Quite a meeting of the musical minds went down at the National Mall this past Sunday where 150,000 people came out for a rally in support of action on climate
On May 11, The National will release their highly anticipated fifth studio album High Violet – which is currently streaming on the New York Times website. As a way of
f there is any justice in the world, Big Light’s, Animals In Bloom will dominate and help define your summer days this year. It is an album that is meant to be played loud, very loud, with your windows down. The music is deeply textural, brilliantly cleaver, and very centered on the words and vocal inflections of the band’s songwriter, guitarist, and co-founder Fred Torphy. It is powerful, emotional music in the vein of some of the classic modern songwriters like Jeff Tweedy and Brad Barr, but with Torphy’s distinctive spin.
Girl in a Coma’s latest release, a series of 7" EPs titled Adventures in Coverland, is their stab at this critically (though not always commercially) dangerous plan. So, how do they fare? Well, with selections ranging from Richie Valens to Joy Division, they certainly succeed in laying out the influences of what has become, in a very short time, a remarkably rich musical palette. The selection is also culturally diverse, spelling out the trio’s cultural history as well. In conjunction with their last album, 2009’s Trio BC, these EPs make the source of Girl in a Coma’s rapidly expanding vision quite clear. Taken as a whole, there is no question that Adventures in Coverland succeeds where similar albums, often by bands with far more experience, fail.
Experimental dream-pop group SCHOOL OF SEVEN BELLS announces the July 13th release of their new album Disconnect from Desire, on Vagrant/Ghostly International and Full Time Hobby in Europe. In support
The duo of She & Him (Zooey Deschanel and M.Ward) have announced a July tour in support of their sophomore effort, Volume 2. Kicking off in Boston on the 1st,
Bonnaroo has confirmed the artists that will be delivering late night hour shows during this year's festival. The list includes: Jay Z, The Flaming Lips performing Dark Side of the
Phantasy Tour user _Duanebase_ stands out from the rest of the users on the PT Phish message board by constantly posting great MP3 downloads in the forum. His latest thread
Widespread Panic’s Spring Tour may still have two weeks to go, but that hasn’t stopped the Southern jammers from announcing their plans for the summer. The lengthy excursion starts with
It seems hard to believe that it’s been five years since Canadian indie-rock collective Broken Social Scene released their self-titled third album. Since then, BSS’s individual members have gone on
