January 2010
109 posts
You are listening to the Memory Tapes remix of...
New Music Video: RX Bandits - "Hope Is A...
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New Music Video: Local Natives - "Airplanes"
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New Music Video: Broken Bells - "The High Road"
Broken Bells
My Top 5 Artists (Week Ending 2010-1-24) →
Efterklang (41)
Radiohead (34)
K Sera (10)
Say Anything (9)
Dance Gavin Dance (4)
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Download Festival 2010
The 2010 Download Festival has announced headliners AC/DC, Them Crooked Vultures, Deftones, Stone Temple Pilots, Bullet for My Valentine, Megadeth, Motorhead, Wolfmother, Volbeat and “loads more bands to follow”.
New Trailer: Animal Collective - "ODDSAC"
Saves the Day Secret show in Chico, CA
When you take the fact that Saves the Day leaves for tour in a few days, all the members re-tweeted this, and Chris Conley is living in the Chico area, one can only assume that Saves the Day will be playing a secret show tonight at Lost on Main.
New Music Video: Yeah Yeah Yeahs - "Skeletons"
Radiohead Gig Raises $600,000 for Haiti
It’s being reported that the recent Haiti benefit show that Radiohead performed at raised over $600,000. Tickets we’re auctioned off from a few hundred to a couple thousand dollars per ticket.
Justin Timberlake + Matt Morris cover "Hallelujah"
BAMBOOZLE NEW JERSEY: New bands just added!
LOWER DEFINITION IS BACK: New Promo Video
Lower Definition • New Band Promo from Kevin Falk on Vimeo.
Live HD video: K Sera - "Advice: Save Yourself...
K Sera - Advice: Save Yourself (LIVE) ft. Nate Richardson from sigismund s. pikul on Vimeo.
Radiohead to play Haiti benefit this Sunday...
A new blog from Radiohead is below:
“We’re doing a show this Sunday (24th January) to raise funds for the relief effort in Haiti. The venue is The Music Box Theatre at The Fonda in Los Angeles, doors at 7pm. All proceeds are going to the Oxfam Haiti relief fund. We’re trying to raise as much money as possible, so tickets will be sold by auction at this site from 8pm tonight...
As Tall As Lions + Cage the Elephant tour dates
Dates Without Cage the Elephant: January, 21 2010 07:00 PM - The Clubhouse 1320 East Broadway Road, Tempe, Arizona January, 22 2010 08:00 PM - Hard Rock Cafe 3771 S Las Vegas Blvd, Las Vegas, Nevada 89109 January, 29 2010 08:00 PM - Jillians of Albany - FREE SHOW (21+) 59 N. Pearl St, Albany, New York - FREE Show is @ Jillian’s of Albany. As Tall As...
Epic Fail: Heidi Montag debut album sells less...
I never thought I would post about this girl, but Nielsen Soundscan is reporting that Heidi Montag’s debut album (which I haven’t bothered to look up the name of because really who cares?) has sold less than 1,000 copies in it’s first week. Congratualtions Heidi, epic fail.
Have your band open for Skatefest 2010 & Help...
You can read more details and bid on the opening slot for Skatefest 2010 here. All proceeds will be donated to the relief effort in Haiti.
Cap'N Jazz play reunion show tonight in Chicago
The A.V. Club has learned that seminal emo outfit Cap’n Jazz is playing a mini reunion set Friday night at the Empty Bottle as part of the Joan Of Arc Don’t Mind Control Variety Show. The show is inspired by a new album, Joan Of Arc Presents: Don’t Mind Control, a compilation of 18 bands that each had a member in Joan Of Arc at some point. There’s no word on when...
Mogwai Live CD/DVD Preview
Mogwai’s first live album will be released on Rock Action Records this spring. Released alongside the live film Burning. The formats will be CD and DVD and limited deluxe triple vinyl box set which will also include the dvd of Burning, set lists and a poster. The artwork was designed by Aidan Moffat. To mark the announcement of the full tracklisting for this release Mogwai will be...
The Fall of Troy + Envy On The Coast announce tour...
Sat/3-6 Rockford, IL @ House Cafe Sun/3-7 Indianapolis, IN @ Emerson Theatre Tue/3-9 Covington, KY @ Mad Hatter Wed/3-10 Nashville, TN @ Rocketown Thu/3-11 Atlanta, GA @ Masquerade Fri/3-12 St. Petersburg, FL @ Orpheum Sat/3-13 Orlando, FL @ The Social Sun/3-14 Mobile, AL @ Mobile Music Box Mon/3-15 Metairie, LA @ High Ground Wed/3-17 Mission,TX @ Never Say Never Festival Thu/3-18...
New Cold War Kids video for "Audience"
New Gorillaz - "Stylo feat. Bobby Womack & Mos...
Tracklisting for the new album “Plastic Beach” is below:
01 “Orchestral Intro” (featuring Sinfonia ViVA) 02 “Welcome To The World Of The Plastic Beach” (feat. Snoop Dogg & Hypnotic Brass Ensemble) 03 “White Flag” (feat. Kano, Bashy & The National Orchestra For Arabic Music) 04 “Rhinestone Eyes” 05 “Stylo”...
Red Sparrowes New Album Preview & Details
Los Angeles quintet Red Sparowes offers a preview of song snippets from its forthcoming epic, heavy and sprawling third album in a video trailer posted. The disc, titled The Fear Is Excruciating, But Therein Lies The Answer will be released via Sargent House on April 6th, 2010.
"Contra" debuts at #1 on Billboard Charts
Having sold over 124,000 copies, Vampire Weekends new album Contra debuted at #1 in the Billboard charts last week. Billboard is reporting that It is only the 12th independently distributed album to hit number 1 on the charts.
New Tour Dates from Rodrigo Y Gabriela
FEBRUARY 28 - Washington, DC - 9:30 Club MARCH 01 - Washington, DC - 9:30 Club 02 - Pittsburgh, PA - Byham Theater 05 - Toronto, ON - Phoenix Concert Theatre 06 - Detroit, MI - Royal Oak Music Theatre 07 - Louisville, KY - Brown Theatre 09 - St. Louis, MO - The Pageant 10 - Cincinnati, OH - Madison Theatre 12 - Nashville, TN - Ryman Auditorium 13 - Atlanta, GA - Center Stage 15 -...
Live on Conan: Spoon
My Top 5 Artists (Week Ending 2010-1-17) →
Vampire Weekend (26)
The Last Shadow Puppets (12)
At the Drive-In (9)
The Album Leaf (8)
Explosions in the Sky (6)
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New Music Video: Los Campesinos! "Romance is...
Romance Is Boring by Los Campesinos! from Los Campesinos! on Vimeo.
Joanna Newsom performs new songs live
Coachella 2010 lineup announced!
City & Colour plays new song live
Panda Bear performs new songs live
Paul McCartney nearly joined Them Crooked Vultures
In a recent interview with the Daily Mail Paul McCartney talks about how he was almost a part of Them Crooked Vultures. “We went out for a bite to eat afterwards and Dave Grohl told me he was starting this band with Josh Homme,” he told the Daily Mail. “I asked him who was playing bass and he rather sheepishly told me he’d approached John. So you read it here first, Paul...
Myspace Records has shutdown
Crazedhits.com is reporting that Myspace Records has been shut down.
New Album Stream from Spoon
Head over to NPR to stream the new album from Spoon in it’s entirety.
RX Bandits announce new tour dates
RX Bandits - Australia / Soundwave Festival 02/20 Brisbane, AU @ RNA Showgrounds 02/21 Sydney, AU @ Eastern Creek Raceway 02/23 Randwick, AU @ UNSW Roundhouse * 02/25 Melbourne, AU @ Palace Theater * 02/26 Melbourne, AU @ Royal Melbourne Showgrounds 02/27 Adelaide, AU @ Bonython Park Oval 03/01 Perth, AU @ Bassendean Oval * Side Shows w/ Sunny Day Real Estate, Motion City Soundtrack, Glassjaw RX...
Biceratops Live Video (Matt Embree & Chris...
Matt Embree & Chris Tsagakis from RX Bandits played a show last night under the band name Biceratops. Check out these videos, pretty rad stuff.
Portugal the Man announce new tour + album details
From the Portugal the Man blog:
“We are very excited to be heading out on tour again. As promised we will be hitting most of the cities we missed on the last tour. Sadly we cannot hit every town but we will do our best trying. Coming out on tour are fellow Alaskan’s Port O’Brien and New York’s The Dig. We expect this to be a fun tour. Thank you for all the moral support over the past few...
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New Four Tet! Full album stream.
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We’re excited that Kieran aka Four Tet chose yours truly to premiere his new album There Is Love In You one week before its official release. The album is out next Monday, January 25 via Domino Records and you can pre-order it here.
Adele Live
One of my favorite female artists would be Adele. She has so much talent and I think even though she has had some major exposure she is still underrated. Hope you enjoy the video.
K Sera performs w/ an orchestra for epic EP...
Sacramento, CA - It’s almost 11pm and over 300 people are here, anxiously waiting, all eyes on a big black curtain. Behind it, K Sera and their seven-piece orchestra were setting up, preparing for performance they had been working on for weeks. When all was said and done, K Sera put on what will easily be remembered as one of the best shows of this year. With the release of their new EP...
Fear Before selling customized Epiphone guitar
You can read more about it and bid on it here.
Sigur Ros on "Later with Jools Holland"
Well its a rainy day here, and I always enjoy Sigur Ros on a rainy day. So here is a video of Sigur Ros performing on “Later with Jools Holland”. This show always has such incredible performances, if you dont watch it, search on youtube and tons of great shows will come up.
New Music Video from Portugal the Man
Bon Iver: Takeaway Show
MTV2 Premieres new Muse Music Video for "The...
Muse - New Music - More Music Videos
Skatefest 2010: The Receiving End Of Sirens, Dear...
New Music Video from Air
You are watching the new music video for the song “So Light is Her Footfall” by Air.
Brand New TD&G Vinyl Release
Brand New To Release The Devil & God Are Raging Inside Me Double LP on White Vinyl on March 23rd, 2010 The long awaited vinyl version of Brand New’s critically acclaimed third album, The Devil & God Are Raging Inside Me, will be released on March 23rd on the band’s own Procrastinate! Music Traitors label. The double LP will be pressed on white vinyl and will contain an additional lyric...