Sharon Jones and the Dap-Kings brought the holiday blues to Conan Monday with a pining, web-exclusive rendition of “Please Come Home for Christmas.” Jones belted the somber, mid-tempo tune with characteristic aplomb, running vocal circles around a clever arrangement by the Dap-Kings that mixed sultry guitars, gritty horns and seasonally apt orchestral… Source: Music […]

There are many Velvet Undergrounds – the avant-pop shockers of The Velvet Underground and Nico, the proto-punk noisemakers of White Light/White Heat, the folk-rock redemption-seekers of the self-titled third LP, the coulda-been mainstream contenders of Loaded. And then, as this four-disc set shows, there was the live band, which was something else again…. Source: Music News

After releasing Wasted on the Dream in March of this year (no thanks to ex-label Warner Brothers), JEFF the Brotherhood paused for a moment, took a sizeable bong rip and plunged into a mystical desert oasis. At least, that’s the impression left by Global Chakra Rhythms, the first album the Orrall brothers have recorded… Source: Music News

If you’re going to name your band Stove, you’d better be pretty hot. Luckily, Steve Hartlett, the former songwriter of New England indie favorites Ovlov, is up to the challenge. After the drawn-out break-up of his old band, Hartlett has changed tacks for this searingly introspective solo project. His first… Source: Music News

In 2012, Harrison Mills and Clayton Knight were just two twentysomething undergrads, helplessly barreling toward graduation day with a mix of anxiety and reluctance. In an attempt to make the most of their remaining time at Western Washington University, the two Seattle natives began spending their free time producing intricate… Source: Music News

Lucero front man Ben Nichols had a pretty clear idea what he didn’t want to do with new music videos from the band’s 2015 album, All a Man Should Do. “Every other treatment we’ve gotten is ‘Ben’s sitting in a bar drinking by himself and he sees a girl, and there’s a… Source: Music […]

It’s pretty obvious that no one on the Atlanta Hawks is a Grammy voter. Despite the fact that Taylor Swift nabbed seven Grammy nominations on Monday morning, apparently the Hawks’ entire roster had remained blissfully unaware of her very existence ­– or, at the very least, her lyrics. How? We’re not… Source: Music […]

After terrorists stormed the Eagles of Death Metal show at the Bataclan in Paris on November 13th, opening fire and killing 89 attendees, touring artists all over the world called their agents and managers in a panic. U2, Foo Fighters, Motorhead, Marilyn Manson and others canceled or postponed shows in… Source: Music News

Bill Hader and Fred Armisen’s faux Seventies soft-rock supergroup Blue Jean Committee was among the many highlights of the duo’s inaugural season of Documentary Now!. The episode that was so memorable that Hader and Armisen even recorded an EP, Catalina Breeze, under the moniker of the Kenny Loggins-approved California act. Although the two-part… Source: Music News

Thom Yorke’s holiday wish list is simple: “Love and understanding and peace, perhaps some heavy snow” and a pair of blue reading glasses. The Radiohead frontman issued those requests in a heartfelt letter written to Father Christmas in celebration of National Letter Writing Day (December 7th), NME reports. Yorke joined… Source: Music News