Wednesday, January 14, 2009

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Video of the Day: Michael Zapruder "Ads for Feelings"

Posted: 14 Jan 2009 12:00 PM CST

Contemporary singer-songwriters like Stephin Merritt of The Magnetic Fields and Bill Callahan of Smog have developed personal lo-fi projects to compositional and commercial maturity, and recent indie practitioners like Andrew Bird and Sufjan Stevens continue to expand such modern folk or Americana with increasingly orchestral backing compositions. If less theatrical than some, Michael Zapruder

the bird & the bee Back in SF, Feb 9th

Posted: 14 Jan 2009 11:00 AM CST

the press release: the bird and the bee, the irrepressible L.A. duo made up of singer Inara George and keyboardist/producer Greg Kurstin, have announced that they will hit the road for a short run of U.S. tour dates on the heels of the January 27 release of Ray Guns Are Not Just The Future, their second full-length album, which finds them charting new sonic terrain as they take their stylish '

Lady Gaga Headlining @ Mezzanine on March 14th

Posted: 13 Jan 2009 05:00 PM CST

"The Fame Ball" Tour Dates March 12 – San Diego, CA – House of Blues March 13 – Los Angeles, CA – Avalon March 14 – San Francisco, CA – Mezzanine March 16 – Seattle, WA – The Showbox / The Market March 17 – Portland, OR – Wonder Ballroom March 18 – Vancouver, BC – The Commodore Ballroom March 21 – Denver, CO – Gothic Theatre March 23 – Minneapolis, MN – Fine Line Music Café March 24 – Chicago,

Video of the Day: Erin McCarley "Love, Save the Empty"

Posted: 13 Jan 2009 04:00 PM CST

Erin McCarley's music video for "Love, Save the Empty" premiered on Yahoo this week. Her debut album Love, Save the Empty was released on January 6th! The track is also featured on the trailer for the movie "He's Just Not That Into You" so you will see little clips from the movie in the video. Are you seeing that movie? Everyone, it seems, has read the book (except myself).

Late of the Pier's New Widget; Celebrates Album Release

Posted: 13 Jan 2009 03:00 PM CST

The Black Lips Return to SF in April

Posted: 13 Jan 2009 02:00 PM CST

Download (listen to):"Starting Over" In an e-card released to fans over the Holidays, the Lips announced an imminent video contest for "Starting Over." The ambitious hope was to have 200 Million Thousand(!) videos made for the song, and to name one supreme creation victorious. Now, the wait is over. Partnering with Vimeo.com, the contest officially launched yesterday and runs until February 15th

CD Review: The Story Of "Until The Autumn"

Posted: 13 Jan 2009 01:00 PM CST

Before radio-friendly bands like Against Me! again demonstrated the commercial viability of anarchistic pop-punk in the new millennium, hardcore politics was largely the domain of contentious bands sounding exactly how an annoyed suburban parent would expect them to. Then there was the beginning of a war, the return of a newly politicized Green Day, and, more subtly, the formation of post-rock