Albert Hammond Jr.
Lollapalooza 2015 day 3 pics: Florence, A$AP Rocky, TVOTR, Gogol Bordello, Albert Hammond Jr, Twin Peaks & more
A$AP Rocky pauses to watch the sight of a person in a wheelchair crowd surfing. Ordinarily, hip-hop shows don’t spawn mosh pits but then again, most don’t blare both House of Pain’s “Jump Around” and Nirvana’s “Smells Like Teen Spirit” over the speakers in succession…
Lollapalooza 2015: find us in the Toyota Tent (with Gogol Bordello, Twin Peaks, Pell, Albert Hammond Jr. & more)
Lollapalooza is taking over Chicago’s Grant Park this weekend with headliners Metallica, Paul McCartney Sam Smith, The Weeknd, Florence & the Machine, and more…
Albert Hammond Jr. streaming new album, expands tour, including second Bowery Ballroom show (updated dates)
Albert Hammond Jr’s new solo album, Momentary Masters, is out this Friday (7/31). There’s an almost Foals-like math-iness to some of it, and while still very hooky, it’s definitely different territory for the Strokes guitarist…
Pop Montreal announces second round of 2015 artists; early bird passes on sale now
Pop Montreal has just announced its second round of artists added to the festival’s 2015 lineup. That includes Viet Cong, The Orb, Micachu & the Shapes, The Besnard Lakes, Uncle Acid & The Deadbeats, Lee Ranaldo, Albert Hammond Jr, Empress Of and more…
Primavera Sound fest begins (webcast streaming live, WFMU broadcasting it too)
One of the premier music festivals in the world, the 2015 edition of Primavera Sound is just underway in Barcelona, Spain. If you can’t make it, they’re streaming many of the fest’s performances live via two video channels on their website and below…
Albert Hammond Jr. announces 'Momentary Masters' and North American tour (new song stream, dates)
Albert Hammond Jr is back with his third solo album, Momentary Masters, which will be out July 31 via Vagrant. Here’s what the Strokes guitarist says about it:I feel like the best songs I’ve written, as soon as I was done, I was like, “Oh my God, I did it…
ACL Fest: 2015 lineup
The Austin City Limits festival returns to Zilker Park from October 2-4 and October 9-11, and though the lineup wasn’t supposed to be announced until this Tuesday, Austin 360 points out that the festival’s website leaked it ea…
FYF Fest 2014 pics (Slint, The Strokes, Grimes, Future Islands, Phoenix, Boris, Interpol, Murder City Devils, Haim, more)
entire audience appears to be holding its breath, immersed in the British shoegaze band’s ocean of sound. The three guitarists–Neil Halstead, Christian Savill, and Rachel Goswell–are urged on by the warm throb of Nick Chaplin’s bass and the vigorous drumming of Simon Scott…
The Strokes and Interpol played shows in Las Vegas before FYF Fest (pics)
The 2014 FYF Fest wraps up in Los Angeles today (8/24) with sets from The Strokes, Darkside, Blood Orange, Built to Spill, Mac DeMarco and more…
FYF Fest 2014 lineup announced (Strokes, Blood Brothers, Phoenix, Slint, Slowdive, Death Grips, Grimes & many more!)
The annual two-day FYF Fest is returning to LA from August 23-24 this year, and the lineup was just announced. It includes The Strokes, Phoenix, the reunited Blood Brothers who haven’t played sine 2007 (…
