Last year, San Fran's inaugural Outside Lands festival featured Radiohead, but also power outage issues. This year: No Radiohead, but abundant electricity. Trade-offs! While Thom was twisting words at the Reading and Leeds fests in the motherland, Golden Gate park... CONTINUE READING OUTSIDE LANDS 2009 IN PHOTOS»
Posted on September 1, 2009 in , , (0 comments)
Tags: Alison Mosshart | Atmosphere | Band Of Horses | Bettye LaVette | Black Eyed Peas | Built To Spill | Calexico | Dave Matthews Band | Fergie | Heartless Bastards | Jack Black | Jack White | John Vanderslice | M.I.A. | Maserati | Mastodon | Matt And Kim | Os Mutantes | Outside Lands | Pearl Jam | Q-Tip | Tenacious D | The Dead Weather | The Dodos | The Duke Spirit | Thievery Corporation | Tom Jones | Vau-De-Vire-Society | Ween
Having put his spin on Phoenix, Silversun Pickups, and Johnny Cash, LA DJ Josh Kouzomis is on some next level shit with this Salem-y take on Mastodon's latest Crack The Skye single. Makes sense, deep down metal bros really just... CONTINUE READING TROUBLEMAKER REMIXES MASTODON»
Posted on July 23, 2009 in (0 comments)
Tags: Mastodon | Mi Ami | Troublemaker
The conceit underlying Mastodon's new clip for Crack The Skye's multi-sectional epic "Oblivion" isn't as mythological, mystical, or straight LOST-y as past stabs, but by now you should know these dudes are always gonna go for something a little beyond... CONTINUE READING NEW MASTODON VIDEO - "OBLIVION" »
Posted on June 10, 2009 in (3 comments)
Tags: Mastodon
I was initially dismissive of Crack The Skye, but tried approaching it with an open mind since I liked loved much of Mastodon's back catalog. After dozens of listens and discussions with folks who dig it, though, I have to... CONTINUE READING MASTODON FRIGHTEN LETTERMAN»
Posted on May 18, 2009 in (37 comments)
Tags: David Letterman | DEVO | Mastodon
By Amrit Singh & Brandon Stosuy The weather's getting hotter by the day, but we refuse to cave: We arrived at the grounds when the sun was at its peak. Amrit's given to wearing shorts at this point, but Brandon... CONTINUE READING COACHELLA 2009: M.I.A., SUPERCHUNK, AND SO MUCH SUN»
Posted on April 19, 2009 in , , (15 comments)
Tags: Amanda Palmer | Ariel Pink | Band Of Horses | Bob Mould | Calexico | Coachella | Fleet Foxes | Glass Candy | Ida Maria | Jake Gyllenhaal | Mastodon | Paris Hilton | Perry Farrell | Reese Witherspoon | Superchunk | The Chemical Brothers | The Killers | Tinariwen | TV On The Radio
You know the red tracksuits, but you haven't heard the Kissy Sell Out remix of "Give It Up" from the Norwegians' aptly titled forthcoming sophomore album Red. Screw subtlety! On it, they tried nailing a late '70s and early '80s... CONTINUE READING THE 'GUM DROP LXXXII: HEAR DATA ROCK REMIXED BY KISSY SELL OUT, WIN A MASTODON PRIZE PACK»
Posted on April 1, 2009 in , (0 comments)
Tags: Datarock | Kissy Sell Out | Mastodon
Crack The Skye's clearly the least immediate release in Mastodon's oeuvre. Which isn't to say it's bad. It just takes a few more close listenings (and, as you'll soon discover, an acceptance of their increased progginess). Instead of the raw... CONTINUE READING STREAM MASTODON'S CRACK THE SKYE»
Posted on March 17, 2009 (15 comments)
Tags: Gavin Friday | Mastodon | Neurosis | Rufus Wainwright | Scarlett Johansson
You don't get the banjo intro or sacrificial virgin, but Mastodon does offer up the rest of Crack The Skye's first single. It's not one of the best Mastodon songs ever, but the guys put a lot of energy into... CONTINUE READING MASTODON PERFORM "DIVINATIONS" AT SPINNER»
Posted on March 13, 2009 in (14 comments)
Tags: Mastodon | The Roots | Them Crooked Vultures
This morning we posted the Flaming Lips remaking Madonna for Covered, A Revolution in Sound. Now the entire compilation's streaming at MySpace: Mastodon's "Just Got Paid" (with Billy Gibbons) is a standout, the Used's "Burning Down The House" is something... CONTINUE READING MASTODON COVER ZZ TOP»
Posted on March 11, 2009 (7 comments)
Tags: Mastodon | The Used | The xx | ZZ Top
Haa, well Mastodon really went for it with the first Crack The Skye clip. In a Progress Report they told Jessica the album would be a "combination of 'brutal,' 'fucking' and 'epic,'" and that the record would be "dissecting the... CONTINUE READING NEW MASTODON VIDEO - "DIVINATIONS"»
Posted on March 6, 2009 in (11 comments)
Tags: Mastodon | U2 | Wild Orchid Children
Troy Sanders gave a Crack The Skye Progress Report, then we got a look at its wizardly Rasputin album art while listening to the Coachella-bound Atlanta crew's 3-minute banjo fronted "Divinations." You can currently taste the more epic (and instrumentalized)... CONTINUE READING NEW MASTODON - "OBLIVION"»
Posted on February 24, 2009 (3 comments)
Tags: Comic-Con | Mastodon | of Montreal | Twilight
Not too long ago Troy Sanders stopped by for a Progress Report on Crack the Skye Mastodon's fourth album and followup to their indie (and Grammy) crossover Blood Mountain. Now we have some sounds to go with the King Crimson,... Crack The Skye Album Art'">CONTINUE READING NEW MASTODON - "DIVINATIONS" & CRACK THE SKYE ALBUM ART»
Posted on January 27, 2009 in (13 comments)
Tags: Bumbershoot | Mastodon | Romance
There a few more days of pretending to look busy at work ahead, but as far as our iTunes are concerned 2009 can't get here soon enough. We're done with the lists. It's time for the new. We pored over... CONTINUE READING THE 20 ALBUMS WE'RE MOST EXCITED TO HEAR IN 2009 »
Posted on December 19, 2008 in (257 comments)
Tags: Animal Collective | Antony And The Johnsons | Antony Hegarty | Beirut | Black Lips | Blikk Fang | Dan Deacon | Dirty Projectors | Grizzly Bear | Kings Of Convenience | Lightning Bolt | Lily Allen | M. Ward | Mastodon | MGMT | Morrissey | of Montreal | The Dead Weather | The Decemberists | U2 | Yeah Yeah Yeahs
NAME: Mastodon PROGRESS REPORT: Crack The Skye out early 2009; recorded in Atlanta, Georgia at Southern Tracks studio You don't need us or Mastodon vocalist/bassist Troy Sanders to tell you what Mastodon's next LP, Crack the Skye, will sound like.... CONTINUE READING PROGRESS REPORT: MASTODON»
Posted on November 26, 2008 in (25 comments)
Tags: All Points West | Mastodon | Slayer
After hints and clues, Bonnaroo's 2008 lineup's been announced. They've confirmed Lez Zeppelin, but not Led Zeppelin. Though Robert Plant will show up to shuffle along with Alison Krauss. In their seventh year, Bonnaroo's also bringing... CONTINUE READING BONNAROO 2008 LINEUP: METALLICA AND PEARL JAM, BUT NO LED ZEPPELIN»
Posted on February 6, 2008 (61 comments)
Tags: Bonnaroo | Death Cab For Cutie | Drive-By Truckers | Iron And Wine | M.I.A. | Mastodon | Metallica | My Morning Jacket | Pearl Jam | Rilo Kiley | Robert Plant | Tegan And Sara | Vampire Weekend
Fresh off performing one of the 'Fork Fest's best (and dustiest, thank you mosh pit) sets, the men of Mastodon unveil a new vid for Blood Mountain's "Sleeping Giant." Roboshobo is your director in arms, and before watching, it may... CONTINUE READING NEW MASTODON VIDEO - "SLEEPING GIANT"»
Posted on July 20, 2007 in (6 comments)
Tags: Mastodon
Not sure that anybody commanded a bigger crowd than Mastodon on Saturday. This band is huge. (Seriously, it's more than just Pitchfork readers that love them.) In that sense, it's amazing the Atlanta metal outfit is even playing this weekend... CONTINUE READING PITCHFORK MUSIC FESTIVAL 2007: MASTODON»
Posted on July 15, 2007 in (13 comments)
Tags: Mastodon | Pitchfork Music Festival
Our friends Aziz, Paul, and Rob have had a funny run so far on their MTV show Human Giant, though the troupe's absurdist shorts presumably haven't lived up to Viacom brass's lofty expectations. (Let's face it, it's no Road Rules... CONTINUE READING TED LEO LIVE ON HUMAN GIANT»
Posted on May 18, 2007 in (25 comments)
Tags: Aziz Ansari | Human Giant | Mastodon | Paul Scheer | Rob Huebel | Ted Leo
It's taken 25 years, but the shy guys of Slayer are finally ready to take on television. They'll do Jimmy Kimmel's late night show, perfect for maximum nightmare potential. Via Blabbermouth:According to a press release from mPRm Public Relations, tickets... CONTINUE READING SLAYER SET TO SHOW NO MERCY ON KIMMEL»
Posted on January 16, 2007 (20 comments)
Tags: Jimmy Kimmel | Mastodon | Slayer
Last we checked in with Atlanta's evil-riffed metal men of Mastodon, they were bringing it LOST style. Now they're out to help you enter Blood Mountain with some 8-bit (4-bit?) office procrastination. Head here to play The Quest For Blood... CONTINUE READING THE QUEST FOR BLOOD MOUNTAIN»
Posted on January 9, 2007 (12 comments)
Tags: Mastodon
Hard to get around the impression that the boys in Mastodon have been geeking out Jack, Kate, and Sawyer style recently 'cause this clip -- set on a vaguely tropical island replete with roaming, black clouds of smoke and familiar... CONTINUE READING NEW MASTODON VIDEO - "COLONY OF BIRCHMEN"»
Posted on October 26, 2006 in (10 comments)
Tags: Lost | Mastodon
