All posts from 27 July 2007

While the New York band’s first album was compared repeatedly to Spoon (and unfavorably, we might add), their follow-up “Grand Animals” has its sights set on a different period in music history: the British Invasion. Nearly every review of the new disc (which was produced by Italian composer Daniele Luppi, fresh from working with Gnarls […]

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EVENT: ATP Halloween
Deerhoof, Deerhunter, Liars, Black Lips and Fuck Buttons will play at the newest incarnation of All Tomorrow’s Parties, to be held at the Kentish Town Forum. They do have a strange concept of “Halloween” in the UK, however: the show will be held November 2nd.
!!! + The Field
The varyingly-pronounced dance rock outfit is […]

Tags: atp, black lips, deerhoof, liars, minus the bear, subtle, turbonegro

Boys Noize
German electronic music producer and in-demand remixer Alexander Ridha (who operates under the name Boys Noize) makes his debut as an artist with “Oi Oi Oi,” due September 25th.
Melissa Etheridge
“The Awakening,” the singer’s first disc in three years, arrives September 25th.
Kid Rock
The artist’s first album in four years, “Rock’n’Roll Jesus,” is now due October […]

Tags: boys noize, kid rock, melissa etheridge, travis morrison

Rhino and Warner Home Video will be getting the Led out this fall, with three Led Zeppelin reissues planned. On November 13th comes the 2-disc greatest hits CD “Mothership,” followed by a new DVD version of 1976 concert film “The Song Remains the Same” — and a new version of its soundtrack CD — one […]

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The Karen O-fronted trio may not be the most prolific of recording artists, but they do put on a good live show, often playing material not found on their records. Five of those live staples have now been recorded in a studio for the first time, and assembled into the new EP “Is Is.” Some […]

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