Daily Archives: April 20, 2005
What It ‘Rew?
Get your tents pitched people! With Bonnaroo 2005 on the horizon, Sanctuary is dropping the 2004 recap on May 17th – double CDs and double DVDs chocked full of noodly awesome live performances by Burning … read more »
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(Our headline is the “Roc Is In The Building” hand sign, by the way). They premiered the new Kanye single on Hot 97 today. It’s called “Diamonds” and it’s seriously serious flavor. We’re psyched for … read more »
Flick Of The Wrists
Sure, the two Missy songs from The Cookbook that dropped this week are dope and all (for the record, we prefer the weird Pharrell one to the Ciara-N-Cybotron joint), but did y’all know she has … read more »
The Show-Me State
Last night in Columbia, Missouri, the kids were bustling to The Blue Note about to see some phenomenon they kept calling the Feery Furnaces. Eleanor, Matt, Toshi and Andy rawked the small theatre so hard … read more »
Case Studies
Check the latest from the Triple5 carry-all research and development labs. Nice! We dig most anything tweedy – Nike’s Harris joints, that guy Jeff in Chicago, etc – but these might be the illest itchy … read more »
Fischerspooner Announce New York Residency, West Coast Tour
High fashion dance masters Fischerspooner will begin a residency at New York’s Canal Room on May 5 to support their new album, Odyssey. The duo will hold it down at the Tribeca venue every Thursday in May before embarking on a very brief tour of warm and sunny places, including a stop in Florida and multiple dates in cities throughout California. The residency shows will be the group’s first for Odyssey. Each night, Fischerspooner will perform f read more »
Flowers, Music, And Patchouli; Bonnaroo Live DVD Released
Were you one of the people that wanted to go to Bonaroo Music and Arts Festival last year but didn’t have the money, time, or nerves? You might be in luck because Sanctuary announced today that they are going to be putting out a double DVD set to go along with the CD documenting last year’s festival.
Live From Bonnaroo 2004 will be released May 17 and was produced by Lindha Narvaez, Danny Clinch, and Gillian Grisman. It will take the form o read more »
Underworld Finish Up New Album
The legendary UK electronic duo Underworld has emerged from hiding out in their studio. The good news is that they have announced a handful of summer performances. The bad news is that none of these dates happen to be even remotely near North America. According to Billboard, Karl Hyde and Rick Smith have been hard at work on their next studio album. The cover art for the follow-up to 2002’s A Hundred Days Off has been completed, or as Hyde put i read more »
Brooklyn Bands/Northsix Team Up For Sudan Benefit
On April 26, local Brooklyn bands The Fatales, Kevin Devine and Jeffrey Lewis will be getting their social/political activism on in the form of a benefit concert. Proceeds from the event will go to the Save Darfur Coalition and International Rescue Committee, two of the primary organizations spreading awareness and providing relief for the genocide happening in the Sudan. The purpose of the concert, according to The Fatales, “is to bring heightened awareness read more »
The Black Keys Tour The South
The Black Keys are back in the US to continue supporting their latest album, Rubber Factory. The Southern leg of their latest North American tour kicks off today in Lexington, KY at The Dame. The Akron, OH based duo are heading to a venue near you, bringing their brilliant guitar & drum based rock show back to the States just in time for spring.
04.20.05 – Lexington, KY (The Dame)
04.21.05 – Detroit, MI (St. Andrew’s Hall)
04.22.0 read more »
