Archive for October, 2009

Cold War Kids to Release EP

Courtesy of Alternative Press: Cold War Kids have revealed plans to release a four-song EP early next year. Behave Yourself will be released January 19. The band had this to say about the upcoming EP: “As promised we will be releasing a 4 song EP called ‘Behave Yourself’ on January 19. We made a 1 […]

Armor For Sleep BREAK UP!

Courtesy of Alternative Press: Armor For Sleep have officially announced that they’ve broken up. The New Jersey rock outfit formed in 2001 and released their third and final album, Smile For Them, in 2007. Frontman Ben Jorgensen released the following statement: “it’s been a little over a year since our last tour and some of […]

Foo Fighters Greatest Hits!

Courtesy: StereoGum There’s no doubt that, of the bands who hadn’t yet had a greatest hits release, Foo Fighters’ was among the more overdue. They’ve constantly cranked out awesome modern rock songs and topped the radio charts! Even back when people knew what a radio was! There are myriad reasons for this sort of package: […]

Ruby Suns’ new album!!

Courtesy: Pitchfork With last year’s Sea Lion, the New Zealand band the Ruby Suns made a worldwide beach album that allowed all sorts of sunny influences in, from African rhythms to California psych to Animal Collective experimentalism. Putting the record on in a cold rain makes no sense, unless your aim is escape. So maybe […]

Jack White gives College Lecture

Courtesy: Pitchfork According to NME, the University Philosophical Society at Dublin, Ireland’s Trinity College hosted a thoughtful chat with Jack White last night. The White Stripes/Raconteurs/Dead Weather singer/guitarist was there to receive an honorary patronage from the society (watch him accept the honor here). The talk touched on one of White’s favorite topics: authenticity. But […]

Sufjan Stevens to tour with BQE screenings

Courtesy: Pitchfork The BQE, Sufjan Stevens’ moderately insane CD/DVD/comic book/View-Master reel dedication to Brooklyn’s most consistently clogged highway, is out now. But watching the DVD at home, it’s tough to get the same kind of communal charge that you might get from watching the film with a whole crowd of people. And there’s not much […]

Lil Wayne’s new Mixtape

Courtesy: Pitchfork Since Lil Wayne released the utterly disappointing Dedication 3 mixtape late last year, there have been about a million cobbled-together, debatably authorized Wayne tapes released. But it’s been a while since the man himself actually sanctioned one, going nuts over a cluster of popular radio jams the way he did on classics like […]

VIOLENT SOHO PERFORM “MUSCLE JUNKIE” LIVE

Fans of grunge listen up – theres a new kid in town. Australian rockers Violent Soho performed their song “Muscle Junkie” at a recent concert in Brooklyn, channeling Nirvana but putting their own “muscle” into the music. And before the show, the band proved they’re more than just a pretty face with a conversation on […]

HOLLYWOOD UNDEAD’S NEW CD/DVD DESPERATE MEASURES LAUNCHES ITUNES PRE-ORDER, ON A&M/OCTONE

A&M/Octone recording group Hollywood Undead will give their fans something brand new to talk about on November 10th, when they release a two-disc CD/DVD consisting of 6 new studio recordings, 6 live recordings and a full 60 minute live performance on DVD (preorder available today, 10/27 on iTunes). The new package dubbed Desperate Measures : […]

The Redettes Hit the Road

The Michigan-based supergroup, The Redettes, is heading out on a tour of the Midwest and East Coast starting tomorrow. The group features former the Muldoons guitarist/vocalist Sycamore Smith, Sah’s everyman Jesse DeCaire on the drums, and from Luck Rodger, Jay Dehut on bass. Tour Dates are below: Oct 29 2009 8:00P 4th Coast Coffee Shop […]

Cymbals Eat Guitars get new bassist

Courtesy: Pitchfork.com If fresh-faced Staten Island indie formalist bashers Cymbals Eat Guitars looked a little different in this CMJ photo, your eyes weren’t playing tricks on you. The band’s MySpace page lists a new bassist, a fellow named Matthew Whipple. He replaces Neil Berenholz, who, according to CEG’s publicist, left the band amicably because he […]

Fat Wreck Chords WRECKTROSPECTIVE Out Nov. 24!!

Courtesy of Fat Wreck Chords: After nearly 20 years of churning out nonstop hit records we figured it was high time to take on the daunting task of putting together a Fat Wreck Chordsbox set. Why? Well, besides the fact that we love a challenge, we realized that with over 280 releases and a roster […]