Brian Coughlin, guitarist for local indie pop band Kinch, is famous.After The Thermals, whom Kinch play with Wednesday, November 17 at Rhythm Room, announced they were looking for fans to bring Furbies (those cute/creepy little toys) to shows, Coughlin decided to create a flier for the show based on his…
What’s Selling is now a battle of the best, a local music duel of sorts. Stinkweeds and Zia are going head to head with indie versus hard rock, rap and hip-hop.Which of two record stores had the best compilation of top 10 albums this week?…
In case you haven’t heard or come from a foreign land, Thanksgiving is next week. That means the holidays are upon us, and show announcements are becoming more and more scarce.This week’s group is lead by the Smashing Pumpkins playing a casino. That is literally the most compelling show in…
Stop the world. Apple has announced that the Beatles catalog is finally available on iTunes, according to Billboard. I love when Christmas comes early.After plenty of rumors went around yesterday about what Apple’s big announcement regarding iTunes was going to be, practically everything under the sun that the Beatles ever…
Today The Beatles and the company formerly known as Apple Computer Inc. struck a deal resulting in the release of the band’s music on iTunes for the first time.The band’s entire output — 12 studio albums with 193 tracks from the original catalog plus all the filler from Anthology and…
For a band that was the first to be truly labeled as “post-rock,” Stereolab has kept things going solid since their inception in 1990. Not Music may have its momentary lapses, but fans of the band will feel right at home amongst the baroque-esque aural landscapes and, most importantly, Sadier’s luscious vocals.What…
Artist: The Fresh & OnlysTitle: Play It StrangeRelease date: October 12Label: In the RedAnd just like that, I find myself a little bored by the sound plied and, possibly, perfected by San Francisco’s The Fresh & Onlys. It’s the sound that has passed for garage rock for over a half-decade…
Song: The Decemberists, “Down By The Water” Context: The Decemberists announced tour dates for early 2011 today. Sadly, Phoenix will once again be Decemb-less as the band’s closest show is in San Diego on February 13. Book your flight to California aboard a steam-powered zeppelin now. This is the first…
New Jersey-based pop-punk-emo band My Chemical Romance seems to have deserted the Sound Strike.The band was on an old list of acts boycotting Arizona over the super-stupid immigration law SB 1070 — which was gutted by the courts before it took effect — but announced today a Marquee Theatre show…
ophisticated (read: old) people everywhere enjoy the smooth sounds of Kenny G. The world-renowned saxophonist isn’t just the vehicle for one of pop music’s all-time best hairdos, he also owns several world records, including the most instrumental records ever sold in the U.S. and the longest note ever recorded on…
Seemingly out of nowhere, Gregg Gillis has made his fourth Girl Talk album, All Day, freely available via illegal-art.net.Do you like Jay-Z rapping over General Public’s “Tenderness?” How about Dorrough’s “Ice Cream Paint Job” over some Brothers Johnson? Girl Talk gotchu, son! Gillis is masterful in outdoing himself album after album, and…
ould overnight British superstar Susan Boyle have the top album in the UK two years in a row?It’s very possible, according to Billboard.Boyle just released her second album, The Gift, which debuted at the top spot on the UK charts. Her first album, I Dreamed a Dream, which was a…
Elephant 6 stallwart Julian Koster, formerly of of Neutral Milk Hotel, has been doing weird shows with his new band The Music Tapes for years. For example, playing “White Christmas” outside random apartments in New York as part of an annual Christmas Carol tour.These are the sorts of tours that…
The AggrolitesNovember 12, 2010 Sail Inn Despite the chilly autumn air outside, the Aggrolites warmed up the Sail Inn with the sounds of summer last night. It was one of those shows where everyone checked their worries at the curb, knowing the Aggrolites’ feel-good vibe would make caring about anything else…
Melanie has been writing and performing music continuously for over forty years. She’s most well known for her performances at Woodstock, the iconic 1970 Isle of Wight festival, and her songs “Lay Down (Candles in the Rain),” “What Have They Done to My Song Ma,” and “Brand New Key.”Her distinctly…
Oh, how we’ve missed podcasting to the music fans of the Valley. Well, music editor Martin Cizmar and I are back with a new one, with nine new-ish songs and lotsa banter about music, including the artistic achievements of Sufjan Stevens, a great new song by local band Gospel Claws,…
Song: Jessica Lea Mayfield, “Our Hearts Are Wrong” Context: Jessica Lea Mayfield’s now album is due in February, produced by The Black Keys’ Dan Auerbach and out on Nonesuch. This first single is pretty damn good. Jessica Lea Mayfield – Our Hearts Are Wrong…
In between dates on an extensive international tour, Damon Albarn has been recording a new Gorillaz album on his iPad, according to NME.Albarn said he hopes he has “made a completely different kind of record.” In an effort to be the first to release an iPad-made album, he hopes to…
Lots of people are eagerly awaiting Michael Jackson’s posthumous record Michael, which will be released December 14.So am I.But after listening to a pre-released single, “Breaking News,” I have my doubts that the recording was untouched after Michael passed away. It sure doesn’t sound like the song is 100 percent…
Taylor Swift may be headlining the 2011 version of the Country Thunder music festival in Arizona.The event’s organizers sent out a press releases today announcing the dates for the annual hootenanny: April 7-10, in Florence where the festival has been staged at Canyon Moon Ranch since outgrowing Schnepf Farms in…
Oh, Kesha.It’s difficult to decide whether to commend or shake your head in disbelief at the pop singer based on her song, “We R Who We R.” Horrible spelling aside, Kesha actually wrote the number one debut song in response to recent teen suicides among gay youth. She wanted a…
Artist: Casket LifeTitle: Building a Better DisasterBasics: The band’s MySpace page reveals a fun little tidbit about the process of recording Building: “One year ago we recorded a record. It’s a pretty good record called “building a better disaster”. So we’ve been all stoked and chillin and getting pretty drunk and…
