Daily Archives: January 8, 2007
Masters Of The Universe
People of Earth! And other planets too! Our new issue is out, on newstands and in free PDF format. It’s our annual Now issue, and features Damon Albarn and his crew in the Good, the … read more »
Tour Of Duty
Recent cover stars VietNam‘s new album is out on Kemado Records on January 23rd, and on that same day the band hits the road, swinging through much of the land east of the Mighty Mississip. … read more »
Mike Check
Some Killer Mike updates, live from the studio: continued work on the 16 in the Kitchen record he told us about earlier, new cuts recorded for the Aphilliates’ mixtapes and official album, and general good … read more »
Bloc Party Annouce New Dates

A lot of kids were saddened when news of Matt Tong’s illness forced Bloc Party to pull out of their tour in November. The good news is that all members are doing well and the band is planning on coming back to the States in March for a run of dates including a SXSW performance. The shows will read more »
Live – The Lemurs @ Emo's | AUSTIN

This New Year has so far gotten off to a slow start for me. With an uneventful New Year’s Eve party, work the following day, and the repercussions of a Central Texas Winter (read: Cedar Fever), I’ve been nothing but a drowsy zombie since 01/01. Add to that the relatively slow schedule of live music during the winter and it usually amounts to boredom, movie rentals, and catching up on reading. All good things in small quantities, but all at once can be more taxing than one can imagine. So it was with great enthusiasm that I decided to take on the task of making the most of this year’s “Free Week,” down at Emo’s. read more »
The Sonic Promiseland
In our 2006 Listmania we put out a call for new albums from the likes of Peedi Crakk, Fam-Lay, Killer Mike, Joanna sans Van Dyke and so on which is kind of obnoxious but, you … read more »
Stream The Good, The Bad And The Queen

We are now just a few weeks away from the release of the debut album from The Good The Bad And The Queen. This unbelievably cool project from Damon Albarn (Blur/Gorillaz), Paul Simonon (The Clash), Tony Allen (Africa 70, Fela Kuti) and Simon Tong (The Verve) read more »
See The One AM Radio Live

About a month ago we clued you into The One AM Radio. If you downloaded the track and dug what you heard read more »
100 Greatest Guitar Solos Ever + The Tab For Each One

Over the weekend, we came across a link on About: Guitar to the 100 Greatest Guitar Solos (as chosen by the editors of Guitar World Magazine). Zeppelin, Hendrix, Clapton, and Van Halen, all make multiple appearances (obviously), as do some more contemporary artists like Kurt Cobain (“Smells Like Teen Spirit,” “In Bloom”) and Billy Corgan (“Cherub Rock,” “Geek USA”). read more »
Arcade Fire Album Info Is Here!

The tears of sadness from the countless Arcade Fire fans who were unable to get tickets to their upcoming NYC shows (which sold out in mere seconds) have been replaced by tears of joy this morning. The band posted a bizarre informercial over the weekend on YouTube read more »