Band Weblogs

Very few music fans who were around during the mid-eighties were indifferent to The Smiths - you might love them or hate them, like Marmite really, but you were unlikely not to have much of an opinion …

Former Savage Garden frontman Darren Hayes continues his defiant musical journey by releasing ‘This Delicate Film We’ve Made’; a DVD album in surround sound with extraordinary animated visuals …

The two-Disc Collection includes unreleased recordings of the band playing a small club in San Francisco just weeks before “Light My Fire” made them stars …

Erran Baron Cohen (brother of Sacha Baron Cohen and composer of the original music for Borat and Da Ali G Show) is releasing a Hanukkah CD on November 18, 2008 called ‘Songs In The Key Of Hanukkah’ …

Warren Zevon moved to Spain in the summer of 1975, dropping out of the music business after nearly a decade. During his self-imposed exile, he performed regularly at the Dubliner, a colorful bar …

Gramercy Arms is an ever (r)evolving collective of New York-based artists. On their self-titled debut, due November 18th, 2008, via Cheap Lullaby, the band comprises members of Guided By Voices, Luna, Joan as Police Woman …

On February 10th, 2009, Capitol Records will release ‘It’s Not Me, It’s You’, the follow-up to Lily Allen’s critically acclaimed 2007 debut, ‘Alright, Still’ …

Bossa nova turns 50 this year, with the official birth date harkening back to Brazil in 1958 when guitarist João Gilberto recorded Antonio Carlos Jobim and Vinicius de Moraes’s seminal “Chega de Saudade” …

Brooklyn indie popsters Au Revoir Simone are gearing up for the November 11th, 2008 release of ‘Reverse Migration’, a collection of their favorite remixes and re-envisionings of 2007’s breakthrough full-length ‘The Bird of Music’ …

Last weekend, Better Without You began filming a music video for their first single, “The Long Drive.” The band started filming in Philadelphia, and will wrap up filming next weekend in Frederick, MD. The video will closely coincide with the release of their debut EP, ‘Seriously’ …

Santa Rosa, CA based artist That Ghost releases debut on twosyllable records …

Rhino UK is pleased to announce a new dual format collection of classic recordings by The Smiths, ‘The Sound Of The Smiths’, scheduled for release on November 10th, 2008. This brand new compilation was done with the full co-operation of Morrissey and Johnny Marr …

“The Dave Clark Five were the biggest challenge to The Beatles.” One hundred million selling band The Dave Clark Five are back with a new album called ‘The Hits’ …

UK band Hadouken! will release their debut album, ‘Music For An Accelerated Culture’, on their own in North America on October 28, 2008 …

The Fireman returns after a 10-year break with ‘Electric Arguments’, scheduled for U.S. release on November 18th, 2008, via MPL/ATO Records. The follow-up to 1998’s ‘Rushes’, ‘Electric Arguments’ is the duo’s third studio album - and its first to feature vocals …