February 2012
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Bonnaroo 2012 Band Lineup: Radiohead, Red Hot...
Today the official band lineup of Bonnaroo 2012 was announced. The list has all kinds of bands playing from Radiohead to the Beach Boys. Check out the awesome list here. Bonnaroo 2012 is happening June 7-10 in Machester, Tennessee.
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Whitney Houston Has Died At Age 48
Famous pop and soul music star Witney Houston has died at 48 today. She has had a famous drug problem for many years but the cause of her death is unknown. More information here.
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Bon Iver Announces New Tour Dates
As well as playing at Coachella, Bon Iver has announced he will be playing across Australia, US, and more this spring and summer. Check out the tour dates below.
02-27-28 Wellington, New Zealand -International Arts Festival
03-03 Perth, Australia - Red Hill Auditorium
03-06 Adelaide, Australia - Thebarton Theatre
03-08 Melbourne, Australia - Sidney Myer Music Bowl
03-10 Meredith,...
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Daft Punk In The Works Of Making New Album,...
Daft Punk have been recently busy with the Tron Legacy soundtrack, but it looks like they might be working on a new album soon. Niles Rogers told Culture Map that he might be working with them on their next album. He said, “Those guys are great. They’re coming to my apartment on Monday and we’re going to talk about making a new record.”
Also Panda Bear seems to be...
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Watch The Black Keys Music Video "Gold On The...
The Black Keys released a new music for their song “Gold On The Ceiling” today. The music video is full of video of them playing live and in a studio, shots of New York City, and video of them on the road touring. Check out the music video below.
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The Shins Release New Song, Tour Europe and...
Today the Shins released their new single named “September”. The single is from their new album Port Of Morrow releasing March 20th. Check out the single and some cool visuals here. The single is set be released Feburary 14th. They are also planning on going on a tour though parts of Europe and North America. Check out the dates below.
03-22-23 London, England - HMV Forum
03-25...
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Die Antwoord Release Music Video "I Fink U Freeky"
The strange “rap-rave” group from South Africa Die Antwoord has returned for a new album called TEN$ION releasing February 7th. The first single from the album “I Fink U Freeky” music video released today. The music video has snakes, rats, an elephant boy, members Yo-Landi Vi$$er and Ninja being crazy as usual, and so much more. Check out the music video here.
January 2012
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Andrew WK Announces I Get Wet Tour, Touring with...
For the 10th Anniversary of the album “I Get Wet”, Andrew WK is reuniting with his band that he hasn’t played with for almost 7 years and headlining a tour across Vancouver, America, and the UK. Massachusetts synthpunk band Math the Band will be opening at almost all shows and Nardwuar and the Evaporators will be playing a set at the Vancouver show. Check out tour dates and...
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Ben Folds Five Reunite, Album In The Works
On January 25th Ben Folds posted on his official twitter a picture of him playing with Ben Folds Five members Robert Sledge and Darren Jesse. It seems that they are recording a new album through march and will be releasing it in spring. They recently reunited to record an unreleased song named “House” on Ben Fold’s The Best Imitation Of Myself: A Retrospective.
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The Flaming Lips Plan to Collaborate with Bon Iver
Rolling Stone is reporting that Bon Iver will be joining The Flaming Lips in the near furture for a collaboration. The Flaming Lips have already collaborated with Neon Indian, Yoko Ono, Lightning Bolt, and more in the last year and a half. They are planning on releasing an album full of thier collaborations on Record Store Day. Singer Wayne Coyne has also mentioned trying to collaborate with...
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Ariel Pink Talks About 2 Albums And A Movie In The...
In the new issue of V Magazine Ariel Pink speaks about his upcoming works such as two new records and a movie. First he talks about a new Haunted Graffiti album that will be based on a movie he made with his cousins when they were children. “It’s like a rock-and-roll detective story. There’s a rock star who dies onstage and his brother want to get to the bottom of the...
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Trailer Released for LCD Soundsystems Documentary...
At the Sundance Film Festival will have LCD Soundsystems Shut Up and Play the Hits, a documentary following last days of the band and the show at Madison Square Garden. Check out the trailer at Entertainment Weekly here.
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At The Drive-In Reunite And Playing Coachella
It seems that post-hardcore band At The Drive-In are reuniting since breaking up in 2001. Their website and twitter both read, “ATTENTION ! To whom it may concern: AT THE DRIVE-IN will be breaking their 11 year silence. THIS STATION IS …. NOW ….OPERATIONAL.” Their first shows are going to be at Coachella music festival April 15th and April 22nd.
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The Black Keys, Radiohead, Snoop Dogg & Dr. Dre,...
The Coachella Music Festival has officially announced their bands playing at this years festival. The line-up consists of artists such The Black Keys, Radiohead, Snoop Dogg & Dr. Dre, Jeff Magnum, The Shins, Bon Iver, M83, Justice, Neon Indian, At The Drive-In, Fitz & the Tantrums, Feist, Destroyer, and Childish Gambino just to name a few. This year Coachella will be happening in two...
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Top 10 Albums of 2011: Part 5 (#2-1)
2. How Do You Do - Mayer Hawthorne
I love soul music and it makes me happy to see newer artists such as Fitz & the Tantrums and Jamie Lidell still making soul music today. Leading this soul revolution seems to be 32 year old Mayer Hawthorne. I was a huge fan of Hawthorne’s first release A Strange Arrangement so I was very excited to hear how his sophomore album would sound and it...
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Best Coast Talks About New Album And Producer
Best Coast has been known to be the pot and cat loving band since their 2010 release Crazy For You. But in a recent interview with Pitchfork Bethany Consentino talks about wanting to change that this year. “Seriously, this record is emo get ready for it,” she states in the interview. The new album has help from new producer Jon Brion who has worked with Kanye West and Fionna Apple....
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The Killers Confirm New Album Coming in 2012
On a BBC Radio 1 interview frontman Brandon Flowers confirmed that the Killers will be returning in 2012 with a new album. The Las Vegas band has been on hiatus since 2010 and hasn’t released an album since their 2008 release of Day & Age. Flowers stated that: “We don’t want to make Hot Fuss 2 or Sam’s Town 2, or Day & Age 2. We’ll maybe take all that stuff,...
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Thom Yorke Releases Music for Fashion Show
Thom Yorke of Radiohead has done some solo material for the clothing line Rag & Bone. Models walked the cat walk to the pieces “Stuck Together” and “Twist” in September of last year. Check out the songs on youtube linked above.
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Pat Carney of the Black Keys says "Rock n roll is...
An excerpt with the Black Keys has been released from the upcoming Rolling Stone magazine where drummer Patrick Carney states that “rock n roll is dying” and “I suck at drums”. Check out the excerpt here.
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Kool A.D. of Das Racist Releases Mixtape
Kool A.D. released his mixtape The Palm Wine Drinkard this week. This is one of the three Das Racist solo mixtapes planned to be released this year. You can download it here.
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Sleigh Bells push back their new album back a week...
The anticipated new Sleigh Bells album Reign of Terror has been pushed back a week from February 14th to the 21st. Check out their single from the new album “Born to Lose” here.
December 2011
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Top 10 Albums of 2011: Part 4 (#4-3)
4. Metals - Feist
Broken Social Scene member Feist has had a quite solo career with a huge single “1234”. Its been 4 years since The Reminder but she has returned with Metals. Metals is not as pop sounding but it is full of soul. The album seems to surround a theme of nature and is inspired by a Charles C. Mann novel. No song in my opinion stands out as a single but i believe this...
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Merry Christmas: Free Triptides Album!
Merry Christmas and happy holidays everyone, I hope everyones is really rad. I have just been playing Mario Kart all day and being lazy. Triptides is giving away their Psychic Summer album for free only today, its a christmas miracle! You might recognize this album as it was number 7 on my top 10 albums of 2011 list. Everybody go check it out here and have a merry christmas and new years!
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Top 10 Albums of 2011: Part 3 (#6-5)
6. Underneath the Pine - Toro Y Moi
Toro Y Moi’s sophomore release Underneath the Pine came out this year and it continued the chillwave sound started by Causers of This. Chazwick Bundicks sound is relaxed, full of synth and his mostly falcetto voice carries across the tracks. The first single New Beat is a good introduction into his style with a fucky bass and a wobbly synth lead....
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LCD Soundsystem cover Live Alone by Franz...
Back on last Record Store Day Franz Ferdinand released the Covers EP which was other bands covering their music. One of songs was LCD Soundsystem covering “Live Alone”. Recently the music video for it was released full of awesome shots of New York City and some psychedelic effects. Check it out below.
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Top 10 Albums of 2011: Part 2 (#8-7)
8. Hurry Up, We’re Dreaming - M83
Anthony Gonzalez returned his pop electronic group M83 this year with Hurry Up, We’re Dreaming. This double LP is full of synth driven songs, little girls talking about frogs, and a lot of ambience. The first single Midnight City gave us a little peek at what was to come with Anthony’s new album but as I listened to it I was pleasantly...
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Top 10 Albums of 2011: Part 1 (#10-9)
Well, it’s that time of the year again. The weather is cold, there is snow on the ground, and everyone is talking about this guy named Santa. But for music fans its time to look back at what made this year so great for music. So I have my favorite top 10 albums of 2011 list ready and I will be posting 2 albums from 10 to 1 for the next few days. So lets get this show on the road!
10. Hot...
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Sleigh Bells release new single Born to Lose
Sleigh Bells loud take over continues with the release of their new single “Born to Lose”. The noise pop band has been blowing out speakers ever since their 1st release of Treats last year. Their new album Reign Of Terror, trailer for new album found here, will be releasing on Valentines Day next year. Listen to the first single from the album exclusively on Spin. Listen to...
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The Shins "Port Of Morrow" Announced
Indie Rock band The Shins have announced a new album coming March of 2012. James Mercer wrote all of the songs and played most of the instruments on the new album. Mercer has been busy with last years release of Broken Bells collaboration with producer Danger Mouse and an EP under the same band earlier this year. This will be following their most recent release in 2007 Wincing The Night Away....
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Hi! My name is Maxwell Moore, I am 16 and i really love music. I love talking about and listening to music so much that i am thinking about going into music journalism later in my life. So this blog is kinda like my little experiment into that. Here you will find news, reviews, and articles on music from rock to chillwave to whatever else i will be talking about. Articles and reviews will be up...