Announced via their Myspace (which is spazzing something awful right now) and subsequently named through their website, The Decemberists have dropped the proverbial ball on a US fall tour. And some fortuitious twist of fate has placed them in New Orleans on October 26, just days before Voodoo Music Festival 2006, the same fest they […]

Want to be in the new TV on the Radio video? Well, if you’re in the Brooklyn area, you’re in luck. This Friday, July 14, TVOTR will be filming “Wolf Like Me” at 3rd Ward. Here is the info for those of you inclined to go:
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Be an audience member in the new […]

Former Pink Floyd frontman Syd Barrett has died according to his publicist. No cause of death has been released, but the statement says he died peacfully at his home. He was 60.
Barrett had a bumpy ride with the band, eventually being ejected for his eccentricities and crazed ramblings. David Gilmour, who had joined the […]

In a swirl of posts, freedb.org died on Saturday, July 1. Lead developer Joerge Schilling issued a statement freedb.org terminating his six year involvement in the project. Schilling wrote:
Today, after six long years, it is time for me to say goodbye to freedb. I started off creating database archives for download and finding ftp […]

Alright, I’m not really sure how this slipped past me, but Daft Punk released via Myspace, a teaser for their forthcoming film Electroma. While the movie doesn’t feature doesn’t actually feature music from Daft Punk, the helmeted duo are the central characters. Apparently they play robots on a quest to become human–think Pinnochio but without […]

Yea, you head me. Indie superstar Sufjan Stevens will play House of Blues NOLA Tuesday, September 19. Asthmatic Kitty labelmate My Brightest Diamond will open the show. I didn’t figure I’d ever have an opportunity to see Stevens, and I must confess to being rather elated this show is on the horizon.
Tickets are $24 […]

Pitchfork ran a story today about the possible return of Jeff Mangum. It’s not absolutely confirmed or anything, but they seem rather confident about it, which makes it worth mentioning. It basically says that Mangum and pals have been working on new material that may or may not be new Neutral Milk Hotel stuff. I’m […]

Well I’ve been trying to stay away from basic news lately, but this is pretty big. Indie rockers Sleater-Kinney announced today via the their website that the band is calling it quits:
After eleven years as a band, Sleater-Kinney have decided to go on indefinite hiatus. The upcoming summer shows will be our last. As of […]

Jack White and Brendan Benson have announced a slew of new dates for their Raconteurs act.
I really dig their material and wish they would make it to NOLA. They sound to me as if The White Stripes would sound if they weren’t limited by a minimalistic theme. At any rate, I hope you’re amongst the […]

Baltimore pop group Page France recently closed a deal with Seattle-based Suicide Squeeze Records. The label will re-release the band’s poorly distributed album “Hello, Dear Wind” and put out the group’s next album that is yet to be recorded.
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