Weekend Music – Lana Del Rey
Lana Del Rey is a singer from New York City, who is exploding (figuratively speaking – no need to panic). This is the first single from her upcoming (Jan 27) release Born to Die – remixed by wobble bassline maestro...
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Sunday Morning Music – The Alabama Shakes
It’s January 2nd, and you may have a bad case of the ‘Alabama Shakes’ right now yourself… This fantastic debut from a band from Athens Alabama is actually fantastic music for a hangover – soulful, muddy, beautiful music that feels...
Weekend Music: Radiohead remixed
Mark Pritchard is a musician from Sydney, who’s list of past groups and pseudonyms is amazingly long (seriously, check out his Wikipedia page). He has done something pretty interesting here with Radiohead’s Bloom. Heavy.
Christmas Morning Music – Benjamin Francis Leftwich
Merry Christmas from the PeteHatesMusic team. This is Benjamin Francis Leftwich, who is from the York, in the North of the UK. Not much needs to be said about this guy, other than that his songs just might bring a...
Weekend Music – Miike Snow vs Alex Metric
Miike Snow are back. Who are Miike Snow? They are a collective of producers from Sweden & a singer from New York, who have several thumbs in several pies. Under different names and different times, they have dome everything from...
PeteHatesMusic’s Albums of 2011
Yesterday, we listed our top songs of 2011. Amazingly, the Jingle Cats missed out on the top honour. But they have a chance to redeem themselves in today’s post – PeteHatesMusic’s Albums of 2011 (spoiler alert: they do not redeem...
PeteHatesMusic’s Songs of 2011
As 2011 draws to a close, it’s time to join the other media outlets and make some lists, so that readers can a) validate their opinion on songs or b) criticize those who do not share the same opinion as...
Morning Music Notes – End of Year Edition
This will be the final Morning Music Notes of 2011 (please contain your excitement or tears – I don’t like emotions). Later today, you can check out the PeteHatesMusic top songs of 2011. Tomorrow will be the best albums of...
Make Your Ears Happy: Florence + The Machine – No Light, No Light (Dave Sitek remix)
Florence + The Machine recently released their second album, Ceremonials, to generally good reviews. It even made Q Magazine’s album of the year. Arguably the best song on the album, No Light, No Light gets remixed by TV on the...
Your New Favourite Tumblr: Kim Jong-Il – Dropping The Bass
The recent (comedian punching bag) dictator of North Korea, Kim Jong-Il, died this past weekend. The media was a little slow getting the news, since North Korea pretty much controls and contains everything that happens within its borders. But did...
Morning Music Notes – You Never Need to Leave Facebook
Ticketfly to Keep Ticketing within Facebook Currently, giant ticketing monopoly, Ticketmaster, shows you which random people on Facebook are also going to show you just bought tickets for. Now, Ticketfly has a Facebook app that lets you know when your...
Guitar + Programmable Keys = Cheating?
I must admit – I once ate gummi bears until I puked I suck at guitar. If only there was a way it were more like Guitar Hero, in which I just hit plastic buttons without talent and made music....
Watch! Snippets of the Arctic Monkeys at the Don Valley Bowl in June 2011
The Don Valley Bowl is not related to anything in Toronto by the same name. It is a venue in Sheffield, England, where rockers the Arctic Monkeys are from (they are from the city, not the venue itself….or are they??)....
New iPhone App Lets Your Find Indie Record and Music Stores
Great news for “brick and mortar” record shops – you can use glass and other materials to build your stores! there is a new, GPS-based iPhone and Android app that will let people find you (via The Vinyl District). This...
Members of The National to Release Multimedia Collaboration Next Year
The National are going to do some experimenting – I hope they make eatable phones, so that I get even angrier when I lose mine. What is (unfortunately) actually happening is that members Aaron and Bryce Dessner will perform the...
