Monday, November 22, 2010

Gorillaz cover the XX

Gorillaz stopped by BBC Radio this past weekend to play a 3 song set to promote their new single "Doncamatic," but the performance was highlighted by their stark cover of "Crystalised."

Friday, November 19, 2010

The Decemberists last night on Conan

Check out the The Decemberists debuting a new track of their forthcoming album, "the King is Dead." The album that will be released on January 11, 2011 is described as a back to basic's album and will not be the rock-opera that their previous effort was. Check out the excellent "Down By the Water," featuring Gillian Welch below:

Arcade Fire - The Suburbs

Here is the fantastic new Arcade Fire video for the title track from the Suburbs, directed by Mr. Spike Jonze.


Wednesday, November 17, 2010

Bruce Springsteen with the Phill-E Street band

The Boss performed last night on Fallon and was backed by the incredible Roots. Two of the best live acts today on one stage...amazing:

Because the Night



Save My Love



and of course, "Neil Young" with the Boss doing Willow Smith's Wip My Hair:

Thursday, November 11, 2010

Aloe Blacc @ le Belmont in Montreal Nov 16

Aloe Blacc is play in town on Tuesday and this should be a great show. If you watch the HBO show How to Make it in America, he is the guy that sings the fantastic theme song. Check it out:

Monday, November 8, 2010

Pulp to play shows this summer!

Pulp, one of the best Brit-pop acts ever are going to reunite this summer for 2 European festival dates @ the Wireless Festival in Hyde Park and also @ Spain's Primivera Festival. These will be their first shows since splitting in 2002. Hopefully they will make it to this side of the pond.

Just in case you don't remember:



and as an added bonus:

Thursday, November 4, 2010

Kid Cudi with the Roots and St Vincent!?

Yes it really happened, in this crazy world of interesting artist mash-up things are starting to get less surprising. Kanye working with Justin Vernon and now Kid Cudi with indie rocker St. Vincent.
Certain hip-hop mixing with indie-rock just seems to be kinda natural in a sense. Some hip-hop artist are really try to push the art form in new directions which is refreshing considering it seemed to be stuck in place for quite some time.


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Wednesday, November 3, 2010

Artists Against Aparthied 14

Check out this track featuring Obsession, Nomadic Massive, The Narcycist, and Invincible:

Artists Against Apartheid from Martijn Steinrucken on Vimeo.


and check out the Narcycist's blog:

New Dears album to be released Feb 15th

The new Dears album, Degeneration Street will be released on Feb 15. I heard them pay it live at Pop Montreal and it should be fantastic. Check out them paying the song Omega Dog live in Mexico:

Monday, November 1, 2010

Go-Go Boots, new Drive-By Truckers coming in Feb, 2011!

That's right a new DBT album coming in Feb called Go-Go Boots. "Used to be a Cop," will be featured on the album you can hear it below (Via COS).

Drive-By Truckers "Used To Be A Cop" from Jason Thrasher on Vimeo.

The Walking Dead

I had been waiting with much anticipation for the Halloween Premier of The Walking Dead and it did not disappoint. This Graphic novel come-to-life has great looking zombies and a so far intriguing storyline. The shot of the main character, Rick Grimes riding the horse into a destroyed Atlanta was amazing...I can't wait for next week. Could this show be the show to fill the "Lost" void? Time will tell I guess.