Weekend one of Coachella 2013 is complete — one of great success for those who long for the good old days. While the kids in SoCal bemoaned the influx of old British dudes in this year’s lineup, it was a victory lap for the artists who paved the way for anything resembling “indie” today. [...]
So maybe I’m in the vast minority stateside, but I’ll still raise a lighter to “Don’t Look Back In Anger” and I still hold more than a passing interest in those loutish Gallagher boys. Liam’s band Beady Eye will return with the follow-up to the massively underwhelming Different Gear, Still Speeding this June. Recorded [...]
With the recent album remasters, Johnny Marr’s solo album, Morrissey’s bleeding ulcer and persistently false reunion rumors, The Smiths have been in the news pretty often lately for a band that’s been defunct for 25 years. Here’s another reason to revisit their greatness — a rare rehearsal cassette recording has surfaced from May 1983, [...]
Remember the good old days when you’d visit the neighborhood Tower Records or Virgin Megastore, throw on some crusty headphones and stand there listening to an entire CD? We used to be so stupid. It’s a big week for preview streams with Depeche Mode sticking Delta Machine up on iTunes (unembeddable, sorry), plus new [...]
Depeche Mode is cranking up the PR machine for 13th studio album Delta Machine, due out in two weeks. They just announced a North American tour that will kick off in August, they’ve got a panel appearance and exclusive showcase scheduled Friday at sxsw, and last night they paid a visit to the Ed [...]
Hard to believe it’s been seven years since Swedish experimentalists The Knife released the haunting and gorgeous Silent Shout. Next month, siblings Karin Dreijer Andersson and Olof Dreijer will release its proper follow-up, Shaking The Habitual. Seems there’s nothing habitual about their creative process, taking the time off to craft even more obtuse electropop. [...]
If you’re a regular follower of this blog, first of all thank you. Secondly, my sincere apologies. I’ve been slacking off… I admit it. The wide-eyed optimism of a nubile young blogger has withered into jaded detachment over the past two and a half years. Case in point, the last monthly mix was posted [...]
So yesterday guitar icon and God-like Genuis Johnny Marr did the “Ask Me Anything” bit on Reddit. The site can be rather clunky, so I cherry picked the best parts for your multimedia enjoyment right here. If you want to see the whole thread, do so here — or just skim Marr’s answers here. [...]
With Liam in the studio forging Beady Eye’s second album, Noel cozying up to former rival Damon Albarn, and both saying Oasis are never getting back together — at least not anytime soon, the Gallagher brothers are light years from the unsigned garage band they formed together some 20 years ago. This week, demos [...]
