
On March 4, Guided By Voices shared their newest album, Crystal Nuns Cathedral, and to continue the momentum, they’re releasing yet another album entitled Tremblers And Goggles By Rank (their 35th!) on July 1 via
When you have close to forty studio albums in your catalog, it’s difficult to play even a fraction of your songs in the span of a single show. But Guided
Fact: Nobody is more prolific than Guided By Voices. Three albums in 2020 and two albums in 2021 and now they are back with yet another new album (their 35th) Crystal
RZA will host this year’s Rock The Bells festival series of concerts.
Hopscotch Music Festival, Raleigh, NC – Sept. 8-10, 2011.
After calling it a day with Guided By Voices, then releasing a ton of material, then reforming Guided By Voices, Robert Pollard still has time to keep releasing material. As meticulous as some artists are in tossing their songs out into the general public, Pollard’s workmanlike approach has meant some misses but more often than not delectable, infectious hits.
The Sasquatch! Festival will return to The Gorge in George, WA over Memorial Day Weekend boasting a lineup jammed packed with indie faves who are on major labels such as Wilco, the Flaming Lips (performing The Soft Bulletin plus more), Modest Mouse, Death Cab For Cutie, Chromeo, The Decemberists and the Foo Fighters.
Four-day all-inclusive passes are currently available for $285.
[via Pitchfork]
READ ON for the full initial lineup…
December 31st is the biggest night for live music of the year. An argument might be made for Halloween, but I’m not buying it. Your non-live-music-loving-friends don’t say things like, “Halloween is the most anti-climactic day of the year” while you sit there and just snicker. We’ve been a little Phish heavy this week so let’s take a look at how 24 other bands rang in 2011.
Side Note: This was my first time using embedded images from setlist.fm and I must say it looks super slick. That site has really got it going on, I hope the quality of data improves as more people use it, because with better information – statistics like “What songs did LCD Soundsystem play in 2010” will be really useful to have for a wide variety of bands.
READ ON for lots more New Year’s Eve Setlists
A few months back we reported that seminal pop-rock band The Cars had taken to their official Facebook page posting a photo of the surviving band members in a recording
Nearly 30 years after releasing their last studio album, Avalon, influential art-rock act Roxy Music have announced that they will reunite for the first time in over a decade for