September 2009 and has come and gone. And we’ve had the mastered versions of The Beatles‘ catalog for a while now.
My recession-hit pockets can only afford to buy five albums right now — Revolver, The White Album, Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band, Rubber Soul and Abbey Road. But let me tell you these are all worth the price. More »
I’ll start off this series of articles on my list of the best albums to be released this year. I can say that 2009 is a relatively good year for music. There has been a steady release of interesting albums from a wide range of artists that straddle various genre.
Personally, my vote for best album of 2009 goes to The Antlers’ Hospice. More »
Finally, more news about M.I.A.’s (love her to bits but it’s a bitch typing her name because of all the periods) upcoming new album. And if I’m complaining about typing her name, then the album’s title will just make it more difficult. More »
Finally some solid news coming out of the Strokes camp. After releasing the Strokes frontman Julian Casablancas’ solo album Phrazes for The Young in 2009, the band has converged again in New York to officially record their fourth album. Officially, the recordings began on the first day of February at Avatar Studios. More »
Last December, The Flaming Lips released a covers album. And it’s not just any covers album where the band records their own interpretations of different songs. This time, The Flaming Lips actually covered a full album from another artist — namely, Pink Floyd’s Dark Side of The Moon. The band covered it track by track, which is kinda cool. Though I’m not surprised. When it comes to The Flaming Lips, you should expect the unexpected — just look at their album Zaireeka. More »
The Strokes has not released a new album since 2006′s First Impressions of Earth, and even with the band announcing in different online and print publications this year that they are ready to record material for their fourth album, no firm release date has been set. More »
I first heard of Death Cab for Cutie in the late 90′s and for a long time the band was one of my best kept secrets. I took a lot of pleasure from listening to a band that, at the time, not a lot of people knew.
Oh, but times have changed. More »
Weezer is becoming more and more prolific as they age as a band. The band is set to release its new album on October 27.
The new album, with the unusual title Raditude will be produced by Jacknife Lee and Butch Walker. More »
There’s been a frenzy of reissues and over the last few years, a trend that has been welcomed by music fans and record collectors. Seminal recordings from influential artists are being resurrected and given a spit and polish through remastering and, in most cases, the addition of additional material like rarities and b-sides.
Just this year, EMI/HMV/Parlophone will be releasing two archival box sets of Morrissey’s 7″ singles. The sets will be titled 7″ Singles 88 – 91 and HMV/Parlophone Singles 91 – 95. The releases will surely be embraced by Morrissey fans. But if it was up to the Moz himself he wouldn’t want his fans to buy these releases. According to Morrissey himself, the two sets were released without his approal and he will not receive royalties for the sale of these products. More »
The Verve had a big chance to make it big almost ten years ago, but the band imploded because of infighting. After reforming in 2007 and releasing its critically well reviewed fourth album Forth, The Verve has broken up again.
This is actually the third time The Verve has disbanded in its 13-year existence. The Daily Mirror reported that guitarist Nick McCabe and Bassist Simon Jones considers The Verve as no more. They think that the reunion was only used by eccentric vocalist Richard Ashcroft to boost his solo career. More »
