This Week’s New Album Releases (8/30/2011)
A lot of heavyweight's released new albums this week. Lil' Wayne finally dropped _Tha Carter IV_ teaching children everywhere how to spell incorrectly and about roman numerals. Another highly anticipated album, Red Hot Chili Peppers _I'm With You_, the first without John Frusciante also came out. Rage Against the Machine guitarist Tom Morello, released his third album under his Nightwatchmen name while the ever present Lenny Kravitz explored _Black and White America_ for his latest release. read more
Found in: Music, NewsPaste mPlayer Issue 9 Is Live!
This week’s issue features Beirut, Robert Earl Keen, Jonny Corndawg, DC Comics’ overhaul, a look at God and the modern artist and more.... read more
Found in: Music, NewsBeirut: The Rip Tide
Zach Condon’s Beirut is in a funny position. He’s cut his teeth on staunchly outsider Balkan folk, but he’s also one of the premier indie-Billboard crossover successes. His band spans 11 members, but he primarily composes lighthearted, three-minute pop songs. He’s got all the trappings of a critic’s darling, but his pedigree has yet to position itself in the auteur company of singular songwriters like Justin Vernon and Will Oldham. With that propulsive buzz (and the fact that the third full-length in a career forms something of an arc) you might expect The Rip Tide to be a towering statement,... read more
Found in: Music, ReviewsStream Beirut's New Album The Rip Tide
Beirut’s new album The Rip Tide isn’t set to drop until August 30, but it is now streaming in its entirety online.... read more
Found in: Music, NewsLollapalooza 2011 Day Two Recap
On Saturday, the skies opened up briefly at Lollapalooza; the early afternoon showers blew through quickly, thankfully, but it was long enough to transform much of the grounds into a giant mud pit. read more
Found in: Blogs, 1000 WordsBeirut Pushes Album Release Date Forward
The next month was going to be a hard one for us. A whole four more weeks to wait to hear Zach Condon’s accordions sing over Beirut’s brand new 12-track release? It just seemed way too long.... read more
Found in: Music, NewsBeirut Announces Tour Dates, Releases Album Cover
Beirut has just announced a fall tour in support of the upcoming album The Rip Tide.... read more
Found in: Music, NewsBeirut Confirms New Album
Good news: Beirut has just announced they will be releasing their first album in four years on Aug. 30. The album, called The Rip Tide, will be the band’s fourth official relase and from what we’ve heard so far, it sounds much different from previous records The Flying Club Cup and Gulag Orkestar.... read more
Found in: Music, NewsBlondie Collaborate With Beirut On Upcoming Album, Reveal Album Tracklisting
A few days ago, we brought you the news of Blondie’s upcoming LP, and now it looks like Beirut appears on the release, with an appearance from Zach Condon as well as a cover of a Beirut track.... read more
Found in: Music, News15 Great 'Hallelujah' Covers
“Hallelujah” by Leonard Cohen is one of the greatest songs ever written. So it’s no surprise that leonardcohenfiles.com currently lists 2,040 covers of Leonard Cohen songs. And that doesn’t count all the YouTubers posting their “Cover of Jeff Buckley’s ‘Hallelujah‘."... read more
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