The Avett Brothers have premiered their video for “Murder in the City” on PasteMagazine.com. Taken from their acoustically recorded EP The Second Gleam, “Murder in the City” will be running exclusively on PasteMagazine.com until Monday, October 6. “Murder in the City” video The Second Gleam comes on the heels of the band’s very successful 2007 release Emotionalism, which was lauded… Read more »
NPR Music is exclusively streaming Tell Tale Signs, the highly-anticipated forthcoming album from Bob Dylan, as of Tuesday, September 30 at midnight, one week ahead of the album’s release on October 7. The entire 2-CD, 27-song set will be available to hear on-demand at NPR Music for the week leading up to its official release. Tell Tale Signs is the… Read more »
Label: Blackheart Records Released: May 15, 2007 Being a female band on Blackheart Records, the expectation would be that Girl in a Coma would follow in Joan Jett’s footsteps. Unlike so many of Jett’s followers though, Girl in a Coma didn’t forget that attitude and hooks aren’t mutually exclusive. Besides, they’re a lot closer to Blondie’s edgey punkish pop than… Read more »
Here’s a opportunity for the Dude to get his Creedence back (but probably not his tape deck)… From the press release: The first six albums by Rock ‘n’ Roll Hall of Fame inductees Creedence Clearwater Revival will be reissued by Fantasy Records (a unit of Concord Music Group) on September 30, 2008 as six individual expanded-edition CDs. The set marks… Read more »
MVD Entertainment Group (MVD) has announced plans to issue several releases on vinyl including new and previously unreleased tracks by Devo and the Dwarves, plus reissues by G.G. Allin, Wendy O. Williams and the Plasmatics, and more. MVD and Big Daddy have deep access to a great amount of quality content from some very collectible artists. “We are very fortunate… Read more »
Don’t forget that both bands reviewed here today are on tour together (along with Time Again): 9/16 Jacksonville, FL, Jack Rabbit’s 9/17 Ft. Lauderdale, FL, Culture Room 9/18 Orlando, FL, The Social9/19 Atlanta, GA, Masquerade9/20 Carrboro, NC, Cat’s Cradle9/23 Baltimore, MD, Ottobar9/24 New York, NY, Blender Theatre @ Gramercy10/1 Cleveland, OH, Grog Shop10/2 Detroit, MI, Magic Stick10/7 St. Louis, MO,… Read more »
Label: Hellcat Records Released: July 8, 2008 State of Grace is an album of roots: family roots, community roots, ethnic roots…and musical roots. Don’t confuse that with being about the past though. The album doesn’t break out on any new musical paths, but it is every bit about the present and future as it is about the past. That’s quite… Read more »
Label: Flicker Records Released: May 15, 2007 When a band merges punk and Irish folk, the first influence that comes to mind is the Pogues, but Shane McGowan and company were more a folk band with punk attitude. The real origin of the more punk-leaning mixture is the Stiff Little Fingers. While the bands today tend to wear their Irish… Read more »
Head over to Vinyl Collective for the presale for the VINYL version of ALL ABOARD: A TRIBUTE TO JOHNNY CASH! This will be the ONLY PLACE to pick up ALL FOUR COLORS in a COMPLETE SET. Here is the color breakdown 100 on black100 on pink300 half/half pink and black (VINYL COLLECTIVE EXCLUSIVE)500 pink w/black splatter Black is only available… Read more »
Call To Preserve have posted a new song from their forthcoming album due out September 30th. You can hear “Hope For The Fallen” from their Facedown debut From Isolation on their Myspace page. You can catch Call To Preserve on tour supporting their new album From Isolation. TOUR DATES:Sep 25 – Jacksonville, FL @ Fuel (CD Release Show!)Sep 26 –… Read more »