Juana Molina Tours North America With Adem
Argentina singer/songwriter Juana Molina is going on a North American trek with London-based singer/songwriter Adem, beginning in October. Molina is coming off tours in Japan and South America, and is currently touring the U.K. in support of her latest album, Son. Adem’s sophomore album, Love and Other Planets, is set to be released on Sept. 26. Tour dates: October 8 - Arlington, VA: Iota 10 - New York, NY: Bowery Ballroom 11 - Montreal, QUE: La Sala Rossa 12 - Toronto, ON: Supermarket 13 - Cleveland, OH: Grog Shop 14 - Chicago, IL: Lakeshore Theater 15 - Madison,... read more
Charlotte Mayor Declares Avett Brothers Day
Charlotte, N.C., mayor Patrick McCrory declared Sunday, Aug. 27, 2006 "The Avett Brothers Day." Seth & Scott Avett were recognized by Mayor McCrory as artists who "provoke thought, change perceptions and bring something new to the world through their music in their albums, tours and regional shows." The brothers' new EP The Gleam will be in stores nationwide Sep. 19. ... read more
Nickel Creek Goes On Hiatus
After seventeen years as a band and seven years of touring in support of three records, alternative bluegrass trio Nickel Creek has announced plans to go on indefinite hiatus to pursue other interests. “It has been a pleasure to write, record and perform for you through the years,” the band said in a statement, “And we’d like to heartily thank you for your invaluable contribution to our musical lives.” ... read more
Duran Duran, Daft Punk To Headline Bang! Festival
Duran Duran teams up with Daft Punk at this year's Bang! Music Festival, set for Nov. 11 at Bicentennial Park in Miami. Headlining the bill will be Dutch trance DJ Tiësto. Other acts include: Gnarls Barkley, Modest Mouse, Los Amigos Invisibles, Common, Thievery Corporation, Kinky, DJ Icey, Yerba Buena and more. The full lineup will be announced at a later date. For more information, check out bangmusicfestival.com. ... read more
Sufjan Stevens And David Byrne Share The Stage
[Above: Sufjan Stevens] Talking Heads frontman David Byrne joined Sufjan Stevens on stage Thursday night at 826NYC's benefit concert to perform a duet of Lefty Frizzell's "Saginaw, Michigan." The benefit, held at The Beacon Theater in New York City, raised money for 826NYC, a nonprofit organization that aims to help kids K-12 improve their expository and creative writing skills. Also on hand for the evening were Jon Stewart, John Roderick of The Long Winters, Dave Eggers, and Sarah Vowell. You can watch a clip of the Stevens/Byrne duet here. ... read more
New Beck Album Drops Oct. 3
Beck will follow up last year's Guero success with new album The Information, out Oct. 3. Produced by Nigel Godrich (Sea Change, Mutations; Radiohead's OK Computer, Kid A), Beck has been working on the album for three years—long before Guero was released—but had to hold off on finishing it because of touring due to Guero's popularity. The Information is 15 tracks with accompanying homemade videos on DVD, which were shot in the studio during recording. Keeping in line with his eclectic tendencies, Beck has hand-picked American and European artists to design the collectible sticker sheets that will accompany The Information's... read more
Grey's Anatomy Soundtrack Coming In September
Fans of hit TV series Grey's Anatomy can relive the second season through various emotional tracks on its soundtrack, Grey's Anatomy: Volume 2, set to release on Sept. 12 on Hollywood Records. Some of the bands featured is The Fray, Snow Patrol, Gomez and KT Tunstall. Here's the full track listing: The Fray - "How To Save A Life" Moonbabies - "War On Sound" Jim Noir - "I Me You I'm Your" Ursula 1000 - "Kaboom!" Anya Marina - "Miss Halfway" Jamie Lidell - "Multiply" KT Tunstall - "Universe & U" (acoustic version) Metric - "Monster Hospital" Gomez - "How... read more
PJ Harvey On Tour - Please Leave Quietly
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Band of the Week: Snowden
Two years ago, Snowden frontman Jordan Jeffares couldn't imagine his musical career reaching beyond the confines of his Athens, Ga., apartment read more
4 to Watch: The Knife
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Phoenix - It's Never Been Like That
Four Parisians travel to Berlin to record platter of blatantly American guitar pop... read more
Gomez - How We Operate
Savy producer helps previously out-there hand draw inside the lines... read more
Strays Don't Sleep
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Scott H. Biram - Graveyard Shift
Damnation and salvation on new album... read more
The Long Winters
One fine summer day in 2004, John Roderick—singer, primary songwriter, founder and agitator-in-chief... read more
Lisa Germano
The animated paint onscreen dazzles us into forgetting: fairy tales can be scary as hell.... read more
Be Your Own Pet
Talk about precocious. As a gradeschooler, Jemina Pearl Abegg crisscrossed the country... read more
Greg Dulli
It’s 4 p.m. the day after a late-night Chicago gig, and Twilight Singers frontman... read more
Silversun Pickups On Fall Tour With Viva Voce
After receiving many praise from their debut album, Carnavas, which hit stores last month, Los Angeles-based quartet the Silversun Pickups will go on a fall trek with Viva Voce. The Portland, Ore., husband-wife team are touring for their newest album, Get Yr Blood Sucked Out, due Sept. 12. Tour dates: September 28 - San Francisco, Calif. @ Rickshaw Stop 29 - Visalia, Calif. @ Howie and Sons 30 - Los Angeles, Calif. @ The Echo October 1 - Phoenix, Ariz. @ Modified 3 - Austin, Texas @ Emo's 4 - Norman, Okla. @ Opolis 5 - Springfield, Miss. @ Randy... read more
Braff-Directed Cary Brothers Video Premiers Today
[Above: Cary Brothers] Every band wishes Zach Braff liked them as much as he likes Cary Brothers. Not only did Braff put Brothers' songs on both the stellar Garden State soundtrack and now again on the soundtrack for Braff's new film The Last Kiss, but he directed the music video for "Ride," the track featured in The Last Kiss. The video premieres Aug. 18 here, and the film opens Sept. 15. Other artists on the soundtrack include Coldplay, Snow Patrol, Rachel Yamagata and Joshua Radin. ... read more
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