Signing with a new record label (Savoy/429 Records) Cracker returns with the usual suspects: Lowery’s long-time partner, Johnny Hickman, drummer Frank Funaro and bassist Sal Maida. Taking a new approach to their creative process, Sunrise is a collaborative effort by all four bandmates. Surprisingly self-disciplined, they took one week every two months between tours to write together over the course of a year. The result was a creative outpouring with a strong common thread – all four musicians came of age playing in the origins of punk and new wave and once again found those sounds rising up.
Modest Mouse will hit the road for a run of datesbeginning August 17 in Halifax, Nova Scotia. The tour includes stops atStreet Scene in San Diego, CA on August 28,
DIY post punk-rock trio Gossip’s first major label offering of new material, Music For Men, hits stores Tuesday October 6, 2009. The album will be available earlier via all digital
Tortoise‘s new album and first full-length release of all new material in over five years, Beacons of Ancestorship, is out June 23rd on Thrill Jockey. As previously reported, the band
Everyone’s favorite one-man-band, Keller Williams, releases his forthcoming album, ODD, through his brand new, fan-oriented download feature, ‘The Once A Week Freek’. Visit ‘The Once A Week Freek" at www.kellerwilliams.net
Gary Burton and Pat Metheny have reunited occasionally in interim since working together regularly in the 70's, but Quartet Live is their first bonafide collaboration since that time. Their commitment, as well as that of their comrades, is wholly evident on Quartet Live.
Burlington, Vermont loves Gogol Bordello. Front-man Eugene Hutz has a long time affiliation with “B-Town” since finding himself in the Queen City as the final destination of a refugee relocation program back in 1991 and the city helped him nurture his already extreme musical ambitions. He repays that kindness in full every time he brings Gogol Bordello to town, this time being no exception.
Trent Reznor said from the stage during his group’s Saturday (6/13) performance at Tennessee’s annual Bonnaroo festival that the show would be NIN’s last on US soil, according to published
