SXSW REPORT: YUCK, CULTS, TUNE-YARDS, !!!
If it wasn't for the huge sponsor banners and “gourmet” food trucks parked along the outer edges of the East Side Drive-In, the lot would look like any other godforsaken abandoned square of land in Ea...
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NEW TRACK FROM YACHT, ALBUM IN JUNE
Electro-pop duo YACHT have shared the uber-catchy "Dystopia," a track from their upcoming fifth album "Shangri-La," out June 21 on DFA Records. You can stream "Dystopia" below, but a word to the wise...
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SXSW REPORT: CLOUD NOTHINGS, SMALL BLACK AND YOUNG MAN
As it usually goes with traveling on a shoestring, things didn’t go exactly as planned in Austin. Constrained by a college budget, badges and wristbands were out of the question, so the week was fille...
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ANOTHER NEW FLEET FOXES TRACK EMERGES
If we had to pick the album we're looking forward to the most in 2011, it would have to be"Helplessness Blues," Fleet Foxes' second full-length, which will be out May 3 (or My Morning Jacket's "Circui...
ReadmoreNEW VIDEO FOR THE CARS, ALBUM ON THE WAY
As you might know, The Cars are gearing up to release their first album with frontman Ric Ocasek in 24 years. The record, "Move Like This," comes out May 10, but the band is already sharing the second...
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FRIDAY NIGHT ROUNDUP: SEASICK STEVE SIGNS WITH JACK WHITE; COSTELLO, JANE’S, FURTHUR AT VIBES
Seasick Steve, aka Steven Wold, has signed to Jack White's Third Man Records for a one-album record deal. The unique musician, was raised in Memphis and is a sensation in England, where his albums hav...
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FOO FIGHTERS COULD PLAY YOUR GARAGE
Foo Fighters announced today that they will undertake an eight-city run of shows in contest-winning fans garages. The band will perform songs from its new album, "Wasting Light," which will be release...
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SETTLING IN AT SXSW
If South By Southwest were the Olympics, the music and media festival would be the 100-meter relay. The film festival portion only admits badge holders on very official lists, and the interactive even...
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NEPA AND SXSW
South By Southwest kicks off today, and among the thousands of folks that will converge upon Austin, Texas, for the annual amalgamation of performer showcases and industry panels are bands and individ...
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BEACH BOYS TO RELEASE “SMILE” SESSIONS
Forty-four years after they completed recording their legendarily shelved "Smile," The Beach Boys will release the album sessions this year. According to a press release: Co-produced by Mark Linett a...
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