muruch (Free subscription) | 13/11/2008
Mascott is back! Oh remember when indie-rock was good? Kendall Jane Meade 's alter ego Mascott was of the Helium and Sparklehorse (both of which Meade was formerly a member) era of indie music. Her new album Art Project was released on November 11th. The album contains mostly originals written by Meade over a two year period, but there's also a cover of The Carter Family's "Wildwood Flower" performed...
The Rhetorical Situation (Free subscription) | 13/11/2008
Sparklehorse, with Thom Yorke: "Wish You Were Here." This version follows the essence of the song: this version sounds as if someone is listening to it on the radio just like the guitar track on the chords in the beginning of the " Wish You Were Here ;" the beautifully haunted nature of the song; the disconnect between the different tracks of music and disconnect between the music with the lyrics;...
Jake Weird (Free subscription) | 13/11/2008
A musical video featuring some stills from "Speed Racer", starred by Emile Hirsch and Christina Ricci. Song "Gold day" by Sparklehorse.
Stereogum (Free subscription) | 28/10/2008
Tim Burton's cult stop-motion film turns 15 this year, and as previously reported a motley crew of indie and goth-pop acts have recorded covers for an updated soundtrack called Nightmare Revisited . It's fun to hear Polyphonic Spree and Album Leaf interpret Danny Elfman, even if you risk hearing Korn's contribution, too (always with the terrible covers , those guys). Check out our faves after the...
Sound As Language (Free subscription) | 20/10/2008
Electric President’s self-titled affair was one of my favorite albums of 2006. Sleep Well is the follow up and it is a completely different beast. On their debut, the young Florida duo of Ben Cooper and Alex Kane were mining more upbeat/accessible waters akin to The Postal Service. Sleep Well chooses to follow the more [...]
Electric Roulette (Free subscription) | 07/10/2008
Musician, and all round greatest living Welshman - sorry Tom Jones - John Cale is curating and headlining a tribute to Bavarian ice maiden Nico at the Royal Festival Hall. Described as "an iconoclastic tribute" to his Velvet Underground colleague...
Sound As Language (Free subscription) | 02/10/2008
13ghosts are an eclectic band from Birmingham, Alabama that touch on numerous different styles. With two diverse singers and the band’s penchant to genre jump, The Strangest Colored Lights is tough to grasp without numerous listens. Touching on southern rock, country, americana, pop and everything in between, the band carves out a unique niche for [...]
Joyisee (Free subscription) | 02/10/2008
Genre: Soundtrack Label: Walt Disney Quality: 192kbps Nightmare Revisited is a cover album of songs from the 1993 film The Nightmare Before Christmas. It was released on September 30, 2008 by Walt Disney Records. In addition to the album’s eighteen covers are two re-recordings by original composer Danny Elfman, of the “Opening” and “Closing” [...]
Baxojayz - Centricity (Free subscription) | 02/10/2008
The highly anticipated Nightmare Revisited soundtrack featuring an eclectic array of today’s music superstars including Korn, Plain White T’s, Rise Against, Flyleaf, The All-American Rejects, Sparklehorse, and more was released this week. Each track on the album features a re-imagined version of Danny Elfman’s soundtrack classics. To hear the album in its entirety click here . For more information...
Music Snobbery (Free subscription) | 19/09/2008
One of favorite series of sketches from Saturday Night Live is Goth Talk. The skits featured Chris Kattan and Molly Shannon as hosts of a goth-centric public access show from St. Petersburg, Florida. It's funny because its a spot on...
Rock Sellout (Free subscription) | 13/09/2008
It's probably a good thing that I've never been asked who I felt was the best band from Wisconsin. I've never put a lot of thought into it, but now that I've tossed it around for a few...Pale Young Gentlemen are definitely one of the bands at the forefront. Photo: Ed Urbanek The band recently returned to [...]
Rotten Tomatoes (Free subscription) | 11/09/2008
Composer Danny Elfman has named Rotten Tomatoes one of his favorite online destinations!
PopMatters Music (Free subscription) | 11/09/2008
Loose and atmospheric, Sepiatone conjures Nico and Sparklehorse.
Song, by Toad (Free subscription) | 26/08/2008
Christ, what a fat bastard. It’s lunch time and I am still full from last night. And it’s all Mrs. Toad’s bloody fault. She’s away for a week being important in God Bless America and, despite being the least domensticated woman in the universe, she always fears that on these occasions I [...]
explodingnow (Free subscription) | 24/08/2008
as you are i am sure aware, i ttly love making lists. after reading sebastian’s list of albums for each year since he has been alive, i decided to traverse back in time and point out my favorite albums of the past few decades-worth of years. here is the 2000s addition: 2001 National Skyline This=Everything (Epic) A lot of great albums [...]
