Golden Voice’s inaugural First City Festival arrived to Monterey, California this weekend. Fine weather and relatively reasonable crowds (see: First City’s older sister Coachella) lead way to an excellent first day at the Monterey County Fairgrounds and bang-for-your-buck festival lineup. Blitzen Trapper: I’ve seen Portland’s Blitzen Trapper made into an easy target for the consistency with which […]
MGMT have remained pretty quiet since they diverged from their widely adored 2008 Oracular Spectacular album with 2010’s Congratulations. They covered Pink Floyd on Fallon, covered Rolling Stones live and played some unique shows at the Guggenheim. But in a new interview with Rolling Stone (magazine), they’ve announce their third full-length album will be out this summer. The duo stuck to […]
MGMT are no strangers to covering difficult songs by legendary bands. They covered Pink Floyd’s “Lucifer Sam” on Fallon. They also covered Bauhaus’ “All We Ever Wanted Was Everything“. Last night at Montreal’s Osheaga festival they decided to cover Rolling Stones’ “Angie”. Watch the live performance below.
You might have seen several Fleetwood Mac covers posted on the site recently. We saw Fleetwood covers from Lykee Li and Best Coast (two from her actually). They were a part of a greater Fleetwood Mac tribute album called Just Tell Me What You Want. That album is now streaming in full over at NPR. Hear covers […]
Happy Monday! My week ended with a 7 hour stint with Delta Airlines, including several lovely hours in the Salt Lake City airport. Fortunately, that stint was followed with an introduction to 80’s English band Bauhaus. They’re oft-classified as fore-fathers of Goth, which is identifiable. Fans of My Bloody Valentine might feel the foundations of […]