Willy Vlautin of the band Richmond Fontaine is carving out a nice side career as a novelist and the latest (his 3rd) is Lean On Pete. The book was released in the UK in Feburary and gets it US release this week… Told from the perspective of fifteen-year-old Charley Thompson, Lean on Pete (2010) is the story of a boy left to fend for himself … Continue reading VIDEO: Trailer for new Willy Vlautin novel…
Strut Records will release the 2nd volume of Next Stop… Soweto (Soul Funk & Organ Grooves From The Townships 1969-1976) in May. We’ve got a pre-release copy and it’s great! Take a look at the trailer (when did they start doing trailers for albums??) below to whet your appetite… Continue reading NEWS: STRUT release 2nd volume of Next Stop… Soweto
The ever wonderful Shoot The Player did a session with Frightened Rabbit when they were out here in Australia recently for the Laneway Festival. Here is the first song they recorded down at Bondi one sunny afternoon… Scots melting in the sun. Continue reading VIDEO: FRIGHTENED RABBIT – Swim Until You Can’t See Land
Punk puppet-master Malcolm MacLaren passed away yesterday at the age of 64 from a rare form of cancer called mesothelioma (visit mesotheliomahelp.org for more details). McLaren’s reputatation for manipulation of the bands he managed is part of modern musical folklore but the irrrefutable fact is that he played a key role in the development, style and sensationalism of 1970s punk. With Vivienne Westwood he created … Continue reading NEWS: The Death of Malcolm McLaren
The Besnard Lakes latest album The Besnard Lakes are the Roaring Night has been slowly drawing us in with its swirling psych-rock sound. Its guitar hooks are raw and strong like Crazy Horse with soaring vocals akin to My Morning Jacket.. We recommend you check it out, starting with the track And This is What We Call Progress that they played recently on Late Night … Continue reading VIDEO: THE BESNARD LAKES live on Fallon…
Brooklyn duo (now based in LA) High Places release their new record High Places vs Mankind this week and Thrill Jockey are giving away a free download of the single I Was Born. You can also check out cool videos for the I Was Born and The Longest Shadows below… DOWNLOAD Continue reading NEWS: HIGH PLACES free MP3 and new videos…
Under the watchful eye of Robert Smith, Polydor/Universal are about to release the remastered Deluxe Edition of The Cure’s (in our opinion) classic album Disintegration. Due out on May 24th it will be a 3 disc affair complete with unreleased extras and the entire album live, taken from three nights at Wembly in 1989. In the press release Mogwai’s Stuart Braithwaite says: Disintegration by The Cure … Continue reading NEWS: THE CURE release Deluxe Edition of Disintegration…
Miles Davis‘ seminal Bitches Brew turns 40 years old today (the Columbia Records release). A landmark album it introduced tape editing and other forms of sound montage into jazz. Davis presided over a collision of improvisation, disparate sounds of aggression and seduction and created one of the most original albums of music at that time… Continue reading NEWS: BITCHES BREW turns 40…
Beck has convened the 4th session in his Record Club that features a revolving line-up of guest musicians. This one features Liars, Annie Clark and Daniel Hart from St. Vincent, Sergio Dias from the legendary Brazilian band Os Mutantes, as well as RC veteran Brian Lebarton, just back from the Charlotte Gainsbourg tour. The record covered this time was 1987 blockbuster ‘Kick’ by INXS. The … Continue reading VIDEO: BECK’S Record Club | Guns In The Sky (INXS)
Here is the fantastic new video for The Phoenix Foundation’s new single Buffalo from the forthcoming album of the same name. Filmed around the south coast of Wellington, New Zealand… Continue reading VIDEO: THE PHOENIX FOUNDATION – Buffalo
A fantastic BBC documentary detailing the origins and evolution of post war German music that became widely known as krautrock. Featuring interviews and footage of Amon Duul, Can, Neu, Cluster, Harmonia, Tangerine Dream, Faust and of course Kraftwerk this is essential viewing… check out the cameo from Iggy Pop. Continue reading KRAUTROCK: The Rebirth Of Germany
When music and art collide the results can be pretty beautiful… Continue reading VIDEO: COCO ROSIE – Dorian
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