The compilation has an impressive lineup, but the circumstances around it are heartbreaking: Almost a year after his wife Melissa died suddenly, 21 artists have contributed exclusive tracks to Ciao My Shining Star: The Songs of Mark Mulcahy to help... CONTINUE READING THOM YORKE, MICHAEL STIPE, DINOSAUR CONTRIBUTE TO CIAO MY SHINING STAR: THE SONGS OF MARK MULCAHY»
Posted on June 25, 2009 (21 comments)
Tags: Dinosaur Jr. | Frank Black | Juliana Hatfield | Mark Mulcahy | Mercury Rev | Miracle Legion | R.E.M. | Radiohead | The National
Less than 48 hours ago, Mercury Rev's "Butterfly's Wing" took us on a psychedelic trek through a Japanese landscape stocked with rice paper boats and jellyfish, twisty tree branches, dragonflies, kindly whales, and flower pedal rainstorms. Following that Japanese theme... CONTINUE READING NEW MERCURY REV - "SENSES ON FIRE (FUJIYA & MIYAGI REMIX)"»
Posted on October 9, 2008 in (0 comments)
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The psychedelic Upstate New Yorkers in Mercury Rev focus on a cat with butterfly wings and a flying elephant (who can shoot fireworks out of his trunk) in their video for Snowflake Midnight's "Butterfly's Wing." But while the old "butterfly... CONTINUE READING NEW MERCURY REV VIDEO - "BUTTERFLY'S WING"»
Posted on October 7, 2008 in (4 comments)
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By the end of September you'll get to add two Mercury Rev albums to your collection. If you're still collecting Mercury Rev albums after The Secret Migration. Just kidding. The upstate New York crew's decided to follow that 2005 effort... Snowflake Midnight Album Art'">CONTINUE READING NEW MERCURY REV - "SENSES ON FIRE" & SNOWFLAKE MIDNIGHT ALBUM ART»
Posted on July 15, 2008 in (11 comments)
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First up: Snowflake Midnight 9/29. Then the "subtler" Strange Attractor, which will be free! More info at MercuryRev.com.... CONTINUE READING TWO MERCURY REV ALBUMS COMING»
Posted on June 19, 2008 (0 comments)
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Wow, videos are moving into more surrealist territories lately ... who scored the Willy Wonka shit and can we get some? In the B.A. Miale-directed "Echo & His Brother," Hopewell frontman (and ex-Mercury Revver) Jason Russo flies a skywriting paper... CONTINUE READING NEW HOPEWELL VIDEO - "ECHO & HIS BROTHER"»
Posted on December 4, 2007 in (3 comments)
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The gorgeous record Deserters Songs may be how a larger audience came to know Mercury Rev in '98, but the band has been a neo-psych pop forerunner since Yerself Is Steam. And to celebrate the fifteenth anniversary of their first... CONTINUE READING STREAM THE NEW MERCURY REV & INSIDE THE ROCKERS STUDIO»
Posted on November 21, 2006 in (2 comments)
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