Yesterday the New Pornographers helped us celebrate independence, today we return the favor and independently help celebrate the New Pornographers. The free Fourth Of July River To River show was a rain-battling blast; Neko was in tow, though no go... CONTINUE READING PREMATURE EVALUATION: THE NEW PORNOGRAPHERS - CHALLENGERS ... AND LIVE @ BATTERY PARK, 7/4/07 ... AND "MYRIAD HARBOUR" MP3»
Posted on July 5, 2007 in , , (35 comments)
Tags: Carl Newman | Destroyer | Midlake | Neko Case | The New Pornographers
Do albums matter as much as singles anymore? We like to think so. But 2006 was a great year for indie acts representing with a hot track. We wanted to figure a way to celebrate the year in music with... CONTINUE READING MYSPLICE.06 - THE YEAR IN MASH-UPS»
Posted on December 13, 2006 in (34 comments)
Tags: Clipse | Cold War Kids | CSS | Diana Ross | Gnarls Barkley | Green Day | Hot Chip | Junior Boys | Lily Allen | Lupe Fiasco | Midlake | Peter Bjorn And John | Spank Rock | team9 | The Beatles | The Cure | The Flaming Lips | The Knife | Thom Yorke | U2 | Wolfmother | Yeah Yeah Yeahs
One thing to know about Oslo: Most people are honest (except cabbies), friendly (except customs agents), extremely beautiful (no exceptions), and obsessed with the export of their arts. So Øya is ostensibly an international festival, drawing on credible, on-the-rise indie... CONTINUE READING NOR-WAVE GOODBYE TO OSLO: STEREOGUM @ ØYA 2006»
Posted on August 15, 2006 (27 comments)
Tags: Band Of Horses | Beck | Cold War Kids | Doveman | Hot Chip | Les Savy Fav | Liars | Love Is All | Midlake | Morrissey | Snow Patrol | Spank Rock | The Smiths | The Twilight Singers | The Whitest Boy Alive | The Wrens | Yoko Ono
We've got an exclusive new Midlake tune for ya today. The '70s-lovin' Texans' acclaimed Trials Of Van Occupanther gets a domestic release next week. For this remix of "Young Bride" the band's enlisted the Cure's "Roger O'Donnell" and his trusty... CONTINUE READING INSIDE THE ROCKERS STUDIO: MIDLAKE, PLUS EXCLUSIVE "YOUNG BRIDE" REMIX»
Posted on July 18, 2006 in , (11 comments)
Tags: Midlake | Roger O'Donnell