After a few tax troubles that resulted in an aborted tour late last year, Echo & the Bunnymen are finally ready to support their 11th studio album, The Fountain with a brief US tour that kicks off at Coachella. Despite being only 50% of its heyday glory, this incarnation of The Bunnymen (namely guitarist Will […]

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Arctic Monkeys are cutting the grueling promotional circus a little short in support of Humbug in order to get back into the studio to work on their 4th LP. The current plan is to bring QOTSA frontman Josh Homme back to work the boards. So, despite being accused of “maturing” for Humbug, the band plans […]

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Harkening back to the externalized lyrical schematics of Happy Hollow, Cursive has just released a brand new digital single benefiting the American Indian College Fund. The orphaned, post-Mama I’m Swollen song blasts the way the United States has treated the American Indian Community with caustic, no holds barred lyrics. It’s slightly over the top, but […]

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Despite Paul Banks’ active promotion of his impressive solo debut, Julian Plenti is…Skyscraper, the fourth Interpol album is still on track for release in early 2010. Drummer Sam Fogarino has even alluded to its close relationship to Interpol’s darkly expansive 2002 debut, Turn on the Bright Lights, telling Paste Magazine, “In trying to move forward, there […]

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Land of Talk is one of those bands that sneaks up on me and kicks my ass every time. They slip under the radar, and I forget about them completely. Then, a few months later I am reminded how much I like them, and the cycles starts all over again. Luckily for me, the band […]

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Arctic Monkeys performed its brooding builder “Crying Lightning” last night on Jimmy Fallon, complete with stoner rock hairdos. Solid. The single is available on vinyl through Oxfam. Can’t wait for the new full-length on the 25th. Very annoyed, though, that there’s no love for the South on the current tour: 08/05 – Boston, MA @ […]

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Love and Rockets were another one of my gateway bands in high school that opened up a whole new world of music to me. The band’s fluke Top 40 hit, “So Alive”, represents very little in terms of the breadth of its myriad musical styles. Despite being 3/4’s of the legendary art-punk pioneers, Bauhaus, Love […]

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