The War on Drugs are getting rave reviews for their new album Lost in the Dream. They’ve also been pulling out a semi-obscure John Lennon song at their live songs. Courtesy of SoundCloud user acidjacknyc and nyctaper.com, we have a...
I don’t like posting too many random live videos, as there is so much good stuff to pick from. Ranging from the daily late night band appearances or weekly Saturday Night Live music spots, there is a lot of live...
Flash mobs and secret gigs are one way to surprise your fans, and make a viral video. But how important is the location of these gigs? Would you play in a garbage dumpster? Twin Shadow would, at SXSW no less....
The Kooks are back with new music. We caught them at Optimus Alive in Portugal as well as opening for Noel Gallagher in London. The band’s new tune is called Down, which is where you need to look on this...
Musicmetric has crunched the numbers behind South By Southwest, so people like me don’t have to. And wouldn’t you know it – the Austin, Texas event is pretty popular. The 1,547 bands playing SXSW this year have a cumulative 367,072,417...
The Mowgli’s describe themselves as “5 childhood friends from the San Fernando Valley in Los Angeles, augmented by 3 mid-western transplants.” I may have needed a calculator, but that means that the southern California band are bursting at the seams...
Dave Grohl Will Give Keynote Speech at SXSW 2013 Dave Grohl is taking a little break from Foo Fighters, and is occupying every second of his ‘free time’. He’s helping out with the Queens of the Stone Age album, he’s...
Apologies for the sporadic posts last week – I was chasing leprechauns (and women) in Ireland, and thought drinking top notch Guinness was more important than giving you music news. I don’t regret the decision, and only slightly regret the...
Highlights from Springsteen’s Keynote address: There is a reason they call Bruce Springsteen The Boss. He is boss. The best highlight from his speech at SXSW: “Why are we up so fucking early?” Check out the rest of the highlights...
New Def Jam Prez: Jay-Z is out, and longtime Warner Music exec Joie Manda is in. Via Daily Swarm… New Music From Spiritualized: Check out a gorgeous new tune from Spiritualized – performed live in BBC 6 studios. Video after...
South by Southwest has kicked off, and a fury of bands will be playing all over Austin, trying to get a record deal or a bigger fanbase. But not everyone landed a spot on the SXSW lineup, or could make...
SXSW is under way, with it’s film, music, and tech discussions leading the festivities. One of the insane ideas that has debuted is using homeless people as 4G (wireless internet) hotspots!!! All of the homeless people are wearing shirts with...
SXSW is underway, and Austin residents either love the economic boost or hate that their city is taken over. What kind of people will be coming to South By Southwest anyway? The folks at Swaylo have put together a cool...
Damon Albarn To Release Dr Dee Opera Studio Album Yes, Blur/Gorillaz frontman Damon Albarn is into opera; in fact, he’s written a few. The next logical step is to release the music as a studio album, which is what Mr....
South by Southwest is about to start up. What is SXSW? Clearly you didn’t read the PeteHatesMusic festival guide. I know we’re all sick of the “Shit People Say” or the new meme, “Shit People Don’t Say”. That being said,...
