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Neil Young Greendale project goes comic book

Author:Jeff Woods | Feb 9 2010 12:00AM
Updated: Feb 9 2010 12:10AM

"... graphic novel that explores a whole new dimension to the album that Rolling Stone voted as one of the best of its year ..."


Filed Under: Legends of Classic Rock

Incubus Issues

Author:Alan Cross | Feb 9 2010 12:00AM

The line-up in Incubus has been pretty stable since they were formed in 1991. There have only been two personal changes.


Filed Under: Ongoing History of New Music

The Rural Alberta Advantage: "Drain the Blood"

Author:Adam Morrison | Feb 9 2010 12:00AM

Indie-rock three-piece The Rural Alberta Advantage are actually based in Toronto, although leader Nils Edenloff is a born-and-bred Albertan.


Filed Under: Indie Track

Here’s The Deal: Tommy Lee, Them Crooked Vultures

Author:Alan Cross | Feb 8 2010 10:30AM
Updated: Feb 8 2010 12:30PM

Tommy Lee talks about a new Methods of Mayhem album and Them Crooked Vultures on Saturday Night Live.


Filed Under: News

TubeRadio.Fm

Author:Alan Cross | Feb 8 2010 12:00PM

If you’ve never used YouTube to search for music, you should. It’s remarkably effective. And it’s going to get better. Welcome to TubeRadio.


Filed Under: Technology

For Jimi Hendrix Fans Only

Author:Jeff Woods | Feb 8 2010 11:50AM
Updated: Feb 8 2010 12:00PM

Centered around tracks recorded during a pivotal and turbulent four-month period in 1969, Valleys of Neptune unveils the original Jimi Hendrix Experience's final studio recordings.


Filed Under: Legends of Classic Rock

Monday Roundup of Weirdness

Author:Alan Cross | Feb 8 2010 11:00AM

The first half of the Super Bowl was a dog, so I spent the time digesting my wife’s chilli and looking for weird stuff on line. Here’s what I found.


Filed Under: WTF?

Five Songs You Gotta Hear for February 8 2010

Author:Nathalia Ribeiro | Feb 8 2010 10:00AM

Here's five songs you need to hear, starting with a girl and her machine.


Filed Under: ExploreMusic Radio

Neil Peart of Rush speaks

Author:Jeff Woods | Feb 8 2010 9:30AM
Updated: Feb 8 2010 9:40AM

"Before the band rehearses, I rehearse for a couple of weeks, so I’m ready and I’ve got the tempos locked ..."


Filed Under: Legends of Classic Rock

Another Interesting Looking Movie on British Music

Author:Alan Cross | Feb 8 2010 8:00AM

When I was growing up, I was fascinated by synthesizers. I could never properly play or program the damn things (no wonder I became a drummer), but I loved the sounds they could make.


Filed Under: Movies

Brian Johnson of ACDC speaks out

Author:Jeff Woods | Feb 8 2010 6:20AM
Updated: Feb 8 2010 6:40AM


Filed Under: Legends of Classic Rock

The Hacienda Lives–Sort Of

Author:Alan Cross | Feb 8 2010 12:00AM

Back in the 80s and early 90s, the Hacienda in Manchester was one of the most famous nightclubs on the planet.


Filed Under: Ongoing History of New Music

The Danks: "Die Young"

Author:Adam Morrison | Feb 8 2010 12:00AM

Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island's The Danks play indie rock/power pop that has been compared to the music of The Strokes and Two Hours Traffic.


Filed Under: Indie Track

Weird Stuff I Found This Week

Author:Alan Cross | Feb 6 2010 4:00PM

It was another Thursday night, that “special time” when I pretend to watch Grey’s Anatomy with my wife to prove that I can be sensitive to matters of the heart.


Filed Under: WTF?

5 Songs You Gotta Hear Today
  1. Girl + the Machine

    We Take the Train

    Not to be confused with Florence + The Machine, this band is from suburban Toronto—except for the singer, who's from an island off the coast of Malaysia. They have lots of costumes, analog instruments, and songs with bits of different languages.

    Sounds like Siouxsie and the Banshees, Bjork, Pink Floyd
  2. Rodrigo Y Gabriela

    Hanuman

    When was the last time you heard of an album being recorded in Ixtapa? Producer John Leckie (Stone Roses, Muse, Simple Minds) was in charge of one track.

    Sounds like a flamenco band who would rather rock than play at weddings.
  3. Ellie Goulding

    Under the Sheets

    Finished at the top of the BBC's Sound of 2010 list, just like Florence and the Machine did last year. Can she live up to the pressure?

    Sounds like Passion Pit or MGMT, but with a female singer.
  4. Hurts

    Wonderful Life

    Stylish, well-dressed and often filmed/photographed in black-and-white, this two-piece channels the electropop of 1983. Modern haircuts, though, thank goodness.

    Sounds like Lotus Eaters, Tears for Fears, melancholic Simple Minds
  5. Black

    Wonderful Life

    A big hit for Black, the musical vehicle for Colin Vearncombe, back in the 80s. Actually, this was two hits—it was released as a single twice in Europe.

    Sounds like Toto, Lionel Richie, Ace of Base
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Hot Chip
One Life Stand

The fourth album from this UK-based Grammy-nominated electro-pop band builds
on the dance rhythms of its predecessors, although this one might be a little more upbeat than the others. And you have to love
a band that’s willing to use an actual steel drummer from Trinidad in their music.