Arcade Fire - Neon Bible
Indie heroes’ sophomore effort dark and well-crafted, if not another masterpiece read more
Adam Duritz' Record Label to Release First Record
While many multi-million dollar rock stars are out schmoozing with beautiful women and contracting expensive drug habits, Counting Crows frontman Adam Duritz is home on the computer. At least that’s how it would seem; the dreadlocked "Mr. Jones" singer claims he signed the first two acts to his new records label, Tyrannasaurus Records, after discovering them on MySpace.com. The label will release the debut album by signee Blacktop Mourning on May 15. The Chicago “Rock/Pop Punk” outfit’s record, No Regret, was co-produced by Max Steger and The Devil and Bunny Show (which consists of Duritz and fellow Counting Crow-ian... read more
Ryan Shaw to Tour With Joss Stone
With a combined total age less than many of their recognized contemporaries in the Soul genre, newcomer Ryan Shaw teams with Joss Stone for a cross-country tour later this year. This is Ryan Shaw, the debut album from Shaw, will be in stores April 17, just before he plays the first show of the tour in Mashantucket, Conn. It seems the man can’t keep off the road, recently ending a round of dates with Robert Randolph and the family band. Shaw is also a “4 to Watch” artist in next month’s Paste magazine. 2007 Ryan Shaw tour dates (with Joss... read more
Amoeba Music to Release TV on the Radio Live In-Store EP
Amoeba Music, known for its live in-store performances, will begin releasing limited edition, numbered EPs of the shows. The first one will feature four live tracks from TV on the Radio’s concert at the Hollywood store last September. The songs Amoeba will including on the EP are "Blues From Down Here," "Wolf Like Me," Province" and "Wash the Day," all off the band’s latest release, Return to Cookie Mountain. The live TVOTR EP will be sold at all three Amoeba stores in Los Angeles, San Francisco and Berkeley and online starting March 27th for 30 days. Related Links: Amoeba Music... read more
Amy Winehouse Tops iTunes, Announces Tour
Before being replaced yesterday by Modest Mouse’s We Were Dead Before The Ship Even Sank, British singer/songwriter Amy Winehouse’s sophomore outing Back To Black spent a week atop the album charts on iTunes. In support of the new record, she has a brief North American tour scheduled for late April and early May. For more on the tattooed chanteuse, check out Paste’s review of Back To Black, featured in our forthcoming April issue. Tour dates include: April 26 - San Francisco, Calif. @ Popscene 27 - Indio, Calif. @ Empire Polo Grounds 30 - Boulder, Colo. @ Fox Theatre... read more
Common
Common has remained a constant in a radically shifting rap equation for 15 years. read more
All Songs Considered?
Sufjan Stevens, Norah Jones, The Be Good Tanyas—NPR’s All Songs Considered backed them before many had even heard the names. read more
Band of the Week: Rising Appalachia
Rising Appalachia stands for everything that gets swallowed up in a slick and shiny society. read more
Autumn Defense Announces New Record and Tour
Three years after its sophomore release, The Autumn Defense has completed a new self-titled album. Pat Sansone and John Stirratt, both of Wilco, have kept The Autumn Defense as a running side project for six years. The group has been on tour since late February and will continue a full set of dates along the East Coast through March. The Autumn Defense has been described as everything from Philly-soul baroque to bossa-nova to classic Southern California. The new work features Autumn Defense regulars—drummer Greg Wieczorek, pedal steel player John Pirruccello and Steve Tyska on horns. Official Autumn Defense tour dates:... read more
Break Out Your Green Computer for St. Patty's Day
Kilt clad cyberspace Celts can rejoice for more than just green beer and shamrocks this St. Patrick’s Day, as the March 17 green holiday also marks the launch of CelticLounge.com. The new website, founded by Irish-American newspaper Irish Voice columnist Mike Farragher and Larry Kirwan of New York Irish band Black 47, will function as an international gathering point for all Celts and those interested in Celtic culture. Though the site will be a venue for Celtic musicians and writers to promote their work, Farragher says any travel agents, pub owners, businesspersons or any other organizations that cater to Celtic... read more
Broadway Books To Publish Iggy Pop Biography
Hot on the heels of The Stooges’ latest LP The Weirdness, released Tuesday, Random House imprint Broadway Books will publish what promises to be the definitive biography of the “Godfather of Punk.” Complete with more than 70 photos, Iggy Pop: Open Up and Bleed is the third nonfiction book by Paul Trynka, former editor of Mojo Magazine. The biography will hit shelves everywhere April 10 in anticipation of Iggy’s 60th birthday on April 21. Perhaps the only thing more remarkable than The Stooges still cranking out records is the fact that Iggy lived to be 60. If ever there were... read more
Nasty, brutish and surprisingly resilient
You’ve stumbled upon the current lair of one of rockdom’s grumpiest ogres, notorious Stooges leader Iggy Pop. read more
Charlie Louvin
Modern stars lend their voices to his latest effort, but after 40 years, Charlie Louvin is still searching for his brother’s high tenor. read more
My Morning Jacket’s Rock ’n’ Roll High School
For the first night of its March 6-7 “Prom” at Athens, Ga.’s 40 Watt Club, My Morning Jacket donned some new evening jackets—pastel-colored ones, with matching pants, ruffled shirts and, in keyboardist Bo Koster’s case, a top hat. Oh, and at least for the first few songs, silver plastic pompadour wigs. Opening with a note-perfect cover of The Dells’ 1956 doo-wop hit “Oh, What A Night”—basically the title track for the two-night stand, dubbed “Oh What A Night Under The Sea”—the Jacket performed a set heavy on tracks from their latest studio recording Z before a tightly packed room, most... read more
The Bar-Kays Release a New Album
Capping on a career that spans four decades, 27 LP's, 37 singles and 28 Top Ten singles, the Bar-Kays have released a new album, House Party. During their long tenure in the world of soul, R&B and funk, the group has kept it alive through live shows, new recordings and samples by modern R&B and hip-hop artists, from Teddy Riley to Coolio to Cameo. House Party is available now on JEA Right Now Records/I.M. Records. Click here to stream the new single, “Sho Nuff,” produced by Jazze Pha. Click here to stream “Superstar,” another new track off of House... read more
BNL Commemorate eMusic's 100-Millionth Download
When Moorestown, N.J., native and aspiring visual artist Michael Brennan downloaded “Diamond Ring” from bluesman Mississippi Fred McDowell in December, he had no idea he’d just made history. Unbeknownst to everyone but the head honchos at eMusic, the world’s largest retailer of independent music and second-largest digital music retailer after iTunes, Brennan had downloaded the site’s 100-millionth song. As thanks for the milestone purchase, eMusic then enlisted multi-platinum rockers Barenaked Ladies to memorialize Brennan in the only way they know how: with his very own song. Beginning today, the surprisingly catchy “Michael Brennan” will be available for download on eMusic... read more
Entire Can Catalogue Goes Digital
The Grey Area of Mute/Spoon will digitally release all thirteen Can studio albums and the I Want More EP on March 13, 2007. This is the first time the entire catalogue will be available on CD. Four of the albums were first remastered from the original tapes in October 2004: Monster movie, Tago Mago, Ege Bamyasi and Soundtracks. The complete digital catalogue will include: Can Delay Ege Bamyasi Flow Motion Future Days I Want More Landed Monster Movie Rite Time Saw Delight Soon Over Babaluma Soundtracks Tago Mago Unlimited Edition Can was formed nearly 40 years ago by two... read more
4 To Watch: Loney, Dear
All your friends are out drinking, and you’re staying at home and being lonely.
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Junior Boys Announce Remix EP, Tour
Following in the footsteps of, well, pretty much any moderately successful indie-pop artist these days, Canadian duo Junior Boys will release an EP of remixes April 10 via Domino Records. On The Dead Horse EP, four tracks from the Boys’ September release So This Is Goodbye get some electronic reworking from the likes of Carl Craig, Marsen Jules and Brit sensation Hot Chip. In other news, Junior Boys will continue their fervent touring in support of So This Is Goodbye in late March with a coast-to-ooast, 25-date jaunt. The Dead Horse EP tracklist: 1. In The Morning (Hot Chip Remix)... read more
Artist of the Week: Cortney Tidwell
Cortney Tidwell’s mother ran herself ragged trying to plaster her face... read more
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