LESLIE FEIST talks to JAM about several topics, including her expanding fanbase: “What used to happen is I'd play a show and I'd look out and see people that I could imagine…
Read MoreNOTE: The site was down for a bit yesterday, so if you missed Monday's entry, don't forget to keep scrolling for your full measure of bloggy goodness.CLAP YOUR HANDS SAY YEAH: You…
Read MoreBLACK REBEL MOTORCYCLE CLUB bassist and vocalist Robert Levon Been talks to PopMatters about the evolution of the band's self-proclaimed Americana album, Howl. You can (and should) stream a couple from MySpace.THE BEATLES…
Read MoreUP TO TEN MILLION IRAQIS turned out to vote in Saturday’s referendum, protected by security that deterred all but a few ineffectual insurgent attacks. If the 10 million figure holds, the turnout…
Read MoreTHE WEEKEND STARTS HERE…(Richard Thompson and Danny Thompson in NY, via Billee.)RICHARD THOMPSON may be getting mildly positive reviews (though better scores from non-critics) for Front Parlour Ballads, but his live show…
Read MoreCAT POWER has a new album, The Greatest coming in January. Recorded at legendary Ardent Studios with a raft of longtime TN sidemen, you can legally download an MP3 of the title…
Read MoreTHE ARCTIC MONKEYS' Lauren Laverne worries that if “I Bet You Look Good on The Dancefloor” is too big a smash, the band could become a one-hit wonder.THE DECLINE AND FALL OF…
Read MoreMY MORNING JACKET and KATHLEEN EDWARDS: Monday night's gig at Washington, DC's 9:30 Club was streaming from NPR. I don't know if NPR will have the gig available for on-demand streaming today,…
Read MoreHAPPY COLUMBUS DAY to those of you who don't consider his discovery of the West to be the original sin. IF YOU MISSED Friday's exclusive review of Elizabethtown, be sure to keep…
Read MoreTHE WEEKEND STARTS HERE…… IN ELIZABETHTOWN, which opened the 41st Chicago International Film Festival. The movie started late, after Roger Ebert interviewed Susan Sarandon and director Cameron Crowe, so this will be…
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