Archive for November, 2010
Welcome To 1979 Presents Dark Side Of The Moon In Quad
There are many ways to experience Dark Side Of The Moon, Pink Floyd’s 1973 sonic masterpiece. On vinyl, for one. On MP3 (“boo, hiss”), laser disc, CD or vintage 8 track, for another. Or you can cue up The Wizard Of Oz, and watch them side by side as the synchronicities unfurl. You could also [...]
Hangout Fest Sets Dates For 2011
The Roots played one of the main stages at last year’s festival. Photo by Jamie Younger. Hangout Music Festival announced Friday that its 2nd annual festival will take place May 20-22, 2011, on the beaches of Gulf Shores, Alabama. Last year’s inaugural bash boasted a lineup of more than 50 artists, including Trey Anastasio, Zac [...]
Cowboy Junkies Ready Vic Chesnutt Tribute Album
Cowboy Junkies will release Demons, a tribute album to the late, beloved singer-songwriter Vic Chesnutt, in February, via the band’s Latent Recordings label. The album focuses on deep cuts from Chesnutt’s catalog, eschewing most of the songs on the 1996 Sweet Relief II tribute album (which featured R.E.M., Madonna, and Hootie and the Blowfish) for [...]
Raise Your Hand: Discuss Bruce Springsteen’s Darkness Reissue Here
The long-awaited Darkness On The Edge Of Town reissue is finally here. We want to know what you think of it. What are your favorite tracks? Are there any new songs that aren’t doing it for you? Did you buy the full version, or the double-disc Promise? Have you found anything cool in the accompanying [...]
Analysis: MySpace Mashes Up With Facebook
MySpace announced a new partnership with Facebook via a webcast today for members of the tech media. While no revenue will change hands between the two companies, the major news is that MySpace has added a “Mashup with Facebook” option at login, allowing Facebook users to create a profile on MySpace. (The Facebook option is [...]
Beatles Ukulele Master Hosts Benefit For Facebook’s Mark Zuckerberg
Last year, ukulele-slinging record producer and provocateur Roger Greenwalt performed all 185 Beatles songs on ukulele during one twenty four hour concert, with help from Guster’s Ryan Miller, Ben Kweller, Adam Green, and The Pierces. In January, he’ll do it all over again, at New York’s Brooklyn Bowl venue, in a gig that will stretch [...]
Jan/Feb Lyric Contest Deadline Tonight At Midnight
Your last chance to enter our Jan/Feb Lyric Contest is just hours away! Tonight (Thursday, November 18) at 11:59 p.m. we’ll officially close the gates of opportunity for our 2010 Grand Prize, which includes a trip to Nashville, co-write with Jim Lauderdale, and demo recording session. View the current 2010 Grand Prize finalists and updates [...]
Joanna Newsom Gets The Tribute Album Treatment (And New Interview)
Joanna Newsom writes complex music that pushes boundaries, which has won the singer-songwriter a devoted following. Among the faithful are M. Ward, Billy Bragg, and Owen Pallett, who all appear on the upcoming tribute album, Versions Of Johanna, whose title is a clever play on the Bob Dylan song “Visions Of Johanna.” All proceeds will [...]
Joanna Newsom: The Siren’s Song Part 2
Read part one of this interview here. Have One On Me is two hours long and three sides. Did you have a clear picture that that’s how you wanted it to be before you started making it? No, I didn’t. Not in the beginning. I think I was more than halfway done writing the material, [...]
Stay Tuned For Major Announcement From Facebook And MySpace
The word is out: a major joint announcement between two of the biggest players in social media will take place today. Mike Jones, Myspace’s CEO, and Dan Rose, Facebook’s VP of Partnerships and Platform Marketing, will host the announcement. Most rumors floating around the internet this morning point to MySpace integrating the Facebook login (“Facebook [...]
Entries (RSS)