A couple of weeks ago during a less than ravishing conversation with my brother about music, he willingly divulged information that I immediately used against him in the most mocking tone possible: he wanted to buy more CDs. But like – way more CDs. He alluded to a very large, very exorbitant CD order. Of…
It’s been three years since Texan prog rock wonders The Mars Volta graced us with their final bow, Noctourniquet. Guitarist Omar Rodriguez-Lopez went on to form Bosnian Rainbows, while singer Cedric Bixler-Zavala focused on solo music and also his new band Zavalaz. Though The Mars Volta may never return to the fold in its prime…
March 9 was the 18th anniversary of The Notorious B.I.G’s death. On that date in 1997, he was shot and killed just six months after the death of another rapper you may have heard of: Tupac Shakur. You see, kids, this was a time when rappers had to prove how gangsta they were by…
It is an irrefutable truth that Queen’s 1975 classic “Bohemian Rhapsody” is one of the greatest songs ever written and recorded. Forget all that “art is subjective” business! I mean…come on! With its abrupt changes in tone, tempo and style, Freddie Mercury and Queen put forth a ballad that shifts into a full-scale opera and…
It’s been four years since Incubus released its last album, the extremely lackluster If Not Now, When? (Seriously, what a snoozefest. I’ve tried to go back and all listens have been unsuccessful. Shame.) But earlier this month, the band released a new single, “Absolution Calling,” and all is right in the world again. Boyd and…
After Florence + the Machine skullfucked 2012 with an emotionally charged SNL performance and their critically acclaimed second album Ceremonials, the group has finally returned with information about their forthcoming release. How Big, How Blue, How Beautiful is produced by Markus Dravs (Björk, Arcade Fire, Coldplay), with contributions from a bunch of people I’ve never…
By now, my lady Internet, you have surely heard about Jack White and his precious guacamole. If your virgin ears have not heard this appetizing piece of news yet, here’s the skinny: Jack White played a show at the University of Oklahoma and the little turd-nuggets who work for their student newspaper leaked his rider. Part of…
Daniel Johns, lead singer of the grungy Australian rock band Silverchair, dropped a new solo single, the first of four tracks that will make up a new EP scheduled for early March of this year. The track, “Aerial Love,” is a gloriously subdued, yet soulful jam. Very far away from the spectrum of tunes that…
This clown certainly has nothing to be glum about. This year, Australian singer-songwriter Courtney Barnett is releasing the follow up to 2013’s The Double EP: A Sea of Split Peas. What will technically be her debut album, I Sit and Think, and Sometimes I Just Sit will be available worldwide March 23. The new single, “Pedestrian At Best” is…
*Update* TLC’s self-titled 5th album is out June 30! Three singles (“Way Back“, “Haters” and “It’s Sunny”) have already been released. Tionne T-Boz Watkins and Rozonda Chilli Thomas are making a fifth and final TLC album, and everything about that is simply wonderful. The duo is Kickstarting the project in order to retain full creative…