Rolling Stone: A preview for Martin Scorsese’s Rolling Stones documentary Shine a Light has appeared online, though the movie’s release was pushed back to next spring. The movie follows the Stones as they prepare for and play an intimate octogenerian gig at New York’s Beacon Theater in 2006.
The Les Savy Fav video contest seems to be going well. Ten hundy goes to the winner and here’s a leading contestant:
The new Go! Team album Proof of Youth will be out September 11th on Sub Pop and includes a cover of Sonic Youth’s “Bull in the Heather”. Here’s the lead single vid for “Grip Like A Vice”.
NME: Stephen Malkmus tears the V Festival and Kasabian a new one. “You need Viagra to get through that roster of bands.” Except for the Cribs. Steve loves the Cribs.
Pitchfork: New Wolf Parade song live at the Wolfe Island Music Festival in Wolfland.
Rating: 5.0
Hey indie rock nerd, I’m a metal guy. I expect music to thrash, shred, and disembowel while you enjoy bands that sing about discos and crying in front of women. Do you even know the difference between grind and grindcore? That’s what I thought. So, Usounds has asked me to be your guide through the pitchblack caverns of pure metal brutality while you listen to Arcade Fire and drink some sort of ironic beer. The only problem is that today I’m reviewing The Black Dahlia Murder.
The Good Life celebrate being from the same city as Mannheim Steamroller
The Good Life are back! The band’s fourth full-length Help Wanted Nights will be released September 11, 2007. The Good Life is led by Cursive’s Tim Casher but sounds almost nothing like Cursive. Check out the heartbreaking song “You’re Not You” from 2004’s Album of the Year on The Good Life MySpace page while you’re at it. Tour dates are also listed.
Heartbroke [mp3]
YouTube presented the world premier of Peacebone yesterday. Holy shit this is weird. And cool. But mostly weird.
Well half of my fingers
are dipped in the sand
You’re progressin’ letters
That you use to cook your broccoli
