Mar 19, 2010
By Kyle Lemmon
Danger Mouse
The Black Keys recently announced their forthcoming LP, Brothers, which Nonesuch will issue on May 18th. The sixth full-length was recorded at Alabama’s Muscle Shoals studios and mostly produced by Auerbach, Carney, and Mark Neill. Brothers features one track (“Tighten Up”) produced by Danger Mouse, who manned the boards for 2008’s Attack and Release. More
Mar 18, 2010
By Mark Redfern
SXSW 2010
A sea of green t-shirt wearing drunken Austin locals intermingled with diehard audio fans and industry types as the start of the music portion of SXSW 2010 coincided with St. Patrick’s Day. Seeing no need to ease into things, this writer jumped in at 2 p.m., stopped at 1:30 a.m., and saw a total of 11 artists during the first day, including the likes of Sharon Jones and the Dap-Kings, Broken Bells, The Walkmen, and many others. But more on all that in a later post. First, here is a recap of the day parties we attended, which included sets by Findlay Brown, Oh No Ono, Casiokids, Real Estate, A Sunny Day in Glasgow, and Everything Everything.
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Mar 18, 2010
By Laura Studarus
SXSW 2010
News for all of you lucky enough to be at SXSW this week: Muse has just announced a special performance this Friday, March 19th at Stubbs BBQ. More
Mar 17, 2010
By Laura Studarus
Hot Chip
Dancing boy bands and super powers are like peanut butter and chocolate: they just taste better together. While you’re still on your own for dessert combinations, you can get your fill of a gyrating boy band displaying a super (creepy) power in Hot Chip‘s new video, “I Feel Better.” We have the clip. More
Mar 17, 2010
By Frank Valish
David Byrne and St. Vincent
David Byrne reported from his website journal this week, via Pitchfork, that he is currently doing some writing with St. Vincent‘s Annie Clark. Byrne sat in with Clark at her January 29th show at the Allen Room in New York, where the pair performed a song they had previously worked up. But Byrne now reports that there are “eight or so” songs currently in some stage of collaborative development. More
Mar 16, 2010
By Laura Studarus
Passion Pit
On April 13th, Passion Pit is set to re-release debut album Manners. We also have the new tour dates. More
Mar 16, 2010
By Mark Redfern
Sondre Lerche
Under the Radar is pleased to announce the set times for its 5th annual SXSW Day Party 2010, which is happening this Saturday March 20 at Emo’s East Annex (Klub Krucial) from noon to 6 PM, and is presented by JanSport. The line-up includes Vivian Girls, Sondre Lerche, The Veils, Plants and Animals, Avi Buffalo, Everything Everything, and The Invisible. More
