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Thursday, November 19th
Recently a poll was conducted on the R&M subforum of sputnikmusic.com to determine the top albums of the past decade.
A total of 328 albums were submitted for the poll, of which the top 50 are ordered precisely and then the remaining 278 are categorised by number of points received. Albums could be from any genre, though they had to be released between 1 Jan 2000 and 31 Dec 2009, and collections, remasters and greatest hits albums were disallowed. The first round in which the albums were submitted was characterised by a points system – each submission had up to 10 albums, with the first ranked album awarded 10 points, the second 9 points, and so on.
Naturally such a system will lead to ties between albums, and so to disentangle all the tied albums in the top 50, a second round was held where albums with the same number of votes were pitted head to head, with each user selecting one between the albums with that particular score. This is why certain a ...more
Monday, November 16th
Pop culture website Rocketboom has posted a video explaining the proliferation of auto-tune with the help of "Weird Al" Yankovic.
http://vimeo.com/7545734
Sunday, November 15th
The video for Massive Attack's 'United Snakes' has been posted online.
http://vimeo.com/7519257
The "making of" video has also been made available.
http://www.uva.co.uk/wp/videopop.php?vid=1257777071&url=http://www.uva.co.uk/wp
Of Mice and Men (former Attack Attack! screamer) has posted a new song on their myspace entitled Those In Glass Houses
www.myspace.com/ofmice
Friday, November 6th
Music Radar has counted down the "Top 10 Drum Heroes" of the current generation of music, including Zach Hill (Hella, Marnie Stern), John Stanier (Helmet, Battles) and Ben Koller (Converge).
http://www.musicradar.com/news/drums/10-new-drum-heroes-you-need-to-hear-223219
Wednesday, November 4th
Amazon's editors have posted their list of the 2009 best albums of 2009, with Neko Case's Middle Cyclones ruling the roost ahead of Yeah Yeah Yeahs, Phoenix and The Pains Of Being Pure At Heart.
The 100 top-selling Amazon MP3 albums so far this year can also been seen - U2's No Line On The Horizon topped that list.
Amazon's Top 20 Albums of 2009:
1. Middle Cyclone by Neko Case
2. It's Blitz! by Yeah Yeah Yeahs
3. Wolfgang Amadeus Phoenix by Phoenix
4. The Pains Of Being Pure At Heart by The Pains Of Being Pure At Heart
5. I And Love And You by The Avett Brothers
6. Album by Girls
7. Merriweather Post Pavillion by Animal Collective
8. Troubadour by k'naan
9. The Blueprint 3 by Jay-Z
10. My Maudlin Career by Camera Obscura
11. Fantasies by Metric
12. Wilco [The Album] by Wilco
13. Manners by Passio ...more
Thursday, October 29th
Four Tet has released a new song entitled 'Love Cry' on their Myspace page off their upcoming single of the same name, which will be released on November 2nd.
http://www.myspace.com/fourtetkieranhebden
Experimental metallers Kayo Dot have posted a new song, entitled 'Whisper Ineffable.'
'Whisper Ineffable' is the first studio track to be released from Coyote, the follow-up to 2008's Blue Lambency Downward. Coyote is set for an early 2010 release on Hydra Head Records.
http://www3.timeoutny.com/newyork/thevolume/2009/10/listen-now-new-music-from-kayo-dot-exclusively-on-the-volume/
Monday, October 26th
3OH!3 have premiered a new video for their track 'Starstrukk,' featuring Katy Perry.
http://www.mtv.com/videos/3oh3/444698/starstrukk-feat-katy-perry.jhtml
Sunday, October 25th
It has been revealed that Lord Andrew Lloyd Webber, composer of such West End hits as Joseph And The Technicolour Dreamcoat and Jesus Christ Superstar, has been diagnosed with prostate cancer.
He is currently undergoing treatment and it is expected that he will make a full recovery.
A full report, via BBC News, can be read below:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/8324689.stm
Wednesday, October 21st
New information has surfaced on Google's plans to get in on digital music distribution.
Last year Google launched a service in China that allowed users to search for music and download the song for free. The service for the rest of the world will be slightly different.
Instead of free downloads, Google will fetch the song the user searches for across various digital vendors (such as Lala and iLike), and feed them the results for free streaming and paid download.
As of now, the service is known as OneBox, and will only act as a web search, not a desktop client or iTunes-like storefront.
Google is expected to announce an official press release on October 28th.
Screenshots of OneBox can be seen at the links below.
http://gizmodo.com/5386856/first-screenshots-of-googles-music-service
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Monday, October 19th
MGMT's forthcoming second album will be titled Congratulations and produced by Spacemen 3's Sonic Boom.
Three songs from the album have been played live on the band's current tour: 'Congratulations,' 'It's Working' and 'Song For Dan Treacy.'
Congratulations is tentatively scheduled for a March 2, 2010 release.
Thursday, October 15th
LCD Soundsystem have posted a cover of 'Bye Bye Bayou,' originally by Suicide frontman Alan Vega, to MySpace. The song will be released as a single on November 24.
http://www.22tracks.com/#/disco/1/
Tuesday, October 13th
Peaches has premiered a new video for the song 'I Feel Cream' off the album of the same name. Watch the video below:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iTbHBpOMBUc
Friday, October 9th
Battles premiered 3 new songs at the Warp20 event in New York City, and they have been captured on video by fans. The songs are a part of a yet-to-be titled album coming out early 2010. Watch the videos below:
http://welistenforyou.blogspot.com/2009/09/three-new-battles-songs.html
Friday, October 2nd
DJ Tiesto has posted a new song entitled 'Kaleidoscope' from his upcoming album of the same name to MySpace. The song features guest vocals from Sigur Ros frontman Jonsi.
http://www.myspace.com/tiesto
Thursday, October 1st
Bibio will be releasing a remix album entitled The Apple And The Tooth. The album is
yet to be given a release date, but the album is available for preorder on 1000 limited
press vinyl and CD formats.
The album will feature remixes of Bibio's debut album from other Warp artists such as Clark,
as well as 4 new Bibio tracks.
Tracklisting
01 - The Apple And The Tooth
02 - Rotten Rudd
03 - Bones & Skulls
04 - Steal The Lamp
05 - S'vive (Clark Remix)
06 - Sugarette (Wax Stag Remix)
07 - Dwrcan (Eskmo Remix)
08 - Lover's Carvings (Leatherette Remix)
09 - Haikuesque (The Gentleman Losers' Whispers In The Rain Mix)
10 - All The Flowers (Line Remix)
11 - Fire Ant (Keaver & Brause Remix)
12 - Palm Of Your Wave (Bibio Remix)
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Tuesday, September 29th
Following Lustmord's last album, [ O T H E R ], the second disc of extended ambient remixes, [ B E Y O N D ], is now available.
News item:
http://blogs.myspace.com/lustmord
Buy direct:
http://www.vaultprime.com/procure_beyond.html
Air's upcoming album Love 2 is available for streaming on their Myspace page for 24 hours starting today. Love 2 is set to release October 6th.
http://www.myspace.com/intairnet
Karen O's soundtrack for the upcoming Spike Jonze film Where The Wild Things Are is
currently available for streaming at various media outlets. The soundtrack is credited to
Karen O and The Kids, which is an a-list collaboration effort featuring musicians such as
Bradford Cox of Deerhunter, Jack Lawrence of The Dead Weather, and Aaron Hemphill of Liars.
Listen to the soundtrack below:
[a]http://www.imeem.com/karenoandthekids/playlist/MW0cdjqf/where-the-wild-things-are-
soundtrack-music-playlist/[/a]
Depeche Mode have premiered a new video for the track 'Hole To Feed' off their latest record Sounds of the Universe. The video is directed by Eric Wareheim of the comedy group Tim & Eric. Watch the video (with caution) below:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6yZHMF9QcSE
Portishead is currently working on a new album aimed to release sometime in 2010. While it took the band 11 years to release their follow up to their sophomore album, the band hopes to be finished with the new record by the end of the year.
Without a record label, the band is currently searching for a way to release the album themselves, instead of gaining a new record contract.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/entertainment/8275835.stm
Monday, September 28th
Radiohead frontman Thom Yorke has just revealed on the group's Dead Air Space that he will be joining forces with Flea and other musicians for a few Eraser song gigs. Needless to say, this should be pretty good.
hi
in the past couple of weeks i've been getting a band together for fun to play the eraser stuff live and the new songs etc.. to see if it could work!
here's a photo.. its me, joey waronker, mauro refosco, flea and nigel godrich.
at the beginning of october the 4th and 5th we are going to do a couple of shows at the Orpheum Theatre in Los Angeles.
we don't really have a name and the set will not be very long cuz ..well ...we haven't got that much material yet!
but come and check it out if you are in the area. we've also got locals Lucky Dragons playing.
all the best
click here to get to get tickets>
Thursday, September 24th
Buckethead has released his fourth CD of the year, "Needle In A Slunk Stack." It became available for purchase on www.TDRSmusic.com today.
Track listing:
Needle in a Slunk Stack
Interview with the Double Man
Carcass Cable Eye
Next Stop the Shell
Distilled Scalp
Furnace
Mego Frankenstein
Alpha Sea
Wormwoods Workshop Part 1
Pythagorus Sled
Slunk Smuggler
Wormwoods Workshop Part 2
Astral Traveler
Progressive act Kayo Dot have finished recording their latest album, Coyote, due out in February 2010. The album was produced by Randall Dunn (Sunn O, Wolves in the Throne Room, Earth). To celebrate, Toby Driver and co. have already started writing another album.
Monday, September 21st
The tracklist for the soundtrack of the upcoming Twilight movie New Moon has been released.
The soundtrack, which features new songs from Death Cab For Cutie, Thom Yorke and the Killers, is scheduled for release on October 20, a month before the movie's box office debut.
Tracklist:
1. Death Cab for Cutie - Meet Me on the Equinox
2. Band of Skulls - Friends
3. Thom Yorke - Hearing Damage
4. Lykke Li - Possibility
5. The Killers - A White Demon Love Song
6. Anya Marina - Satellite Heart
7. Muse - I Belong to You (New Moon Remix)
8. Bon Iver and St. Vincent - Rosyln
9. Black Rebel Motorcycle Club - Done All Wrong
10. Hurricane Bells - Monsters
11. Sea Wolf - The Violet Hour
12. OK Go - Shooting the Moon
13. Grizzly Bear - Slow Life
14. Editors - No Sound But the Wind
15. Alexandre Desp ...more
Deadmau5's new album, For Lack of a Better Name, can now be streamed from their MySpace ahead of its September 22 release.
http://www.myspace.com/deadmau5
Friday, September 18th
Thom Yorke's new video for his cover of Mark Mulcahy's "All For The Best" can be streamed at the link below.
The cover is to appear on Ciao My Shining Star: The Songs of Mark Mulcahy.
http://www.rollingstone.com/videos/player/30167680
Friday, September 11th
According to Billboard, Taylor Swift will re-release her multi-platinum album Fearless, entitled Fearless: Platinum Edition, with six additional songs on October 27.
http://www.billboard.com/#/news/taylor-swift-to-re-release-fearless-with-1004011180.story
Thursday, September 10th
Comedienne and syndicated talk show host Ellen Degeneres has surprisingly been named as Paula Abdul's replacement on the American Idol judging panel.
Abdul announced earlier this summer that she would not continue her role on the judging panel- a role she'd held since the show's inception- for the ninth season of Idol, which is scheduled to begin broadcasting on Fox-affiliated stations in January of 2010.
DeGeneres beat out competition from the likes of Katy Perry, Posh Spice, Mary J. Blige, Kristin Chenoweth, Shania Twain, and Neil Patrick Harris- all of whom were auditioned by the show's producers.
Tuesday, September 8th
Another track off the yet to be released Massive Attack EP Splitting the Atom has
surfaced on the internet. The track titled 'Pray for Rain' features Tunde Adebimpe of TV on
The Radio.
Splitting the Atom will be released on October 15th on Virgin records.
Tracklisting
01 "Splitting The Atom" (Feat. The 3D, Daddy G, and Horace Andy)
02 "Pray For Rain" (Feat. Tunde Adebimpe)
03 "Psyche (Van Rivers & The Subliminal Kid Remix)" (Feat. Martina Topley Bird)
04 "Bulletproof Love (Christoff Berg Remix)" (Feat. Guy Garvey)
'Pray For Rain': http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p04-QCNFsYg
'Splitting the Atom': http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=93UelQGyKs8
Monday, September 7th
http://www.billboard.com/#/news/radiohead-s-thom-yorke-announces-new-solo-1004009125.story
According to the source, "FeelingPulledApartbyHorses" and "Hollow Earth" will be available on Radiohead's website and will be a free download on September 21. Also on October 6, an option for a paid download will be available as well.
Both songs are technically not new in nature."FeelingPulledApartbyHorses" is an older Radiohead song, and "Hollow Earth" was a cut that wasn't quite ready to be included on Thom Yorke's Eraser when it was released in 2006.
Friday, September 4th
Acoustic/flamenco/folk rockers Rodrigo y Gabriela have posted their new album 11:11 for streaming in full on MySpace. The album is scheduled for release on September 7 and features a guest spot from Testament guitarist Alex Skolnick.
http://www.myspace.com/rodrigoygabriela
Friday, August 28th
The 99-band line-up for the 2009 Hard Working Class Heroes festival in Dublin, Ireland has been announced.
The festival will take place over the weekend of October 16-18 at six venues in Dublin City Centre: Academy 2, Andrew's Lane Theatre, The Button Factory, Eamon Doran's, Think Tank and Twisted Pepper.
Full line-up:
202s
A Plastic Rose
Adebisi Shank
Airstrip One
Albert Penguin
Ali & the DTs
Alright Chief
Armoured Bear
Autumn Owls
Biggles Flys Again
Black Robots
Blood Bottler
Briana Corrigan
Carpool Conversation
C!ties
Cheap Freaks
City of Angels
Collie
Cutaways
Dark Room Notes
Deaf Animal Orchestra
Deaf Joe
Disconnect 4
Distractors
Doug Sheridan
Escape Act
Exit the Street
Fingersmith
Fiona Melady
Funeral Suits
Giraffes
Go ...more
Thursday, August 27th
Youtube is to provide a full live stream of the Outside Lands Music & Arts Festival in San Francisco this weekend, beginning Friday afternoon. Artists scheduled to perform include Dave Matthews Band, Jason Mraz, Raphael Saadiq and the Dead Weather.
http://youtube.com/outsidelands
Wednesday, August 26th
'Splitting the Atom,' the eponymous track from Massive Attack's forthcoming EP, has been posted on Youtube.
Splitting the Atom will be released on October 15th via Virgin Records, and will
feature a number of guest appearances, including long-time collaborator Horace Andy, Tricky alumnus Martina Topley Bird, Elbow frontman Guy Garvey and Tunde Adebimpe of TV On The Radio.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Yo74ntwMXmE
The EP's artwork can be viewed here: http://stereogum.com/img/massiveattack-splittingtheatom-ep-art_210x.jpg
Tracklist:
1. Splitting The Atom (feat. The 3D, Daddy G, and Horace Andy)
2. Pray For Rain (feat. Tunde Adebimpe)
3. Psyche (Van Rivers & The Subliminal Kid Remix) (feat. Martina Topley Bir ...more
Mexican flamenco-metal duo Rodrigo y Gabriela have made a new track entitled 'Buster Voodoo' available for free download.
The pair's new album, 11:11, is scheduled for release on September 8 via Rubyworks/ATO.
http://www.archive.org/download/RodrigoYGabriela-BusterVoodoo/RodGabBuster.mp3
Tuesday, August 25th
Mariachi El Bronx, the Mexican alter-ego of LA punks the Bronx, has posted their new album El Bronx in its entirety on Purevolume.
http://www.purevolume.com/thebronx/albums/Mariachi+El+Bronx
A court in Sweden has jailed four men behind The Pirate Bay (TPB), the world's most high-profile file-sharing website, in a landmark case, according to BBC News.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/8003799.stm
Saturday, August 22nd
Eminent style magazine Elle has compiled its list of the 12 greatest female rock guitarists.
The list, in no certain order, reads as follows:
1. Joan Jett (The Runaways)
2. Lita Ford (The Runaways)
3. Nancy Wilson (Heart)
4. Jennifer Batten (Michael Jackson)
5. Donita Sparks (L7)
6. Kelley Deal (The Breeders)
7. Carrie Brownstein (Sleater-Kinney)
8. Poison Ivy (The Cramps)
9. Ruyter Suys (Nashville Pussy)
10. The Great Kat
11. Marnie Stern
12. Orianthi
http://www.elle.com/Entertainment/Music/12-Greatest-Female-Electric-Guitarists
Friday, August 21st
The initial line-up for December's three-Day Meredith Music Festival, located 66 miles east of Melbourne, Australia, has been announced.
Akron/Family
Animal Collective
Bag Raiders
City Of Ballarat Municipal Brass Band
Jarvis Cocker
Combo La Revelacion
Crocodiles
Eddy Current Suppression Ring
Sia
Heavy Trash
Paul Kelly
Kid Sam
Kitty Daisy and Lewis
Pharoahe Monch
Royal Crown Revue
Henrik Schwarz
Thee O Sees
The Middle East
Tumbleweed
Why?
Patrick Wolf
Yacht Club DJs
Additional artists will be announced in the coming weeks and months.
Tuesday, August 18th
Matisyahu's new full-length album 'Light', which is scheduled for release on August 25th is streaming now in it's entirety on the musician's MySpace page: www.myspace.com/matisyahu
Saturday, August 15th
Lightning Bolt, the drum and bass duo consisting of Brian Chippendale and Brian Gibson, have announced the release date and track list of their new album entitled "Earthly Delights". The album is to be released on October 13th. In the blog post of their official Myspace page, they also stated, "Destined to be leaked onto the internet by......hmmm. Take a guess, maybe august 31? early september? You tell me. But I think the art of this one is good. get the LP!"
The track list is as follows:
1. Sound Guardians
2. Nation of Boar
3. Colossus
4. The Sublime Freak
5. Flooded Chamber
6. Funny Farm
7. Rain on Lake I'm Swimming in
8. S.O.S
9. Transmissionary
http://blogs.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=blog.view&friendId=470314809& blogId=505447214
To coincide with the release of their new album, Get Color, HEALTH have announced on twitter that they will be hiding coloured tickets in 66 copies, each redeemable for a special prize from the band.
First prize is a weekend in LA with the band, in which they will serve the winner breakfast in bed, take them to the zoo, a theme park and "love each other." The one drawback is that recent felons and the mentally ill are excluded.
Other prizes include a lock of your favourite band member's hair, being taught a magic trick by the bands manager via videochat, an LP autographed in the bands blood, and more.
Check the link below for an exhaustive list of all prizes.
http://pitchfork.com/news/36231-health-give-away-totally-insane-stuff/
Friday, August 14th
Chicago house legend Felix Da Housecat has made the new cut 'We All Wanna Be Prince,' from his forthcoming album He Was King, available to download for free.
He Was King is scheduled for release on August 25 via Canadian label Nettwerk.
http://girlieaction.com/felixdahousecat/sounds/WeAllWannaBePrince.mp3
Thursday, August 13th
Matador Records co-owner Gerard Cosley and Victory Records head Tony Brummel have become involved in another war of words- or just one, to be exact: KARMA.
On Monday night/Tuesday morning, Cosley had the misfortune to watch his South Austin home burn down with all of his possessions lost in the fire. On Wednesday morning, Brummel sent Cosley an email with the word "KARMA" in large font, referring to Cosley's numerous criticisms of his label's business practices on his blog.
Cosley said: "I think he deserves to have it widely circulated. Brummel can rub himself raw at the thought of my suffering personal or material loss ; if something similar happens to him, I’ll be the first person to ship Tony a box of good records. They might be the first decent ones he’s ever heard."
Brummel responded in an email, not to Cosley but to popular pop music site AbsolutePunk. He initially appears to deny the charge, then justifies it, ...more
The UK wing of the Swedish-formed copyright reform-driven Pirate Party has been officially recognised by the UK electoral commission and will field candidates in the next general election.
Leader Andrew Robinson revealed the news online, stating: "t's time for us to tell the world that we exist, to recruit members, raise funds and gear up to fight the General Election. The officers and web team have built the framework that the party needs to get going, now it's time for YOU to make things happen."
In an interview with PC Pro magazine, Robinson set out the party's goals: There should be an exemption for non-commercial use in copyright. We're not in favour of abolishing copyright, or artists getting nothing. When things are copied and somebody makes a profit, that profit should go to the artist.
"When something's copied and there isn't a profit... well, that's a situation our law doesn't really have any way of dealing with at the moment, which is why pe ...more
IDM artist Aaron Cox (a.k.a. Catfish On A Hotdog) has announced the release of a new EP today under his moniker Catfight On A Hotdog entitled "Cats! Cats! Cats! EP".
He has also announced this is the first of seven EPs to be released on a fornightly schedule starting today. "I've decided to release my music in a more media-oriented manner, having artwork and music being more closely related," he stated. "Eventually I'll be introducing videos to my EPs so that it keeps things interesting. I'm also in talks with a company to do a limited pressing of some 7" coloured vinyl of my music, both past and future."
Catfight On A Hotdog's music can be found on his blog, linked below:
http://catfightmusic.blogspot.com/
Sunday, August 9th
French neoclassical metal band Dark Sanctuary have decided to break up following the release of their new album.
A short, un-mixed sample of the new album has been posted to MySpace.
http://www.myspace.com/mydarksanctuary
The band wrote: "After 13 years of existence and 7 albums, the band has decided to have a break for an indefinite duration. It goes without saying that this decision was not taken without due consideration and that we have been thinking about it for more than a year now. The different events of these last months, the line-up changing, the delay of our new album and more aside, have induced us to chance our course.
"The reasons of this choice are multiple. We are not as young as we were at the beginning of this adventure and it is unfortunately more and more difficult to combine our private lives, our professional careers, and i ...more
Friday, August 7th
In what surely must rank as the cutest we've ever seen in our lives, here's a five-year old performing Johnny Cash's 'Folsom Prison Blues' in a Seattle coffee shop.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oDbAxhV2ofM
Thursday, August 6th
The Nominees for the 2009 MTV Video Music Awards have been announced and Lady Gaga & Beyonce each lead the field with an incredible nine nominations.
The Awards presentation will emanate from New York City on Sunday September 13. It will be hosted by controversial British comedian Russell Brand and reportedly contain appearances by Green Day, Pink, Taylor Swift & Muse.
Nominations for the major awards include:
VIDEO OF THE YEAR:
Lady Gaga, 'Poker Face'
Beyonce, 'Single Ladies'
Eminem, 'We Made You'
Kanye West, 'Love Lockdown'
Britney Spears, 'Womanizer'
BEST FEMALE VIDEO:
Lady Gaga, 'Poker Face'
Beyonce, 'Single Ladies'
Katy Perry, 'Hot n Cold'
Kelly Clarkson, 'My Life Would Suck Without You'
Pink, 'So What'
Taylor Swift, 'You Belong With Me'
BEST MALE VIDEO:
Eminem, 'We Made You'
Kanye West, 'Love Lockdown'
...more
Wednesday, August 5th
Nebelhexe frontwoman Andrea Haugen (ex Aghast) has covered "Dont Kill The Animals", an 80's pop hit originally performed by Nina Hagen and Lene Lovich. Helping with the song is (ex Swans) noise legend Jarboe and vocalist Travis Ryan of death metal band Cattle Decapitation. The song will be available on itunes on August 17th.
Monday, August 3rd
Mexican flamenco/metal duo Rodrigo y Gabriela have posted a tour video featuring new song 'Hanuman' to Youtube. The track is taken from their upcoming full-length 11:11, which is scheduled for release on September 7 via Rubyworks.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G0SSaB1c9Po
Passion Pit's four-track set for MySpace's Transmissions is now available to watch and download in MP3 from the official Transmissions website.
Tracklist:
1. Sleepyhead
2. Moth's Wings
3. Little Secrets
4. I've Got Your Number
http://www.myspace.com/transmissions
Wednesday, July 29th
Iconic British weekly New Musical Express has named Krissi Murrison as its new editor, taking over from the departing Conor McNicholas.
Murrison, whose resume includes six years as a staff writer at the magazine, left the magazine in February of this year to take up a position as music director for New York magazine Nylon. She will be the first female to head the magazine in its 57-year history.
McNicholas has been credited with re-invigorating the NME brand by expanding its internet presence and diversifying into live music, club nights and online radio. However, in what can be seen as a sad indictment of the current state of music journalism, he was convinced to jump ship to take over as editor of BBC's Top Gear magazine.
Tuesday, July 28th
Super Extra Bonus Party's second album, Night Horses, is now available to stream in full from the band's website. The album was released online and in Ireland on May 15.
http://www.superextrabonusparty.com/home/2009/07/27/night-horses-listen-in-full/
Sunday, July 26th
Breathe Carolina has posted the title track from their new album ''Hello Fascination'' on their MySpace
www.myspace.com/breathecarolina
The metal-dominated soundtrack for the upcoming Madden NFL 10 video game has been announced. The game will be released on August 14 on all major platforms and mobile devices.
Soundtrack:
2Pac – Can’t C Me
Airborne – Heads Are Gonna Roll
Alice in Chains – Them Bones
B.o.B. – Created A Monster
Bang Camaro – Revolution
Beastie Boys – Sabotage
Black Sabbath – Paranoid
Cypress Hill – Get ‘Em Up
Helmet – Unsung
Iron Maiden – Aces High
Judas Priest – Painkiller
Kid Rock – I Am The Bullgod
Killswitch Engage – Reckoning
Korn – Blind
Mastodon - Divinations
Nas featuring P Diddy – Hate Me Now
Nirvana – Breed
Pantera – Walk
Public Enemy – Shut Em Down
Rage Against The Machine - Guerrilla Radio
Set Your Goals – Gaia Bleeds (Make Way For Man)
Slipknot – Duality
System Of A Do ...more
Friday, July 24th
According to Chris Weitz, the director (if we're being generous) of the Twilight series, Thom Yorke has recorded a song for the upcoming film New Moon.
So has Bon Iver.
This confirms rumors that through sheer existence Twilight can and will ruin everything good and pure in the world.
http://pitchfork.com/news/36022-director-thom-yorke-wrote-new-song-for-inew-mooni-soundtrack/
Thursday, July 23rd
Mariachi El Bronx, the alter-ego of LA punk band the Bronx, have posted a new song entitled 'Quinceniera' for streaming via Spin magazine.
The band will release their long-delayed self-titled debut album album on August 17 in the UK (on Wichita Records) and August 25 in the US (on Swami Records).
http://www.spin.com/articles/exclusive-song-la-punks-bronx-go-mariachi
Tuesday, July 21st
The shortlist for the 2009 Barclaycard Mercury Prize have been announced, with Florence & The Machine and Kasabian the early favourites to take home the gong.
The nominees for the award, which honours the best album produced in Britain and Ireland during the previous twelve months, were announced this morning (July 21) by radio DJ/ex-Kernicke frontwoman Lauren Laverne.
Both Florence & The Machine's Lungs and Kasabian's West Ryder Pauper Lunatic Asylum were quoted prices of 5/1, with Glasvegas's debut self-titled and Bat For Lashes's Two Suns close behind at 6/1.
The full list of nominees, with bookmaker's odds, can be seen below.
Bat for Lashes - Two Suns (6/1)
Florence & The Machine - Lungs (5/1)
Friendly Fires - Friendly Fires (8/1)
Glasvegas - Glasvegas (6/1)
Kasabian West Ryder Pauper Lunatic Asylum (5/1)
La Roux - La Roux (6/1)
Led Bib - Sensible Shoes (10/1)
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Monday, July 20th
Radiohead frontman played a new song entitled 'The Present Tense' during his solo set at last weekend's Latitude Festival, and fan-shot footage can be seen below.
The song, called 'The Present Tense', was played with just acoustic guitar and was part of a set that included both solo material and Radiohead tracks. Another new song called 'Give Up The Ghost' was also on the setlist but not played.
Setlist:
01 The Eraser
02 Weird Fishes/Arpeggi
03 Atoms For Peace
04 Harrowdown Hill
05 Follow Me Around
06 Everything In Its Right Place
07 The Present Tense
08 Cymbal Rush
09 Black Swan
10 Videotape
Encore:
11 There There
12 True Love Waits
(Setlist thanks to GreenPlasticRadiohead.com)
The Present Tense: more
Friday, July 17th
British comedian Russell Brand, star of movies Forgetting Sarah Marshall and the upcoming sequel Get Him To The Greek, will reprise his role at MTV VMA host in 2009.
Brand generated controversy and outrage last year when he made fun of the Jonas Brothers' virginity rings and vowed to take their virginities. He also caused outrage with comments about George Bush, calling him a "retarded cowboy fella."
The show is reported to be held in New York on September 13.
http://ontheflix.com/2009/07/14/russell-brand-to-return-for-2009-mtv-vmas/
Thursday, July 16th
Last Friday guitar-virtuoso (and fried chicken container aficionado) Buckethead posted "The Landing Beacon", a song he wrote and recorded as a tribute to the late Michael Jackson.
The song, which is also apparently known as "The Homing Beacon: A Song for Michael Jackson" (as per a drawing on the guitarist's website), can be heard at either of the links below:
http://www.bucketheadland.com/
http://www.bucketheadland.com/01_The_Landing_Beacon.mp3
Thom Yorke covers alternative-rock band Miracle Legion's 'All For the Best' for an upcoming tribute album. The album will be released September 29 and is titled Ciao My Shining Star: The Songs of Mark Mulcahy.
The album is a money-raiser to help Miracle Legion's songwriter (Mulcahy), who retired from the music scene to take care of his 3-year-old twins after his wife died unexpectedly last fall.
The tracklist for the tribute album is as follows:
1. Thom Yorke - All For The Best
2. The National - Ashamed Of The Story I Told
3. Michael Stipe - Everything's Coming Undone
4. David Berkeley - Loves The Only Thing That Shuts Me Up
5. Dinosaur Jr. - The Backyard
6. Chris Harford & Mr Ray Neal - Micon The Icon
7. Frank Black - Bill Jocko
8. Vic Chesnutt - Little Man
9. Unbelievable Truth - Ciao My Shining Star
10. Butterflies Of Love - I Have Patience
11. Chr ...more
Black Moth Super Rainbow have posted the video for their new single 'Born On A Day The Sun Didn't Rise' to Youtube.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J3iopYskSKs
Tuesday, July 14th
Breathe Carolina have posted a single, entitled 'Welcome to Savannah,' from their upcoming album Hello Fascination to MySpace.
http://myspace.com/breathecarolina
Sunday, July 12th
Australian radio station Triple J [JJJ] polled listeners for their favorite songs of all time. Over a half-million people voted, and the results have been published
Top 5:
1. Nirvana - Smells Like Teen Spirit
2. Rage Against The Machine - Killing In The Name
3. Jeff Buckley - Hallelujah
4. Joy Division - Love Will Tear Us Apart
5. Radiohead - Paranoid Android
Full 100: http://www.abc.net.au/triplej/hottest100_alltime/countdown/cd_01.htm
Wednesday, July 8th
The organisers of Lollapalooza have made a free 15-track MP3 sampler available for free download from iTunes, featuring names like Bon Iver, Deerhunter and Fleet Foxes.
Lollapalooza takes place from August 7-9 in Chicago's Grant Park.
http://www.lollapalooza.com/blog/index.php/2009/06/15/itunes/
(US residents only.)
Christian Engström, the recently-elected Member of the European Parliament for Sweden and member of the Piratepartiet (Pirate Party), has written an op-ed for the Financial Times warning that current copyright laws are a real threat to online freedom.
The piece, which can be read in full via the link at the foot of this post, puts forward the argument that governments' ever-more-intrusive methods of policing the intellectual property of music, movie and video game companies has led to more invasion of individuals' privacy on the internet. Technology, he argues, "could be used to create a Big Brother society beyond our nightmares, where governments and corporations monitor every detail of our lives."
Engström begins: "If you search for Elvis Presley in Wikipedia, you will find a lot of text and a few pictures that have been cleared for distribution. But you will find no music and no film clips, due to copyright restrictions. What we think o ...more | |
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