RICHARD THOMPSON was honored with a Lifetime Achievement Award at the BBC Radio 2 Folk Awards in London Monday. Thompson also has a big box set out; the AP review suggests it's…
Read MoreOF MONTREAL, part of the Elephant 6 collective in Athens of the late 1990s — a group of bands like The Apples in Stereo and the Olivia Tremor Control — is now…
Read MoreSYLVIA HAUSER UPDATE: You old skool Pate fans from Ames may be interested to learn that Sylvia's fiancee is back from the sandbox and they have welcomed an as-yet unnamed Harley-Davidson Softail…
Read MoreTHE WEEKEND STARTS HERE:SPLIT ENZ is mounting a reunion tour down under. They are expected to attract a total crowd bigger than anything the New Zealanders managed in their original 12-year existence,…
Read MoreFirst D.J.: Rise and shine, campers and don't forget your booties 'cause it's cooooold out there today.Second D.J.: It's cold out there every day. What is this, Miami Beach?First D.J.: Not hardly.…
Read MoreJON PRATT (Pate's frontman, for you new visitors) has provided us with an exclusive solo track, “Geologic Time.” It's available — in both .wma and .mp3 formats — in the “Downloads” section…
Read MoreARCTIC MONKEYS: The other night, my Dad asked what the big deal was with this band. Well, the quartet's Whatever People Say I Am, That's What I'm Not is now the fastest…
Read MoreFor those of you who didn't read along with Amber Taylor's Blog Book Club this month, Blindness is a Nobel Prize-winning novel by Jose Saramago. It chronicles what happens when an epidemic of “white…
Read MoreROBERT POLLARD talks about his solo career, side projects (including one with touring guitarist Tommy Keene), and supporting himself on eBay. As for the touring band, Pollard tells Flagpole that it's “out…
Read MoreTHE WEEKEND STARTS HERE:What's that I'm listening to? It's the new Belle & Sebastian — The Life Pursuit is streaming broadband at SceneStars. It’s a little more groovy than usual.FRIDAY TIMEWASTER: Duck…
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