To paraphrase Beck, if Evil Urges were one long note it would flash off some sick 17-octave range and put Celine Dion in a straight-up headlock. It's rare enough to find a well constructed album, but when a group of rapidly rising rockers rip off something this tightly diverse, well, the general public is sure to get put on notice come June 10th, the album's public release date.
Last month we gave you the news that ATO Records would be releasing a deluxe 15th anniversary edition of Liz Phair’s seminal album Exile In Guyville this June. Since it’s
Well, as I’ve bitched and moaned about the last couple of weeks, finding an album where different artists have covered all the tracks is getting harder and harder. So I’ve been forced to delve into Greatest Hits albums, which is fine…
So now that I’ve opened the doors to it, I’ve selected the 1986 release by The Police, Every Breath You Take: The Singles. This is an interesting one because The Police are certainly a unique sounding trio of musicians and the vocals can be particularly challenging.
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READ ON after the jump to vote and for more entries from this week, as well as the results from last week’s Highway 61 Revisited Cover Album Wars.
It only took seven years for the mainstream media to realize that there must be something to the Bonnaroo Music & Arts Festival, which attracts crowds in excess of 80,000 people every year to Southwest Tennessee, that’s worth covering. Well, yesterday news broke that the music network Fuse had struck a three-year deal to be the “exclusive television partner” of the festival.
Since I’m not making it down their this year, I’m sure I’ll be glued to my TV set all weekend long for their coverage – though fist step is to figure out what channel Fuse is. Let’s also hope that the network that is is known for it’s love of all things emo and mainstream rock has no input in the lineup or else next year we might be seeing My Chemical Romance playing the Hot Topic Tent. But we have faith the fine folks at Superfly know better than that. Right?
READ ON for some details on Fuse’s arrangement with Bonnaroo…
I know we missed our usually Monday morning link dump, so don’t hold it against us that Hors D’Oeuvres are a day late – but everyone loves leftovers though right?
MONOLITH FESTIVAL presented by Esurance announces additional artists to an already stellar lineup. The festival, returning to Red Rocks Amphitheatre on Saturday, September 13 and Sunday, September 14, debuted in
In celebration of the 15th year anniversary of the groundbreaking album, Exile in Guyville and its long awaited reissue a day earlier, Liz Phair will acoustically perform the entire album
The Bonnaroo Music & Arts festival is going to be nationally televised for the first time this year, it was announced today (May 19). The annual Tennessee event features headliners
The Black Keys (Dan Auerbach,Patrick Carney) brought their no-frills blues rock straight from Akron, Ohio to the big city last night, packing a gorgeous venue on the west side with six string blasts and kick drum bombs.