The annual Memphis in May Festival has grown considerably over the last 35 years, and no portion of it moreso than the Beale Street Music Festival. One of the longest-running music festivals in the U.S., Beale Street Music Festival had its humble beginnings right down on Beale Street in 1976 & has grown consistently every year since. Continue Reading...
Recorded by Little Dragon recently at Different Fur Studios for yourstru.ly, this song, "Little Man", will appear on their forthcoming album Ritual Union though, truth be told, details still remain sketchy about when that will drop. Head over to yourstru.ly and check out the video, tour details and more. Continue Reading...
Of the many things Poly Styrene was, timid was never amongst them. Her personal and musical arc, from 1977's Germ Free Adolescents all the way to this collection of songs for what would be her final album, Generation Indigo, showed quite the opposite. Continue Reading...
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With sadness, we can now confirm rumors of the passing of Poly Styrene, punk rock icon & lead singer of seminal U.K. punk band X-Ray Spex. According to a posting on her official Facebook page by her long-time friend Symond Lawes, "i just spoke to her mother and its very true, she passed away quietly last night, her mother and daughter were with her, bless you marianne. symond xxx". The news was further confirmed by her PR team, saying "We can confirm that the beautiful Poly Styrene, who has been a true ...
In an even further addition to their crowning album release achievement, the Beastie Boys continue the juggernaut-level rollout of Hot Sauce Committee Part Two with a full-album stream. Continue Reading...
Which Dev Hynes will you be getting today? Lightspeed Champion Dev Hynes? Test Icicles Dev Hynes? Songwriter Dev Hynes working alongside Theophilus London and Solange Knowles? Continue Reading...
The 2011 'Album of the Year' contest continues to heat up with Fleet Foxes' highly-anticipated, wistful song collection Helplessness Blues which is out May 3rd from Sub Pop. Continue Reading...
Beginning in the mid-to-late 1970's through the mid 1980's in New York City, an art & cultural movement exploded on the Lower East Side in the wake of the city's, and the country's, socio-economic turmoil. Spawning a myriad of new musical styles, bands, visual artists, nightclubs and cutting-edge filmmakers, the volatility and desperation gave us works which recorded and clearly marked the period before gentrification, Reaganomics and MTV began to commoditize the scene. In French director Céline Danhier's exceptional documentary film, BLANK CITY, she takes us on an in-depth chronicle of the rise & fall of the era's ...
New York City's delightful Penguin Prison has an album coming out soon. In this episode of "When Will It Be Released", Penguin Prison gets a delicious remix from Oliver. Enjoy. Continue Reading...
There's only one of me at present (though there have been other writers from time to time & if you're a music writer, you could even submit something for review) and, as a result, I don't get to cover everything I'd like at exactly the time I'd like to. France's very own Yelle has been the subject of more than mere wistful glances around here & I'm a big proponent of her particular electropop. So Yelle, if you're out there, I didn't forget you -- I'm just running a bit behind. Continue Reading...
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