Father John Misty Stuns On Letterman with “Bored in the USA” – New LP ‘I Love You Honeybear’ Due Feb 9th
Following Father John Misty’s stunning performance of “Bored in the USA” with a 22-piece string section Monday night on The Late Show with David Letterman, Sub Pop is pleased to share release details on behalf of I Love You, Honeybear. The album will be available February 9th in Europe from Bella Union and February 10th […]
Glen Hansard Announces Series of Intimate Shows
Singer-songwriter Glen Hansard is set to embark on a string of uncharacteristically intimate North American dates this February. Hansard is renowned for his work as the songwriter behind Once – movie and musical, which has garnered it’s fair share of awards. He is also known for his work as one half of The Swell Season and lead […]
The Decemberists Releasing Seventh Album ‘What a Terrible World, What a Beautiful World’ Jan 20th
The Decemberists will release their seventh studio album, What a Terrible World, What a Beautiful World, on January 20, 2015 on Capitol Records. It will be released in the U.K. and Europe on Rough Trade Records the day prior – January 19. Produced by the band and long-time collaborator Tucker Martine (My Morning Jacket, Neko […]
The New Basement Tapes To Perform Live For The First Time Via Three National TV Appearances In November
The New Basement Tapes – Elvis Costello, Rhiannon Giddens (Carolina Chocolate Drops), Taylor Goldsmith (Dawes), Jim James (My Morning Jacket) and Marcus Mumford (Mumford & Sons) – will make their first live performances via three national television appearances in November. They will perform on the Tonight Show with Jimmy Fallon on November 10, Ellen on […]
Scottish Hip-Hop Act Young Fathers Win Mercury Prize, Beating out Damon Albarn, FKA Twigs
Scottish hip-hop band Young Fathers have won the 2014 Barclaycard Mercury Prize for its debut full length Dead. This was clearly considered an unexpected win for the annual award given out for the best album from a British artist. The band beat out several favored nominees—Blur frontman Damon Albarn, critical darling Bombay Bicycle Club and the […]
Gregg Allman Announces 2015 Tour Dates
Having just completed the now legendary final shows the Allman Brothers Band will ever play, the rock legend had announced a solo tour. The dates will begin December 31st, with a celebratory New Year’s Eve show at Atlanta’s Symphony Hall. The tour will end its run on January 17th in Savannah, GA, at the Johnny […]
Portishead’s Geoff Barrow and Composer Ben Salisbury Score Alex Garland’s Directorial Debut EX MACHINA
Portishead’s Geoff Barrow and Composer Ben Salisbury have scored Alex Garland’s SCI-Fi film Ex Machina. The film, released on April 10, 2015 and distributed by A24, marks the directorial debut of AGarland, screenwriter of Dredd, Sunshine, and 28 Days Later. The cast includes Oscar Isaac (Inside Llewyn Davis, Star Wars Episode VII), who casts the […]
The Allman Brothers Band Call It A Career With Three Set Finale (SETLIST)
The Allman Brothers Band concluded their monumental 45 year history with a three set final show blowout at New York’s, Beacon Theater Tuesday night (10/28). With Derek Trucks playing Duane Allman’s famed 1957 Goldtop Les Paul at spots throughout the night, the evening echoed the departed founding guitarist, including a version of “Will The Circle […]
José González Announces New Record -‘Vestiges & Claws’
Mute has announced the release of José González ‘s new record, Vestiges & Claws. The album, his first in seven years, is out on February 17 and was produced by González in his home as well as Svenska Grammofonstudion, both in Gothenburg, Sweden. It consists of years’ worth of musical sketches that in other hands […]
ALBUM STREAM – Swearing at Motorists – ‘While Laughing, The Joker Tells the Truth’
After an eight-year sabbatical of sorts, former Secretly Canadian mainstay Swearing At Motorists has returned to the musical fray with a new album and live dates. The band has resurfaced in Hamburg, Germany, with a new album titled While Laughing, The Joker Tells The Truth (streaming below), to be released on October 21, 2014 on […]
T. Hardy Morris Announces Fall Tour Dates, Debuts New Song “Painted on Attitude”
T. Hardy Morris will close out 2014 with a string of tour dates, including a run with fellow traveller Jessica Lea Mayfield this November, and a special appearance with Deer Tick to ring in the New Year on Dec 31 at Brooklyn Bowl in Brooklyn, NY. Morris has just released a new single – “Painted […]
Phish – The Forum, Inglewood, CA 10/24/14 (PHOTOS)
Photos of Phish from The Forum in Inglewood, CA on 10/24/14. Photos by Paul Giunta. Setlist – Forum, Inglewood, CA 10/24/14 Set 1: 46 Days, Tube, Train Song, Ghost > Sparkle > Sample in a Jar, Divided Sky, The Line, It’s Ice > Kill Devil Falls > Bathtub Gin Set 2: 555 > Backwards Down […]
Legendary Bassist Jack Bruce of Cream Dies at 71
Jack Bruce, the singer and bassist for Rock and Roll Hall of Fame band Cream, has passed away, his family confirmed the musician’s passing on his Facebook page. He was 71. “It is with great sadness that we, Jack’s family, announce the passing of our beloved Jack: husband, father, granddad, and all round legend. The world of music will […]
Dr. Dog Plans Flaming Hotel Winter Tour
Dr. Dog is beginning 2015 by relocating to NYC for 8 shows; 4 in Brooklyn at Music Hall of Williamsburg and 4 at Bowery Ballroom with support from Mewithoutyou, Elvis Perkins in Dearland, Yellerkin, Roadkill Ghost Choir, Field Mouse and Twain. In other news the PA band has announced part 1 of The Flamingo Hotel […]
Panda Bear Announces New Album – ‘Panda Bear Meets The Grim Reaper’ – Stellar First Single “Mr Noah” Premiers
Panda Bear has announced the release of Panda Bear Meets The Grim Reaper, the fifth studio album from Animal Collective founding member and critically acclaimed solo artist Noah Lennox, a.k.a. Panda Bear. Panda Bear Meets The Grim Reaper, or PBVSGR, as the album has been referred to cryptically online over the past few months, will […]
Foo Fighters Confirm All Chicago Wrigley Field Lineup (Cheap Trick, Naked Raygun, Urge Overkill)
Fresh off the critically lauded, ratings smash Chicago-centric debut of their HBO series Foo Fighters: Sonic Highway, Foo Fighters have confirmed the Windy City as the site of the band’s first ever U.S. stadium headline show: On August 29, 2015, Dave Grohl, Taylor Hawkins, Nate Mendel, Chris Shiflett and Pat Smear will return to the same […]
Jay Blakesberg Debuts Video for moe.’s “Same Old Story”
Renowned photographer Jay Blakesberg has shared the new video that he directed for moe.’s new single ‘Same Old Story’ from the band most recent release – No Gut’s, No Glory.’The video was shot last month at the moe.down Festival in Turin, New York, as well as in the Turin Cemetery. Please check out Glide’s recent interview […]
Willie Nelson & Sister Bobbie Releasing New Album – December Day
Legacy Recordings will release Willie Nelson and Sister Bobbie’s December Day, the first installment of the Willie‘s Stash archival recordings series, on Tuesday, December 2. An eclectic album collaboration from outlaw country legend Willie Nelson and Sister Bobbie Nelson, December Day debuts intimate new recordings of the siblings performing 18 songs they love. As brother […]
SXSW Music 2015 – First Round of Artists and Panels Announced
South by Southwest (SXSW) Music has announced the first round of artists invited to perform at the 29th edition of the SXSW Music Conference and Festival, as well as, the first round of conference programming. This is just a small sample of the wide array of artists and conference panels making their mark on this […]
Justin Townes Earle Announces Companion Album – ‘Absent Fathers’
Following the success of his critically-acclaimed-fifth-studio-album, Single Mothers, Justin Townes Earle is pleased to announce the release of the companion album, Absent Fathers. Comprised of 10 tracks, Absent Fathers was recorded alongside Single Mothers as a double album, but as Justin began to sequence it, he felt each half needed to make its own statement […]