Thirteen years ago Larry Crane moved to Portland, Oregon, after the breakup of his California-based band, Vomit Launch. His initial idea was to escape the music business, looking for work in the electronics industry, but he soon found himself in a band, Flaming Box of Ants which became Elephant Factory, and recording demos in his [...]
One of the original founders of Pink Floyd, Syd Barrett passed on today according to this report from USA Today.
Thom Yorke appears to have created quite the firestorm of comments after he explained Radiohead’s decision to release their new material online - “I’m not really into the idea of picking an enormous fight (with the industry, presumably) because I think the structure of the music business is in a state of collapse anyway. There’s [...]
Word continues to spread across the ‘net about Faux-Hoax, that little band that I put together with Danny Seim and John Askew. Interestingly our guest vocalist, Adam Gnade has been bringing a lot of attention to the project. For instance he surfaces here at Jenny Tatone’s Mog Blog. Anyway, I thought it only fair that [...]
Wayne rides the crowd at Sasquatch
The Flaming Lips have delivered a very melancholy version of Radiohead’s Knive’s Out.
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There’s an interesting interview with Radiohead’s Thom Yorke over at the NY Times. He gives his usual thoughtful, introspective answers but the bombshell for me is when he says that Radiohead have been out of their recording contract since 2003. This makes them the biggest rock band in the world without a contract nor do [...]
A Podcast that is, which is just a newfangled way of saying I have an internet radio show that you can download and listen to on your computer or your iPod. Brought to you courtesy of the Portland Mercury, this episode is the first in a series that traces the roots of punk and post-punk [...]