The Year of Living FoolishlySunday, March 7, 2010 @ 5:34AMOur Man of the Year Award goes to Screamin' Jay Hawkins for his commitment to the pro-life movement. Before he died in February at age 70, the R&B singer and native Clevelander estimated that he fathered some 75 children in and out of wedlock.
Massive Attack Heligoland - CD reviewTuesday, March 2, 2010 @ 1:47AMMASSIVE Attack are appearing at the Sydney Opera House forecourt over two nights later this month when they will be performing their superb new album Heligoland.
Thom Yorke, Corn Exchange, CambridgeMonday, March 1, 2010 @ 6:27PMDespite being one of the most prominent activists in music, backing a specific party has never really been Thom Yorke's style. Therefore, it is something of a coup for Tony Juniper, the Green Party's prospective parliamentary candidate for Cambridge, to persuade his friend to perform this benefit gig for his election campaign.
Quick Hits: Thom Yorke, Chickenfoot, Aerosmith, Bamboozle Festival, NME Awards, Jack White, Hole, Slash, INXS, Rolling ...Thursday, February 25, 2010 @ 4:16PMRadiohead frontman Thom Yorke has announced a short solo tour for April. Yorke will play New York City (April 5 and 6), Boston (April 8), Chicago (April 10 and 11), Oakland (April 14 and 15) and Santa Barbara (April 17). The tour wraps up with a performance at Coachella . Yorke has also announced that he and his backing band (which includes Flea of the Red Hot Chili Peppers and producer Nigel ...
Thom Yorke Names Solo Band, Lines Up American Spring TourThursday, February 25, 2010 @ 9:55AMFront page photo by Colin Greenwood Thom Yorke 's other band -- you know, the one with Radiohead producer Nigel Godrich, Beck/R.E.M. drummer Joey Waronker, percussionist/multi-instrumentalist Mauro Refosco, and Flea-- now has a name: Atoms for Peace. The news comes straight from Thom himself via Radiohead 's Dead Air Space blog . (The more you know: Atoms for Peace was the name of a speech and ...
Don't let rain put a damper on your dudsWednesday, February 24, 2010 @ 5:30PMGot caught in the rain unexpectedly? Good Housekeeping has you covered. Here are some good ways to remove stains from delicate items, prevent future stains and avoid getting caught in the rain altogether.
Good Housekeeping: Don't let rain put a damper on your dudsWednesday, February 24, 2010 @ 5:10PMGot caught in the rain unexpectedly? Good Housekeeping has you covered. Here are some good ways to remove stains from delicate items, prevent future stains and avoid getting caught in the rain altogether.
3 universities seek tuition hikes of 16-31%Saturday, February 20, 2010 @ 12:54AMThe presidents of Arizona's three state universities are proposing sharp increases in tuition this fall in hopes of making up for cuts in state funding and the uncertain economy.
East-tec Eraser 2010Friday, February 19, 2010 @ 12:42PMEast-Tec Eraser is designed to clean computers of the tracks we all leave when we use them. The program can clear browsing traces from both Firefox and Internet Explorer , as well as from Opera and AOL’s browser, although it doesn’t work with Chrome or Safari . Both of the big browsers have their own tools for clearing traces, though, so there’s not much value here.
Vultures live up to ‘supergroup’ titleThursday, February 11, 2010 @ 11:33AMThe term “supergroup” carries a lot of weight in the case of Them Crooked Vultures, the new band that boasts Led Zeppelin’s John Paul Jones, Foo Fighters /Nirvana’s Dave Grohl, and Queens of the Stone Age’s Josh Homme. The band lived up to that lofty description performing for a packed house Wednesday at The Fillmore. The venue sounded the best I’ve heard it since it opened last summer.
Rock power trio brings big names, big talentFriday, February 5, 2010 @ 4:19AMA supergroup is an awkward animal, so Them Crooked Vultures – performing Wednesday at The Fillmore in Charlotte – has embarked on a challenging journey. Not just a mere supergroup, TCV is a power trio supergroup. It combines the venerable talents of John Paul Jones of Led Zeppelin on bass/ keyboards; Dave Grohl of Nirvana/Foo Fighters on drums; and Josh Homme from Queens of the Stone Age on ...
Teaching: Notes from the Front LinesMonday, February 1, 2010 @ 3:39PMA former grade-school teacher reflects on his Teach for America days. There is fog in Willamette Valley, Oregon, this morning. I drive slowly, NPR easing me into the day: talk of two wars, health care reform, Haiti in chaos. On this day, though, fog is the consuming problem. The centerline is lost, and highbeams make it worse, with semis coming toward me as if sprung from thin air. The fog lifts ...
The xx Premiere "VCR" Video, Remix Gil Scott-Heron's Entire New AlbumWednesday, January 20, 2010 @ 1:14PMIn director Marcus Söderlund 's video for British group the xx 's skeletal love jam "VCR", a pretty young couple tenderly and carefully break into a room, smash it all to pieces, and then light a fire. Then they kiss. Romantic! You can watch the clip below or at Pitchfork. tv . "VCR" also has a new remix courtesy of shapeshifting producer Matthew Dear , which can be downloaded below. And ...
Hear Thom Yorke's Radio Show NowWednesday, January 20, 2010 @ 12:59PMAs previously reported , Thom Yorke co-hosted Gilles Peterson's radio show on BBC Radio 1 yesterday. You can now listen to the show right here . In between dubstep tracks (Yorke plays a lot of dubstep and dubstep variants), Yorke had a few things to say. On the state of both Radiohead and his solo career, Yorke said, " Radiohead is still doing stuff. In fact, we're starting another session for a ...
Glary Utilities Pro free today onlyThursday, January 14, 2010 @ 8:33AMWhenever I get asked to recommend some free security and clean-up applications to use on a PC one of the packages I always recommend is the free version of Glary Utilities. With a single click it cleans your registry, fixes broken shortcuts, checks your startup files for problems, clears any temporary internet files, scans for [...]
Music Reviews:Top 200 albums of the decade (200 - 101)Saturday, January 2, 2010 @ 3:13AMWhat makes an album truly great? Is it just the impact it has on the music industry or the world after its release? Do all of the songs have to have the most incredibly inspired lyrics? Does the music have to be breathtaking and completely original? Should album sales be taken into consideration? While I will admit that the greatest of the great albums typically fill all of the suggested ...
The eclectic companyThursday, December 31, 2009 @ 2:34AMDowntown may serve as HQ for Las Vegas's thriving music scene, but as the 10 album highlights of 2009 show, local talent sprang from all over the valley -- and in some cases, was able to showcase its creativity beyond it. National indie-label releases and do-it-yourself efforts share space on this alphabetically arranged run-down.
Winter solstice 2009: What it's all aboutTuesday, December 22, 2009 @ 2:36AMWinter solstice 2009 falls Monday, marking the shortest day in the year for the Northern Hemisphere.
Winter Solstice 2009: What It’s All AboutMonday, December 21, 2009 @ 3:55PMAh, another winter solstice come and gone. At 5:47 p.m. Greenwich Mean Time (that's 12:47 p.m. Eastern Standard Time) Monday, the Northern Hemisphere marked the mid-point of another year, as measured by the sun's highest position each day above the horizon. It marked the day with the fewest hours of sunlight this year. Yes, this is showing a Northern Hemisphere bias. South of the equator, the ...
Rock supergroup swoop for spectacular nightTuesday, December 15, 2009 @ 2:53AMNew sensationalist rock “supergroup” Them Crooked Vultures – or TCV as they are now commonly known – landed in the Midlands on Monday night to unleash songs from their huge-selling self-titled debut album.
Them Crooked VulturesSunday, December 13, 2009 @ 11:15AMHere come the latest super-group Them Crooked Vultures, comprised of Josh Homme of Queens of the Stone Age, the Foo Fighters frontman Dave Grohl and John Paul Jones of Led Zeppelin fame.
Unspent bond funds in search of WFISD projectTuesday, December 8, 2009 @ 10:48PMIt read like a Christmas wish list: A pothole free parking lot at Memorial Stadium, new locker rooms at two athletic fields, and a heavy-duty resurfacing to the Barwise track and all three high school tracks.Those improvements — and more like them — are “projects for consideration” on a new list written by Wichita Falls Independent School District’s administration and submitted Tuesday to WFISD ...
A rock lover's dreamFriday, December 4, 2009 @ 3:11AMIT'S hard to go unnoticed if you have a member of Led Zeppelin in your band. Then again, this isn't a trio made up of nobodies. Meet Them Crooked Vultures, music's hottest group du jour, which also boasts Foo Fighters frontman Dave Grohl and Joshua Homme from Queens Of The Stone Age.
Test Spin: Them Crooked VulturesWednesday, December 2, 2009 @ 1:18AMThem Crooked Vultures fits the classic definition of a “supergroup.” With Dave Grohl (Foo Fighters, Nirvana), Josh Homme (Queens of the Stone Age) and John Paul Jones (Led Zeppelin), Them Crooked Vultures consists of musicians that understand how to find success in the music industry. Their self-titled debut album shows a smoothly crafted twist on each of the artists’ rock roots.
At scene of the crime, an eye on the bugsSunday, November 29, 2009 @ 12:13AMBy P.J. HUFFSTUTTER Los Angeles Times Joe Keiper squints into a microscope and presses the dead maggot with a pair of surgical forceps to determine how much human flesh the fat white larva had eaten. The forensic entomologist had plucked hundreds of them off a corpse found inside a Cleveland house the day before Halloween.
Them Crooked Vultures is not roadkillFriday, November 20, 2009 @ 11:12AMThem Crooked Vultures, a rock supergroup that consists of Dave Grohl of Nirvana and the Foo Fighters, Josh Homme of Queens of the Stone Age and John Paul Jones of Led Zeppelin, dropped its first studio album Tuesday after spending the summer playing a number of shows in Europe. A refreshing synthesis of each artist’s individual [...]
Legends of rock come together for new supergroup, albumThursday, November 19, 2009 @ 9:59AMPerhaps Dave Grohl has grown tired of his efforts with Foo Fighters. Perhaps he longs for the dirtier days of Nirvana, when headbanging was half his job, next to drumming. But for whatever reason, Grohl has taken part in several heavier projects in recent years, including the experi-metal Probot and a stint behind the kit with Queens of the Stone Age.
Meet the new rulers of heavy rockWednesday, November 18, 2009 @ 2:52PMThem Crooked Vulture, the new supergroup of Josh Homme, Dave Grohl and John Paul Jones, was thunderously impressive Tuesday night at the Wiltern.
RECENT ITEMS»Wednesday, November 18, 2009 @ 2:35PMAfter the long-awaited release of Dave Grohl's heavily anticipated newest project, Them Crooked Vulture , the band's self-titled debut finally dropped yesterday.
Album review: "Them Crooked Vultures"Wednesday, November 18, 2009 @ 12:54PMWhat happens when you mix members from Queens of the Stone Age, Foo Fighters and Led Zeppelin together? You get one of the most promising debut bands of the year. Them Crooked Vultures members include lead singer and guitarist Josh Homme of Queens of the Stone Age, drummer Dave Grohl of the Foo Fighters and Nirvana and bassist John Paul Jones of Led Zeppelin.
Them Crooked Vultures have an understandingMonday, November 16, 2009 @ 5:45AMDave Grohl, Joshua Homme and John Paul Jones, who jelled from their first jam, have an album to show for their fast-bonding ways. Dave Grohl had a new rock 'n' roll dream, and it came true in a castle in Orange County. It was his 40th birthday, so the lead Foo Fighter and former Nirvana drummer celebrated with a January evening of jousting and costumed swordplay at the Medieval Times dinner ...
CD/DOWNLOAD/ALBUM: Radiohead: Kid a/Amnesiac/Hail: Collector's EditionsSaturday, November 14, 2009 @ 7:16AMBy: Ron Hart When you talk to anyone who is big into Radiohead and ask them what their three favorite Radiohead albums are, chances are you'll get something along the lines of The Bends, OK Computer, and Kid A, or perhaps OK Computer, Kid A, and In Rainbows; or you might even have the rare Pablo Honey, The Bends and OK Computer combo plate - rare because most fans of Radiohead today hardly ...
A little bit of everythingSaturday, November 14, 2009 @ 7:05AMThem Crooked Vultures Them Crooked Vultures Alt-Rock ****1/2 Not all supergroups are created equal. For every Traveling Wilburys, there's an Asia; for every Highwaymen a Zwan. And the less said about Chickenfoot, the better.[...]
'F--- Patience!' Stream Them Crooked Vultures' Album NowWednesday, November 11, 2009 @ 11:04AMThem Crooked Vultures -- the supergroup featuring Josh Homme, Dave Grohl and John Paul Jones -- is streaming their entire album on YouTube.
First Annual Kentucky Film and Music Fest on Nov 14Wednesday, November 4, 2009 @ 2:56PMFirst Annual Kentucky Film and Music Fest Festival will Celebrate Film and Music from Around the Commonwealth Saturday, November 14th from 11 am – 5 pm and 7:30 pm – 11 pm read more
New Spoon: "The Mystery Zone"Wednesday, November 4, 2009 @ 12:16PMPhoto by Autumn de Wilde As you know , uber-dependable indie megastars Spoon have a new album on the way: Transference , due January 26 in North America via Merge and January 25 in Europe via Anti- . And now "The Mystery Zone", track number three from that hotly anticipated LP, is out there, making the internet rounds and making our collective Wednesday that much more endurable. "The Mystery ...
Jack White Turns Down Slash, Releases Carl Sagan Auto-Tune RecordWednesday, November 4, 2009 @ 12:01PMJack White and Slash may both be indisputable modern rock guitar heroes, but a possible collaboration between the two was recently nixed by White, according to a MusicRadar interview with Slash. ( Via NME .) "I wanted to get Jack White to sing on something, but he didn't want to sing," said Slash. "He said, 'I'll play drums, I'll play guitar, but I don't wanna sing.' He was one guy that I wanted ...
Photos: Girls / Real EstateWednesday, November 4, 2009 @ 10:16AMAbove: Girls Best New Music honorees Girls , with openers Real Estate , played Washington, D.C.'s Black Cat last night at the beginning of their tour together . Our photographer Francis Chung was on hand to document the show in dramatic black and white. GIRLS REAL ESTATE GIRLS MORE FULL-SIZE PHOTOS IN THE PHOTOBOOK HERE
Four Tet Announces New LPWednesday, November 4, 2009 @ 9:31AMWhile he's put out lots of material in the form of EPs , collaborations , remix records , and mixes in recent years, the last full-fledged album by Kieran Hebden aka Four Tet was 2005's Everything Ecstatic . And on January 26, we'll finally get the official follow-up in the form of a new nine-track LP called There Is Love in You courtesy of Domino . The album is set to include new single "Love ...
David Lynch's Website Visits Billy CorganTuesday, November 3, 2009 @ 3:31PMThe combination of David Lynch and latter-day Billy Corgan should produce something weird enough to explode your eyeballs. But when DLF.TV , Lynch's new transcendental meditation-promoting website (or, per the website , the "new Online TV Channel that celebrates consciousness, creativity and bliss"), went to visit Corgan in the studio, nothing unduly bizarre happened. Instead, we ended up with ...
From Mimic to Master of InventionFriday, October 23, 2009 @ 2:22PMConstant throughout this magisterial exhibit is an impression of physical and psychic concentration.
Fucked Up Reveal Tracklisting For New Singles CompWednesday, October 21, 2009 @ 4:12PMFucked Up will release their second singles collection, Couple Tracks: Singles 2002-2008 , on Jan. 26 through Matador.
Daily Digest 20 OctoberTuesday, October 20, 2009 @ 11:10AMSFI fund to attract researchers | U2 to perform live on YouTube | Colt seals Celesion deal | IdentiGEN sets up Canadian division | PS3 topples Wii in US
MEDIA: Scorekeeping taken to an old levelFriday, October 9, 2009 @ 2:31AMThe Dodgers hang on to a 5-2 lead in the bottom of the seventh inning, one out and two on and Manny Ramirez fouls off the first pitch.
Live Review: Thom Yorke in Los AngelesTuesday, October 6, 2009 @ 1:49PMWhat do you do when you're on a break from working with the most innovative band in the world, a band that knocked the music industry on its backside with a pay-what-you want release and then went on to top the charts the traditional way? If you're Thom Yorke [ tickets ] and that band is Radiohead [ tickets ] , you assemble a little side project and continue to blow minds by playing by your own ...