Kill Rock Stars To Release Double Album From Elliott SmithOn May 8, 2007, Kill Rock Stars will release a double CD of music by Elliott Smith entitled New Moon. The album contains 24 songs recorded 1994-1997, a prolific time in Smith's career, when he recorded his self-titled album and …
[Music] Beautiful Boy GeniusSean Lennon's new record, "Friendly Fire" (Capitol Records), is so magnificent that it makes The Beatles' "Abbey Road" sound like a Herman's Hermits' record. OK, maybe not. But the truth is, this is no son riding on the long coattails …
[Music] The New Sound of Red Hill CityMany bands decide what they will sound like and stick to that formula, developing a recognizable style. Deviation from the original sound often results in a band split or name change. Red Hill City is proof that a band can …
[Music] Street FolkInfinite is a street-conscious lyricist with southern beats. Laurel Isbister is an acoustic guitar player and singer with a background in Eastern European music. These seem like different worlds, but both artists work through musical traditions to express contemporary concerns. …
Mississippi Fat Possum label to Drop *NEW!* Dinosaur Jr 5/1It's the reunion we all thought we'd never see. When J Mascis and Lou Barlow parted ways in 1989 following three hugely acclaimed and enormously influential albums it was generally understood that the relationship was, sadly, irreparably damaged. While J …
Herman's PicksThe indie rock show of the fortnight comes by way of Philly, PA. on Tuesday, January 23 with Zelazowa at W.C. Don's. They take that crunchy, high energy ROCK 93.9 sound and smooth coat it with a heavy, but melodic …
ARAB STRAP's Good-Bye Best Of AlbumChemikal Underground has finally set a U.S. release date for ARAB STRAP's swan-song compilation, Ten Years Of Tears. The album will be released February 20th. By no means your standard 'best-of', Ten Years Of Tears includes never before heard demos, …
Perry Farrell's Satellite Party DebutAlternative rock originator and one of music's most influential figures, Perry Farrell, has announced that on May 15, 2007 he will hit the airwaves with his most anticipated creation to date: Satellite Party. His new group is a bold and …
The Good StewardsLast winter, filmmaker and musician Matthew Magee met up with his roommate from college, Wes Bonner, to build a coffee t8able using an old window that Magee had found. After converting the frame into a base and adding a layer …
[Music] Perfect HarmonyThere was nothing in particular about playing the Paul McCoy to Jessica's Amy Lee in a rendition of Evanescence's Top 10 hit "Bring Me to Life" that attracted Robert Renfroe. Lee, a regular whose last name Renfroe has never known, …
Budapest's The MoogWhen Budapest's The Moog (yes, that's in Hungary) started to play music, they had no idea that they were about to set off on a journey that would eventually whisk them far across the seas, release them into a whirlwind …
LCD SOUNDSYSTEM'S "SOUND OF SILVER" Out 3/20James Murphy, aka LCD Soundsystem, returns with new album "Sound of Silver" March 20 on DFA/Capitol Records. "Sound of Silver," the follow-up to the massively acclaimed and eponymous 2005 debut, was recorded over the summer of 2006 in a farm …
[Music] Substance, Style, And SensibiltyHonestly, how many rappers admit to being educated? Let's take it a little further. How many rappers embrace their Christian upbringing?
[Music] Donks and Southern Charm"Inside peanut butter, outside jelly, seven days of the week, seven different Chevys." If you've heard these lyrics, you know Cadillac Don and J Money, the men behind the infectious hit "Peanut Butter and Jelly."