All posts from 16 July 2007

We’ve already rounded up the reviews for this week’s U.S. debut of The Chemical Brothers’ We Are The Night, in stores on Tuesday. Later this week, we’ll also recap the reviews for the second album by suddenly-hot UK outfit Editors (”An End Has A Start”) and the first effort from the Meat Puppets in a […]

Tags: chemical brothers, editors, josh rouse, meat puppets, tindersticks

Attracting attention in the press this week is the upcoming movie “I’m Not There,” a biopic about Bob Dylan. Currently in production, the film comes from Todd Haynes, the writer/director who also gave us “Velvet Goldmine,” “Safe,” “Far From Heaven,” and “Superstar” (in which Karen Carpenter’s life story is notoriously told through animated Barbie dolls).
The […]

Tags: bob dylan, sonic youth, stephen malkmus

Bjork
Bjork has announced a handful of new North American dates (including a New York show at Madison Square Garden), with tickets going on sale next week.

View tour dates (NME)

The One AM Radio
The band has August and September dates planned in support of their early 2007 release “This Too Will Pass.”

View tour dates (Punknews)

Stray Cats + […]

Tags: bjork, one am radio, pretenders, stray cats, voxtrot, zz top

The weekend-long event–held Friday night and all-day Saturday and Sunday in Chicago’s Union Park–boasted a mixture of indie rock, electronic and hip-hop artists, including Battles, Cat Power, De La Soul, Girl Talk, Iron & Wine, Junior Boys, Stephen Malkmus, The New Pornographers, The Sea and Cake, Slint, and Sonic Youth. (The latter two artists, plus […]

Tags: battles, clipse, dan deacon, girl talk, junior boys, new pornographers, pitchfork, slint, sonic youth, wu-tang clan

Citay
New Dead Oceans signees Citay (who have expanded to eight members) are in the studio recording the successor to their 2006 debut, which sounded something like this:

Citay: Seasons Don’t Fear The Year (mp3)
KMFDM
The German industrial band is somehow still going strong. The 23-year-old group will release its 15th studio album, “Tohuvabohu,” on August 21.
Sea […]

Tags: citay, kmfdm, sea wolf, sunset rubdown, wolf parade

Attendees at the recent “B96 Summerbash” in Illinois were treated to an adult-themed goodie bag filled with X-rated items such as an adult store catalog and coupons for sexual favors. The problem? With a lineup that included Hilary Duff, Rihanna, and Akon, it wasn’t exactly an adult crowd. The company responsible for the handouts claims […]

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Although UK music buyers had a two-week head start, the duo’s sixth album finally arrives in US record stores on Tuesday. Anyone expecting a return to form may be in for a disappointment. While a handful of critics did hear an upturn after a pair of lesser releases, others found mixed (or worse) results. And […]

Tags: chemical brothers