Featured Artist: White Denim

White Denim, a trio from Austin, Texas almost never happened.  I know what you’re thinking.  If you’ve ever seen VH1’s Behind the Music then you, of course know, that any good band ‘almost never happened.’  But seriously.
Frontman, James Petralli, was a baseball player and nearly followed the rest of his family into a professional baseball […]

The Charlatans to Give Away New Album Free

The UK band The Charlatans (not to be confused with the influential San Francisco band of the same name) have announced they will be releasing their latest album, You Cross My Path, for free download. 
It will be available from either the band’s official website or from xfm.co.uk on March 3rd.  Here is the official track […]

REM: Album Release Date and Tracklisting Confirmed

REM fans rejoice!  Their 14th studio LP Accelerate will be released this year on March 31st.
Accelerate will be the seminal band’s first studio material since 2004’s Around the Sun.
Here is the official tracklisting:
Living Well’s The Best Revenge
Man Sized Wreath
Supernatural Superserious
Hollow Man
Houston
Accelerate
Until The Day Is Done
Mr Richards
Sing For The Submarine
Horse To Water
I’m Gonna DJ
REM official site

Featured Artist: Sea Wolf

You’ve probably already heard of Sea Wolf, and if you haven’t, well then shame on  you.
Sea Wolf is the Jack London inspired moniker of Alex Church, a native Californian drawing on local literary legends like London and Steinbeck to create truly unique music. 
   Church studied film at NYU, then moved to Los Angeles and formed the band Irving in 1998.  He soon […]

Portishead Announces Name and Release Date of New Album

 
The English threesome, Portishead recently announced a new tour only to give fans another treat in confirming a realease date for their third and upcoming album
The album will be named Third (no surprise there) and will be release on April 14th (possibly April 15th for the US release).

Jools Holland to Release Magnificent Compilation

Jools Holland, prolific musician and successful tv host, is set to release a snazzy little compilation album on the 28th this month.  It will reportedly be a live album archiving some of the most amazing performance from his beloved tv show.  It will feature names such as The Flaming Lips, Kings of Leon, CSS, Kaiser […]

Coachella 2008 Lineup Announced

This little festival on a polo field in Indio, California just keeps getting better and better every year.  Some of the highlights will be Roger Waters, who reportedly will be playing Dark Side of the Moon in it’s entirety, The Verve, The Raconteurs, Rilo Kiley, Portishead, and Black Mountain.  Without further adieu, here is the complete […]

Black Mountain: Brilliant Interpreters, or Blatant Plaigiarists?

Black Mountain is a Vancouver band garnering much attention from their 2005 eponymous debut and wowing audiences while opening up for Coldplay.  Borrowing from a lost generation of psychadelia, driving guitar-rock, and Pink Floyd-esque exploration, Black Mountain seems to be reviving sentiments of the past while opening a window to the future.  There are some out there, however, that are refusing […]

Get a Headstart on the Whigs’ “Mission Control”

The New Album, ‘Mission Control’ from indie fledglings The Whigs doesn’t come out until next week.  But they’ve graciously allowed you and me to listen to the entire streaming album at Rhapsody.com.  Sounds like: Foo Fighters if Dave Grohl was still grunge mixed with My Morning Jacket mixed with Pavement.

Radio Play: Will Topping the Charts Make You Bigger than Elvis?

By Sheena Metal 
Every true life rock ‘n’ roll television melodrama has the same scene: the unknown artist/band gives their freshly cut 45rpm single to the local disc jockey. He spins it on his top 40 radio show, and a star is born. This legend has been passed down through the generations of wannabe popstars like […]

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