Stirring up a big boiling pot of industry buzz is a most prolific DJ and nephew to the late great Alice Coltrane, Flying Lotus.
The famed beat master is all set to release his third studio album, Cosmogramma, April 4th of this year.
There are several concrete reasons this album is generating so much buzz:
First off, Radiohead front-man Thom Yorke lends his vocals to the track “…And the World Laughs With You”.
Secondly, this is FlyLo’s 3rd studio album. While …
Those of us who enjoy indie night clubs for the dancing and upbeat pop tunes have quickly become fans of the double-consonant British buzz artist; the likeable and eccentric VV Brown.
With a sound that can be compared to the likes of popular UK artists Natasha Bedingfield and Amy Winehouse, this buzz artist, proclaimed as Britain’s new ‘It Girl’ by The Guardian VV Brown is a 6-foot tall, 25 year old, multi-instrumentalist who has been making music since the age of 5.
Capitol Records is set to release her debut album “Traveling Like The Light” stateside in 2010 and the first single “Shark In The Water” impacts radio here in America in early February.
VV Brown might very well be the next British name to grace the U.S. with her presence over the airwaves and music video channels in 2010.
Be the first to catch VV brown at her San Francisco debut at the city’s premiere, newly remodeled, indie night club, Popscene, on Thursday February 4th at 9 PM.
She will also be one of the most popular up & coming acts playing this year’s SXSW Music Festival in Austin, TX this March.
The metamorphosis of musician Jamie Lidell is something that would make Kafka proud; his career reminds me of that Cronenberg picture with Jeff Goldblum “The Fly”, but it’s not quite as messy and doesn’t involve any insects, biology and other horribly executed plot twists and motifs.
Jamie Lidell made a name for himself during the late 90’s as part of electronic project Super-Collider along with minimalist Dj Cristian Vogel . After two electronic leaning albums with said project, Lidell …
Tonight at 7p PST, Ringo Starr will be the proud recipient of the 2,041st star on Hollywood’s Walk of Fame in front of the band’s US record label, Capitol Records.
You can watch the festivities here, LIVE starting at 7p PST!
Photo by Laura Heffington
My first entry into this SXSW blogging extravaganza is a California band on the 2010 SXSW roster called Princeton. When I first listened to the beginning bars of their song “Calypso,” my first thought was, “ok, here’s another Vampire Weekend soundalike.” But as the Kivel brothers’ deep vocals drifted over the uplifting twang of Princeton’s backing instrumentals, I was pleasantly surprised. Princeton incorporates several individualist details in an oracularly pleasing way, which, rather than sounding chaotic, works.
After a few technical difficulties with the opening band and their drum kit, Strung Out played an amazing set. We were within the grips of one of the best punk/rock shows I have seen in a long time.
The opening band “The Darlings” put on a great show. I had never heard them before, but it really set the tone for the night. They played the perfect amount of songs and had everyone buzzing as soon as they stepped …
Do artists uninspired by profit who simply love to make music exist in the mainstream?
It appears so. The recording artist Beck released another Record Club video last week on Beck.com, a cover of Skip Spence’s Dixie Peach Promenade.
In case you’ve been living under a rock for the past year, Beck’s Record Club is an experiment of sorts where various artists are invited to his studio to remake a classic album. The goal is not to replicate the album, …
Wye Oak is a Baltimore duo comprised of Jenn Wasner and Andy Stack, who will be bringing their indie tunes down south for a performance at SXSW 2010.
Wye Oak’s latest album The Knot is the duo’s second release on Merge Records. Several publications have praised the album, including Spin Magazine, which said: “While the blurry folk-noise fusion of Wye Oak’s first album had an offhand charm, Jenn Wasner and Andy Stack’s follow-up is tougher and more engrossing.”
Check out Wye Oak’s video for “Sight, Flight, Sight, Fight” below:
In just a few months, right after SXSW concludes, the music festival season starts kick off at a rapid pace.
For many of us, this means traveling to festivals like Lollapalooza, Cochella and Bonaroo, yet we often don’t consider what’s happening overseas in Europe.
One festival that has garnered attention over the last couple years is Primavera, which takes place in Barcelona Spain from May 27th-29th.
2010 marks the tenth run of the festival, that in previous decades has seen the …
Philadelphia’s doom synth trio Cold Cave have released a new video “Life Magazine”.
Currently, the trio is delivering up their dystopian melodies to countless hoards of disaffected you (dates after the jump).
Cold Cave are slated to release a full length on Matador records in 2010 – highly anticipated.
Life Magazine…enjoy
