Those rural minstrels The Felice Brothers have a new record on its way to us in April and it is called Yonder Is The Clock. It follows their breakthrough self titled album of 2008 that came in at number 4 on our top 20 for last year. Apparently the record is “teaming with tales of love, death, betrayal, baseball, train stations, phantoms, pandemics, jail cells, … Continue reading NEWS: THE FELICE BROTHERS new album is about time…
The followup to excellent The Good Life is due for release on March 3 on Bloodshot Records. According to the label’s press release on the new record… Midnight at the Movies is held firm by Justin’s astonishing vision and conviction, yet roams o’er the vast landscape of American music without so much as a stumble. From the deft ear for orchestration and ambient arrangement reminiscent … Continue reading NEWS: JUSTIN TOWNES EARLE set to release MIDNIGHT AT THE MOVIES…
Those SY kids have been finishing up their new record entitled THE ETERNAL between twitters and are set to release it on June 9. It is their 16th album and their first for new label Matador and the album cover is a painting by legendary guitarist John Fahey. 01 Sacred Trickster 02 Anti-Orgasm 03 Leaky Lifeboat (for Gregory Corso) 04 Antenna 05 What We Know … Continue reading NEWS: SONIC YOUTH announce new album details…
After the disappointing first round of bands anounced for the V Festival – Killers, Razorlight??? – there is some relief with the latest round of offerings that include the brilliant M83, Madness and The Human League. Jenny Lewis is the odd one out in the bunch but it is at least looking like a more rounded festival and definitely a different flavour to the other … Continue reading NEWS: 2ND V FESTIVAL LINEUP ANNOUNCEMENT…
There is a great new trend of taking old videos and re-recording the vocals so they are describing literally what is happening on screen. Heaps of these are starting to crop up but two of the best are Tears For Fears’ ‘Head Over Heels’ and Aha’s ‘Take On Me’… Continue reading NEWS: VIRAL VIDEOS…
This week you get a dose of Germany’s Accept with a live version of their killer ‘Restless And Wild’. Accept were led by the throat shredding vocals of Udo Dirkschneider and they hit their peak with the 1983 album of the same name Restless And Wild. Continue reading VIDEO: Doubtful Soundz Metal Moment…
Ryan announced yesterday that he is releasing an EP for Valentines Day, the big soppy sweetheart! It will be available from Feb 10 and is a selection of his “best love songs”. Drop us a comment and let us know which of his other love songs you think rate up there with these… Extra Cheese Two Blossom Answering Bell Evergreen My Love For You is … Continue reading NEWS: RYAN ADAMS Valentines Day itunes EP…
For all you obsessive Adams fans there is a YouTube channel where Ryan has been posting vids of home and hotel jams with lots of editing tricks thrown in for effect. There are some gems amongst the tracks including unreleased songs such as Goodbye Sunshine and Dear Impossible which is supposedly the title of the next album, though that was the word back in December … Continue reading NEWS: RYAN ADAMS’ CARDINOLOGY YouTube channel
The Oxford Art Factory was host to a fascinating night of electronic based music infused with human emotions as Barcelona’s El Guincho and Melbourne’s Mountains In The Sky brought together disparate influences to create singular musical visions… READ OUR FULL REVIEW OVER AT FASTERLOUDER Continue reading REVIEW: EL GUINCHO/Mountains In The Sky @ Oxford Art Factory
Prior to an official announcement it appears that the legendary Booker T Jones and Southern county rockers Drive By Truckers will be playing a sideshow together when they hit Sydney for this years Bluesfest. Booker T’s Myspace page lists dates at The Factory on April 11 after a show in Melbourne at The Prince of Wales the night before. His new record Potato Hole, due … Continue reading NEWS: Booker T + Drive By Truckers @ Factory
You can’t beat a man dancing in his underpants in the rain and when it is combined with the schizophrenic and warped sounds of volcano! it is even better. This track appears on their Paperwork album from 2008. Continue reading VIDEO: volcano! – Africa Just Wants To Have Fun
DM continue to build the anticipation with another press release detailing their new album. Sounds Of The Universe is due for release on April 21 via Mute and the first single ‘Wrong’ will be released March 9. The new record sees them reunited with Ben Hillier who produced Playing With The Angel in 2005. The tracklisting is: 01 In Chains 02 Hole to Feed 03 … Continue reading NEWS: DEPECHE MODE new album tracklisting…
