13 Fantastic Band Websites
Music and all the art surrounding it remain bastions of nearly unrestricted creativity. Albums, posters, and in this case, website designs go in virtually any direction thanks to a large emphasis on personal expression. Designers and developers can create some amazing work when they don’t have a large corporation relentlessly reaffirming the position that everything should adhere to cautious standards—and basically, stay boring.... read more
Found in: Blogs, List of the DayNorah Jones ...Featuring
Finally, an album featuring both Dolly Parton and Q-Tip Norah Jones’ breezy vocals and jazzy style that recalls the heyday of the Great American Songbook have linked her with 2000s MOR pop. For some listeners, she’s a breath of fresh air; for others, she represents all that’s dull and overly tasteful in music. While she could have gotten by singing unobtrusive jazz tunes for your next dinner party, in fact Jones has proved to be a lot more musically curious than she gets credit for and has shown up in some odd places over the years, working with unlikely collaborators... read more
Found in: Music, ReviewsLCD, Belle & Sebastian and The National Play Treasure Island This Weekend
Also, She & Him, Broken Social Scene, Superchunk, Phosphorescent, Surfer Blood and many more... read more
Found in: Music, NewsListen to Belle and Sebastian's Write About Love
The Glasgow pop group is offering its eighth studio album, Write About Love, in full for your streaming pleasure at NPR right now. You can listen to the 11-track record here.... read more
Found in: Music, NewsDownload Belle and Sebastian's "Write About Love"
Be one of the first 20,000 to visit B&S’s website, sign up for the newsletter and nab a free mp3 download of Write About Love’s title track. Write About Love drops in the US Oct. 12. Listen here to “Write About Love.”... read more
Found in: Blogs, Free MP3The Vaselines Announce Tour Dates, Release Video
Teenage Fanclub, Jeffrey Lewis and Belle & Sebastian will open the shows... read more
Found in: Music, NewsNew Belle & Sebastian Album Gets Release Date, New Cover Art
Glasgow sweethearts Belle & Sebastian divulged their latest full-length in four years, Belle & Sebastian Write About Love, is set to drop Oct. 11 in the U.K. and Oct. 12 stateside on Matador Records.... read more
Found in: Music, NewsPavement, Guided By Voices, Ted Leo, Cat Power, Many More Help Matador Turn 21 in Las Vegas
Matador Records will celebrate its 21st anniversary this October to the tune of a three-night concert series called The Lost Weekend, to be held at the Palms Casino & Resort in Las Vegas, Nev.... read more
Found in: Music, NewsBelle & Sebastian Announce U.S. Tour Dates
It's been a while since Belle and Sebastian graced the U.S. with its presence... read more
Found in: Music, NewsIsobel Campbell and Mark Lanegan Ready New Album
The former Belle and Sebastian cellist-vocalist and Screaming Trees/Queens of the Stone Age rocker have teamed up once again. read more
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