Arcade Fire have succeeded at disco and synthpop before, but on 'Everything Now,' they lack ambition and excitement
Listen to "Every Day's the Weekend" off Alex's debut for Dead Oceans, 'I Love You Like A Brother,' and get tix to her NYC show in today's BV presale
Some sets from this weekend's Panorama will stream live on Yahoo Music; SiriusXM will also be broadcasting from the festival.
Sparks release 'Hippopotamus' in September and the Mael brothers will be backed by a five-piece band at their shows this fall, including a BV-presented Le Poisson Rouge show.
"If dress code is 'hip and trendy,' band members will not be allowed through the door...hip and trendy people will have to play the music.... Wear whatever you want"
Godflesh are headlining Hospital Productions' 20th anniversary show in NYC with a 'Streetcleaner' set. The lineup also includes a Jesu/Nothing/Prurient collab and more
Photos of the bands are coming soon, but check out these shots of the venue and people.
Rock N' Roll, cheap beer, tattoos, camping, all in an abandoned zoo in the Catskills.
Dan Deacon, Diarrhea Planet, Dillinger Escape Plan, Eskimeaux, Fu Manchu, Girls Against Boys, Gwar, Jimmy Eat World, Laura Stevenson, Meat Puppets, NOFX, Refused, The Anniversary, The Flaming Lips, The Specials, Tigers Jaw, Ween, and more.
Openers include Off With Their Heads, Crazy & the Brains, Anti-Flag, Masked Intruder, and more.
It's a ridiculously stacked Thursday in (and around) NYC, with Arcade Fire, Tame Impala, Okkervil River, Slayer, Regina Spektor, Ben Gibbard, Giorgio Moroder, A$AP Ferg, and still more.
Esperanza is making the album, called Exposure, over a 77-hour period, of which will be livestreamed on Facebook. She plays Prospect Park with Andrew Bird this weekend.
The BBC held a concert in celebration of the music of Scott Walker on Wednesday, July 25 at London’s Royal Albert Hall, as part of the annual Proms classical music festival. The event focused particularly on material from Walker's first four solo albums following his departure from The Walker Brothers, released from 1967 to 1970...
In other Grateful Dead news, the seventh annual Meet-Up concert film film screening happens in over 450 theaters on Jerry Garcia's 75th birthday.
French pop artist Yelle hasn't released an album since 2014's Complètement Fou, but things are stirring in her world. She's released two new singles recently, and has just announced a North American tour for the fall.
A move towards dance music could be seen as an attempt to stay modern, but the musical direction of 'Everything Now' has the opposite effect. 'Everything Now' sounds more conservative and backwards-thinking than Arcade Fire's rock albums do.
The second single off Cloakroom's Relapse debut puts a folky twist on Cloakroom's usual style of toeing the line between sludge metal and shoegaze.
Oscar-winning composer Hans Zimmer is mixing Hollywood spectacle and arena rock razzle dazzle on his current tour...
The list is being celebrated with a free NYC show tonight, headlined by Rickie Lee Jones, who will perform Pirates in full (#49 on the list).
Sweet Apple (the supergroup with members of Dinosaur Jr, Witch, Cobra Verde, Guided by Voices and more) are back with a new guest-filled album featuring Mark Lanegan, Robert Pollard, Rachel Haden, and Doug Gillard.