Posts Tagged ‘Busdriver’

This Week’s Best Albums

Tuesday, June 9th, 2009

secret_chiefs_3_le_mani_smaAs Trey Spruance’s unparalleled Secret Chiefs 3 sets its sights on the Italian giallo horror/erotica genre, hardcore behemoths Coalesce return from a 10-year full-length drought.

The fast-talking, pinched-nose intonations of Busdriver resurface, The Horse’s Ha makes a dual-vocal folk debut, and guitarist Stian Westerhus issues a limited-edition vinyl solo work.

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This Week’s Best Albums

Tuesday, April 28th, 2009

Diamond Watch Wrists: Ice Capped at Both Ends

Diamond Watch Wrists: Ice Capped at Both Ends

Diamond Watch Wrists headlines this week’s picks with an unconventional pop collaboration between Guillermo Scott Herren and Zach Hill.

The duo’s debut is followed closely by the hiatus-breaking mixtape from Themselves, the stunning debut of an Austrian singer/multi-instrumentalist as Soap&Skin, the interesting cover EP from heavy/ambient duo Nadja, and the multi-genre jazz of Corey Wilkes & Abstrakt Pulse. (more…)

Weekly Music News Roundup

Friday, March 27th, 2009

Over the past week, we caught news of a mini Soundgarden/TAD live jam, a new Kayo Dot album, a new/streaming Trash Talk EP, another Mars Volta album, another Zach Hill project, and a release date for the new Tortoise album.  Read about this and more after the jump. (more…)

Weekly Music News Roundup

Friday, March 20th, 2009

Hella returns as a duo; Converge posts a studio preview of a new song; Busdriver, Shining (Norway), Om, Russian Circles and Aphex Twin all have new albums on the way. (more…)

Five Good Songs about Barack Obama

Monday, February 16th, 2009

Political inspiration is great, but the world is tired of Will.I.Am’s celeb-packed Obama tribute. In honor of the freshly passed stimulus package, here are five good songs about the United States’ 44th president. (more…)

Weekly Music News Roundup

Friday, January 23rd, 2009

Details emerge about new albums from Isis, Tortoise, Akron/Family, and Stinking Lizaveta; Zu announces some dates for a world tour (a pair of which are with Mike Patton); Dark Meat will go on tour with its 17 members; the Scion Rock Fest hosts a spate of crushing metal bands in Atlanta on February 28.

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Win Free Tickets for Snow in Los Angeles w/ Daedelus, Busdriver, The Mae Shi

Tuesday, December 16th, 2008

Follow this link for a chance to win. The show (Dec. 21 @ The Echoplex) normally costs $10, and winners will be drawn at random today.

Weekly Music News Roundup

Monday, December 15th, 2008

Blue Note announces another list of catalogue deletions; Akron/Family and High on Fire sign to new labels; Trent Reznor comments on Nine Inch Nails‘ music being used in the torture of overseas detainees.  Keep reading…
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Weekly Music News Roundup

Monday, December 1st, 2008
The Jesus Lizard

The Jesus Lizard

Pummeling mid-tempo rock icons The Jesus Lizard will briefly reunite; idiosyncratic rapper Busdriver performs live with a jazz band tonight; minimalist folk group Phosphorescent has recorded a disc of Willie Nelson covers. Read on.

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