Fruit Bats: “Ruminant Band”

Posted on 04. Aug, 2009 by some guy in Album Review, Music

Fruit Bats
Ruminant Band
Sub Pop
Riding a wave somewhere between country and kitschy hipster pop—though not overdosing on either—the Fruit Bats are no doubt onto something with their fourth full-length, Ruminant Band. The music itself carries a certain weight of Sticky Fingers Stones (see “Tegucigalpa”) while singer/pianist Eric Johnson croons leads in a fashion akin to James Mercer of The Shins. Cuts like “Beautiful Morning Light” speak to the revivalist nature which Ruminant Band embraces, and it’s not troubling to imagine these boys paired-up with Sub Pop brethren Band of Horses for [...]

Paul McCartney Confirms Coachella Show

Posted on 30. Jan, 2009 by spencer in Music

The Last Surviving Beatle (besides Ringo*), Paul McCartney has confirmed a headlining spot on this year’s Coachella festival. Let Synthesis be the first ones to say coo-coo-cachoo.
Paul McCartney has been confirmed to headline the Friday April 17 opening night of the 2009 Coachella Valley Music & Arts Festival. McCartney’s set, his first ever at Coachella, will feature the live debut of material from Electric Arguments, the new album released under the Fireman alias he shares with producer/musician Youth.
* We love Ringo.

Prior to Coachella, McCartney will be joined by [...]

Guns N Roses Chinese Democracy, Paul McCartney’s The Fireman Premier On Myspace

Posted on 20. Nov, 2008 by Daniel Taylor in Blog, Music

Myspace, its like Facebook only not as cool. But at least they have music:
MYSPACE MUSIC TO GLOBALLY PREMIERE NEW GUNS N’ ROSES ALBUM “CHINESE DEMOCRACY” BEGINNING NOVEMBER 19TH
LOS ANGELES–November 19, 2008— Chinese Democracy, the highly anticipated album from Guns N’ Roses, will be premiered worldwide exclusively through MySpace Music, the world’s premier music community. Beginning today, fans can stream Chinese Democracy in its entirety three days before the album will be available for purchase by visiting the band’s official MySpace Music profile. The Guns N’ Roses album exclusive [...]

Ed Harcourt on the Tonight Show…tonight

Posted on 06. Jun, 2008 by spencer in Music

I can’t believe he hasn’t played on American Television before. UK heartthrob Ed Harcourt will be on Jay Leno’s Tonight Show this evening to promote his new album (well, that is to say his 2006 album that never got released in the States) The Beautiful Lie, which came out on Dovecote Records last Tuesday. Listening to The Beautiful Lie (and his back catalogue as well) it baffles me why he isn’t as huge in North America as he is in Europe. Last March during SXSW I ended up tagging along [...]

Heather Mills Douses Paul McCartney’s Lawyer in Court

Posted on 11. Apr, 2008 by James in Crime, Idiocy, Lifestyle, Music

Heather Mills gets a lot of flack. It’s probably warranted. In her bitter divorce battle with ex-husband/Beatle Paul McCartney, Mills was awarded $48.6 million, which equates to over $12 million per year of marriage. That wasn’t enough for her, though, so the two are slogging it out in court.
Things are getting so bad, that Mills admits she dumped a jug of water over the head of McCartney’s lawyer, Fiona Shackleton.
“Mrs. Shackleton said something under her breath so I cleansed and baptized her,” Mills said. “I thought she looked fantastic — [...]