Published on February 21st, 2010no shouts

Last weekend I blitzed an obscure ’90’s Alternative set-list, and this week, most of those videos appear here. Because a few of the songs didn’t have videos available, I’ve added Jimmy’s Chicken Shack, Velocity Girl and Pavement to this week’s list.
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Published on February 21st, 2010one shout

Front-to-back, Jamie Cullum’s The Pursuit is a solid effort by an establish artist who’s market typically runs outside the sight-lines of music fans obsessed with the overly obscure and frequently bearded. Find out why …
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Published on February 20th, 2010one shout

In this exclusive interview with Adam Kittredge and Antonia Freybe-Smith of Jets Overhead, Kittredge and Freybe-Smith discuss performing at the Winter Olympic, how they are able to connect to an audience even at festivals, the evolution of the songs on their most recent album, who showed them the ropes early in their career and much more.
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Published on February 19th, 2010no shouts

Black Francis has unveiled the cover art for NonStopErotic, his new album which will be released on March 30, 2010 va Cooking Vinyl.
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Published on February 19th, 2010no shouts
A Place To Bury Strangers Announce US Tour with the Big Pink
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Published on February 19th, 2010no shouts

Ted Leo And The Pharmacists have announced dates for their Spring 2010 tour which will support their new album, The Brutalist Bricks, to be released on March 9, 2010. The band will kick off their tour with a show on March 11 in Cleveland.
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Published on February 19th, 2010no shouts
It struck me today, that I want to somehow, someway tape (at least one) Blog Radio for Sirius/XM. I’m serious about this.
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Published on February 16th, 2010one shout

Whether the forgotten ’90s? Now that we are a generation removed from the time-frame, it seems that most music-heads, journalists and fans seem to focus on Grunge, Brit-Pop or Indie/College Rock of the era. But why does no one remember (or play) the other great music from that time-frame?
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Published on February 16th, 2010one shout

An Instant Album Review of The Happy Hollow’s album, Spells, by DeadJournalist.com’s newest contributor, Eric Munoz.
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Published on February 16th, 2010no shouts
Today, Fat Tuesday, found the release of Preservation: An Album To Benefit Preservation Hall & The Preservation Hall Music Outreach Program, a benifit album featuring a who’s who of artists performing tracks with New Orleans’ Preservation Hall Jazz Band.
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Published on February 16th, 2010no shouts

The Southern California-based band, Local Natives, have announced an extensive Spring 2010 tour as well as performances as SXSW, Sasquatch, Coachella and Bonnaroo. The band also released its album, Gorilla Manor, today.
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Published on February 16th, 2010no shouts

The Antlers have announced a headlining tour with Phantogram, beginning with an April 16, 2010 show in Columbus, OH. The band will also join The National for several dates in June, including shows in Boston, Philadelphia, Washington DC, Toronto and New York.
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Published on February 16th, 2010no shouts

White Rabbits and Here We Go Magic have announced that they will be tour together this Spring. The tour, which begins in Charlottesville, VA on April 5, 2010, will conclude in Boston on May 1. Here We Go Magic have also announced that there sophomore album will be release later this year.
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Published on February 14th, 2010no shouts

We’re back with a full set this week chock-full of new videos by new and established artists. Videos this week are by: Banjo or Freakout, Le Sexoflex, Hurricane Bells, Spoon, Syntaks, Andrew Belle, State Radio, Postdata, Wild Beasts, The Soft Pack, Sleigh Bells, The Rural Alberta Advantage, Miles Benjamin Anthony Robinson, Los Campesinos!, Bear In Heaven, Midlake and These New Puritans.
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Published on February 13th, 2010no shouts

Shilpa Ray & Her Happy Hookers have announced Spring 2010 tour dates.
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Published on February 13th, 2010no shouts

Miles Benjamin Anthony Robinson has announced tour dates with Suckers and Shilpa Ray & Her Happy Hookers.
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Published on February 13th, 2010no shouts

Black Joe Lewis has announced 2010 tour dates, beginning with a February 18 show in Nashville and includes a February 20 show at The Earl in Atlanta.
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Published on February 11th, 2010no shouts
News and updates on the goings-on at DeadJournalist
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Published on February 10th, 2010no shouts

No One Knows About Persian Cats – A movie about the underground music scene in Tehran, Iran announces US release date for the movie and soundtrack. Bios of musicians featured in the film also in this post.
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Published on February 10th, 2010no shouts

A Weather to release new album; share MP3 of the album’s first single, “Giant Stairs”.
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Published on February 10th, 2010no shouts

The Walkmen signed with Oxford, MS-based Fat Possum Records; home of acts such diverse acts as JL Burnside, Wavves, A.A. Bondy and Andrew Bird.
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Published on February 10th, 2010no shouts
I have no time to write this, but with several long-time music sites getting shut down by Google because of terms violations (focusing on supposed MP3 posting viloations with this comment) regardless of whether or not the site in question have approval to post MP3s reminds us all a couple of things:
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Published on February 9th, 2010no shouts

One of the best things about running the site is that sometimes I run face-first into an amazing band thanks to a submission by a band member of manager. Such is the case with the Moscow-based band Everything Is Made In China.
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Published on February 9th, 2010no shouts

I’ve been trying to come up with something to write about in today other tour updates or album releases. Damn original content writer’s block. Here goes nothing …
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Published on February 8th, 2010no shouts

Emily Jane White has announced the release of her second album, Victorian America, on April 27, 2010.
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