The Slow Burn
With a name and style likely to inspire WTF reactions, moog-aholic Com Truise drops his debut album, Galactic Melt. Thought mid-fi synth-wave is something Seth Haley has been doing for years, this only comes after his rising in popularity with a remix featured on the Tron: Legacy soundtrack. Now the New York based producer begins to make his way into the competitive world of electronic music production. Read more…
By Ryan Stabile Posted in Reviews Com Truise, Seth Haley
Attention, hip-hop aficionados: Cali native DJ/rapper/producer/multi-instrumentalist/coolness-exuder Madlib (aka Beat Konducta) is playing a show at the Echoplex on December 10- and believe me, you won’t want to miss this. His shows lately have been far and few, and this one will be the grand finale after his three-stop Medicine Show Live mini tour. Extra incentive: he’ll be releasing exclusive never-been-heard tunes from “Medicine Show #13: Black Tape” there as well.
If I were you, I’d stop reading this post and go grab your tickets. I have a feeling they’ll be snatched up faster than you can say “Mind Altering Demented Lessons In Beats.”
DEETS:
What: Madlib @ Echoplex
Where: Echolplex
1154 Glendale Blvd. Los Angeles, CA 90026
When: December 10, 2011 @ 9pm
Tickets: $20 advance here; $24 day of show; $26 day of show walk up
18+
By Faith Xue Posted in Los Angeles Madlib
The Preservation Hall Jazz Band has announced their special guests whom will join the famous jazz band during their 50th anniversary performance. Set for Jan. 7 at Carnegie Hall; My Morning Jacket, Del McCoury Band, Trombone Shorty, GIVERS, Allen Toussaint, Blind Boys of Alabama, Tao Seeger, and Mos Def will share the Perelman Stage with the New Orleans jazz band.
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By Patrick Cowles Posted in News Del McCoury Band, Mos Def, My Morning Jacket, Preservation Hall Jazz Band
With her next album Tramp releasing Feb. 7 on Jagjaguwar, Brooklyn based Sharon Van Etten has released the first single from her third album as a tease. Entitled, “Serpents, the somber three minute track builds to a quick crescendo which the singer rides throughout the remainder of the song without letting up.
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By Patrick Cowles Posted in News Serpents, Sharon Von Etten, Tramp
Though marred by poor weather and a tragic death at the Roskilde Festival this past Summer, the Roskilde Foundation will host their annual festival in 2012. Now that they have begun to book and announce the acts for this upcoming festival, Roskilde announced their addition today , the Icelandic phenomena Björk will headline for 2012.
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By Patrick Cowles Posted in News Bjork, Roskilde Festival
In support of last week’s No Kings release, the entire Doomtree crew will descend upon the United States in a country spanning tour. Though there are more dates yet to come, the initial leg of the No Kings Tour has been officially announced.
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By Patrick Cowles Posted in News Doomtree, No Kings
Almost two years since Kiwi comedic music duo Flight of the Conchords announced they won’t return to HBO for a third season of their short lived show, news of a potential movie has begun to surface. While speaking with Totalfilms.com about The Muppets movie, Bert McKenzie stated that plans for a movie are in the works.
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By Patrick Cowles Posted in News Flight of the Conchords
As we reported back in mid-October, famed Canadian singer-songwriter Leonard Cohen plans to release a new album, Old Ideas, in 2012. With the New Year looming, Cohen recently revealed a number of details regarding the effort, which will serve as his first release in over eight years. Read more…
By Nick Vadala Posted in News Leonard Cohen
Seminal trip hop outfit Massive Attack played a live set at at the opening night of French artist JR’s ongoing “Encrages” exhibition at Galerie Perrotin last week. Now, some days after the opening, video footage of the band’s performance has hit the web. Check out the clip after the jump. Read more…
By Nick Vadala Posted in News Massive Attack
For Emma Was Forever Ago
Everything changed about Bon Iver after For Emma, Forever Ago. By now everyone’s heard the story of the months-long voluntary solitude he embarked on in the woods of north Wisconsin. His songs have been heavily licensed for primetime dramas, he let “Woods” get taken over by Kanye West and guested on the hip-hop maven’s My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy, and he’s appeared on all the huge festival lineups: Bonnaroo, Glastonbury, Sasquatch, etc. The success has been a bit of a surprise, and the fans were rabid for his follow-up. His self-titled sophomore effort, out since June, has been successful in many critics’ eyes but it’s not anything like For Emma, for better or worse. Read more…
By Bill Chenevert Posted in Reviews Bon Iver
