Archive: 2008

I don’t know about you, but I couldn’t be happier to put the last full work week of 2008 behind me. I’ve been burning the candles at both ends and my tank is near empty. Before I take off, I’ve got more one more post to do: Friday Mix Tape. I went personal with this […]

As I was trolling through YouTube looking for some tasty clips for our second Grateful Dead themed week, I stumbled across a rather interesting video of a young Joni Mitchell performing the Bobby cowboy classic Me & My Uncle – a song that up until now, I had always thought was a Dead original. After […]

It’s been a while since MMW’s home base of NYC has gotten some love, so we were very excited to find this piece of news on the band’s website… Medeski Martin & Wood haven’t forgotten about New York City! Shortly after the the new year, MMW will announce 3 shows to take place in three […]

The great Animal Collective leak saga continues with the news that the email from band member Brian “Geologist” Weitz was a hoax. Someone hacked Geologist’s email address and sent off that email. Last night, Bradford Cox of Deerhunter/Atlas Sound weighed in on the situation on his blog. We’re sure all of these stories on every […]

Jack Johnson and an assortment of musicians on his Brushfire Records roster pitched in to create a debut holiday album called This Warm December.

Hailing from UK-based shoegazing bands Mojave 3 and Slowdrive, singer/songwriter Neil Halstead recently branched off to focus on a solo album that he dropped this past July. Since signing onto Brushfire Records, Halstead has been racking up critical acclaim while touring extensively. For This Warm December, Halstead contributed an original, somber acoustic track entitled, The Man in the Santa Suit. Halstead shares his thoughts about the holidays and his memories of Christmastime in the UK…

Jack Spilberg: What do you want for Christmas?

Neil Halstead: Time with the family and friends

JS: What’s better, naughty or nice?

NH: I have to say naughty and nice is probably the very best.

JS: Which do you prefer, real or fake Christmas trees?

NH: Fake Christmas trees are less messy I suppose. When I was a kid we would have a little tree that my dad would dig up every year for Christmas, and then replant afterwards. That is probably the best solution. You’ve got to go big in the end though.

READ ON for more from Brushfire recording artist Neil Halstead…

Eagle Rock Entertainment’s Classic Albums series looks at the genius behind Pink Floyd’s game-changing release, Dark Side of the Moon. Friday [all times Eastern]: Live From Abbey Road: Suzanne Vega [Sundance 9PM] A Colbert Christmas: Elvis Costello [COM 11PM] Late Show w/ Letterman: Leona Lewis [CBS 11:35PM] Saturday: Documentary: Moog [Showtime Next 11:10PM] Austin City […]

U2 have announced their new album ‘No Line on the Horizon’ will be released on March 3rd, on Interscope Records. The track listing has not yet been revealed but reportedly three of those 50 to 60 songs the band recorded for Horizon include the title track, “Moment of Surrender” and “Unknown Caller.” The album was […]

Van Morrison has announced that he will release the recent live recording of his ‘Astral Weeks’ album via EMI Music in the US in early 2009. The veteran singer re-recorded his landmark 1968 album during two live performances at the Hollywood Bowl in Los Angeles in November. "I brought these records to EMI because they […]

Rachael Yamagata is revved up. "I just have to tell you, I love you all sexually," said Yamagata to the equally charged crowd at her sold out Bowery Ballroom show.

Iggy Pop and Moby are set to star in a new vampire film called ‘Suck’. The music legends help tell a tale of vampires and the music business, reports The Guardian. Moby plays character Beef Bellows, the lead singer of a band called Secretaries Of Steak whose fans throw meat at them during their gigs. […]