Green Man Festival 2009 In Photos

The eco-friendly Green Man took over Brecon Beacons, Wales this past weekend with a heavy dose of Americana: from midwestern folkies (Bon Iver, Wilco, Andrew Bird) to wailing east coast electropoppers (Animal Collective, Gang Gang Dance) and reinvigorated psych legends... CONTINUE READING GREEN MAN FESTIVAL 2009 IN PHOTOS»

We Got The Tweet: The Imposters

Twitter users were outraged last week when the service shut down @CWalken, a popular but totally fake celebrity account. Indeed it's way too easy to be duped by fake profiles. (So easy!) Not that folks care -- Tina Fey disowned... CONTINUE READING WE GOT THE TWEET: THE IMPOSTERS»

New Robyn Hitchcock - "Up To Our Nex"

Everyone's buzzing about the Anne Hathaway-starring, Jonathan Demme-directed, Rachel Getting Married. It's better than the chihuahua movie even. On Friday, we listened to Tunde Adebimpe's Neil Young cover (the TVOTR singer plays the guy marrying Rachel). Also on the soundtrack... CONTINUE READING NEW ROBYN HITCHCOCK - "UP TO OUR NEX"»

Posted on October 13, 2008 (4 comments)
Tags: Rachel Getting Married | Robyn Hitchcock

Radiohead, Cat Power, Feist, Robyn Hitchcock Help Jools Holland Celebrate 200

We tip our caps to Jools Holland regularly around here, for his musicianship whenever we blow the dust off our Squeeze records, but more frequently when he hosts musicians we love on that BBC show of his. A show which... CONTINUE READING RADIOHEAD, CAT POWER, FEIST, ROBYN HITCHCOCK HELP JOOLS HOLLAND CELEBRATE 200»

New Old Robyn Hitchcock - "I Wanna Go Backwards"

Never a bad time to wade through psych-folk hero Robyn Hitchcock's back catalogue, but Yep Roc's making it so there's never been a better time, releasing a box set of three of Hitchcock's finest '80s LPs (Black Snake Diamond Role,... CONTINUE READING NEW OLD ROBYN HITCHCOCK - "I WANNA GO BACKWARDS"»

Posted on August 15, 2007 in MP3 (14 comments)
Tags: Final Fantasy | Laurie Anderson | Nico Muhly | Robyn Hitchcock

SXSW: Friday In Austin

Despite the excellent lineups all over town, our daylight hours on Friday had been spoken for well before we made the trek to SouthBy (and particularly after spending Thursday systematically missing a bunch of the acts we'd hoped to... CONTINUE READING SXSW: FRIDAY IN AUSTIN»

SXSW Video: Robyn Hitchcock W/ Peter Buck, Sean Nelson @ Dirty Dog

Robyn Hitchcock brought some of the Venus family to a much-anticipated (by us) gig at yesterday's Yep Roc showcase at the Dirty Dog. We planted ourselves front and stage right to revel in Robyn's flawless career-spanning acoustic set, for which... CONTINUE READING SXSW VIDEO: ROBYN HITCHCOCK W/ PETER BUCK, SEAN NELSON @ DIRTY DOG»

The Decemberists Cover Robyn Hitchcock, Waterboys In London

Reader Maya writes in from across the Atlantic:Ok so unsurprisingly none of the London music press covered The Decemberists performance at the Shepherds Bush Empire last night. I’m not sure if it was the mid-show calisthenics or the re-enactment of... CONTINUE READING THE DECEMBERISTS COVER ROBYN HITCHCOCK, WATERBOYS IN LONDON»

Posted on February 9, 2007 in Video (6 comments)
Tags: Robyn Hitchcock | The Decemberists | The Waterboys

New Robyn Hitchcock & The Venus 3 - "Adventure Rocket Ship"

Also coming from Yep Roc is psych-folk hero Robyn Hitchcock's Ole Tarantula (out 10/3). His backing band, The Venus 3, are Peter Buck, Scott McCaughey and Bill Riefin of The Minus Five."We sound like a smart garage band, to my... CONTINUE READING NEW ROBYN HITCHCOCK & THE VENUS 3 - "ADVENTURE ROCKET SHIP"»

Posted on August 18, 2006 (1 comments)
Tags: Robyn Hitchcock

Grant-Lee Phillips Loves The '80s

Over at Grant-Lee Phillips' MySpace you can hear the singer/songwriter reimagine PFurs' "Love My Way" as a downtempo folk tune. It's from his new concept album -- the concept being covering Scott Stereogum's favorite "left of the dial" '80s hits.Grant-Lee... CONTINUE READING GRANT-LEE PHILLIPS LOVES THE '80S»

Posted on June 30, 2006 (15 comments)
Tags: R.E.M. | Robyn Hitchcock

Spoon News

Hot off the Spoon e-mail list:1 - Spoon has been invited to tape another Austin City Limits performance. We're not sure who to thank...quite an honor. We're on at 3pm this Thursday the 17th and there will be some seats... CONTINUE READING SPOON NEWS»

Posted on March 15, 2005 (4 comments)
Tags: Robyn Hitchcock | Spoon

This Must Be The Place

Saw Sufjan Stevens at Southpaw Sat night; I got there so early, I caught the end of the early show (Robyn Hitchcock) -- thank you stranger who gave me the free ticket. More on Sufjan here, and Robyn love here.... CONTINUE READING THIS MUST BE THE PLACE»

Eugene Mirman & David Cross Get Wasted, Discuss Indie Rock

Eugene Mirman and David Cross go five rounds with Entertainment Weekly's Laura Gilbert. ROUND 1 EW (Heineken): How long have you guys known each other? Mirman (Dewar's neat): I moved to New York four years ago, and we met maybe... CONTINUE READING EUGENE MIRMAN & DAVID CROSS GET WASTED, DISCUSS INDIE ROCK»

Posted on October 12, 2004 (22 comments)
Tags: David Cross | Death From Above 1979 | Eugene Mirman | Robyn Hitchcock

Indie Rocktober Playlist

Catbirdseat's October playlist is one of his best yet. White Magic, Earlimart, Arcade Fire, Joanna Newsom (beautiful cut, but I stupidly bought this LP on vinyl, which means it's not on my iPod; no more buying new albums on vinyl!).... CONTINUE READING INDIE ROCKTOBER PLAYLIST»

Posted on October 7, 2004 (24 comments)
Tags: Arcade Fire | Joanna Newsom | Robyn Hitchcock