Glastonbury 2007 Saturday night headliner Iggy Pop and The Stooges along with bass player Mike Watt from the Minutemen put on a memorable performance that completely took me by surprise. Who would have thought that a 60 year old performer could upstage Glastonbury acts young enough to be his great-grandchildren? Iggy Pop can move on […]
… Jeff Buckley’s mother Mary Guibert and Columbia Records have together released ‘So Real: Songs from Jeff Buckley’. The release comes at the 10th anniversary of Jeff Buckley’s tragic death at the age of 30 in Memphis, Tennessee on May 29th, 1997. When listening to the CD, it’s hard to believe that he had only made one full album to his “exacting standards” – which was his 1994 studio debut ‘Grace’ …
Oooh I love it when I receive CDs in the mail. Especially when the music is as obscure as what is coming from Southend’s These New Puritans. When I first read in These New Puritans’ press note that their track, “Navigate, Navigate” is just over 12 minutes long, at first I cringed. 12 minutes? The […]
Scottish band The Aliens are one of my favorite bands to have caught my attention in 2007. They’ve recently announced that their latest single “Robot Man” off of debut album, Astronomy For Dogs is set for release on June 25th, 2007 in the UK on 7″, 12″ vinyl, CD and as a download. I have […]
This morning our mini video session was a success. Normally the TV doesn’t stay on very long in the mornings especially if there’s ‘nothing on’, but when the Noisettes video for their latest single, “Scratch Your Name” started up I knew we were on to a winner. I’ve been hearing a lot about the Noisettes […]
Brooklyn based Grizzly Bear is a band that is currently ‘on the scene’, they’re playing the Coachella Festival this weekend and are now set to tour Europe and the US. I’ve been listening to Grizzly Bear’s single, “Knife” off of their 2006 album release Yellow House (Warp Records). The tranquil waves of sounds going around […]
It’s great to see that so many new Guest Music Bloggers have been submitting news at Band Weblogs. Guest Music Bloggers so far have included band members, solo artists, management, entertainment companies, pr companies, record companies and more who have come here to promote bands and music. Signed bands, unsigned bands and indie bands are […]
I could talk all night about music, blogs, bands and musicians. Rather than chew your ear out, instead, to save time I thought I would add a condensed version of my thoughts about music blogs. I’ve written before about band blogs and promotion, but now feel that this is a good time to bring up […]
Guillemots have made an impressive debut here in England since forming in 2004. Band members are Fyfe Dangerfield, Greig Stewart, MC Lord Magrao, and Aristazabal Hawkes and their first album, Through the Window Pane includes gems of songs like “Trains To Brazil”, “We’re Here”, “Made-Up Lovesong #43″ and “Annie, Let’s Not Wait”. It’s all been […]