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Influential Detroit garage rock group the Gories to reuniteGreat Music News from Detroit! Garage rock heaven alert: Modern music fans are buzzing over the news that legendary Detroit trio the Gories will reunite for a short series of summer dates with the Oblivians, another iconic post-punk unit reforming specially for the occasion.
The acronym stands for Open Peoples Minds, but say those three letters real quick, and well… you also get the double-entendre.
The Shins to self-release next albumDespite breaking Sub Pop records by debuting at the #2 slot last year with Wincing the Night Away, The Shins are feeling the new media nervousnes, and will be releasing their next album on Aural Apothecary, the label of their own James Mercer.
Four great independent albums released since last September. The Violent Bear It Away – The Izzys
You already know by now that today is National Record Store Day. Evan announced it earlier and don't forget about Eric and his uncontrollable urges. We spent the afternoon at Fingerprints - Long Beach's premier (only?) independent record store.
Today is a very special day for record collectors. Saturday, April 19th: Record Store Day. Today, independent record stores across North America are celebrating the wonders of the digging lifestyle with sales and special in-store performances.
When the time came for him to go on, most of the crowd had dissolved. It was well after midnight in Bucktown and the bar was dead, so Presto Descanto performed his new album in its entirety from start to finish for twenty people while the rest of the world really missed out.
Feist leads nominees for Indie Music AwardsIndie darling Feist continues to rake in the accolades, scoring a quartet of nominations for the eighth annual Independent Music Awards on Thursday.
The 2008 RPM Challenge: Recording Music Without the Recording Industry"The 2008 RPM Challenge — to write and record an original album in February, just because you can — is about to begin. Hundreds of musicians from around the world have already signed up.
How to get your indie music to the masses(FORTUNE Small Business) -- Dear FSB: I am a raggaeton music artist. Everyone that hears my music absolutely loves it, but I've tried to get signed by several independent record label companies and have been used for my music and received no money in return.
Keeping the indie flame burning: independent record stores in the dowloading boomIn Canada, record sales have dropped by almost 50 per cent since 1999, with downloading receiving most of the blame. For Internet-savvy kids, downloading a new album onto their computer or iPod is as easy as a couple of clicks of the mouse.
2. Sunset Rubdown — Random Spirit Lover
4. The Narrator — All That To The Wall
Rounding out my top 5 is the excellent followup to LCD Soundsystem's 2005 self-titled debut.
NYT Profile Radiohead: "Pay What You Want for This Article"SHORTLY after Radiohead released its album "In Rainbows" online in October, the band misplaced its password for Max/MSP, a geek-oriented music software package that the guitarist Jonny Greenwood uses constantly. It wasn't the first time it had happened, Mr.
Justin Vernon, lead singer of the quiet and soulful act Bon Iver (definitely pronounced "Bohn Eevair"), played a short and intimate solo set at the Bowery Ballroom Friday night, where he opened for Elvis Perkins.
I've tried to like Bright Eyes. I've given chance after chance to Bright Eyes. I've listened to friends' impassioned defenses of Bright Eyes. But I still can't stand Bright Eyes.
Not a lot of people know this, but when Bob Dylan infamously declared "I don't know anybody who's made a record that sounds decent in the past 20 years, really," he wasn't referencing the changing sound of music as it entered the digital age, like is widely believed.
2007 saw the return of some tried and true musical veterans as well as the sophomore shots from overblogged emergent acts whose 2K5 footprints were bound to lead somewhere great.
Oberst set to drop two non-Bright Eyes LPs in '08These would both be excellent collaborations. "One Jug of Wine and Two Vessels" is an excellent split and M. Ward is totally underrated.
Radiohead + French film = stunning 'In Rainbows' music videoFrom Ateaseweb: J. Tyler Helms, who previously made a video for Arcade Fire's 'My Body is a Cage,' with footage taken from Once Upon a Time in the West has now edited the film 'Mircocosmos' and turned it into a video for Radiohead's 'All I Need'
To kick off our series, I'd like to look at the band Animal Collective. Here is a band that has released four consecutive albums that have garnered universal acclaim in independent music circles.
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