Sleater-Kinney’s Corinne Tucker prepares debut solo record with members of Unwound, Golden Bears

April 9th, 2010

Corinne Tucker, my favorite voice from Sleater-Kinney, is set to release her solo debut this October, which she has unfortunately described as “a middle-aged mom record.” Yikes. Not a good way to get the momentum going. Conversely, she has employed Unwound’s Sara Lund on drums, which definitely perks my ears back up. Fleshing out the […]

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The Wedding Present performs Bizarro on tour, while David Gedge guest edits Magnet

April 9th, 2010

The Wedding Present’s David Gedge is the Guest Editor over at Magnet Magazine to coincide with the launch of the band’s latest tour, which celebrates the 20th anniversary of its legendary Bizarro album. I made the trek to Atlanta this past Wednesday night to see the album performed in its entirety. Gedge always makes a […]

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Jawbreaker’s Unfun reissue out this week, reunion rumors + stream “Gutless” Mp3

April 9th, 2010

I’ve been on a Jawbreaker kick for the past week or so and just last night I stumbled on the notes to “Outpatient” (off 1994’s 24-Hour Revenge Therapy) while messing around on the bass. So, I was pretty excited to come across this current interview at Rolling Stone with Blake Schwarzenbach (guitars/vocals) and Adam Pfahler […]

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Rumor Mill: Blur to release new single for Record Store Day

April 9th, 2010

My wallet is certainly happy that I have a conflict with attending Record Store Day on April 17th, but now that a new Blur single might be in the mix I could be in trouble. Granted, the source is The Sun, so take this with the appropriate amount of salt, but Blur has reportedly regrouped […]

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Cursive covers Starship, makes me yearn for Starship

April 7th, 2010

Cursive covers Starship In the latest edition of The A.V. Club’s Undercover series, Cursive attempts Starship’s “We Built This City” and belly flops the fuck out of it. Wow. I’m a pretty big Cursive fan, and this is just painful to listen to, much less watch. I loathe the original, but, my God, I was […]

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Vivian Girls cover Lou Reed on Sound Opinions

April 2nd, 2010

Vivian Girls with Male Bonding on Sound Opinions from WBEZ on Vimeo.

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VIDEO: Band of Horses “Compliments”

April 2nd, 2010

“Compliments” is the first single off Band of Horses’ third long-player, Infinite Arms, which is due out May 18th via Fat Possum/Brown/Columbia. The music is thicker and busier than anything they’ve done previously. Bridwell’s vocals have always been double-tracked and drowning in reverb, but now he’s harmonizing with himself on multiple levels, which is interesting, […]

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