Twangville (Free subscription) | 13 hours ago
A Friend of A Friend is the debut record from the Dave Rawlings Machine, but in reality it is the re-emergence of the Gillian Welch-Dave Rawlings brand. They’ve hardly been in hiding, contributing to records by Solomon Burke, Sara Watkins, Uncle Earl, Conor Oberst, and numerous others, but their last full length effort was all [...]
Punknews.org (Free subscription) | 13 hours ago
Eels have released another new video from their 2009 Vagrant Records release, Hombre Lobo .
Punknews.org (Free subscription) | 13 hours ago
Meat Puppets are on the road right now in support of their 12th studio album. The record is their second since singer/guitarist Curt Kirkwood reunited with his younger brother, bassist Cris, following Cris' struggle with drug addiction and subsequent incarceration.
Punknews.org (Free subscription) | 14 hours ago
Mike Novak (ex- Every Time I Die ) and Ian Wiedrick ( Speakerfire ) have formed a new hardcore/rock band named Deadly Animals . The band has posted their first four songs. Check out some music here .
MangaBlog (Free subscription) | 14 hours ago
Oliver Ho puts the spotlight on horror masters Kazuo Umezu and Hideshi Hino at Pop Matters. The Yaoi Review asks readers to recommend yaoi for first-timers, and the comments section is bulging with suggestions. There’s more reader reaction at Japanator, where Danica Davidson asks the internet what it thinks of manga omnibuses. David Welsh is irritated that the [...]
Vox Verax (Free subscription) | 16 hours ago
As Tom Petty prepares to release a career-spanning anthology next week, an attempt to determine where he falls in the music pantheon. By JOHN JURGENSEN WSJ Los Angeles Tom Petty goes to work in a Van Nuys warehouse next to an auto shop and an upholsterer. His band the Heartbreakers rehearses there, still looking for ways to improve after more than 30 years together. On paper, Mr. Petty rivals other...
MusicEmissions (Free subscription) | 17 hours ago
Canada Water are a five-piece pop-punk outfit from Bournemouth. I'm aware that won't mean much to my American readers, so let me give you an overview. Sir John Betjeman once said that "Bournemouth is one of the few English towns one can safely call 'her'." And in 1952 I'm sure he meant a fair lady from a Hitchcock film, but nowadays I think she'e have grown old awfully quietly, still drinking...
Destructoid (Free subscription) | 19 hours ago
I think what most pleases me about the release of the "family friendly" LEGO Rock Band , it's that it opens up the platform to all kinds of pop nonsense we might not have ordinarily seen. By "nonsense," I mean stuff I have been secretly flooding Harmonix with requests for. Take Kelly Clarkson for instance -- girl can sing. Next week, "Miss Independent" comes to Rock Band...
Medgadget (Free subscription) | 20 hours ago
We are continuing to profile the latest gadgets that are being showcased at the Medica 2009 in Düsseldorf. This beautiful line of cold OR light systems, appropriately dubbed Polaris, comes from Drägerwerk AG & Co., a company better known to everyone as Dräger. Details from the press release: Compared with conventional light sources, the smaller LEDs of the Polaris system are considerably...
Pushing Rope (Free subscription) | yesterday
Joy Division - Dead Souls Found at skreemr.com Barney the Dinosaur should sing this song for kids.
The Irish Times (Free subscription) | yesterday
John Lydon has confirmed that Public Image Ltd will record new material in the near future – if they can raise enough cash on their forthcoming tour. The punk band, formed by Lydon after the demise of the Sex Pistols, recently reformed for five UK dates in December.
The Offside Rules (Free subscription) | yesterday
FINALLY on the ground in Seattle no thanks to 2 hours sitting on the runway upon departure (damn you crashing air traffic control computers!). I've got to run downstairs and try to catch the Galaxy arriving at the hotel but I didn't want to forget that punk rock business I mentioned earlier in the day so here you go. And I'll have even more hot, soccer-rocker talk tomorrow at MLSInsiderBlog .
Punknews.org (Free subscription) | yesterday
Trash Talk have completed recording on their next album. The album is tenatively titled Eyes & Nines and the album was tracked by Joby Ford ( The Bronx , The Drips ) and is currently being mixed for a 2010 release. They last released Trash Talk in 2008.
PR News Wire (Free subscription) | yesterday
LOS ANGELES, Nov. 19 /PRNewswire/ -- Throughout recorded history, great artists across the universe have dared to ask "Why?" On January 12, 2010, one brave man named Ringo finally boldly declares the ultimate answer -- Y Not.
Punknews.org (Free subscription) | yesterday
Original members of The Velvet Underground - frontman Lou Reed , bassist Doug Yule and drummer Maureen Tucker - will be reuniting, but for a discussion at the New York Public Library on December 8th to talk with journalist David Fricke about the band's legacy and impact on rock music's evolution. While no performances are planned, the conference follows the publication of the band's book, The Velvet...
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kalani0ksv7 | 11/07/2009
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) –Almost 15 years ago, former Nirvana drummer Dave Grohl quietly circulated among his friends copies of a demo tape on which he did all the singing and played all the instruments. He considered the project "a goof," and he dubbed it "Foo Fighters" because he wanted people to think it was a real band, "like the Ramones or the Pixies," he recalled at a taping of VH1's "Storytellers"...
starbuck0295y | 11/06/2009
NEW YORK (Reuters) –A major new photography exhibit is built around the idea that the eyes are just as important as the ears for appreciating and understanding rock 'n' roll. The Brooklyn Museum's sprawling show "Who Shot Rock & Roll: A Photographic History, 1955 to the Present" opened on Friday as a study in the contrasts that run through the rock music subculture. Nearly 200 photographs, videos,...
angelal345h | 11/04/2009
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) –Almost 15 years ago, former Nirvana drummer Dave Grohl quietly circulated among his friends copies of a demo tape on which he did all the singing and played all the instruments. He considered the project "a goof," and he dubbed it "Foo Fighters" because he wanted people to think it was a real band, "like the Ramones or the Pixies," he recalled at a taping of VH1's "Storytellers"...
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