Selling the Wind

NEW KILLERS EPThe Killers newest LP Day & Age is crammed full of the same working-man-with-mascara pop we’ve come to know and love from the group, one of the standout tracks being the wild outer limits ride that is “Spaceman”. Well it turns out the foursome is releasing a Spaceman EP, featuring the titular track [...]

March 30th, 2009 | Category: brandon flowers, bright eyes, conor oberst, four winds, one day as a lion, rolo tomassi, the killers, tidal wave, wild international | Leave a comment

Thousands!

FOLLOW THAT BIRD! AT BEAUTY BAR
Sorry for not updating Wednesday guys – a combination of more moving difficulties and a slow news day meant no time for an update. However, today is a double update, beginning with a show review of one of the best local bands we’ve stumbled upon all year, the punk trio [...]

August 14th, 2008 | Category: acl festival, cmj, conor oberst, crystal castles, follow that bird, jenny lewis, kylesa, soundcheck magazine, southern drama, the national | One comment

Alter-Native

KAREN O REVEALS NEW SIDE-PROJECTOver the weekend our favorite art-punk frontwoman Karen O of the Yeah Yeah Yeahs revealed her involvement in a new side project called Native Korean Rock. Here’s the announcement from KO from the Yeah Yeah Yeahs’ blog:

“Native Korean Rock is a side project of mine comprised of a body of love [...]

July 20th, 2008 | Category: conor oberst, ghostface killa, grand ole party, j dilla, karen o, mf doom, one day as a lion, rage against the machine, sniperlite, uzi and ari, yeah yeah yeahs, zach de la rocha | Leave a comment

Quick Bite 10 – Acid Tongue

JENNY LEWIS REVEALS SOPHOMORE SOLO ALBUM

Jenny Lewis, frontwoman of our favorite alt-country-meets-indie-rock quartet Rilo Kiley, has announced the title and tracklist of her already impressive sounding second solo album. The LP will be titled Acid Tongue and will feature such esteemed guests as M. Ward, Zooey Deschanel, and Elvis Costello (check out more details here). Given the [...]

July 15th, 2008 | Category: acid tongue, acl festival, conor oberst, jenny lewis, rabbit fur coat, rilo kiley, watson twins | Leave a comment

Food for Thought

BEN GIBBARD COVERS RILO KILEY/STARSAt a recent solo gig for Rhapsody, Ben Gibbard gave the acoustic treatment to some Narrow Stairs already classics such as “Cath…” and “Grapevine Fires”. However, the real excitement came when the Death Cab for Cutie frontman covered tracks from Rilo Kiley (”Silver Lining”) and Stars (”Your Ex-Lover is Dead”), and [...]

July 2nd, 2008 | Category: ben gibbard, bright eyes, conor oberst, death cab for cutie, finally punk, jim james, m. ward, my morning jacket, narrow stairs, rilo kiley, stars, the carrots | One comment

The Witch Hunt

PITCHFORK COMMENTS ON CHIPTUNE CONTROVERSY

We’ve had one or two posts before now about the Crystal Castles “Crystal Theft” Controversy (you know, the one where member of the ‘chiptune’ community have accused Ethan Cath and Alice Glass of stealing beats from chiptune artists’ songs and not giving proper credit to their original creators). Well it seems [...]

June 18th, 2008 | Category: acl festival, action design, conor oberst, crystal castles, crystal theft, food for animals, jenny lewis, maxmillion dunbar, pitchfork, rilo kiley, the roller, tsunami bomb | 7 comments

Open Hearts, Hardcore Times

CONVERGE IN AUSTIN Tonight’s Converge show at Red 7 here in Austin definitely renewed my faith in the hardcore scene. You can get bogged down in lame, crust-punk bands with no sense of integrity or unity to the punk ethos, but then you see great bands like these tonight (Converge, Red Chord, etc.) that [...]

April 23rd, 2008 | Category: arcade fire, austin, bright eyes, cat power, coliseum, conor oberst, converge, crystal castles, genghis tron, hardcore, obama, scarlett johansson, the network, the red chord, tom waits | Leave a comment

Only Human

RINGO DEATHSTARR LIVE VIDEOOne of our favorite local Austin bands Ringo Deathstarr has posted a new video on their Myspace. This is obviously just an inkling of what’s experienced at a Deathstarr show but stay tuned for more videos from this awesome band (hopefully from yours truly!).********************************************************************NEW M.I.A. LIVE VIDEOToday we’ve got our favorite UK [...]

April 20th, 2008 | Category: bright eyes, cannibal cheerleader, cat power, conor oberst, m.i.a., ringo deathstarr | One comment

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