All posts from 30 August 2007

Watch it: New videos from Rilo Kiley, Pinback, The Shins, and more

Our weekly roundup includes new music videos from Common, Gravenhurst, Interpol, Northern State, Okkervil River, Pinback, Rilo Kiley, The Shins, and Smashing Pumpkins.

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Album release updates: Ween, Futureheads, Pylon, and more

Black Mountain
The band’s next album now has a title (”In The Future”) and a somewhat more exact release date: January 2008.
iForward, Russia!
The four-piece English band has completed recording of its second album, “Life Processes,” in Seattle. The disc is due in early 2008.
The Futureheads
Although no firm release date is scheduled yet, the English band has […]

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REVIEW ROUNDUP: Angels of Light, We Are Him

Michael Gira has been focusing on his Angels of Light project since disbanding his longtime experimental rock band Swans in the late-1990s. The skewed Americana of Angels of Light benefited from the presence of Akron/Family as Gira’s backing band on 2005’s “Sing Other People,” and the setup is the same for the new release “We […]

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Music briefing: Satellite radio goes Dead

The founder of New York’s legendary CBGB club, Hilly Kristal, died Tuesday at 75 from complications related to lung cancer. Meanwhile, the club–which was forced to close in 2006 when its rent was raised dramatically–still remains vacant one year later.
M.I.A., Band of Horses, and the Meat Puppets are among the names added to the lineup […]

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