Leftfield: New live album
Tuesday, March 20th, 2012
Sleigh Bells: Reign of Terror – Album teaser video
Wednesday, December 14th, 2011Sleigh Bells – Reign of Terror
Guidance Counselor Self-Titled Album Released April 20
Wednesday, March 31st, 2010From the press release, because I’m feeling lazy: “The album will be released April 20, with a release show at Holocene that same day featuring music from Fake Drugs (who will also be releasing an album that day) and Astrology (Marius Libman of Copy and Charlie Salas-Humara of Panther). Record Release Show: April 20th @ [...]
The Balconies Debut Album
Monday, August 17th, 2009The Canadians are coming [again.] The Balconies hail from Ottawa and consists of Jacquie Neville (of Jetplanes of Abraham fame), Liam Jaeger (ex-For the Mathematics member), and Jacqui’s brother Steve Neville. There’s a lot of talent wrapped up in this tight-knit pop-rock trio as each member is an experienced song writer and performer. The Balconies [...]
Fol Chen Releases Free Album Heads Out on Tour
Thursday, August 13th, 2009Smart people who understand the interwebs… Grab the free album here. Tour dates below: 08-14 Los Angeles, CA @ The Echo 09-05 Eindhoven, Netherlands @ Indie Disco / Effenaar 09-07 Cardiff, United Kingdom @ Buffalo Bar 09-08 Hull, United Kingdom @ The New Adelphi 09-09 Leeds, United Kingdom @ The Well 09-10 Glasgow, United Kingdom [...]
Tori Amos Free MP3 and Video – Maybe California
Thursday, April 30th, 2009Click to watch the video. Tori Amos‘ wonderfully titled new album, ‘Abnormally Attracted to Sin,’ comes out on May19th. In the meantime Tori is offering up this free MP3 of ‘Maybe California’ as a gift for Mothers Day. We guys can of course also partake in the download love… Here’s the link to the gift. [...]
Anton Corbin and U2 – End of the Album As Organizing Principle
Tuesday, April 14th, 2009I came across a post on the Creative Review Magazine’s CR Blog entitled U2 Linear: it’s not a music video. And indeed it is not. It is a short movie commissioned by the band and directed by Anton Corbijn. This is a great idea. I have an aversion to the music of U2, although I [...]
The End of the Album as the Organizing Principle – A Rebuttal
Sunday, April 12th, 2009Last week I posted my thoughts on the music album’s place in an era of ubiquitous access to music – The End of The Album as The Organizing Principle. I concluded that there was no such place. Early technology for music playback, such as the vinyl record, had created restrictions for artists without ever consulting [...]
