Daily Archives: November 15, 2006
Live – Bang! @ Bicentennial Park | MIAMI
Last week, we gave away TWO VIP passes to Miami’s BANG! Music Festival. Part of the rules for entry in the contest was that the winner would act as the Tripwire’s eyes and ears @ Bang! and give us all a run-down of the excitement. Well below, you’ll find just that. Our Bang! winners, Raquel Gorny and Francisco Martinez, have re-capped their experience for us. Dig in. read more »
Homemade Psychedelics
The latest edition of The FADER is finally hitting fine newstands everywhere – and as per usual, we’ve got a PDF version available for instant download into your grubby likkle computerized hands. For the last … read more »
Silversun Pickups Added To Snow Patrol Tour
What a difference a year makes. Silversun Pickups have gone from playing our office to touring nonstop this year, snagging some kick-ass dates with Wolfmother, gaining more fans that you can shake a stick at, and being nominated for seven Plug Awards. Hell, even Smashing Pumpkins themselves are digging on them now read more »
Terra Diablo
When a band is described to me as sounding like the combination of Catherine Wheel and Swervedriver, with a bit of Foo Fighters, you will definitely get my attention. There is something about the guitar driven rock from those bands that I have always loved. This happened to be the case for the Scottish band Terra Diablo, and the description was right on read more »
The Fall Release Two Books And CD In 2007
If you were a fan of John Peel, or music in general, then you probably are familiar with The Fall. Not only were they Peel’s favorite band, but the legendary band came back in a big way earlier this year when they hit the road for the first time in ages, and in true rock and roll fashion the rumors of fights read more »
Beirut Cancels Tour
This week has been filled with way too many indie rock bummers. The latest comes from Beirut, who just canceled their upcoming performances. The bad news was announced on their website and MySpace page, citing Zach Condon’s recent hospitalization due to read more »
Mazarin Vs. Mazarin
Just knowing that there are two bands out there called Mazarin is impressive in itself. The one most of us know and love is the project led by Philadelphia’s Quentin Stoltzfus. He has been performing under the Mazarin name since 1999, so you’d think by now if there happened to be another Mazarin out there read more »
Big Time
> Taking a page from the Def Jam playbook (no, really!) Drag City is flooding the fourth quarter with jams that we can’t say enough about. Just yesterday, Chicago’s finest released new albums by Joanna … read more »
Beat Tape
While Zion I are often thrown into the Jansport with a slew of other “underground hip-hop” acts, their producer Amp Live is responsible for some of the more interesting tracks that have floated out of … read more »
