Echo and The Bunnymen
Third Man releasing memoirs from Bobby Gillespie and Will Sergeant
Primal Scream frontman Bobby Gillespie’s ‘Tenement Kid,‘ and Echo & The Bunnymen guitarist Will Sergeant’s ‘Bunnyman: Post-War Kid to Post-Punk Guitarist of Echo and the Bunnymen‘ will be out via Third Man this fall.
Ramones, Gang of Four, Joy Division & more added to Tim’s Twitter Listening Party Schedule
Other upcoming listening parties include records by Laurie Anderson, Matt Berninger, OMD, Teenage Fanclub, Belly, Talk Talk, Iceage, The Bangles, Supergrass, and more.
Music documentary add-on channel ’The Coda Collection’ launches on Amazon Prime
If you love music documentaries, a new streaming channel called The Coda Collection has just launched as an add-on to Amazon Prime Video that focuses entirely on that medium…
35 great Beatles covers by indie/alt artists
As arguably the most beloved, most popular, most influential band of all time, The Beatles are probably the most covered pop artist of the last 50 years. Here are 35 great ones, from Arctic Monkeys to Yellow Magic Orchestra.
Here's Robert Pollard's ballot for the ‘Rolling Stone’ Greatest Albums list
If you’re familiar with Guided By Voices 30+ albums you probably won’t be surprised by a lot of artists who made his list.
13 Classic '80s Goth Songs
Here are 13 classic ’80s goth songs by artists who didn’t make our list classic goth albums.
Arcade Fire/David Byrne, Pearl Jam, Postal Service, YYYs, etc comp out now for 24 hours only
It benefits Voting Rights Lab, and also features John Prine (with Margo Price and others), The Decemberists’ Colin Meloy (covering Echo & the Bunnymen), Feist (covering Nina Simone), Phoenix (covering Whitney), Sturgill Simpson, Bright Eyes, Gossip, and many, many more.
Arcade Fire/David Byrne, John Prine, Postal Service, YYYs, Jason Isbell & 70+ others on new benefit comp
The 24-hour-only Bandcamp compilation benefits Voting Rights Lab and also features Fleet Foxes, Bright Eyes, Perfume Genius, Feist (Nina Simone cover), Colin Meloy (Echo & the Bunnymen cover), and so much more…
12 songs featuring Elizabeth Fraser that aren't by Cocteau Twins
From Massive Attack and This Mortal Coil, to songs in Elvish and Aretha Franklin covers, here are a dozen songs not by the Cocteau Twins that make use of Elizabeth Fraser’s unforgettable voice.
10 classic '80s post-punk concert videos to watch right now
While you wait for concerts to officially resume, we recommend these amazing ’80s-era concert videos of the Talking Heads, The Fall, Joy Division, The Cure, Echo & the Bunnymen, and more…