It’s 5:50 PM, and I’m wondering why the hell no one at this music festival has mushrooms. Phish are scheduled to go on in 40 minutes, and
2009’s Primary Colours is sort of the A Rush of Blood to the Head story for the Horrors’ career: a critically acclaimed sophomore LP that took the
The Daily Beast is streaming the expanded deluxe edition of the Arcade Fire's The Suburbs album (out tomorrow). Slate offers tips for Brooklyn livi
Planning (hoping) to post “parte secunda” tomorrow before the girls and I leave for two weeks of pizza, pasta and red wine galore.
At KCRW, stream Neko Case and Nick Cave's cover of the Zombies' "She's Not There." The Financial Times profiles author Philip Roth. "For me, the p
Prefix has streams of three new Morrissey songs. The Guardian lists the 100 greatest non-fiction books. The 2011 Bonnaroo downloads page has bee
Pitchfork interviews Bon Iver's Justin Vernon about his forthcoming album. Publishers Weekly interviews Bret Easton Ellis about the 20th anniversar
The DePaulia profiles Dawes. Championed as the next band with the "Laurel Canyon Sound" famously attributed to bands like Crosby, Stills, Nash and Yo
Sometimes the most beautiful of things can come from the most unexpected of places. As suggested by a few of its song titles (well, any album that op
After the crushing intensity of Hospice, the Antlers return with a more refined and sophisticated LP that still forges a powerful emotional connection
After the crushing intensity of Hospice, the Antlers return with a more refined and sophisticated LP that still forges a powerful emotional connection
Okkervil River’s music has always been on the darker side of the indie rock spectrum and their sixth album I Am Very Far is their least accessi
A late sleep for the 5th annual (I think) Piano Shirt Friday. Another spectacular weather day. We get a text that the Pool Hall Studs are
To call The Boxer Rebellion’s sound epic would be an understatement, as the unique sound captivates the spectrum of all encompassing emotions. The L
The Arcade Fire was one of our favorite shows of 2010. And they’re in Chicago this weekend for three sold out shows. And tonight, once you
Last fall I read a great book called Elizabeth's Women that analyzed the women in the Virgin Queen's life and how they influenced her. It was a fascin
Please join me and give a warm La Historia de la Musica Rock welcome to the newest member of our blogteam, Hipster Kitty.Although she's of course famo
What if you were like me and you were out on Saturday night and missed the epic Arcade Fire performance at Coachella? Well, you and I are in luck. Tha
The Dogs are a young band, their membership barely old enough to buy drinks without fake ID’s. This youthful spirit is apparent, for better and w
In the Book Notes series, authors create and discuss a music playlist that relates in some way to their recently published book. With effortless a
Swedish indie rock band Peter Bjorn and John emerged in 2002, often described as a trio of wimpy rockers, who could barely pick up a guitar let alone
Yes, my friends, the time has come to launch Live Fix Radio! And we’re starting this new and unique podcast with a live music memory experiment
Continuing our series on concert fan contests, here’s news about how Pitchfork Media and DonQ Rum have teamed up to test your indie-rock and po
Colin Stetson - New History Warfare Vol. 2: Judges (Constellation) Comentários: Eu não diria melhor! "Chances are that even though you might not hav
There’s probably nothing better to pull me out of review hibernation than the new Rural Alberta Advantage (“RAA”) album, Departing which is sch
The Arcade Fire 2011 tour dates are coming out and they’ll be touring in support of their Grammy winning album, The Suburbs. Small venues wil
The Indies are happening at the Fairmont Royal York Hotel at 8PM on Saturday, March 12, 2011. Performers at the 11th Annual celebration include Janel
Ok, I'd better get this out there, late and incomplete as it is, so I can move on to 2011 already. I want to write about James Blake and the ne
After winning at the Grammys and the Brits, Arcade Fire launched ‘Scenes From The Suburbs’ at the Berlin International Film Festival. Watc
Letters Edinburgh band Letters, have developed a bit of a buzz about themselves lately, with an array of Scottish bloggers already tipping them for bi
In January, fresh off a year in which albums by mainstays like Linkin Park and My Chemical Romance stiffed, and efforts by up-and-comers like MGMT
Yes, I’m going to talk about this! Oh I know, everyone else that matters has already had their say, but it’s become something of a tradit
Should I be embarrassed to say I was excited for this years Grammys? Last years Grammy’s ceremony was mildly entertaining, which is to say, by award
An alternate history of the 2011 Grammy Awards: a completely subjective, often hilarious, hardly definitive selection of our favorite tweets from the
Just when I was ready to write off the historically out-of-touch and one-step-behind awards show, the Grammys have pulled me back in. And we can than
The Guardian profiles the Arcade Fire. Geez Pete lists the top 50 essential non-fiction books for weirdos. Speakeasy interviews Patterson Hood o
Ella no es ajena a los eventos de alto perfil del entretenimiento, y Miley Cyrus ha sido nombrada como presentadora en la 53ª Entrega Anual de los Pr
Last month, we reported that Scenes From the Suburbs, filmmaker Spike Jonze's short film companion piece to his video for Arcade Fire's "The Suburbs"
So the Juno nominations were handed out earlier this week and the usual suspects got the usual nods – Arcade Fire for Artist of the Year, Suburbs f
Arcade Fire confirm Hyde Park gig with Mumford & Sons, Beirut and The Vaccines Following their sold out shows across the UK and at London’s
101. ARIYA ASTROBEAT ARKESTRA “Lost In Kinshasa” 102. FOREST SWORDS “Rattling Cage” 103. B. DOLAN “50 Ways (Paper Plan
As the sun sets on the first month of 2011 hopefully a few will still indulge me in my annually late look back at the year just gone. Now in its 6
Yes, the lineup has finally been announced, so we can dispense with the fake posters showing a David Bowie/Smiths/Pulp triple threat. Ahh, but someti
World Jazz For Haiti was featured on CBC news on January 12th as part of their one year retrospective on the Haitian earthquake. George Koller, DK
It’s 2011 – apparently the International Year of Test Tube Shots. Here are my favorite/most played songs from 2010. Hope you like them. 1
The Luyas aren’t as unknown as you would suspect. Although the band’s name is unfamiliar, two out of the four Montreal members were/are af
Most years I spend a lot of time trying to find the best new music. This time it was a bit different. Thanks to the joys of VCE I spent almost every w
To add an extra level of panache to this year’s “Best of” lists, I’ve asked my buddy Sparkletone to weigh in. Him and I seem
Before we dive into a new year of concert adventures, let’s see what live music moments mattered the most. Let’s discover how the live co
The results are in! Even though we didn’t have much to say about it, y’all clearly were quite taken with The Arcade Fire, as well as BIYL
