The Smashing Pumpkins take to arenas come October as it celebrates its latest album, Oceana, with a complete start-to-finish performance followed by a selection of classics and deep cuts. With
Pretty Lights and Skrillex, two of the most prominent draws in the still-exploding stateside electronic music renaissance, put their heads together for one of the most compelling line-ups of the
Saddlecreek is reissuing The Faint’s “Danse Macabre” in October and the indie rock band will go out and play the 2001 album in its entirety on tour, An announcement on
John Lennon’s killer Mark Chapman has been denied parole for a seventh time. The 57-year-old, who shot Lennon in New York in December 1980, had applied for parole again this
Alabama Shakes performing at Red Rocks 8.6.12.
Aerosmith performing at Jiffy Lube Live, Bristow, VA 8.12.12.
Ray Lamontagne, Gregg Allman and several other musicians are getting together to pay tribute to the late Levon Helm.The “Love for Levon” benefit concert will be held Oct. 3 at
The cinematic, vintage appeal of The Glorious Dead is what makes The Heavy's latest offering worth digging into, but it's also a record with too many missed opportunities to make it a great offering.
Ariel Pink’s Haunted Graffiti values style over substance, but that isn’t a bad thing. The band’s new project, Mature Themes, contains many of elements found on its successful 2010 release Before Today—creative collages of 1970’s pop themes suffused with vocal and keyboard-driven atmosphere.
Yeasayer’s music typically demands patience and repeated listens, elements that lack a bit from this release as the songs don’t reveal many hidden layers. With Fragrant World, they miss the mark a little bit, but it’s still a noble enough attempt to keep people interested in following their career arc. It will be fun to watch which direction they embark upon next and decipher what chapter of their evolvement this release falls under.
