Coachella has annouced its 2015 lineup: Jack White, AC/DC and Drake, will headline this year’s festival. Tame Impala, St. Vincent, Ryan Adams, Interpol, Belle & Sebastian, Alabama Shakes, Ride and The War on Drugs are other notable names in bigger set type. The Califorina-based music festival takes place over the course of two weekends, April … Read more
2015 marks ten years since the release of the White Stripes’ Get Behind Me Satan album and tour, so Third Man Records is using that milestone as the focus of its 23rd Vault package. The package is completely dedicated to the White Stripes and highlighting their time in South America in 2005. The soft touch, … Read more
Following a 4-year hiatus, San Francisco post-punk trio Erase Errata has announced their fourth studio album Lost Weekend, set to be self-released on January 20 via the band’s own label Under The Sun and distributed by Revolver. If you have missing the three piece Lost Weekend promises to bring back their relentless energy, peculiar tension … Read more
[Bee Thousand is now sold out] Say what you want about Newbury Pressings but they couldn’t have landed a bigger indie title than Bee Thousand. Guided By Voices classic has been out of print for a long time and currently goes for a higher dollar on the second hand market. Here is your chance to … Read more
Red Aunts Come Up For A Closer Look In The Red Recordings [2014] Fire Note Says: Get to know the Red Aunts! Album Review: For most, this new compilation release from the Red Aunts will be an introductory point and that is just fine. The all-female punk band from Long Beach, California ruled the underground … Read more
Philip Selway Weatherhouse Bella Union [2014] Fire Note Says: Radiohead’s drummer returns with a solo album that builds on the successes of his debut. Album Review: While Thom Yorke’s solo work is probably the most well-known to come out of the band’s frequent downtime, he isn’t the only member to release music outside of the … Read more
Sacred Bones Records is always good for their limited packaging and this release is no exception. Moon Duo’s 3rd studio album for Sacred Bones, Shawdow of the Sun is due out on March 3rd and the pre-order is up now. The 400 hand numbered limited edition version comes in deluxe packaging, with alternate screen-printed wrap-around … Read more
Brooklyn’s Hellbirds have re recorded all of Phil Spector’s A Christmas Gift For You, and have been putting out the album one song a day from December 10th-23rd 2014. Today’s song is “Christmas, Baby Please Come Home” written by Ellie Greenwich, Jeff Barry, and Phil Spector. “Christmas, Baby Please Come Home” is the twelfth song … Read more
Here is a series that has grown over the last three years. 2015 is looking to be its best yet. Joyful Noise Recordings has announced the 12 artists, who will each be contributing an unreleased track, that will exclusively be available on the 2015 Flexi Disc Series. Here is the list: Artists contributing to the … Read more
#50 The Safes Record Heat Wee Rock Records [2014] #50 is one of the hardest positions to select because there are plenty of albums that just missed the list. What made Chicago’s The Safes stand out is their solid 60’s style garage power pop on Record Heat that had us from the first strum. The … Read more
Cracker Berkeley To Bakersfield 429 Records [2014] Fire Note Says: Cracker still matters 20 years later. Album Review: Okay, let’s begin with a favorite rock star interview moment. Back in 1994, Cracker was on tour promoting its successful sophomore effort, Kerosene Hat, in an opening slot with Gin Blossoms and headliner Spin Doctors in major … Read more
We will admit that we are only human. 2014 flew by and as always there were plenty of albums that never hit our review page that should have been included in our upcoming Blazing Top 50 but missed the mark for some reason. There are several reasons (excuses) for records not making the final cut … Read more
If you have seen Ty Segall lately you might have caught his opening act Axis: Sova. The band seems to fit in with the many sides of Ty as their thundering jams are sure to shake concert venue walls across the country. The featured track today, “Fractal Ancestry,” is from their forthcoming new record Early … Read more
Matthew Melton Outside Of Paradise Southpaw Records [2014] Fire Note Says: Matthew Melton hits all the right chords on catchy sophomore outing. Album Review: From the opening guitar ramble on Matthew Melton’s sophomore album, Outside of Paradise, you just know that you are in for a really cool lo-fi garage ride. You may know Melton … Read more
Ty Segall $ingle$ 2 Drag City Records [2014] Fire Note Says: A fantastic collection of non-album singles and b sides brings 2014 to the perfect end for Ty Segall fans. Album Review: How does Ty Segall cap off a brilliant 2014, a year that saw him releasing the best album of his career and one … Read more
The Fire Note wouldn’t be possible without the talented writers that have signed on here to share their educated thoughts and true enjoyment of music with our readers. Our year end Top 50 is coming early next week but clearly everyone has different tastes and ideas when naming the best album released in 2014. So … Read more
Austin has been a hotbed for the singer-songwriter all the way back to the times of Willie Nelson, so it is no surprise these days when a voice comes along from that time zone that makes you take notice. Today’s video premiere highlights this as Matthew Squires and the Learning Disorders offer up the heartfelt … Read more
If you are a Guided By Voices fan then you have probably been on the hunt for the newly released Dogfish Head Beer Thousand box set. Not only does it come with six 750ml bottles of imperial lager but accompanying the beer release is a Guided By Voices 10-inch record with 10 songs recorded live … Read more
The New Basement Tapes Lost On The River Harvest Records [2014] Fire Note Says: A pleasant exploration of early Dylan through the eyes of some very different songwriters. Of course, the original “Basement Tapes,” were recordings made in Woodstock, NY in 1967, when Bob Dylan, recovering from a motorcycle accident, spent 5 months woodsheding songs … Read more
Amen Dunes just announced a spring tour to support the “Cowboy Worship” EP out January 20 via Sacred Bones. After a solid release with this years Love, Amen Dunes is an artist on the rise. This is a group I would try to catch soon and I would hope that the below spring tour list … Read more
Here is a sneak peek at a track from Lemuria’s upcoming 7″ / Comic Book split. The 7″, produced by Mark Ryan of the Marked Men and Radioactivity comes packaged with Turnstile Comix #3, a 40 page comic book about Lemuria’s harrowing 2011 tour through Russia, based on true events and illustrated by Mitch Clem … Read more
Famous Class has announced Ty Segall’s brand new “Mr. Face” EP! It is a gatefold double 7″ EP packed with four jams. It also doubles as the world’s first playable pair of 3D glasses (take that Jack White)! Pressed on translucent red and blue-colored vinyl, you just look through the records to activate the supercharged … Read more
Welcome to the holiday season and our final Bandcamp feature of 2014. Good things await your ear as The Fire Note spotlights bewitching songs from Miami, lo-fi shoegaze out of Scotland, garage R&B kicking down from Minnesota and thrash metal pop punk from Brooklyn! The Fire Note wishes everyone a festive holiday season and remember … Read more
Christian Bland & The Revelators The Unseen Green Obscene The Reverberation Appreciation Society [2014] Fire Note Says: Christian Bland and the Revelators third album is an homage to past heroes. Album Review: The Black Angels’ Passover just so happens to be considered a modern day psychedelic classic. With its dark titles, imagery, and piercing sounds … Read more
Bush Man On The Run BMG [2014] Fire Note Says: Bush pleases the crowd with the hard-rocking Man On The Run. Album Review: As a child of the 80’s and 90’s there is something comforting about the bands of my youth sticking around and putting out new content. Bush was one of the biggest outfits … Read more