Jul 29, 2009
By Mark Redfern
Burn Notice
And so it began. After months of build up the San Diego Comic-Con was finally here. Here’s a rundown of what we saw on day one of Comic-Con: the Entertainment Weekly: Wonder Women: Female Power Icons in Pop Culture, panels on the TV shows Burn Notice and Psych, and the world premiere of the Green Lantern: First Flight direct-to-DVD animated movie. More
Jul 29, 2009
By Mark Redfern
Comic-Con 2009
Comic-Con took over San Diego, CA this past Wednesday through Sunday. We sent photographer Wendy Lynch Redfern down to capture the action. Check out her photos from day two of Comic-Con, includings photos of these panels: The Prisoner (Jim Caviezel and others), 24 (Kiefer Sutherland and others), Bones (Emily Deschanel and others), Dollhouse (Joss Whedon, Eliza Dushku, and others), TV Guide’s Sci Fi Hot List (which featured The Big Bang Theory‘s Johnny Galecki and Jim Parsons, Chuck‘s Zachary Levi, V‘s Scott Wolf, Flash Forward‘s John Cho, Eastwick‘s Rebecca Romijn, and others), as well as shots from The Eisner Awards (the comic book industry’s version of the Oscars or Emmys). Also check out a bunch of cool people at day two’s events, most of them in full costume! More
Jul 29, 2009
By Michele Yamamoto
The Fiery Furnaces
The eccentric and (sometimes) quixotic brother and sister duo, The Fiery Furnaces, have announced plans to cover their own album, I’m Going Away, as two separate and autonomous solo projects. More
Jul 28, 2009
By Michele Yamamoto
Atlas Sound
Broadcast returns to tour North America for the first time in four years alongside Bradford Cox’s Atlas Sound. More
Jul 28, 2009
By Michele Yamamoto
El Perro Del Mar
El Perro Del Mar’s third full-length, Love Is Not Pop, is set to be released in the U.S. on The Control Group come October 20th, with a supporting tour to follow. More
Jul 28, 2009
By Michele Yamamoto
Kris Kristofferson
Kris Kristofferson has announced the release for his upcoming album Closer to the Bone. Scheduled for a September 29th release, the 11-track album will be released as a single CD as well as a deluxe two-disc set and on 180 gram vinyl. More
Jul 28, 2009
By Michele Yamamoto
Pixies
Twenty years ago, The Pixies released their classic Doolittle, and to commemorate the milestone, the band has announced a U.S. and European tour beginning in late September. Not only will the band be performing all of the songs from the album but all of the associated B-sides as well—“Debaser,” “Weird at My School,” and “Dancing the Manta Ray” among them. More
Jul 28, 2009
By Michele Yamamoto
Manic Street Preachers
Welsh band Manic Street Preachers are all set to release Journal for Plague Lovers stateside on September 15th with a U.S. tour to follow. More
Jul 28, 2009
By Michele Yamamoto
Ray LaMontagne
Here to usher you into the waning summer months and nearly through the whole of autumn are a slew of recently announced tours from indie luminaries to hip hop incendiaries. Spanning from August to November, east to west, there’s sure to be something near you. New tour dates announced for The Decemberists, Mos Def, The Mars Volta, Ray LaMontagne, Nurses, Bell X1, and Wavves. More