Duran Duran keyboardist, Nick Rhodes, recently told the Daily Mirror that his band would love a crack at the new James Bond theme for Quantum of Solace with producer Mark Ronson in tow. This would follow the band’s previous number one James Bond theme by 23 years. And Rhodes believes with Ronson’s help, “we may […]
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Duran Duran supplanting Winehouse for new Bond theme?
July 2nd, 2008
New Trail of Dead in early ’09, less corporate, more indie
June 26th, 2008
After its acrimonious departure from Interscope Records, replete with the requisite blog-style rant outing label-head Jimmy Iovine for his alleged philandering habits, …And You Will Know Us By The Trail of Dead is gearing up for its sixth long-player. Scheduled for a January 2009 release, the as-yet-untitled record will reside on the band’s own imprint, […]
Nine Inch Nails release Google Earth map of downloads for The Slip
June 26th, 2008
1.4 million people downloaded NIN’s The Slip since its release on May 5, 2008. And this Google Earth rendering is a snazzy way to present the numbers. For old schoolers, you can pre-order the limited (well, if quarter of a million is “limited”) physical version here. Gatefold vinyl version out August 5.
Courtney Love has to be to blame for this…
May 30th, 2008
Once you reach a certain level of fame your dignity becomes harder and harder to hold on to. And that goes double for when you’re dead. I’m pretty sure Kurt Cobain would hemorrhage at the thought of Converse making a signature shoe in his honor. Well, actually, publicly he would have made a big stink […]
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Search Muxtape with Muxfind
May 27th, 2008
Instead of having to click on random people’s Muxtape’s, a developer has created a streamlined search engine called Muxfind, which allows users to seek out artists or songs on Muxtape’s site. [via gawker]
Stream new Cursive
May 18th, 2008
Tim Kasher’s evolving mainstay, Cursive, has been playing a smattering of live shows recently to work out the kinks on some new material in preparation for entering the studio to record the follow-up to 2006’s under-appreciated Happy Hollow. The band just finished a live session at Daytrotter, playing a slow, loose, and tortured version of […]
New Wedding Present single is strictly digital
May 8th, 2008
For a band that once released a new 7″ vinyl single every month for an entire year, going completely digital must feel like a shock to the system, but The Wedding Present has succumbed to technology with the release of “The Thing I Like Best About Him Is His Girlfriend”, a true to form single […]