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Lucinda Williams and Elvis Costello
In anticipation of Season 3 of the HBO’s True Blood, we have an advance of the soundtrack. A number of the songs will...
Arcade Fire
Of the hundreds upon hundreds of rock shows that I have attended over the years, only a couple of dozen can be described...
Rodrigo y Gabriela
U2
A friend recently sent me an old copy of the Boston Phoenix, a weekly in this town, from December 16, 1980. It’s the...
Public Enemy
In keeping with yesterday’s post of supporting The Sound Strike and the Boycott of Arizona, we feature Public Enemy’s song from 1991, expressing...
Boycott Arizona
Boycott Arizona. Zack de la Rocha of Rage Against the Machine has organized The Sound Strike and I urge you to join. It’s...
Oedipus Podcast #8: New Music for a Long Weekend
Laura Marling-“Devil’s Spoke” Kate Nash-“Kiss That Grrl” Janelle Monae-“Tightrope” Cypress Hill (feauring Evidence and The Alchemist)-“Pass the Dutch” In Tall Buildings-“The Way to...
Oasis
Oasis is releasing a greatest hits album, Time Flies 1994-2009, which features 27 UK singles. Included on the record is the one-off single...
The Black Keys
The duo known as The Black Keys released their latest album, Brothers, last week. The band has been very prolific since they formed...
School of Seven Bells
School of Seven Bells is a three-piece New York band consisting of Benjamin Curtis (formerly of Secret Machines) and identical twins Alejandra and...
Sleigh Bells
Sleigh Bells is a duo out of Brooklyn, NY: Alexis Krauss, vocalist; Derek E. Miller, songwriter, guitarist and producer. Noisy and intense, they...
Angelique Kidjo (featuring Bono & John Legend)
Angelique Kidjo is one of Africa’s greatest musical exports. As her website states: “With joy and passion Angelique embodies the spirit of Africa....
Palmdale
Kay Hanley, former lead singer for the band Letters to Cleo, and beloved Boston chanteuse, has teamed with Linus of Hollywood to form...
Black Francis with Joey Santiago of the Pixies do Shel Silverstein
Shel Silverstein was a man of many colours: cartoonist, author of children’s books, musician, poet, and songwriter. He penned “A Boy Named Sue”...
Band of Horses (Free download)
Band of Horses is celebrating the release of their new album, Infinite Arms, with a free download of one of the tracks from...