By Marvin Marks on Nov 11, 2011 in Music News | 1 Comment
Radiohead has announced the first dates from their 2012 US tour: February 27th – Miami, FL – American Airlines Arena February 29th – Tampa, FL – St. Pete Times Forum March 1st – Atlanta, GA – Philips Arena March 3rd – Houston, TX – Toyota Center March 5th – Dallas, TX – American Airlines Center [...]
By Marvin Marks on Oct 1, 2011 in Music News | 0 Comments
Another Radiohead related rumor but, unlike yesterday’s which turned out to be not true, this one has a more reliable source (Flea.) The rumor is that Atoms for Peace, Thom Yorke’s side project named after a song form his debut solo album, is working on an album that will come out “not real soon” according [...]
By Marvin Marks on Sep 30, 2011 in Music News | 0 Comments
Update X4: Nope. Update X3: Er… maybe not. (? added back.) Update Update: There’s an Occupy Wall Street live stream. I’m not 100% positive the Radiohead show will be broadcast on it, but maybe. Update: I’ve changed the question mark (?) to an exclamation point (!) because the rumor has been confirmed. Occupy Wall [...]
By Marvin Marks on Sep 21, 2011 in Music News | 10 Comments
REM has announced that they are breaking up the band. They formed in Athens, Georgia in 1980 with singer Michael Stipe, guitarist Peter Buck, bassist Mike Mills and drummer Bill Berry. That original line-up remained for 17 years until Bill Berry left the group in 1997. Stipe, Buck, and Mills remained with the band until the end which officially came today. [...]
By Marvin Marks on Sep 1, 2011 in Music News | 6 Comments
Add The Who’s Quadrophenia to the list of classic albums getting the box set treatment in 2011 (along with U2′s Achtung Baby, The Beach Boys’ Smile, and a pair from Pink Floyd; Dark Side of the Moon and Wish You Were Here.) Quadrophenia, released in 1973, was The Who’s sixth studio album. It’s an ambitious [...]
By Marvin Marks on Aug 30, 2011 in Music News | 7 Comments
The original recordings from the Beach Boys legendary Smile sessions (’66-’67) are finally set to be officially released. There will be a double CD version, a double vinyl version, and a 9 disc box set! (Click Here to order the box set on Amazon) What’s In The Smile Sessions Box Set? + Five CDs. + [...]
By Amadeus on Aug 23, 2011 in Music News | 4 Comments
Are you saving up your important re-issues money this summer, because the autumn is going to be pricy. What with the Pink Floyd extravaganza and all. Well, add to it the “Achtung Baby” blitz and there’s nothing left for Hanukkuh! After the “earnest young men” ’80s, where were they to go next, without expecting diminishing [...]
By Amadeus on Jul 23, 2011 in Music News | 2 Comments
Amy Winehouse, the musical mother of Adele, Estelle and Duffy was found dead in her London apt. on Saturday morning (July 23/11). The cause of death was not reported at the time of this writing but it seems likely obvious that her body gave up after a few short years of intense abuse by hard [...]
By Marvin Marks on Jun 9, 2011 in Music News | 0 Comments
You can hear Bon Iver’s new album (Bon Iver, Bon Iver) in its entirety at NPR’s First Listen. The album is being officially released on June 21st (you can pre-order it on Amazon here.) This is just the second studio album from Bon Iver (the first being 2008′s For Emma, Forever Ago.) In addition; a [...]
By Marvin Marks on May 12, 2011 in Music News | 1 Comment
The Discovery Box Set This 16 disc box set includes all of Pink Floyd’s fourteen studio albums from 1967′s Piper at the Gates of Dawn to 1994′s The Division Bell. All of the albums have been digitally remastered by James Guthrie (who co-produced The Wall.) The Discovery Box Set also includes an exclusive 60 page [...]