One of the best things about a long weekend is a short week will follow. Which means the weekend will arrive all the sooner. There’s some great stuff for you to choose from in our picks for the weekend – sensitive singer/songwriters, rocking country, Georgia’s best musicians celebrated, legendary indie rockers and more. And there […]
By Micah McLain Sharon Van Etten writes the kind of lyrics that make you wonder how she manages to play her songs live without breaking down. Tales of love, loss and heartbreak so excruciatingly poignant that they constantly catch you off guard with their brutal honesty and poetic truth. While her debut LP Because I […]
– The Selmanaires are getting more and more chill – either in their old age (we kid) or with some new mood-changers. The video for “B. Spell” is. So. Very. Relaxing. Check it out on their blog. You can buy the single via Double Phantom Records. – Yesterday was the last day that you could […]
Robyn Body Talk Pt. 2 Konichiwa / Cherrytree By Cory Albertson Three months after releasing Body Talk Pt. 1, which contained a piece of pop perfection in the single “Dancing on My Own,” Robyn returns with Body Talk Pt. 2, continuing the series’ excellent electropop experimentations. With fellow Swede Klas Åhlund (Sugababes, Kylie Minogue) acting […]
Lauris Vidal Better Part P Is For Panda By Giles Turnbull Lauris Vidal’s work is characterized by carefully sparse band arrangements, making his songs always sound fresh because of the space that seems to let them breathe. His effective writing finds many different and interesting ways to do this from one track to the next. […]
– Oh dear. T.I. doesn’t really know how to stay out of trouble. He’s been arrested again (while on probation) with his wife Tiny for smoking weed in his car. Some details on what this means for him are on the AP now. – We hate to have to report that Paste Magazine has folded. […]
By Jim Simpson “‘Rode Hard and Put Up Wet’ was the first song I wrote by myself that felt like I wasn’t trying,” Marshall Chapman wrote in her 2003 memoir, Goodbye, Little Rock and Roller. “It just poured out one hungover afternoon in late summer of 1973. I’d woken up around noon facedown in my […]
Bobby Bare Jr. A Storm – A Tree – My Mother’s Head Naked Albino Recordings By Micah McLain The majority of Bobby Bare Jr.’s recordings take a while to really get into your head and settle in, and his latest album is no exception. Although he stays mostly within the realm of alt-country, his lyrics […]
Paloma Faith Do You Want The Truth Or Something Beautiful? SIN / Sony UK By Giles Turnbull Press play and the room transforms into a lively jazz-era dance hall, complete with house band. Onto the stage comes Paloma Faith, a British singer-songwriter, bringing with her a stylish infusion of pop, trip hop and soul, cutting […]
Well, summer’s last full month is officially over. And while we actually have a few more weeks left of the season, the feeling of cooler things to come is already in the air. The heat is just a little less oppressive. Kids are back in school. Fall fashions are hitting us over the head. And […]
Lakes The Agreement Self-released By Giles Turnbull “Life? Don’t talk to me about life!” says Marvin the Paranoid Android, repeatedly, in Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy. I harbor a suspicion that Marvin might have co-written many of the lyrics on Lakes’ debut album, The Agreement. Admittedly it’s been a summer full of exceedingly, in some […]
– Ludacris will be helping Tower Beer, Wine & Spirits reopen its Doraville location on Saturday, and in return the liquor store is giving Luda a $10,000 donation for his Ludacris Foundation, which supports Atlanta youth and the community. We love it when everybody wins. – Jenny Lewis and her beau Johnathan Rice just dropped […]
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Jenny and Johnny I’m Having Fun Now Warner Brothers By Al Kaufman Those who complain that Rilo Kiley does not have enough Jenny Lewis will have the same problem with Jenny and Johnny. Jenny and her flame, Johnathan Rice, basically trade songs on their coming out disc, relegating the other person to back-up harmonies and […]
By Jhoni Jackson Most electro shows can mesmerize a crowd — repetitive beats, undulating synths and a well-choreographed supplement of strobes and lasers make it easy. But the glitch jams of the Canadian-bred duo Crystal Castles, however, can trigger more. Late last year, Ethan Kath (the beats-making half of the act) told the Independent that […]
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