The long-awaited seventh installment of the Phish Live Bait download series has been posted to LivePhish.com . Live Bait Volume 7 contains seven tracks recorded between 1992 and 2010 in cities where Phish will play this summer. Of particular note is the Split Open and Melt from a Cincinnati show on December 4, 1999  and a Reba from Alpine ’96. This compilation was put together by Phish archivist Kevin Shapiro and is available in MP3 format. Here’s the track listing: 1. Wilson > Buried Alive > Tweezer (12/28/95 Worcester Centrum Centre – Worcester, MA) 2. Stash (10/31/10 Boardwalk ...

by Andrew Sacher Cold Specks at BV-SXSW 2012 (more by Amanda Hatfield) Cold Specks (aka Al Spx) released her debut LP, I Predict A Graceful Expulsion, this week (5/22) via Mute/Arts & Crafts. As teased by early singles, Al Spx...

After word spread that his famous “Parachuting Rat” had been destroyed in Australia, Banksy has kept busy and presents a series of new outdoor works. Bitingly clever and important as his take on child labor, his latest is a play on the visual arts, world conquest and the female form. While it’s unclear where exactly [...] Click here to view full gallery at Hypebeast.com

Someone like Adele, musically stuck at that awkward age between 19 and 21.

Phish will return to Saratoga Springs, NY’s Saratoga Performing Arts Center from July 6-8. In celebration of the shows, the local Saratoga Springs club Putnam Den has confirmed a series of after parties. On Friday, July 6, Putnam Den will host Wyllys & The NY Hustler E...

The Hold Steady have announced they will be heading out on tour in North America next month. Thu 14th Jun 2012 Sioux Falls , SD The Vault Fri 15th Jun 2012 Omaha, NE The Waiting Room Sat 16th Jun 2012 Minneapolis, MN Rock the Garden Mon 18th Jun 2012 Fargo , ND The Aquarium (Dempsey's Upstairs) Tue 19th Jun 2012 Winnipeg, MB Jazz Winnipeg Thu 21st Jun 2012 Saskatoon, SK Louis, University of Saskatchewan Sat 23rd Jun 2012 Calgary, AB Sled Island Music and Arts Festival Thu 12th Jul 2012 Ottawa, ON Ottawa Bluesfest Tue 17th Jul 2012 Boston, MA Royale ...

The Hold Steady have added a slew of dates to their US June tour. Check them out below by clicking “Read More.” Thu 14th Jun 2012 Sioux Falls , SD The Vault Fri 15th Jun 2012 Omaha, NE The Waiting Room Sat 16th Jun 2012 Minneapolis, MN Rock the Garden Mon 18th Jun 2012 Fargo , ND The Aquarium (Dempsey’s Upstairs) Tue 19th Jun 2012 Winnipeg, MB Jazz Winnipeg Thu 21st Jun 2012 Saskatoon, SK Louis, University of Saskatchewan Sat 23rd Jun 2012 Calgary, AB Sled Island Music and Arts Festival Thu 12th Jul 2012 Ottawa, ON Ottawa Bluesfest Tue 17th ...

Yoann Lemoine had already begun making a name for himself as a filmmaker and music video director when, last year, he applied that talent for visual arts to a tune of his own under the moniker Woodkid. The result was “Iron,” a stirring, climactic clip that’s garnered 13 million well-earned views to date. Lemoine returned [...]

Let's get this straight up front: The Weather Girls' classic disco song "It's Raining Men" is not included in the "Magic Mike" soundtrack (maybe in the film?), but there is a cover by modern R&B; singer Countre Black, so at least that's something.  A coming of age dramedy based on the real-life experiences of actor Channing Tatum, "Magic Mike" centers on an experienced stripper (Tatum) who takes a younger performer called The Kid (Alex Pettyfer) under his wing and schools him in the arts of partying, picking up women, and making easy money. Featured on the soundtrack ...

Fantastic news, everyone! Medieval gothic tomb sprites Dead Can Dance are back! The original worldbeat/goth 4AD flava etherealists have returned from their lengthy slumber and they’re bearing spoOoOoky beautiful gifts, in the form of their first album of new material in a sweet 16 years. So, that’s it. All you swoopy-haired Renaissance Festival minstrels armed with cardboard swords, cheesy harmonies, and sad 15th-century imagery can just CAN it. Because Dead Can Dance are the original purveyors of “hey, a Gregorian chant would sound cool with this swirling art rock,” and they can do it a hell of ...

The Wind Up Birds From: Leeds, United Kingdom The Wind-Up Birds are from Leeds. They are named after a book by Haruki Murakami. They use good Yorkshire words like owt and nowt. They write songs about independent record shops, the reality of life, the monotony of work, and escape. They sound like the Fall stalking Art Brut in The Wedding Present's library. It's somehow fitting that, in the month that the Centre For Creative Arts launched their impressive project to release John Peel's record collection on-line, a gang of indie throwbacks, for whom Peel band would be ...

For those of you out there looking for something a bit different than the rock-heavy festivals this summer, look no further than the hip-hop-centric Rock The Bells series. Now in its ninth year, the traveling tour is currently scheduled to hit three cities – with multi-night stands at the NOS Events Center in San Bernadino, Calif. (8/18 – 19), the Shoreline Amphitheater in Mountain View, Calif. (8/25 – 26) and the PNC Bank Arts Center in Holmdel, New Jersey (9/1 -2). This year’s fest will hosted by RZA and will feature a diverse selection of old and new school ...

Photo by Charles Taylor Bergquist In addition to their  summer festival tour in Europe and the UK, the xx will visit North America briefly in support of their yet-untitled sophomore record. After the tour dates, watch a recent video of the group performing a new song at London's Battersea Arts Centre last weekend. Read Laura Snapes' report from that show here . The xx: 05-29 Bordeaux, France - Le Rocher De Palmer 05-30 Toulouse, France - Le Phare 05-31 Barcelona, Spain - Primavera Sound 06-08 Turin, Italy - Traffic Festival 06-09 Porto, Portugal - Primavera Sound 06-15 Aarhus, Denmark - Northside Festival 06-16 Hultsfred, Sweden - Hultsfred ...

Nós já divulgamos aqui duas músicas novas que o The xx tocou durante sua série de 3 shows em Londres. Na última destas datas, no Battersea Arts Centre, surgiram mais algumas online. Ainda sem maiores informações sobre a data de lançamento, ou título das faixas/álbum. Por enquanto ouça em versão ao vivo:

Konx-om-Pax knows how to build scenes from different galaxies , where maybe it’s normal and casual for jets of rainbow flames to shoot through tribal festivals and for pinwheels to have heartbeats and for jellyfish to be covered in jewels. Maybe he even hangs out in those galaxies, getting there by way of a rocket made of Silly-Putty or a chrome chariot pulled by anthropomorphic geometric shapes. You might even know him, or at least know of him,. The Glasgow-based artist, whose real name is Tom Scholefield, has made videos for the likes of Hudson Mowhawke, Mogwai, Martyn, Jamie Lidell ...