Archive: 2012

Are we witnessing the death of the encore? Carly Shields thinks so and explains why.

With a name like Moon Taxi, the casual music fan might expect an electronica untz-fest that sounds better after midnight. Being so wrong rarely feels so right.

Shortly after At The Drive-In‘s announcement of their reunion, The Mars Volta divulged details about their forthcoming album–a feat we have been listening rumors about since the release of TMV’s Octahedron. The new record is titled Noctourniquet–this is TMV’s sixth LP, which will be released March 27th via Warner Bros. At the moment no news […]

New Jersey’s Screaming Females have unveiled details on their new album, new single, and a string of free shows. For the trio’s fifth album, Ugly, the group enlisted legendary engineer, Steve Albini (Pixies, Nirvana, PH Harvey), to help capture the band’s live energy with sonic clarity. Before the April release of Ugly, the group will […]

What a difference a year makes. When Gregg Allman brought his band to Biloxi last year he was fully recovered from a 2010 liver transplant and with a brand new rip-roaring blues album hot off the presses. And his guitar player Scott Sharrard was his secret weapon. One year later, Gregg and his band are smoking hot, playing with a youthful vitality that was just a wee-bit lacking before, and Sharrard is no longer a secret.

The inaugural Treefort Music Fest will take place at various venues throughout downtown Boise, Idaho March 22-25.  The festival – which already announced 21 performers including of Montreal, Built to Spill, Blitzen Trapper, Typhoon, and WHY? – will announce another round of artists on Wednesday, January 18 at 9 A.M MST. The performers to be […]

Plants and Animals are pleased to announce a North American tour this March and April in support of their new album, The End of That, out February 28 on Secret City. This is the band’s first tour as a four piece, having added a bassist to their live show. A full list of dates is […]

Following a pair of hometown shows at the Music Hall of Williamsburg that sold out in five minutes, Santigold announced today the release of “Big Mouth,” from her forthcoming album Master of My Make Believe, due out this spring on Downtown Records/Atlantic Records.   Santigold calls out all trash-talkers on “Big Mouth” with a schoolyard […]

A cruiser-focused gallery of Chad Smith’s photos from Jam Cruise 10.

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