Goldenboy The New Familiar Eenie Meenie Records [2012] Fire Note Says: The New Familiar is a richly textured cinematic pop record! Album Review: When you spend a considerable amount of time out on the road with the likes of Elliott Smith, Grandaddy, Neil Finn, The Rentals, Eels, and Bright Eyes, as Goldenboy has, you had … Read more
Indian Handcrafts Civil Disobedience For Losers Sargent House Records [2012] Fire Note Says: Find the nearest dimensional tear and let Indian Handcrafts take you somewhere. Album Review: Gas up the Firebird, roll down the windows, turn the volume up, push the pedal to the metal, and gear up for the cosmos and beyond because Indian … Read more
Portland-based garage pop band Eat Skull announced their third full-length, and first with their new label Woodsist. The album is entitled III, and will be released February 19. Eat Skull III (Woodsist) 1. Space Academy 2. Dead Horses 3. How Do I Know When To Say Goodnite? 4. Your Hate 5. Stupid Moon 6. Twin … Read more
Here is the cover art for Bullet For My Valentines’s new record Temper Temper. The album will be out on RCA Records February 12, 2013.
Third Man Records has just released details on Vault Package 15. Looks like another great vinyl collection! You can find Third Man’s description of the vault items below and if you would like this package you will need to become a Platinum Vault Member by January 31st HERE. “The LP for this round of the … Read more
Mayfly Records (Pianos Become The Teeth, Code Orange Kids) labelmates, Cerce (Boston, MA) and Pray For Teeth (Pittsburgh, PA), are set to embark on an US East Coast Tour starting tomorrow (1/4) in Cambridge, MA. You can scope all the dates/info HERE. Boston based Punk/HC band Cerce joined the Mayfly family in August. Almost impossible … Read more
Does anyone remember the 60’s style power pop of Nikki and the Corevettes? Well now you have a chance to snag their 1980 self-titled release on bubblegum pink wax. The release is a limited edition of 300. Nikki was one of the hardest working women in punk rock as she toured & played hundreds of … Read more
Dave Grohl (Foo Fighters, Nirvana) and Park City Live confirmed the live debut of Grohl’s new group, Sound City Players, January 18 during the city’s world famous film festival. The concert will feature core musicians and special guests from Grohl’s Sundance Film Festival® selected film SOUND CITY. Ticketing information as well as a complete list … Read more
John Murry’s noir solo debut ‘The Graceless Age’ was one of the best-reviewed albums of the year in the UK and it’s coming to the States in March. The Graceless Age’ was the last album co-produced by Sun Kil Moon’s Tim Mooney so the soundscape burbles with electronics, guitar smeared with delay, found sounds, and … Read more
You can now pre-order Atoms For Peace limited edition Double LP AMOK HERE. The group consists of Radiohead lead singer Thom Yorke (vocals, guitar and piano), Red Hot Chili Peppers bassist Flea (bass), longtime Radiohead producer Nigel Godrich (guitar, keyboards, synths), Joey Waronker of Beck & R.E.M. (drums) and instrumentalist Mauro Refosco (percussion). You can … Read more
The Evens The Odds Dischord Records [2012] Fire Note Says: The Odds is 13 songs you should definitely embrace! Album Review: The Evens hail from Washington DC and feature the husband and wife duo of Ian MacKaye on baritone guitar and Amy Farina on drums. Their new lp, The Odds, is their third overall, and … Read more
Man Or Astro-man? Analog Series Vol. 1 Chunklet Industries [2012] Man or Astro-Man? return with their first new material in well over twelve years with this debut 7-inch in their Analog Series. The series of singles will result with a full length release sometime this year. If you were ever a fan of this band … Read more
Cub Scouts Told You So EP Self-Released [2012] Fire Note Says: Fresh indie pop from down under. Album Review: Cub Scouts are a promising new band from Brisbane, Australia that have been crafting their own style of indie dream pop music over the last year. The band already has been generating tons of buzz here … Read more
Led Zeppelin Celebration Day Atlantic Records [2012] Fire Note Says: Coming from the land of snow and ice – Zeppelin shows that they still have it! Album Review: About 33 years ago culture and the world was dealt a great loss with the passing of Led Zeppelin drummer John Henry Bonham. You then ask yourself … Read more
Along with a reuniting Breeders, Kim Deal has just launched a new solo 7-inch single series. The first, limited to just 1,000 copies, features the songs “Walking With a Killer” and “Dirty Hessians,” and can be ordered at HERE.
The product of a move from South Carolina to Berkeley, CA and the subsequent extended separation from loved ones, Toro Y Moi’s third full-length, Anything in Return, puts Chaz Bundick right in the middle of the producer/songwriter dichotomy that his first two albums established. There’s a pervasive sense of peace with his tendency to dabble … Read more
You may have thought it was all talk before but here is some video proof that Kim Deal, Kelley Deal, Josephine Wiggs, and Jim Macpherson are back together and gearing up for a Breeders reunion in honor of Last Splash’s 20th Anniversary. Currently the only date scheduled for The Breeders is in June when the … Read more
The Doors Infinite 45RPM Vinyl Box Set will be released February 5th from Analogue Productions. The Doors six legendary studio albums have been cut from the original analog sources by Doug Sax and original engineer Bruce Botnick. The albums have been pressed on 200g 45RPM LPs at Quality Record Pressings. All packaged in a textured, … Read more
Beginning this Thursday (Jan 3rd), Tiny Engines’ label mates RUN, FOREVER (Pittsburgh, PA) and STATE LINES (Long Island, NY) are teaming up for a three-week Winter Tour that will find both outfits playing shows throughout the East Coast, Southeast and Midwest. Run, Forever is touring in support of its new full-length, Settling, which (after a … Read more
Green Day will return to the road in 2013 and revealed the routing for their upcoming tour, which can be found below. Previously much has been up in the air for Green Day with frontman Billie Joe entering rehab but it looks like the band is back on track from the quotes below. The group … Read more
Joshua James From The Top Of Willamette Mountain Intelligent Noise Records [2012] Fire Note Says: Joshua James releases a tender album with his third LP. Album Review: Joshua James is a singer-songwriter from Nebraska who has settled in Utah. From The Top of Willamette Mountain is his third album that he has released. Not being … Read more
This exclusive album trailer for ‘Lysandre’ includes an interview with Christopher, footage from his debut show in San Francisco and new song ‘Part of Me (Lysandre’s Epilogue)’ Lysandre will be released in the US on Jan 15th and Jan 14th for the rest of the world.
Dropkick Murhphys new 2xLP album Signed And Sealed In Blood hits shelves next week on January 8th. The 2xLP is on limited edition red 180 gram vinyl and includes the bonus track “Shark Attack.” Only 1000 of these are available and can be pre-ordered HERE. Tracklisting The Boys Are Back Prisoner’s Song Rose Tattoo Burn … Read more
Kurt Vile / Meg Baird Just Another Song b/w Classic Rock In Spring Matador Records [2012] The December installment of Matador Records Singles Going Home Alone for 2012 brings us a collaboration between troubadour Kurt Vile and Espers’ Meg Baird. This pairing is not much of a surprise as the pair have toured together in … Read more
Interpol Turn On The Bright Lights (Tenth Anniversary Edition) Matador Records [2012] Fire Note Says: Turn On The Bright Lights at 10 sounds even more fresh and innovative today! Album Review: I can’t believe that 10 years has already passed since Interpol released Turn On The Bright Lights. Some may say that it is too … Read more