Last time I saw Bob Weston, he was onstage at ATP making amusing cracks about preferring Mission Of Burma to Big Black because, well, their reunion and his part in it payed for his house. Long before said reunion or... CONTINUE READING NEW OLD VOLCANO SUNS - "JAK" & "WHITE ELEPHANT"»
Posted on October 8, 2008 in (1 comments)
Tags: Beastie Boys | Bob Weston | Bonnaroo | Coachella | Mission Of Burma | Shellac | Superchunk | Volcano Suns
By Amrit Singh & Brandon Stosuy After a night of front-to-back ATP-approved "classics," it was nice to tackle a day of unpredictable sets. We missed the earliest acts -- Apse, Australia's garage rockers (and fine live band) the Drones, Growing,... CONTINUE READING ALL TOMORROW'S PARTIES NY: POLVO, LES SAVY FAV, LIGHTNING BOLT ROCK THE CATSKILLS»
Posted on September 21, 2008 in , (7 comments)
Tags: All Tomorrow's Parties | Fuck Buttons | Harmonia | Les Savy Fav | Lightning Bolt | Low | Om | Polvo | Shellac | The Kills | Thee Silver Mount Zion Orchestra | Wooden Shjips
16 years! It's been a long time to wait. For some of you it's probably been a lifetime. All that ends this fall, though, confirmed via tonight's news that's caused music bloggers countrywide to faint face first into their keyboards:... CONTINUE READING MY BLOODY VALENTINE FINALLY COMING BACK TO THE STATES, CURATING QUITE A PARTY»
Posted on April 22, 2008 (20 comments)
Tags: All Tomorrow's Parties | Autolux | Built To Spill | Edan | Fuck Buttons | Low | Mogwai | My Bloody Valentine | Polvo | Shellac | The Drones | Thee Silver Mount Zion Orchestra | Thurston Moore | Tortoise | Wooden Shjips
So here's what we know: By all accounts, indie icon Steve Albini is a bit of a poker freak (just ask Mike Watt). And now Metafilter points us to a poker forum thread begun by a user named "Electrical" (as... CONTINUE READING STEVE ALBINI DROPS ANONYMITY, ANSWERS QUESTIONS IN POKER FORUM»
Posted on July 6, 2007 (21 comments)
Tags: Big Black | Nirvana | Shellac | Steve Albini | The Breeders | Urge Overkill
