Month: February 2013
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Justin Timberlake will be returning to Saturday Night Live on March 9th, appearing as the host and musical guest. It will be his fifth time hosting. His new album, The 20/20 Experience, is scheduled to be released on March 19. Bon Jovi are selling “Runaway Tour Packages” for various locations around the world, including London,…
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Jamie Lidell’s last album, Jim, was a fantastic mix of soul, R&B and pop. There were even hints of country and bluegrass. The one thing the album wasn’t? Electronica. But his new self-titled album is a gorgeous, electro-pop/futuristic R&B masterpiece. Jamie was one half of the electro duo Super Collider and here he finally brings…
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Daytrotter recorded a new session with Ingrid Michaelson today. You can listen here: http://www.daytrotter.com/#!/concert/ingrid-michaelson/20056184-3737643 If you’re a Daytrotter member you can also download the session. (Membership is only $2 a month and they have sessions by dozens and dozens of amazing artists so you should definitely join. And, no, they’re not paying us to say…
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Kate Nash has released the video for “3AM,” the first single from her upcoming album Girl Talk. We quite like it. Unfortunately, they wouldn’t let us display it here, but here’s the link so you can go watch it on Youtube, which you should do immediately. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yq6Xa6VYWFI
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Frightened Rabbit have just released their video for “Backyard Skulls.” Their excellent new album, Pedestrian Verse, is now on sale.
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Hot Chip have remixed “My Number” by Foals: http://soundcloud.com/doml-net/foals-my-number-hot-chip-remix Kurt Cobain would have turned 46 today. Placebo are in the studio, hard at work on their new album. They have started an Instagram account so you can watch them at work: http://instagram.com/placeboworld Today is the 10th anniversary of The Station fire. Loudwire looks back on…
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Bat For Lashes has released the video for her brilliant song “Lilies” and you must watch it now. It might give you the creeps though.
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“They said it was leaving me, the magic was leaving me, I don’t think so,” Robbie Williams sings triumphantly during “Be A Boy,” the opening song on his ninth studio album, Take The Crown. Having followed Robbie’s career for well over a decade I feel confident in saying that that statement is directed at his…
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Charlotte Church talks to Billboard about her first U.S. album in a decade: http://www.billboard.com/articles/news/1548402/charlotte-church-talks-first-us-album-in-a-decade-listen-to-new-song The line up for the 2013 Bonnaroo Festival has been released. Check it out: http://lineup.bonnaroo.com/ It includes such greats as Paul McCartney, Mumford & Sons, Bjork, David Byrne & St. Vincent and, uh, “Weird Al” Yankovic. Neo-clasicist Eluvium will release a…
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Let me preface this by saying that I’m a big fan of Múm, who are a very experimental Icelandic group. I especially love their albums Sing Along To Songs You Don’t Know and Summer Make Good. Some might think them too sparse or airy — or weird — but I find beauty in the simplicity…
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Vocalist Tony Sheridan has died of unknown causes at the age of 72. Sheridan was playing the same clubs as The Beatles in Germany in the early ’60’s and showed them the scene while also turning them onto various American rock ‘n’ roll records. But he was most famous for being the sole non-Beatle to…
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Two critically acclaimed children’s albums aside, No Fairy Tale is Lisa’s first album since 2004’s The Way It Really Is. Having waited so long to record a new album, you’d think she would have went into the studio armed with an acoustic guitar and an arsenal of songs in the vein of her gold albums…
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Gazelle Twin, otherwise known as Elizabeth Walling, is a British musician hailing from Brighton. Her debut album, The Entire City, is often described as “art rock,” but this E.P. is pure trip-hop. Well, 98% trip-hop. There’s a distinct electronica influence here, too. Elizabeth’s vocals on “Heartbeat” especially call to mind the brilliant Fever Ray, the…
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Patrick Carney of The Black Keys has changed his Twitter name to Justin Bieber. Because his account was already verified, it still appears as a verified account even though he changed the name, thus duping even more people than would normally be fooled by something like this. Carney’s reason for doing this would seem to…
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Kate Nash has announced that she’s “hitting the great American road in March with my all-girl full band and I’m bringing Because I am a Girl with me!” Tour dates and tickets are available here: http://www.myignorantyouth.com/tour/ Hotel Diablo’s Alex Grossi posted some news on Facebook: “It Looks like Gilby Clarke and Chris Wyse from The…
