Pop legends Duran Duran return today with a brand new album. Get the full story behind the LP’s many collaborations, in the band’s own words. More »
Oh man, it’s almost Labor Day weekend! Which means barbecues, earlier sunsets, and the close of summer in the American mind-set. (Not to mention the ever-closer encroachment of the Video Music Awards! Ack!) So what better time to look back? Feel free to share your favorite musical experiences of the Memorial-To-Labor-Day period in this space, while you are (I hope!) waiting to go outside and enjoy the last crackles of summer. My list—which ranges from shows to finding out bits of news—after the jump. More »
“Introducing Palace Players,” the first track to emerge from the Danish band Mew’s forthcoming album No More Stories / Are Told Today / I’m Sorry / They Washed Away // No More Stories / The World Is Grey / I’m Tired / Let’s Wash Away, starts off taut and wiry, all percussion and attacked guitars, before blooming into something that sounds like three tracks are playing at once (in a good way). Things settle down slightly after that, and the whole song unfolds kind of like a dream, with the marshmallow-light vocals of Jonas Bjerre recalling–swoon!–Green Gartside’s. I always forget how much I love this band until I hear a song of theirs (damn short-attention-span culture), and I am so excited for the album to come out in August. An embed of the track, after the jump. More »
