Night Life From New Yorker Those are some pretty highfalutin authors to align yourself with, but the band's members aren't a bunch of bookworms, and their live shows and albums are true to their other heroes, among them Bruce Springsteen, the Replacements, and Wilco. Dean Wareham led the whisper-quiet trio Galaxie 500 before starting the popular lo-fi alternative-rock band Luna. Now the genre-blurring hip-hop pioneers are breaking their silence for a good cause, as they headline a benefit for the Institute for Music...

Read more...

Posted Under: Alternative-Rock

3 stages, 60 bands: Eastwind treats Delhi rockers From CNNIBN TUNE IN, TRIP OUT: Advaita perform at the Eastwind music festival that took place in Delhi over the weekend. New Delhi: Domestic rock festivals have been taking place in the country for a while now, but this weekend saw a one of a kind festival that featured 60 bands over three days in an atmosphere like never before. The backbone of this atmosphere in one word was tolerance, and in two, beer and tolerance - a small but first time ever contributor at a music festival that only fuelled the...

Read more...

Posted Under: Alternative-Rock

Against Me! has new sound, but same passion From Detroit Free Press Anytime a band dares to change its sound or starts to appeal to a wider audience, there's always the hardcore contingent of well-meaning but shortsighted fans who want everything to stay the same. After several years of backbreaking touring and three more discs, the band signed to major label Sire Records, the onetime home to everyone from the Ramones to Talking Heads to Madonna. Cleanly produced by Butch Vig, best known for producing Nirvana's classic "Nevermind," the heartfelt album...

Read more...

Posted Under: Alternative-Rock

Wet weather fails to douse Heat Music Festival at UCR From Inland Valley Daily Bulletin The festival came across like a Riverside version of the Coachella Music and Arts Festival with its Dance Tent, Jam Stage, Main Stage and a lineup that made audiences prioritize their night besides numerous vendors. The rabid audience's crowd surfing, singalongs and singer Anthony Green's snarling presence made for an unforgettable set. Their lyrically driven, entertaining drug reference rap set was unfortunately slowed at times when microphone problems caused some audience members to...

Read more...

Posted Under: Alternative-Rock

Beattie and Quinn tune up for Xfm bid From Scotsman This now seems highly unlikely with Monaco-based Beattie, owner of Beattie Communications, saying the pair had made a firm decision to table a bid for the "very high-potential" radio assets. Speaking from France yesterday, Beattie told The Scotsman that he believed the stations represented "one of the best opportunities in radio outside of London". Bauer, the German radio and publishing group that acquired Emap's consumer division, is also reportedly expecting to bid for the Xfm stations....

Read more...

Posted Under: Alternative-Rock