October 2008

Eels Make Free Live EP Available

Eels have made a live EP featuring four live tracks available to download from the band’s official website Eelstheband.com. The four songs – ‘Fresh Feeling’, ‘Packing Blankets’, ‘Jeannie’s Diary’ and

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Feist To Take Break From Music

Feist has said that she plans to take a break from music following the end of her current Canadian tour. The musician – full name Leslie Feist – told Canadian

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Black Keys Writing With ZZ Top

As reported today in Billboard – The Black Keys will head to Los Angeles this weekend for songwriting sessions with ZZ Top’s Billy F. Gibbons and producer Rick Rubin, in

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TV On The Radio: Wibur Theatre, Boston, MA 10/13/08

TV On The Radio are a getting bigger and better with everything they do and their set at Boston’s Wilbur Theatre was a perfect example. 2006’s Return to Cookie Mountain put them on the map in a very big way, earning them bragging rights of Album of the Year at Spin. Their recent follow up, Dear Science, has yet to garner the blogospheric buzz of Cookie Mountain, but it supersedes the previous studio effort in both artistic development, and consistence in overall quality.

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Lucinda Williams: Little Honey

On Lucinda Williams’ last album, West, we were taken through misery after misery – a boatload of “what ifs” until you started to wonder if she would ever write another happy song.  Of course, Williams is known for sad, angry songs, which I don’t have a problem with – it’s just so nice to hear her voice filled with joy on her latest offering, Little Honey.

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Televised Tube: On The Tube This Week

As we begin our third year of operation we’re going to be making a few changes ’round these parts. The first of these changes is the expansion of Televised Tune.

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AfterNews: APW – We Hardly Knew Thee

Our friends at Consequence of Sound visited the All Points West festival website and were greeted by an ominous Register.com placeholder. While a dead website doesn’t count as an official

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