The Dead Weather are set to perform a set at a ‘pop-up’ record store which will open for two days only this week on the Lower East Side in New
Bruce Springsteen has added a string of dates to his upcoming tour of the US, which includes the final live shows at Giants Stadium in New Jersey. Four of the
f this were the late 80’s/early 90’s, MTV still mattered an played videos while having a Buzz Bin, then “Skeletons”, the title track off of Tiny Masters of Today new album, would have been a huge hit.
Growing up in South Africa, trumpet player Hugh Masekela used music as an act of defiance against apartheid. He went into exile in New York City in the 1960s, recorded a number one hit (“Grazing in the Grass”) and watched Jim Crow and segregation crumble in America. He married the South African singing legend Miriam Makeba and returned to South Africa to play with Paul Simon on the “Graceland” tour. He watched apartheid crumble, writing music for Nelson Mandela. In between, he toured the world many times while making music that can be searing, romantic, political and joyful all at once.
While his band, Minibar, is on hiatus, Simon Petty has resurfaced, recording under the alias Solomon’s Seal. His solo offering, The Sea, The Sea, is a collection of mostly delicate acoustic tunes that tug at the soul and bring a sense of wonder.
Mew sound so goodlive it kind of pisses me off," Tweets Trent Reznor. So good, that Mew will be joining NIN for a handful of U.S. dates in addition to
