The 50 Best Beatles Covers of All Time
Few songwriters have been so thoroughly covered as Lennon/McCartney, and the diversity of Beatles covers is a tribute to the Fab Four's unmatched mark on pop music. read more
Found in: Blogs, List of the DayPitchfork Music Festival 2010 Photos Ft. Modest Mouse, Raekwon, Pavement, Best Coast, Many More
Photos by Gavin Paul... read more
Found in: Blogs, 1000 WordsSt. Vincent, Os Mutantes, Liars Join Beck's Record Club
Beck’s Record Club project in which he collaborates with other artists to record an entire cover album in one day—is now on its fourth installment. This time, Beck’s getting help from St. Vincent, Liars and Os Mutantes, according to Spinner.com.... read more
Found in: Music, NewsBig Ears Fest Finalizes Lineup With Sufjan Stevens, Adrian Belew, Liturgy, More
The second annual Big Ears Festival in Knoxville, Tenn. features an eclectic lineup for music fans who may not be able to make it to one of the bigger East/West coast festivals. The March 26-28 weekend will feature special performances, including the only planned live performance of Clogs’ The Creatures in the Garden of Lady Walton with guest vocalists Sufjan Stevens and Matt Berninger and Aaron Dessner of The National. The festival will also mark punk anarchist band The Ex’s the first performance below the Mason-Dixon line.... read more
Found in: Music, NewsPavement, Modest Mouse, St. Vincent to Play Pitchfork Fest 2010
[Photo by Gavin Paul] This year’s Pitchfork Music Festival in Chicago is shaping up to be quite an event. The fifth annual three-day fest, which kicks off July 16 in Chicago’s Union Square Park, will feature performances from Modest Mouse, LCD Soundsystem, St. Vincent and a recently reunited Pavement.... read more
Found in: Music, NewsA.C. Newman Talks Upcoming New Pornographers Album, Together
The head Pornographer discusses collaborating with St. Vincent and Ted Leo, and being inspired by Hüsker Dü... read more
Found in: Music, NewsDavid Byrne, Fatboy Slim, Santigold, More Commemorate Imelda Marcos
Imelda Marcos, former First Lady of the Philippines, is perhaps best known now for collecting 2,700 pairs of shoes during her 20-year tenure, if not fleeing the country with crates of gold and pesos. But former Talking Heads frontman David Byrne has realized, there is more to Marcos than her material wealth.... read more
Found in: Music, NewsKnoxville's Big Ears Fest to Feature Vampire Weekend, St. Vincent, Joanna Newsom, Many More
Knoxville, Tenn.’s Big Ears Festival should be much bigger than its inaugural event last year, continuing to highlight the best in music, visual art and film with a weekend of concerts, exhibitions, screenings, lectures and workshops. The event, which will go down March 26-28, has expanded to host over 30 artists and bands that are expected to perform about 50 concerts in eight different venues. Tickets went on sale late last week via the festival’s website, BigEarsFestival.com.... read more
Found in: Music, NewsGet Moving: Fourteen Songs By Which To Pack And Unpack
If you live in the Atlanta area and are wondering why it's 90 °F and ferociously thunderstorming all weekend, well, that's because I'm moving. Hooray! Hopefully my trusty helpers (read: parents and boyfriend) and I will make it through all the packing and unpacking without getting totally drenched and/or struck by lightning—and then I can commence to getting my new place in order with the musical assistance of this moving-day playlist.... read more
Found in: Blogs, List of the DayAll Points West 2009 Day Two: White Rabbits, ...Trail of Dead, St. Vincent, Kool Keith, Neko Case and More
“New York’s a pretty cool place,” lisped Tool’s Maynard Keenan from the All Points West main stage... read more
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