Erol Alkan
members of Sex Pistols, Joy Division, Green Day, R.E.M. & more pay tribute to Pete Shelley
Pete Shelley, co-founder and lead singer of groundbreaking UK punk band Buzzcocks, sadly passed away at the age of 63, and the music world (and beyond) have taken to social media to pay tribute.
tours announced: Decemberists, Conor Oberst, DUCKWRTH, Circuit des Yeux, more
Plus: Marissa Nadler (with The Decemberists), Phoebe Bridgers (with Conor Oberst), The Honorary Title/John Nolan, Kurt Vile, STRFKR, Erol Alkan, The Voidz, and more tour announcements.
Factory Floor's Gabe Gurnsey preps solo LP, opening for Nine Inch Nails
“The album is very escapist in one sense even though I don’t want to escape from Factory Floor but what I do on my own has to be separate and it has to explore new avenues,” says Gabe of his solo debut.
Ride are making their first new LP in 20 years with producer Erol Alkan
This will be Ride’s first album since 1996’s half-hearted ‘Tarantula.’
M. Craft releasing 'Blood Moon' (listen to the Beyond the Wizard's Sleeve 'reanimation' of "Chemical Trails")
You may remember Australian singer-songwriter Martin Craft from his mid-’00s albums, like 2006’s Silver & Fire, which mixed gorgeous, Nick Drake-style baroque melodies, danceable rock, and jangly pop. M. Craft (his nom de plume) is back with Blood Moon, his first album in seven years, which is out this week (June 17) via Heavenly…
Beyond the Wizards Sleeve (Erol Alkan / Richard Norris) share 'Diagram Girl' single
It’s the dreamy new single from the psych/dance duo’s forthcoming album.
What's going on Friday? (Total Control, Veruca Salt, R. Ring, U2, Daniel Romano, Thou, Blake Mills, Big K.R.I.T. & more)
Total Control, Crazy Spirit, Nandas @ Palisades
Total Control’s Mikey Young is touring-adverse (he is a very busy mastering engineer among other things) so this short tour they’re on is pretty rare…
Coachella 2015 lineup announced (AC/DC, Jack White, Drake, Ride, Drive Like Jehu, St. Vincent, Tame Impala, Steely Dan, Belle & Sebastian, MANY more!)
Coachella 2015 happens April 10-12 and April 17-19 this year in Indio, CA. The lineup was just announced and includes AC/DC, Jack White, Drake, Ride, Drive Like ……
Klaxons planning new LP, release new single "There Is No Other Time" (listen)
UK art rockers Klaxons are finally set to follow their 2010 album, Surfing the Void, with their third full length this spring. Release date and title TBA, but ahead of that they’ll put out a new single, “There Is No Other Time,” on March 23 via Akashic Records…
Mad Decent Block Party shut down early due to thunderstorms; Major Lazer took the party to MHOW
The Mad Decent Block Party returned to NYC this past Sunday (8/5), happening for the first time in the newly-christened Williamsburg Park instead of South Street Seaport, where it’s been in previous years…
