Apples in Stereo Set Dates In Support of First Album in Five Years
Indie-rock band The Apples in Stereo has set out on a North American tour to support its fifth full-length album, "New Magnetic Wonder," which hit stores earlier this week. The group is scheduled to travel across the US and Canada, ending with an April 1 gig in its hometown of Denver, CO. Along the way, […]
The Thermals Plan Seven-Week U.S. Trek
ortland punks The Thermals have announced their first tour of the year, a seven-week trek across the U.S. The group will start February 19 with a hometown show at the Crystal Ballroom in Portland, Ore., then loop around the country with 31 stops in all. They'll finish the tour at Howie & Sons Pizza in Visalia, […]
Great! More Jews in the Film Biz!
I’m an admitted Silver Jews newb, but I’ve finally come to the realization that the best opening line to any album I own belongs to American Water‘s “In 1984, I was hospitalized for approaching perfection.” Talk about a lure, that’s it. For all the David Berman fans out there, Pitchfork is reporting a new documentary […]
Your Weekend Worst: Album Covers
On your way out of the office today, peep what one veteran music man calls the worst album covers ever created. I like this one…a lot…like that: But, hey, where the hell is the revised cover for Smell the Glove? C’mon! The Worst Album Covers Ever Created? [stevecarter.com]
Friday Filler: Dazed & Confused
Our main man Coach thought it a stellar idea to fill the day with the sounds of soulful begging. So here are two fairly unique takes on the title track of this post: [youtube]es8bPS0tUmU[/youtube] And now for The Yardbirds‘ turn to hack at the D & C Piñata: [youtube]xmNfOdDCtwU[/youtube] As our resident jester Neeko points out, the […]
Friday’s Leftovers
I’m not a big fan of Sunday nights, especially now that the football season is over. That all changes this weekend — like many of youse, I can’t wait for 8 pm on Sunday when The Police take center stage at the Grammys. Sterogum went so far as to set odds for what song the band will play. […]
SXSW: An Exercise in Band Names
Anyone else think today’s initial artist announcement containing the lengthy list of 1,000 acts that’ll perform at the March 14-18 SXSW festival in Austin serves more as blatant comedic fodder than it does to build excitement?
I’m not taking anything away from the lineup by any means, it’s just that one quick glimpse of the roster…shit, the list has four bands from three different countries with names based on the word Panda, there’s Child Abuse, Dead Child and Children Collide, Psychedelic Horseshit, Holy Fuck and Holy Shit!, Lesbians on Ecstasy, and my personal favorite, This Moment in Black History.
What? SXSW couldn’t snare Womb Raider, Third Hand Smoke, Stabbing Monica Seles, Schlongstein & the Well-Hung Jews, or Pontius Pilate & the Nail-Driving Five? You know, a snarky music blogger could probably trek down to the Tejas capital, eschew the recognizable names, see only bands with clever monikers like those above and come away with the absolute best review of the festival. Hmm.
A bit more seriously, the list of performers is as impressive as it is long. It’s gonna be a helluva week down in Austin, 60 stages of every genre imaginable. Read on for the complete list of bands in today’s initial artist announcement…
Emily Haines & The Soft Skeleton: Knives Don’t Have Your Back
The latest in the string of Broken Social Scene satellite sirens to splinter forth from the fold into solo album orbit, Haines takes the restrained red velvet torch singer route previously trod by Leslie Feist, with less than successful results.
The Game: Doctor’s Advocate
With 16 songs clocking in well over an hour – including the final track which is over nine minutes long – it becomes fairly obvious that there’s a lack of economizing thought. Along the way, the constant name dropping of rappers The Game idolized gets a bit tiring. Those moments throughout seemed contrived, if not plain silly, but the beats are damn good enough to keep one coming back for more Game.
SXSW Reveals Initial Band List
South by Southwest Music Conference and Festival, the annual music industry gathering in Austin, Texas has announced a partial list of the artists scheduled to perform at the 21st edition of the music festival taking place March 14 – 18, 2007 on over 60stage in downtown Austin. Over 7800 bands applied and over 1000 bands […]