Daily Archives: October 13, 2006
The FADER Issue 41 Audio: Charlotte Gainsbourg, Born Ruffians, Escort, The Blow, Professor Murder, Diablo, Deep, Nox, Turbulence, Emily Haines and the Soft Skeletons, Mobb Deep, Black Fiction, Fabo
Music by featured artists from The FADER issue 41. Includes songs from Charlotte Gainsbourg, Born Ruffians, Escort, the Blow, Professor Murder, Diablo/Darkroom Productions, Deep, Nox, Turbulence, Emily Haines and the Soft Skeletons, Mobb Deep. read more »
Gallery – Silversun Pickups @ Bowery Ballroom | NYC

Few bands strike a cord with us (no pun intended) the way Silversun Pickups do. While a lot of us in the Tripwire office love many different bands, there is something about Silversun Pickups’ artistic quality that unites all of us together. Whether it’s their originality (in a time of oversaturated indie bands that sound the same), down to earth personality, or even their ability to rock our asses off, they just rule. You have heard us go read more »
Fashionistas
Adding to their ever-growing selection of Hell Hath No Fury promotional apparel, Clipse have just posted a series of tees up for purchase on their website. And they come in small, internet dudes! Psyche, you … read more »
Weekly Web Roundup
So what if they’re old? And bald. Oh god. Well, it still sounds like a million bucks. Two of the greats…
I am seeing Earl Scruggs tonight at BB K read more »
Thurston Moore Pays Homage To Sun Ra In Chicago

Chicago’s newly opened Hyde Park Art Center will be hosting a free program of events and two-day Symposium on music legend Sun Ra. Called “Traveling The Spaceways,” the symposium will include informative panel discussions, musical performances, and readings that will investigate the impact that Sun Ra and Afro-Futurism has had on American history and visual culture.
Before the symposium gets underway, however, the HPAC will host a very special nig read more »
Dave Bazan Gets In The Holiday Spirit

Dave Bazan (Pedro The Lion, Headphones) has decided skip right over Halloween and Thanksgiving, leaping straight into Christmas with his upcoming 7″ single. The limited edition vinyl release, of which only 1,000 copies will be pressed, will contain two timeless holiday classics: “Away In A Manger” and “O Little Town Of Bethlehem.” The Christmas single will be available starting on October 25 from Suicide Squeeze Records’ read more »
Tripwire – In Case You Missed It

-Duuuuuuuude….this cheeseburger is so soft, wait, no, I love you.
-New reviews for Trainwreck Riders, The A-Sides, The Kooks, Pompeii and Doleful Lions.
Inara George Fronts The Bird And The Bee

Inara George dazzled us with her solo album, All Rise, which was release in January ’05. Since then, she has done her fair share of touring as well as work on various new projects. One of these, The Bird And The Bee, is the result of a fruitful collaboration between Inara and Beck band member Greg Kurstin. The two discovered that they shared a love for jazz standards, began to record together, and ended up creating an album due out next year on Blue No read more »