Maybe you remember The Soft Pack from when they were called The Muslims. Or maybe you saw them open for The Breeders or play CMJ last year. Either way, the newly named band has announced the release of their debut self-titled album, due out on February 2, 2010 from Kemado Records. You can preorder it now from Insound, or you can just miss out on everything fun. The Soft Pack tracklisting: 1. C'mon...
If you've never had the opportunity to see the legendary Pixies perform live, well then I kind of feel sorry for you. Granted, it hasn't been exactly easy to do so. After all, the band was broken up for 11 years before reuniting for a 2004-5 tour that took them all around the world and back again. You could very well have missed them then, and it was sort of a limited time thing. The future of the...
Filed under: Concerts and Tours , News , Exclusive There's a good chance that the Heartless Bastards have had a busier year than you. The Cincinnati-based blues-rock band spent almost all of 2009 hitting the road hard behind its third album, the huge-riffing The Mountain,' with giant indie rock names like the Decemberists , the Black Keys , Andrew Bird , Jenny Lewis and Wolfmother . When they weren't...
4AD formally release BiRd-BrAiNs , the debut record from tUnE-yArDs (the singular musical project of New England native Merrill Garbus), this week. Possessing an expansive sound that marries a coarse folk ingenuity with the bold pop sensibility of an R&B siren, BiRd-BrAiNs was assembled with a staunch DIY aesthetic. Recording herself using a digital voice recorder and produced using shareware...
WEEKEND VIDEO / A FAVORITE FROM 15 YEARS AGO "Seether" American Thighs Original release date: November 8, 1994 iTunes 1994: With their thin, singsong vocals and fuzzed-out guitars, Veruca Salt may sound like the Breeders and the Pixies, but lack either band's talent for inverting pop conventions or taste for the bizarre. What Veruca Salt has instead is a raw talent for simple, infectious...
Zenyatta, ridden by jockey Mike Smith, crossing the finish line at the Breeders' Cup Classic at Santa Anita. Photo courtesy Benoit Photography She did it. It took a shade over two minutes, 2:00.62 to be exact, but Zenyatta became the first mare or filly to win the $5 million Breeders’ Cup Classic in an improbable come-from-behind fashion that was indeed a classic. “It certainly takes an...
Yeah Yeah Yeahs have announced plans to play Minehead, Englands’ All Tomorrow’s Parties fest next month. Karen O ‘ and co. will be playing their debut album, ‘ Fever To Tell ‘, in it’s entirety when they play the three-day fest. ATP will run December 11-13 and will see performances by Devendra Banhart , Modest Mouse , Deerhoof , and The Mars Volta , among others....
Laundromat-centric web series Dirty Laundry has posted a new episode, this one featuring The Soft Pack (formerly The Muslims ) talking about their name change, opening for The Breeders and getting caught speeding in Texas, among other things. The band's next album will see an early 2010 release via Kemado Records . Once out, it'll follow up The Muslims , released in 2008.
We've already shown our appreciation for alt-rock group The Breeders whose latest album dabbled in some Spanish . This time, we're giving the Deal sisters and co. their proper due by featuring a cover of one of their best-known songs. Here's Brazilian sextet CSS ( Cansei de Ser Sexy ) with their version of "Cannonball" : Online Sources- CSS' Official Website, The Latin Americanist, YouTube...
Spanish Moon could turn from one-time zero to hero next month when he takes his world tour to the Breeders Cup where he's earmarked for the mile and a half Turf.
The Breeders are an American alternative rock band formed in 1988 by Kim Deal of the Pixies and Throwing Muses' Tanya Donelly. The band has experienced a number of line-up changes; the current line-up consists of Kim Deal (lead vocals and guitar), her twin sister Kelley Deal (guitar and backing vocals), Jose Medeles (drums and percussion), Mando Lopez (bass guitar) and Cheryl Lyndsey (guitar); Kim...
T his one showed up in my inbox last night and ever since I’ve been playing it to death and subsequently becoming a bit smitten with The Happy Hollows ’ infectious brand of pop punk meets art-rock. The Los Angeles Times hit it on the head when they described the group’s sound as a “pugilistic mix of stinging guitars, turbulent rhythms, and shouted vocals.” The obvious...
Not only is the movie Whip It the directoral debut of Drew Barrymore, it has one of the best soundtracks I have seen this year. Some of the artists include Ramones, The Breeders, Dolly Parton, Peaches and The Raveonettes. The album cover features...
The Amps - Pacer (1995) A primo example of mid nineties lo-fi indie fuzz garage rock, Pacer is more or less a solo effort by Kim Deal, she of the Pixies and later of the Breeders. The album was a bit of a disappointment sales-wise: the Breeders has just delivered with that super-catchy "Cannonball" single, the Pixies were known for their hooky surf-punk melody-driven ditties, so all signs...
Classic shugaze signs to classic label. Emil Nikolaisen and his musical friends and family are in company with the likes of The Big Pink, Blonde Redhead, Bon Iver and The Breeders, now that Beggars Group affiliated 4AD have decided to release Serena Maneesh’s second album in March. Serena’s anticipated sophomore effort will fit neatly amongst the [...] Related posts: My Bloody Valentine...
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