William Beckett was the frontman and primary songwriter for emo-pop mainstays The Academy Is…, but as that beast melted down slowly over the last two years, bested by the crucible of label demands and outside pressures that only increased as popular tastes (and radio programmers) drifted away from rock music, it often appeared as though Beckett had lost control of his creation, and maybe lost his mojo in the process. So while news that Beckett was putting TAI to rest and moving forward without a label may have been met with consternation from his fans, there was also reason to ...

1997: Space Needle - Never Lonely Alone by Mike Wojciechowski on 05-21-2012 Space Needle got my attention because their album, The Moray Eels Eat the Space Needle , was a tribute to a 1968 Holy Modal Rounders album. “Never Lonely Alone” is really the only song of its type on the album – which veers off into more experimental avant-prog tendencies – staying comfortable with its slow driving U2-ish 90s pop rock vibe. The other song included on the single, “Love Left Us Strangers,” does operate in a more traditional pop mode too, but the songs feel completely different from each other. I’ve ...

Chop Love Carry Fire — the triumvirate of singer-bassist Jeremy Toback (Brad), guitairst Joel Graves (Everest) and drummer Butch Norton (Eels) — carved out a slot in our music mixes last August with their self-titled debut EP.  The song “Save” from that EP gets quite a video treatment from L.A.-based animation company Shipmate Title, which [...]

Onetime Possum Dixon lead guitarist Celso Chavez died last Wednesday at the age of 44 from complications due to pneumonia. As part of L.A.'s early '90s alt-rock scene, the starting point for groups like Weezer and Eels, Chavez set his band apart by underplaying without wandering too far from his drummer's backbeat...

Der junge Singer/Songwriter Nigel Wright verkündet eine kleine Konzert-Reise durch Deutschland, nachdem er im März sein musikalisches Debüt " Millfoil " auf dem Label Butterfly Collectors veröffentlichte. Die ruhigen Stücke der Platte wurden bereits vor zwei Jahren – als der charismatische Singer/Songwriter gerade einmal sechzehn Jahre jung war – im heimischen Studio in den Höhen der Blue Ridge Mountains aufgenommen. Das Equipment, bestehend aus einem 8-Track-Recorder und ein paar Mikrofonen, lässt einen sehr bedächtigen Sound entstehen. Zu hören war dieser reduzierte Klang bereits in den Videos zu " Advance " und " Anna ", die der 18-Jährige in den sogenannten Church Sessions – in der besonderen Atmosphäre ...

Eels are a very unusual and distinctive band.  They're probably in loads of collections thanks to their inclusion on all sorts of compilation CDs that have accompanied film soundtracks, including including Scream 2, American Beauty, Road Trip, Holes, The Anniversary Party, Knocked Up, Yes Man, The End of Violence, Hellboy II, Hot Fuzz, The Big White , and the first three Shrek movies. I'd imagine that a lot of folk who were then attracted to buy more stuff by the band as a result of the soundtrack material would likely be baffled by what they picked up....it's ...

The calibre of the stock which birthed Rufus is well known. Born in 1973 to folk singers Loudon Wainwright III and Kate McGarrigle (thus giving him the full name of Rufus McGarrigle Wainwright, dontcha know), he became brother to the equally tuneful Martha and Lucy, and unsurprisingly took to music at a young age, studying the piano at age six and touring with his mother and sister by the time he was 13. It was an eventful but not entirely happy adolescence for young Rufus. He came out as gay whilst still a teenager, and has suggested his parents found ...

Showtime’s United States of Tara  follows the life of the Gregson family: father Max, daughter Kate, son Marshall, and mother Tara/T/Buck/Alice. Winner of two Emmys and a Golden Globe, this comedy-drama stars Toni Collette as a suburban wife living with dissociative identity disorder trying to handle her marriage, two teenagers, and job — all while just recently coming off meds. So when stress arises, she shifts involuntarily into one of her various alternative personalities: 16-year-old rebellious “T,” male Vietnam vet “Buck,” 1950′s housewife “Alice”… I give mad props to the show — taking a fairly serious illness ...

APRIL 2012   Hello and welcome to another Albums Round Up. Don’t worry there’ll be no April Fool’s jokes here - in fact we’ve got 12 albums to get through so it’s time to get down to the serious business of music.     My album of the week is an absolute corker. Divine Providence is the latest release from Deer Tick . The fantastic opener ‘The Bump’ declares “I’ve got a lust for life and a dangerous mind”. The gutsy, whiskey-hewn vocals holler over an off-kilter honkytonk piano, strummed guitars and loose, jazzy percussion. ‘Funny Word’ begins with ...

There's always been a new DPs album due this late spring/early summer, but this emerged last night with no warning, not even further details. It's more straightened out than you'd expect, if only by their standards - there's something of the Eels about the backing beat and the females are reduced to heavenly choir of angels status against Dave Longstreth's ever wobbly lead.

Longtime PopHeart favorites Eels offer up a free 3 song ep from the “trilogy” albums Hombre Lobo, End Times and Tomorrow Morning. If you aren’t familiar with the band, well, what are you waiting for? While the band may never reach the heights of Electro Shock Blues, the soundtrack to one dark 1998 Missouri winter [...]

Left-click [ HERE ] to download the FOR ORNA mix.  [320 kbps] TRACKLIST --- 01 SORROW IS THE COLOUR katharina nuttall 02 THE LETTER the black heart procession 03 ME & MY LOVER matthew ryan 04 OF THIS GOODBYE cousteau 05 TIME IS COMING the elected 06 BIRD GEHRL antony and the johnsons 07 THE END OF EVERYTHING KNOWN jeff hanson 08 CHERE AMIE marc lavoine & francoise hardy 09 SEA OF DOUBTS azure ray 10 WE RULE THE SCHOOL belle and sebastian 11 LET’S GO OUT TONIGHT paul buchanan & craig armstrong 12 ANGEL MINE cowboy junkies 13 MERCY STREET peter gabriel 14 MY ...

Welcome to our new website! We're glad to have you. Here at The Crypt, we're work hard to bring you fresh and exciting artists. I thought it would be fun to share my personal top 10 wish list with you all. We'd love to know yours... Nada Surf The Polyphonic Spree Eels Rival Schools Ryan Adams Jesse Malin Queens Of The Stoneage Billy Talent Seasick Steve Weezer Mikey x

Τώρα που τελειώσαμε και επισήμως με τις λίστες μας μπορώ επιτέλους να τολμήσω να επιχειρήσω κάτι που θέλαμε να κάνουμε καιρό. Η uptight ως άλλη Βίκυ Παγιατάκη θα ερμήνευε αυτήν την παρόρμηση ως αποτέλεσμα των αναγκών των ζωδίων της γης. Εγώ από την άλλη δεν μπορώ να το εξηγήσω. Απλώς μου αρέσει όλα να κατηγοριοποιούνται σε λίστες και σε μικρά τακτοποιημένα κουτάκια. Αν είναι αυτό αμαρτία ας βγω να το φωνάξω με λατρεία. Στη συγκεκριμένη περίπτωση βεβαίως μπορώ να δικαιολογηθώ από τη συμπλήρωση 1316 ημερών και 277 posts (περίπου ένα post κάθε πέντε μέρες) στην ιστορία του some beans. Αυτή ...

Damn, how disappointing this album was the first few times through. I even applied my “five times” rule (listen at least 5 times before you pass judgment, especially negative, upon something) and it still failed to ignite anything in me other than contempt. Eels frontman E is known for his tendency to go for the chuckle at odd times, which [...]