Gorillaz will kick off their eagerly anticipated Escape to Plastic Beach World Tour on Sunday in Montreal. The band will hit North America in October, Europe in November, Australia &
Electric Zoo Music Festival, including performances by Chemical Brothers, Moby, Pretty Lights and more – held at Randall's Island Park, NY 9.4-5.10.
Heavy on the Vine's appeal isn't nearly as broad as the palette of musical styles featured on the album. By the same token, there are a lot of reasons to like it. Fans of soulful white-boy pop looking for more songs to sing in the car will likely swoon, while those with edgier tastes will want to look elsewhere. The band's wide-open approach means that the album is equally wide-open to interpretation, and reactions will largely depend on the mindset of the listener.
It has been 20 years since the Vaselines have been in the studio to record a new album. Their new recording titled Sex with an X on Sub Pop Records, is worth the wait. The Vaselines may have gone by without many people knowing much about the Scottish duo in the late ‘80’s if Nirvana hadn’t covered their songs that include: “Son Of A Gun”, Molly’s Lips,” and “Jesus Doesn’t Want Me for a Sunbeam.”
The release of 100 Miles from Memphis was preceded by more buzz than is typical of a Sheryl Crow album, mostly because of the news that it would be a soul album. Though many people were excited, most were skeptical. Whenever talented artists step outside their comfort level to take on a new type of music, the results can be profound (Cat Power’s The Greatest) or disastrous (Chris Cornell’s Scream). Luckily, Crow’s latest effort is an example of the former.
The last time I was due up for Friday Mix Tape I put together a list of rock tunes written in 5. Well, let’s add two more beats to the
HT founder Slade Sohmer has been hard at work getting ready for the launch of his new website – HyperVocal.com. You can get a taste of what to expect from
New York City finally got a taste of Pavement-mania, as nearly a year after tickets went on-sale the venerable indie-rock band made their way to New York City for a string of highly anticipated sold out reunions shows at both the Williamsburg Waterfront and Central Park Summerstage.
Last night the band stopped by Late Night With Jimmy Fallon to perform Stereo with contest winner Steve Goss joining Malkmus & Co. on guitar…
READ ON to see the band perform Gold Soundz on The Colbert Report…
Georgia boys Widespread Panic performed two sets for a Tunes For Tots Benefit at Center Stage in Atlanta last night and treated the intimate crowd to complete versions of their
Primus taped a performance for ABC’s Jimmy Kimmel Live! last week, some of which will air during tonight’s show. According to Jambands.com, the group’s Kimmel setlist included Pudding Time (short
