Hip hop MC/artist Buck 65, born Ricardo Terfry from Nova Scotia, will return October 30 with a new full-length disc titled Situation. Being billed as a quasi-concept album, the multi-genre work spends time discussing the events of 1957 and the following fifty years.
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Estradasphere Set Release for Palace of Mirrors DVD
When obscenely talented classical/jazz/metal fusionists Estradasphere released Palace of Mirrors last year and toured in support, the six-piece outfit stated that live DVD accompaniment would follow. On October 2, The End Records will make good on that statement.
Immaculate Machine: Fables
Listeners might recognize Immaculate Machine vocalist Kathryn Calder from one of those New Pornographer’s concerts that Neko Case couldn’t attend.
Lollapalooza Recap: Day 3
Although the weather report predicted thunderstorms, Sunday’s sky was clear at Lollapalooza. Other than not getting soaked, the day’s high points included Juliette and the Licks, the Diffs, The Stooges, and Pearl Jam among others.
Marissa Nadler: Songs III / Bird on the Water
Songs III: Bird on the Water plays like a passive flipside to Nick Cave’s aggressive Murder Ballads, with folk songstress Marissa Nadler meditating on being haunted by loss and mortality as fervently, in her way, as Cave waxed about the cathartic pleasures of homicide.
Lollapalooza Recap: Day 2
Although much of Lollapalooza‘s three-day, 130-band festival was as forgettable as Crystal Pepsi, Day 2 brought perks in the form of Muse (guitarist Matthew Bellamy shown left), Patti Smith, Roky Erickson and The Explosives, and Yeah Yeah Yeahs.
Marco Benevento: Live at Tonic
Before famed New York club Tonic had to close its doors in April, keyboardist/organist Marco Benevento, one half of jam/groove outfit Benevento Russo Duo, spent an entire month in the venue collaborating with a wealth of musical talent.
Lollapalooza Recap: Day 1
Despite a relatively tame lineup, the first day of this year’s Lollapalooza had some legitimate highlights — the heavy grooves of afrobeat star Femi Kuti, the gorgeous orchestration of The Polyphonic Spree, and the marvelous light show of Daft Punk.
Casket Lottery + Small Brown Bike = Able Baker Fox
Long-distance relationships — not to mention incestuous ones — generally are a bad idea. But somehow the rules don’t apply for Able Baker Fox, the latest indie rock offering from guitarist Nathan Ellis of The Casket Lottery and three key members of Small Brown Bike.
Weekly Burlesque: Strummin’ and Strippin’ Across Canada
Take one guitar wonder kid and one international burlesque star, throw the two together, and you get a rock-out road show hitting a Canadian city near you. Real-life couple Alistair Christl and Tanya Cheex have put together a winning combination of tunes and tease.
The Brunettes: Structure & Cosmetics
The Brunettes are cute — almost obnoxiously so. Given the New Zealand outfit’s boy/girl twee pop sound, childlike group cheers of “Stereo! Stereo!” and a songwriting duo with a romantic history, it’s difficult not to be put off by their preciousness.
Animal Collective Prepare for Tour, Release Single
Chances are you’ve already heard the leaked material from Animal Collective‘s upcoming album, Strawberry Jam. Though your impatience should be punished, it’ll be rewarded instead with Peacebone, the first single from the ever-nearing September release, and a little tour to ring in the new album. Lucky you.