Launched back in 2005, albeit somewhat redundantly, to give the always recording Einstürzende Neubauten an outlet for their “more experimental impulses and explorations,” the group’s always interesting Musterhaus series is in fact no more. Weingeister – their eighth and final installment – finds Blixa and the boys popping and pouring, gargling and gorging on vintage […]

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Amy Winehouse live back in May before the drugs and booze had taken their toll, causing cancellations and excuses of exhaustion. The girl is clearly on a path to self-destruct, so lap it up while you can. She looks like she’d actually ingested food on this day, and she belts out “Tears Dry on Their […]

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Shot on Super 8 film, this video of Joy Division playing at a pub just outside of Manchester is an intimate portrayal of Ian Curtis’ harrowing stage presence. His infamous awkward dance moves seem almost exaggerated here, as he loses himself in “She’s Lost Control” and “Shadowplay.” With all the hoopla surrounding the imminent release […]

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The Cure’s 13th studio album was slated for a May release this year, but frontman Robert Smith admitted to having trouble writing lyrics to the 30-plus songs the band had written, so the record was pushed to October. Well, Geffen has just announced that Smith is still recording, so it’s a spring 2008 release now, despite […]

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Nick Cave rocks the fuck out on Letterman with Grinderman. Very Birthday Party-esque.

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Seemingly out of nowhere, Portishead’s Geoff Barrow took a swipe at Lily Allen producer Mark Ronson on his band’s Myspace blog a few days ago: “First off Mark fukin Ronson. I think it takes amazing talent to turn decent songs into shit funky supermarket muzak. I also heard he’s remixing Dylan…some music industry tit thinks it […]

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Pushing 60, one-time Theoretical Girl Glenn Branca is getting ever more diplomatic in his twilight years – either that or Wharton Tiers and Page Hamilton just aren’t returning his calls. The perpetual bane of Rhys Chatham’s existence, Branca has extended an international call-to-axes for the 100 guitarists needed to execute his Symphony No. 13: Hallucination […]

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