People from all over the NY/NJ/CT tri-state area packed Randall’s Island to the tits for a glimpse of Arcade Fire, which if you believe Win Butler’s random stage banter may
Since the last edition of Stormy Mondays looked at new music from rising bands, it only seems right that we now reflect on older music from fallen heroes. Back near
You take the good with the bad, and today we’ve got both good news and bad news for My Morning Jacket fans (which should be everyone, seeing as they fucking kick ass). The band announced they will not be playing their usual Thanksgiving eve show in their home base of Louisville this year. Instead, MMJ will spend Turkey Day holed up in the studio, where they will be putting the finishing touches on the highly anticipated follow-up to 2005’s Z. We’ve fallen hard for these guys, so we can’t wait for a batch of new tunes and tour dates in 2008.
And as usual on Mondays, read on after the jump for a full slate of setlists…
Photos by Scott Fleishman of Rilo Kiley performing at the Avalon Ballroom in Boston, MA on September 21st, 2007.
Sadly, Slayer will never get the recognition that they deserve. As has been the story with metal in general, acknowledgement of the influence that Slayer has had on music for the last 25 years is few and far between.
On his third Iron and Wine full length, The Shepherd’s Dog, Beam sticks with his token formula of hushed melodies and moving lyrics as the ground-work, but goes in a whole new direction above. Like his flowing mane and beard, Beam grew out the production level on The Shepherd’s Dog, that includes African rhythms and expanded instrumentation of courtesy of Joey Burns and Paul Niehaus from Calexico, Califone’s Jim Becker and Tin Hat Trio’s Rob Burger.
RANDOM STABBINGS & ARTLESS CRITIQUE – October 2007 Dropkick Murphys, The Meanest of Times (Born and Bred Records)You’re one Dropkicks album late if you’re looking for “I’m Shipping Up to
Bondi Digital Publishing’s Cover to Cover series Rolling Stone: The First 40 Years and Playboy: The 50s will be on sale beginning November 2 in bookstores and all major retail
