For those who simply cannot wait until next Tuesday — or aren’t hip to the album’s leak — NPR Music has given Helplessness Blues its Exclusive First Listen treatment, streaming the album in its entirety via their website…
David Simon’s latest series, Treme, debuted on HBO last April to much critical acclaim. Set in the city of New Orleans, Treme follows the lives of a handful of different characters as they cope with the everyday ins and outs of living in a post-Katrina New Orleans. Treme, much like The…
Title: Leave It Be EPBasics: Well, looks like it’s back to some more old guy garage rock for this week’s YAFI. Thankfully, these rock bands with decidedly older members know a goddamn thing or two about recording good music, and The Unlucky 8s are no exception. Their sound is self-described…
However, it’s punk quartet Face to Face who have perhaps the most intriguing just announced show with their June 1 date at the Nile Theater. The Victorville, CA band rose to prominence with the release of their second album, Big Choice, which contained such radio stalwarts as “Disconnected” and “I Know…
w h o k i l l picks up right where BiRd-BrAiNs left off, bolstered by the catchy, unique lead single “Bizness.” Garbus’ vocals are in top form, commanding your attention from start to finish. She also ditched the DIY recording style from BiRd-BrAiNs, opting instead to go the more traditional recording studio…
Dear Coachella,Remember me? I wrote you a letter about this time last year to voice my concerns about you. I was worried that you’d gone off the rails, blatantly ignoring the ones who loved you the most in favor of a new group of peers who were ultimately leading you…
This time around, it’s all about the music…
Tollett and Goldenvoice were determined to make 2011 as different from 2010 as best they can. Their work, so far, is a marked improvement over last year…
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Leading the way, then, for today’s new releases is Nine Types of Light, the fourth album from Brooklyn indie rockers TV on the Radio. The band has been cursed with the Midas Touch since their debut album as seemingly everything they produce instantly turns to gold. 2006’s Return To Cookie…
Title: 2-song self-titled EP, containing the tracks “Schadenfreude” and “Inching The Foot”Basics: Stellacutta are an young, unsigned 5-piece band from Tempe whose members all study music at Arizona State University. The band describes their current mission as wanting to get the word out about their music, but also — in…
Title: Covela EPBasics: Covela basics. I kid. Covela is described as having a “driven, melodic rock sound has been paralleled to Paramore, Jimmy Eat World, Muse and The Killers.” The comparisons to Paramore make plenty sense as the band plays rock music with a female lead singer — Sarah Drinkwine. Before…
2011 will mark the first time the Warped Tour will play the newly, rather unfortunately named Ashley HomeStore Pavilion. For those keeping track, that’s the Vans Warped Tour 2011 at Ashley HomeStore Pavilion. As well, the tour rolls through Phoenix in early August and will take place, most likely, atop…
It’s up to indie rock duo The Kills to kick things of with a bang, and bang they do on their latest album Blood Pressures. Back from her stint with The Dead Weather, Alison Mosshart once again teams up with Jamie “Hotel” Hince for 11 tracks of dingy, garage rock…
Tomboy doesn’t drop until a week from tomorrow, but NPR has given the album its Exclusive First Listen treatment…
Remember the good old days when every rock band at a certain level had some decadently elaborate backstory with regard to their recording process? You know, the abandoned French castle where the band wrote the lyrics, followed by the recording of the album in a Kentucky bluegrass bar where Satanic…
The Kills are kicking off April in fine form, releasing their fourth album Blood Pressures next Tuesday. For those who simply cannot wait another week for some more unbridled, grimy garage rock from Alison Mosshart and Jamie Hince, the band is offering a stream of Blood Pressures via their official…
Title: I Imagine So…Basics: What say you to a YAFI first — at least for my tenure? That’s right, I’m talking about some smooth, uncensored jazz. No more pop punk or countrified rock. Just the sweet, dulcet tones of Warren L. Jones III and his supporting cast. Jones has a long, impressive history…
Title: WednesdayBasics: Billed as “funk-based blues and straight-ahead rock n’ roll,” Third and Maryland (TAM) play more blues than rock on their first full-length. The majority of the album is stripped-down, mellow rock with a few upbeat tracks bookending everything. This all leads to an unfortunately disjointed effort that feels…
That last-ditch effort would be Gimme Some, the sixth album from Swedish indie rockers Peter Bjorn and John. Much like The Strokes the week before them, PB&J have to live up to their most prized album — 2006’s Writer’s Block. On that particular album, the trio joined forces with the Shout…
The video comes at perfect timing for Garbus — a little birdy told me w h o k i l l leaked a few days ago. How else does Stereogum place these yet-released albums into their heavy rotation? But it’s time for what you’ve all been waiting for — the…
Cut Copy are proud to announce their Grand Canyon State debut in Tempe, AZ @ The Marquee Theatre on Friday, August 12.Their Tempe show is preceded by a date at Spain’s Low Festival on July 22 — that means Cut Copy is actually going out of their way to come play Arizona…
