Archive for March 13th, 2012
Tom Morello Plans ‘Flash Mob Dance Party’ For Occupy SXSW
March 13th, 2012
Tom Morello is teaming up with the Occupy Austin movement for a special SXSW showcase this Friday night at the Swan Dive in Austin Texas "SXSW has a lot of specialty shows – record companies vodka companies promoters and things like that" Morello tells Rolling Stone "I thought it was...
New Reviews: The Decemberists Strip Down on Live Album
March 13th, 2012
In this week's slate of Rolling Stone reviews Jon Dolan ponders how the Decemberists' new double live album which features a 16-minute folk- rock opus a yodeling drummer and nautical themed audience participation is somehow relatively "stripped-down" for the "overweeningly theatrical" band Also Rob Sheffield describes Vince Clarke and Martin...
The Black Keys Storm Madison Square Garden
March 13th, 2012
The Black Keys pulled something of a bait-and-switch at their Madison Square Garden show on Monday night they stormed the stage as a quartet with singer-guitarist Dan Auerbach and drummer Patrick Carney supplemented by two backing musicians The band soon proved that they didn't need the additional firepower though; they...
Jay-Z Takes Over SXSW With Hit-Packed Set
March 13th, 2012
For roughly 75 minutes on Monday night Jay-Z led a New York takeover of downtown Austin The proof came near the end of his special AmEX-Sync concert for SXSW when Jay-Z asked some 2700 fans in attendance how many New Yorkers were in the house before launching into "Empire State of...
Doobie Brothers’ Michael Hossack Dead at 65
March 13th, 2012
Doobie Brothers drummer Michael Hossack died at his home in Dubois Wyoming yesterday at the age of 65 He had been battling cancer for some time and succumbed to complications of the disease with his family at his side Hossack was a member of the Doobie Brothers between 1971 and 1973...
Exclusive Download: Blonds Revamp Radiohead’s ‘Talk Show Host’
March 13th, 2012
Click to listen to Blonds' 'Talk Show Host' New York duo Blonds approached this cover of Radiohead's "Talk Show Host" a b-side from The Bends era best known for its inclusion on the Romeo + Juliet soundtrack with great caution "'Talk Show Host' is my favorite Radiohead song but Jordy [Asher]...
Billy Corgan Rants About ‘Posers’ at SXSW
March 13th, 2012
Smashing Pumpkins frontman Billy Corgan railed against "posers" in the record industry in a one-on-one interview conducted by author Brian Solis at the SXSW festival yesterday in Austin Texas Over the course of the conversation Corgan lamented changes in the way music is consumed that would've made it impossible for...
Other Music Starts Its Own Record Label
March 13th, 2012
Other Music one of New York City's best and most enduring independent record shops is about to open its own record label Other Music Recording Co will be an imprint of Fat Possum the label behind Yuck Spiritualized the Walkmen Tennis and Unknown Mortal Orchestra to focus on underground music...