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Dandy Warhols To Give Away EP Exclusive In Stores Across America

Aren’t those Dandys sweet? Starting tomorrow, July 19th, they are giving fans a taste of their remixing talents and offering a free and exclusive EP, Earth to the Remix EP Vol. 1., at all the coolest music stores across the U.S.
This lovely pre-album release offer is happening in conjunction with Music Monitor Network, the [...]

18 Jul 2008 | More
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Deerhunter’s ‘Microcastle’ due in October; NIN Tour

Deerhunter have confirmed details for its new record, Microcastle, due on October 28, 2008 via Kranky (N.A.) and 4AD (ROW). Recorded in Brooklyn, NY with producer Nicolas Verhes, Microcastle finds the Atlanta, GA band as a four-piece: Bradford Cox (also of Atlas Sound), Lockett Pundt (lending vocals to “Agoraphobia,” and “Neither of Us, Uncertainly.”), Joshua [...]

14 Jul 2008 | More
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Son, Ambulance - ‘Someone Else’s Deja Vu’

Saddle Creek’s Son, Ambulance return with a pastoral, sun-lit collection of soft psychedelia on their latest album Someone Else’s Deja Vu. The tonal qualities of the songs lie on a continuum somewhere between the folk musings of Mojave 3 and the Incredible String Band. While the songcraft is there, the album is uneven and suffers [...]

10 Jul 2008 | More
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The Dutchess and the Duke - ‘She’s the Dutchess, He’s the Duke’

Kimberly Morrison and Jesse Lortz are your friends. They’re those friends that show up at your doorstep unannounced after months of absence and talk to you as though they never left. The ones that’ll eat all the cold leftover pizza in your fridge and leave you enough money to replace it plus enough to get [...]

9 Jul 2008 | More
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Ambulance Ltd NYC show and album update

Those of you who know him and who happen to live in NYC may have seen frontman Marcus Congleton around in recent months, but you may have wondered about the goings-on of his band.
It seems Ambulance Ltd has been in limbo for nearly a year and a half since their NYC label TVT was [...]

9 Jul 2008 | More
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The Black Ghosts - ‘The Black Ghosts’

You would think that equal parts Simian and The Wiseguys would result in a strange amalgamation of mediocre electro/dance/rock/hip-hop songs that could be used as promotional tools in car advertisements around the world. But Simon Lord and Theo Keating manage to suitably distance themselves from their former commercialized projects and dabble in an assortment of [...]

9 Jul 2008 | More
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Albert Hammond, Jr: All Aboard the Happy Rocket

The new Albert Hammond, Jr. record was almost called Cockpit Voice Recordings if you can believe it. But the curly-headed guy with the guitar worried it wouldn’t be light enough; too “serious in the wrong way,” even. He worries about these things.

8 Jul 2008 | 1 comment | More
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Laura Marling: Dubiously Religious, Certainly Without Pretension

Donned in skinny jeans, mary janes and an oversized white t-shirt, Laura Marling fits any niche in downtown Manhattan; with her doe eyes and pastel skin, she’s seemingly innocent. Her blonde hair is beginning to show the darker roots that have grown in and her charming British accent is pleasantly soothing.

8 Jul 2008 | More
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Tricky: Honored to Meet You

Adrian Thaws (aka Tricky) was once touted as a master of the 90’s trip-hop scene, but when interviewing him that’s one term I strictly avoided. It’s known that he prefers not to talk about the genre, so it was a relief not to babble about the past and instead, to learn more about the future of this legend in the making.

8 Jul 2008 | 1 comment | More
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The Dandy Warhols: Live Long and Prosper

In this over-processed age of here now, gone tomorrow bands, it’s comforting to know that old school acts like The Dandy Warhols, once major label rock darlings, can continue to grow and prosper on their own terms. They’re back this summer in truly independent fashion with their own Beat the World label release. You can [...]

8 Jul 2008 | 1 comment | More
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