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Christmas on Mars Gets Theater Run
October 2, 2008 · Leave a Comment
The long-awaited film and psychedelic freak out, Christmas on Mars, by the always weird and unpredictable Flaming Lips is being released to select theaters (maybe in your area). The band started making the film back in 2001 and has teased fans with a number of trailers since then. The first trailer appeared on the band’s 2003 Fight Test EP. The newest trailer was officially released by Warner Brothers Records and can be seen here: After years of anticipated release dates, Christmas on Mars has finally seen the light... [Read the full story]
Rock
First Wave Hello Says Goodbye
August 22, 2008 · Leave a Comment
San Diego’s First Wave Hello has called it quits before even getting a chance to speak. The band announced they were taking a “break” to focus on side-projects after four years of extensive touring and recording. The band calls it quits shortly after releasing what is now their final record “God Bless, Devil You” earlier this year. When Ken Andrews (Failure, On, Year of Rabbit) played the World Cafe Live in Philadelphia a year and a half ago, I was introduced and captivated... [Read the full story]
Indie
TV on the Radio Announce LP, Tour, Go Hollywood
August 2, 2008 · Leave a Comment
Sort of … Last month, TV on the Radio announced the title and track listing of their upcoming LP, as well as a string of shows in early Fall. This week, the band added more shows for October and November, upgrading a couple of gigs to a full blown tour. Dear Science, (including comma) is slated for a September 23 release and is regarded as one of the most anticipated albums of the year. Their last effort, Return to Cookie Mountain, received universal acclaim and will be nearly impossible to top, as the record appeared... [Read the full story]
Electronic
Year Zero May Become an HBO Series
August 12, 2008 · Leave a Comment
Trent Reznor wants nothing more than to continue his Year Zero concept into a new medium, preferably series television. “It’s the most exciting thing on the horizon, it’s the thing that when I wake up in the morning it makes me say, ‘God it would be cool if that happened,” expresses the Nine Inch Nails mastermind of his ambition. As stated in an earlier Fishpork news post, Trent Reznor’s Year Zero concept may be developed beyond the album and into a TV series, which he prefers to a film... [Read the full story]
Experimental
Special Feature: Panda Bear vs. Brian Wilson
August 15, 2008 · Leave a Comment
Comparisons have been made before between Panda Bear and Brian Wilson. Some fans of each get angry at the mention of it and dismiss altogether what really cannot be denied. I don’t think you can ignore Noah Lennox’s (aka Panda Bear) likeness to the music legend in both appearance and musical style. When I first download Panda Bear’s Person Pitch last year, my first thought was “this sounds like a Beach Boys record.” That wasn’t necessarily a bad thing, especially because it seemed to highlight... [Read the full story]
Hip Hop
Girl Talk “Does a Radiohead”
June 20, 2008 · Leave a Comment
Gregg Gillis, better known as Girl Talk, decided to drop his latest record, Feed The Animals, (ala Radiohead/Trent/Saul) as a “pay what you can” download. The Pittsburgh native is the master of mash up and has been dropping hits since his 3rd release “Night Ripper” dropped in 2006 on the Illigal Art label. Regardless of what you pay, you get a zip file of the entire record as 320kb mp3s. If you pay five bucks or more, you can download uncompressed FLAC files. $10 gets you the files and a copy of the... [Read the full story]
Upcoming Releases
New Of Montreal LP Leaks
August 31, 2008 · Leave a Comment
Skeletal Lamping, one of the most anticipated indie records set to release this Fall, has leaked to torrent sites all over the Internet. Of Montreal falls under the extended family of Jeff Mangum’s Elephant 6 music collective from Georgia. Led by pretentious indie pop maestro Kevin Barnes and his inner demons, Of Montreal reached unanimous critical acclaim with their last effort, Hissing Fauna, Are You the Destroyer? That album contained some of the catchiest indie pop hooks ever recorded. More interesting were its... [Read the full story]
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Live Shows
Built To Spill @ Terminal 5
The chance to hear a band perform arguably one of the best records ever written in its entirety does not come often. For me, this was one of the most anticipated shows of... [Read more]
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Interviews
The Evolution of Zaba Grace
Zaba Grace’s debut record “My Own Skin” is inspired by memories of an unthinkable childhood. In an effort to reclaim her life, Zaba left Ohio and started over... [Read more]
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Record Reviews
Love as Laughter was formed in 1994 by vocalist and guitarist Sam Jayne as a solo project following the break-up of his previous band Lync. Jayne and... [Read more]
No one can fault Beck for waiting long between his album releases. He’s one of the more consistent artists working today. Nine albums in 14 years... [Read more]
Tapes ‘N Tapes hit me hard when I discovered their 2004 LP The Loon. At the time, I was discovering a goldmine of great new bands (TV on the Radio,... [Read more]
There has been a recent buzz surrounding Eric Avery’s decision to rejoin Jane’s Addiction on stage for a NME Awards show in L.A. earlier this... [Read more]