Monthly Archives: June 2009

Arctic Monkeys Announce First Single is…..Crying Lighting

By Will | June 30, 2009

The Arctic Monkeys have announced that the first single released from their new album Humbug will be Crying Lighting. This isn’t a surprise, this has been the idea for a while. The song will get its first radio play on Zane Lowe’s Radio 1 show next Monday, and then it will be on itunes in [...]

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[NEW] Spoon – Got Nuffin

By Will | June 29, 2009

Spoon surprised the music world on Friday that they would be releasing a brand new EP on Merge Records called the Got Nuffin EP. It is nice to have surprises every now and again, especially from Spoon: one of the more consistent bands making tunes these days. I got the title track from the EP [...]

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[mp3] : Don Diablo – Song for MJ (Remember The Time)

By Will | June 28, 2009

Don Diablo made this track in dedication for the king of pop. He dedicates this song to michael realizing it is the best way for him to do so. The result is one to applaud! Heres what Don had to say: “What better way to pay tribute to MJ than music? I’ve been asked by [...]

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Bloc Party – I Still Remember (Acoustic)

By Will | June 27, 2009

I’ve been really getting into a Bloc Party mood as of late and I came back to this great, great, version of one of my favorite tracks. It is an acoustic version of “I Still Remember” that the boys did for Spinners Interface. This version is stripped down to Kele on vocals and Russell on [...]

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RIP Michael Jackson

By Will | June 26, 2009

Yesterday, while I was at work, I got a text asking me if it were true that Michael Jackson died. My friends and family always know that I am usually on top of all things music/movies so it was assumed that I already knew about the king of pops unfortunate passing. However, I had not [...]

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Album News: Beastie Boys & The Flaming Lips

By Will | June 25, 2009

Those Beastie Boys are back with a new album called Hot Sauce Committee Part 1 set for a September 15th release date . The album will see Nas and Santigold guest appearing on some tracks. I’m interested to see what they have to offer. I’m excited for their set at All Points West! Here is [...]

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Band To Watch: Math The Band

By Will | June 25, 2009

Music should be fun. At the end of the day, does it really matter who is the next Beatles, or if the song belongs on one of the best albums of the year? We are usually too wrapped up in shit like pitchforks scores, that we forget to just shut up and listen to the [...]

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[NEW] Lupe Fiasco – Shining Down (Feat. Matthew Santos)

By Will | June 25, 2009

Fresh track from Lupe Fiasco hear. It’s called Shining Down, and just like the wonderful “Superstar” Matthew Santos is delighting us on guest vocals. This track will be on Lupe’s apparent “final” album We Are Lasers which is on target for a December release. It has a really spacey vibe with some ethereal vocals from [...]

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Preview of a new Arctic Monkeys song: Cornerstone

By Will | June 24, 2009

While reading various forums I found out that the band had put a video up showing about 30 seconds of the band playing “Pretty Visitors”. The sound of it was kinda muffled, but that was ok since we already have heard it from them on live vids. Today, I stumbled across a 25 second track [...]

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[NEW] Dan Rossen – Waterfall (Judee Sill Cover)

By Will | June 24, 2009

Many people when discussing Grizzly band, hit on the topic of which singer they favor more. Ed Droste or Dan Rossen. Personally I love Ed’s haunting lyrics more. But, Dan Rossens vocals are equally as strong. Dan really shows off his talent with this stunning cover of Judee Sill’s “Waterfall”. It is a cover done [...]