the man behind (500) Days of Summer‘s beloved Hall & Oates dance sequence, and the dreamy visuals by Patrick Daughters, who previously helmed Grizzly Bear’s “Two…

Listen to the National’s “High Violet” right now

Another week sees another new album streaming before its release date. This time around, the band in question is the beloved Brooklyn indie collective The National and the band’s newest effort, High Violet. The New York Times website is hosting the stream and offers a fascinating bio of the band as well. It’s as stirring as 2007’s Boxer. My initial reaction is that this may well be the band’s defining record. It’s that good. If…

Download DRM free media with AudialsOne: the review and 5 licenses giveaway

What the heck is AudialsOne? Boy, boy! Well, in a nutshell AudialsOne is one powerful piece of software that enables users to record anything you might be streaming on your computer, be it audio or video, and then stash it on your computer without any kind of loss in quality. Free music in the bag! Not impressed? Let me go more in depth about this Tivo for recording media from the Internet. AudialsOne: the review…