Duffy (just Duffy) is a newish UK singer who’s making a splash on both the BBC and Spin’s top artists to watch in 2008. Remiscent of Dusty Springfield, Petula Clark and the unavoidable Amy Winehouse reference, if you like your brooding fem pop with a splash of Motown, check her out. Duff[...]
Archive for January, 2008
Batteries : That Great Grandsuck of the Sea : "Childproof" mp3
Duluth, Minn. band Batteries are fully charged and ready to rock. The group’s debut, That Great Grandsuck of the Sea, is finally here for your approval. We got our hands on the single, “Childproof.” It’s a bouncy stomper with a touch of sax and healthy dose of Dave Frankenfel[...]
January 28th, 2008 - 4:54 pm § in Album Reviews
The Blind Boys of Alabama : Down in New Orleans
The Blind Boys of Alabama Down in New Orleans Release Date: January 29, 2008 Label: Time Life Entertainment Four time GRAMMY Awards winners The Blind Boys of Alabama release their new album Down In New Orleans, tomorrow on Time Life Records. Together for more than six decades, the Blind Boys of Alab[...]
January 28th, 2008 - 4:05 pm § in Music - News
Great Northern announce Sleepy Eepee release dates, Tour with Gutter Twins
I know I’ve been a bit of a Great Northern fan boy, but I do love this band. Some news came out today… Besides iTunes, Sleepy Eepee EP will be released elsewhere digitally on February 19 and in stores on March 18. “Home,” from last year’s Trading Twilight For Daylight, [...]
January 27th, 2008 - 10:30 pm § in MP3s, Music - News
Cassettes Won't Listen announce Small-Time Machine, offer debut single, "Paper Float" mp3
Cassettes Won’t Listen will release his first ever physical release, Small-Time Machine, on March 11. Entirely written, played and produced by Jason Drake, Small-Time Machine won’t be the first time most of us scenesters have enjoyed the musical stylines of CWL, but it will definitely he[...]
Free Ticket Giveaway: Nanking @ Lagoon Theater : Lou Reed
Lou Reed refuses to fade into a VH1 “1969 – Best Year Ever” episode, and that’s a very very good thing. Recent collabs with The Killers and Bright Eyes show just how tuned in the godfather of distortion, high volume feedback, and nonstandard tunings is to today’s music.[...]
The Get-Rites : Pedal Steel Heaven EP
The Get-Rites Pedal Steel Heaven EP Label: Magnolia Recording Company I’m a big Get-Rites fan. The new disc pics up where 2007′s Sideshow Revival left off — country-bluesified spirituals about life, heaven, finding your savior, and on the new EP, Pedal Steel Heaven, even a track ab[...]
January 22nd, 2008 - 9:56 pm § in MP3s, Music - News
The Interiors : "Power Lines" (mp3)
We first told you about Chicago rock group The Interiors back in October of 2006. They were still label shopping at the time. Since then they signed with 54-40 or Fight, a good mid-sized label. But then their guitar player was in a freak accident which ended with the amputation of part of his left [[...]
January 22nd, 2008 - 4:29 pm § in MP3s, Music - News
Counting Crows ready " Saturday Nights & Sunday Mornings"
On March 25, Counting Crows will release their fifth studio album (first in five years), Saturday Nights & Sunday Mornings (Geffen/Interscope). It’s an album of two themes: 1) the electric Saturday Nights, produced by Gil Norton (The Pixies, Foo Fighters) and 2) the acoustic Sunday Mornin[...]
January 22nd, 2008 - 8:28 am § in Contests
The EELS Contest : Win a copy of "Meet The EELS," "Useless Trinkets" and Limited Edition Vinyl
Last week Mark Oliver Everett (aka E) and his revolving lineup of bandmates known as The EELS unveiled their first “best of” compilation, Meet The EELS: Essential EELS Vol. 1, 1996-2006, and its first collection of rarities, EELS Useless Trinkets: B-Sides, Soundtracks, Rarities and Unrel[...]
