The first 37 seconds of the title track on Limbs third album, Seeds on a Stone, evokes a feeling of good things to come. The choppy and abstract drums, along with the heavy bass line [...]

A friend sent me this, and I had to post it. Son of Dave playing Daft Punk’s “Harder Better Faster Stronger” in his bluesy beatbox style

time for some Sigur Rós video from the other night.
We have awesome footage of the band playing Gobbledigook (the last song in their set before encore). This was the band’s first time on tour since 2001 without the lovely girls in Amiina or

We saw Trtl Soup play at Cake Shop on Jan 19th. Bill and Sara took some awesome photos and a few videos.

Be sure to mark April 28th on your calendar, the day Islands’ new record, The Arm’s Way, will be released through Rough Trade. Despite the three-month wait, the band has provided us eager fans with a new song…

Ace Fu Records must be kicking themselves in the ass these days, after their once-beloved Man Man made the decision of signing to Anti-, but perhaps they are coping well. And perhaps I’m incredibly inaccurate. With the past two years of what seemed to be non-stop touring (much of it with Modest Mouse), they have managed to squeeze out a little gem post-Six Demon Bag that they like to call Rabbit Habits, which, according to Honus Honus, will be their “pop” album…

Here is the entire Radiohead webcast from new years eve in all of its uncut glory.

So what did they play?
EVERY SONG ON THE ALBUM (In Rainbows)
Weird Fishes/Arpeggi, Bodysnatchers, Jigsaw Falling Into Place, 15 Step, Videotape, Reckoner, House Of Cards and All I Need, Faust Arp (Jonny & Thom outside on a hill), and Nude.

…Play entire webcast…

Cat Power and her new band, The Dirty Delta Blues Band, will begin touring soon to promote her new covers album titled Jukebox… – Dates and Album Info ….

Radiohead is airing an exclusive broadcast this New Year’s Eve to celebrate the global release of their new album “In Rainbows” this January. The pre-recorded performance will include all of the tracks from “In Rainbows” as well as some “other bits”. We have the breakdown on the whole thing and a list of air-times & where to tune in.

Scottish rockers Belle & Sebastian put a little Christmas present together for their fans this year. Are You Coming Over for Christmas? can be streamed and downloaded for free all Christmas day.

Oh my word, 2007 flew by almost as quickly as Nicole Richie’s jail sentence, no? Despite the rehab stints and trainwreck pop star mothers, along came a whole slew of pretty fantastic–and some pretty disappointing–albums. So sit back, relax, and allow me to share with you my list of the best and worst albums of the year.

According to the Daily Swarm. Xiu Xiu and Fucked Up just filed a class action lawsuit against everyone involved with the article, Camel cigarettes and their parent company R.J. Reynolds Tobacco, The Rolling Stone, and their parent company, Wenner Media.

The law suit is stating that Rolling Stone created and presented the piece with full intention to tie it in with the Camel ad. The charges are “unauthorized use of artists’ names; unauthorized use of artist names for commercial advantage (right of publicity); and unfair business practices”.

Pop-star Lilly Allen is the next celebrity to announce she is pregnant.

Since OK Computer they’ve always been on the cutting edge with recording and more importantly always pushing what instruments can do and sound. Of course bands have been doing this forever like The VU et all. Radiohead manage to combine the artistic ideas with the fundamentals of rock and roll. This is what really makes In Rainbows stand out on this album. If the true progression of RH started with The Bends then OK Computer marked the pinnacle of these ideas. Each of those albums broke free from what people expected while expanding on the best aspects. Kid A and Amnesiac grasp the listener more emotionally and experimentally. The real start of progression and the biggest test was Hail to the Thief. An ambitious album that told the world they were here to stay. Regardless of the albums, this is where the politics affect In Rainbows. After waiting since 2003 for a new album the direction is so unclear. Thankfully In Rainbows really plays off Hail to the Thief and takes it on a more courageous move for the band. It’s great rock and roll and from side one to four and it never fails to still be creative and innovative…

This morning Thom sent a little e-mail with details about some remixes.
please excuse this addiTion to YouR pile of email.
ThIs is not stricTly junk.
this
is a quick notE to Let YoU know thAT there will be shorttlY be a bunch of rmxs
of some of the songs from the ERAser album made available to download from boomkat.com.
on [...]

Rumor has it that Major Organ and the Adding Machine (the mysterious side project of Neutral Milk Hotel’s Jeff Mangum and Julian Koster), will be releasing a movie to accompany their 2001 debut album.
They have been very quiet about saying much about the film, but clips and trailers can be found just about everywhere now.
like [...]

the band has found what they are good at and have now perfected their art…

Sigur Rós has been up to a lot since their last tour came through

They put together a Dvd featuring the band playing all over their home country, as well as a 2 disc album featuring newly recorded rare songs and an acoustic disc featuring many favorite songs from their past releases.

They also have a new [...]

Just about everyone and their mother (including mine who thought I wouldn’t know) has heard about Radiohead’s new album. Everyone knows thay you can download it for any price you choose (including free). My mother said, “you have to have a conscience” and winked at me. I personally bought the disc box, but if all [...]

Arcade Fire, LCD Soundsystem and friends played Randall’s Island this weekend, and we were there. Got some photos and videos for ya.