Sean Hayes, Chris Diamantopoulos, and Will Sasso — starring as Larry, Moe & Curly – in the all new The Three Stooges movie from Twentieth Century Fox, will start the action by delivering the green flag at the Daytona 500, NASCAR’s most prestigious race, on Sunday, February 26th (FOX, 1 p.m. ET). See the stooges deliver the Green [...]

Trotz aktuell arktischer Temperaturen, nähert sich die Festivalsaison ungebremst. motor.de präsentiert euch die Premiere des Greenville Festivals, welches nun um eine Attraktion reicher ist. Als weiteren Headliner konnten die Veranstalter exklusiv Altmeister Iggy Pop und seine Band The Stooges gewinnen. Es wird in diesem Jahr der einzige Auftritt der Punk-Legenden in Deutschland sein, das Publikum kann sich auch eine mitreißende Show freuen. Mit den deutschen Indie und Elektronik-Geheimtipps Abby und Punk'd Royal gesellen sich zwei weitere interessante Acts zum neu entstandenen Event, welches vom 27. bis 30. Juli in Paaren/Glien bei Berlin ein Zuhause gefunden hat. Mit ...

Few bands in hard rock history have been so adept at balancing the awesome and trivial as Van Halen in their prime. Consciously or instinctively, they understood that virtuoso mastery on instruments feels a whole lot less like work to listeners when you have a high-IQ stand-up comedian spouting lecherous asides during the bridges. And they also knew that eccentric noise goes down easier when it's got giant hooks and fun in the sun. They could be ridiculously corny, but their corn more often than not made them better . Most heavy metal since has been too scared to risk ...

Ciccone Youth “Into the Groovey” Teenage Fanclub “Like a Virgin” Tube Tops 2000 “Rock and Rock-Part 2 feat. Rodney Bingenheimer” Blondie “What I Heard” Hysterio “Ceremony” Girl in a Coma “Cemetery Baby” Menage “These Are the Days” The Screamers “Scream” The Float Associates Feat. Sky Saxon “Are You In?” Iggy and the Stooges “Raw Power” [...]

Easy Action Records in the UK have released some pretty incredible live recordings of The Stooges, Iggy Pop, MC5 and Sonic's Rendezvous Band the past few years and now they bring us this monumental live Hawkwind document. Leave No Star Unturned captures them in January 1972 headlining a show that also featured performances by the Pink Fairies and Syd Barrett at a venue called the Cambridge Corn Exchange. Pretty cool line up. I can only imagine how fried everyone was but their lids must have really flipped once Hawkwind blasted into their intro song "Technicians Of Spaceship Earth." A ...

Mickey Rock’n Roll Dreamer [HoZac; 2011] by Gumshoe Rating: It hurts me to see the out-and-out trashing this-here Mickey LP has received, because it’s one of the few genuine, non-ironic garage-rock attempts at The Stooges’ throne I’ve heard since I started reviewing music. And believe me, there are warehouses full of unsuccessful attempts at just that. Rock’n Roll Dreamer isn’t a great record, but then again rockin’ shit-heap punk like this doesn’t have to be “great.” Singer Mac Blackout rails on about getting kicked out of a house/apartment, spits “do you wanna dance ...

Some observations from Big Day Out veteran DARREN LEVIN as the festival celebrated its 20th year at Flemington Racecourse on Sunday (January 29). Photos by LEAH ROBERTSON . ‘Are you nice and sweaty?’ Attending a festival in 35-degree heat is difficult enough without bands telling you just how hot it is. “Hope you don’t die in this heat,” quipped Stonefield’s singer Amy Findlay at midday when the sun was at the height of its powers. “Are you nice and sweaty?” quizzed The Vaccines’ Justin Young. Kimbra Johnson asked us if we were “hot and sticky”, before Soundgarden’s Chris ...

The Ex-Girlfriends Club specialise in the sleazy blues-punk riffs so beloved of the Stooges, the glam rock attitude that so defined late-era T-Rex, and the garage rock rawness that heralded trailblazers The Seeds. The result is a incendiary mix of distortion, proto-punk and voodoo blues that manifests itself perfectly in the primal stomp of their cover of [...]

Ever since the lineup for the 2012 New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival was announced on December 13 , myself and many other music fans have been dreaming of long days spent listening to the endless choices of amazing music from every genre available at the Fairgrounds (and praying for no rain like last year…did I just jinx us all?!?). [All Photos by Marc Millman ] Although some people make the sojourn to the Big Easy in late April/early May for boozing on Bourbon Street and some go for the food (Am I the only one dreaming of Cochon de Lait for breakfast, lunch & dinner on the field?), most go for THE MUSIC. And yes, it’s great that the Beach Boys are reuniting with Brian Wilson for their 50th Anniversary. And I am totally psyched to see the Foo Fighters who I missed this tour for the first time ever. And no, I don’t care about the money-grabbing Eagles (even if Joe Walsh is a god and they have a hundred great songs). Let’s face the fact – most die-hards make the trek to NOLA for the local music, the occasional special guest “sit-in” on the field and the special “jams” that occur in the clubs at night. But alas, it’s January in New York City and it’s freezing out. Instead of Cochon de Lait I get some great falafel at Mahmoun’s or Bereket, great pizza at Joe’s, John’s or Ben’s and great pastrami at…you name your favorite famous deli. But what about THE MUSIC? Well thanks to the likes of the guys at CEG Presents, Brooklyn Bowl and some savvy smaller promoters like Shari Frank of SF Management and Hypersoul from New Orleans, there is plenty of funky, soulful, rock & jazz to tide us over for a few months until Central Park thaws, the cherry and magnolia blossoms open and we hop on flights to Louis Armstrong Airport. Over the last several weeks, two events in particular stuck out in my mind as the perfect confection until we get to Bourbon or Frenchman Streets to make the connection. On Friday, January 6th, the good folks from Hypersoul held the first of three nights in a row showcasing their acts from Louisiana. Export NOLA at Hill Country BBQ on West 26th Street provided nearly six hours of music from Mia Borders, Amanda Shaw, Big Sam’s Funky Nation and the Stooges Brass Band. And one week later on Friday the 13th and Saturday the 14th, Shari Frank put on another round of her Up From The Bayou series to help raise money for the New Orleans Musicians Assistance Fund at AOA on the outskirts of TriBeCa. These two shows featured Raw Oyster Cult which is 60% of the Radiators (Dave Malone, Camile Baudoin & Frank Bua) with John Gros (Papa Grows Funk) and Dave Pomerlau (Johnny Sketch & the Dirty Notes Band). Both nights local band Circus Mind opened, playing tight New Orleans influenced funk grooves. And on Friday local teen Charlie Dane opened and even performed Son of A Preacher Man with Circus Mind. Raw Oyster Cult – Last Getaway (Other Vids: It Takes A Lot to Laugh, It Takes A Train to Cry , Look-Ka-Py-Py ,   Dragon’s Blood – Fever , Sweet Virginia , Goodnight Irene ) Export NOLA was actually a weekend-long event. There was the Friday night show mentioned here, another one on Saturday at Brooklyn Bowl and a last on Sunday night back at Hill Country. The other two shows were variations on this line-up and included Shamarr Allen & the Underdawgs and The Iguanas . On Friday night Ms. Borders set reminded me of early Joan Osborne shows at places like Delta 88. Although she plays a Telecaster and leans a little more towards rock, she has that slightly raspy voice with a Southern twang. And for the first of four bands, she had no problem commanding the attention of the sold-out room. Ms. Shaw, who at 19 works the stage like a woman many years older and wiser, came next. Amanda tore it up on the fiddle like a woman possessed. In fact, for one of her covers she did Charlie Daniels’ The Devil Went Down To Georgia, which grabbed the crowd’s attention. After moving around the stage  quickly and without stopping for an hour, she ended with a cover of The Clash’s hit from Combat Rock, Should I Stay Or Should I Go. The answer from the crowd, even though there were two bands left, seemed to be: STAY. The actual headliner came third. I have reviewed Big Sam before. This is the ultimate party band. Their mix of funk, rock, pop, R&B; and rap gives you a little bit of everything a great dance party should have. They mix in recent Top 40 hits with their own material making it feel more like listening to a great Saturday Night DJ on WBLS-FM back in the ’80s rather than to another live band from New Orleans fronted by a trombone player. Big Sam’s Funky Nation – Put Your Hands (Other Vids: Intro , See Me Dance , Hard To Handle ) After Sam played a set close to 90 minutes in length, the Stooges Brass Band ...

Das 17. Taubertal Festival verkündet seinen ersten internationalen Top-Act. Wie schon beim mitteldeutschen Highfield Festival werden sich die britischen Alternative Rocker Placebo die Ehre geben ( motor.de berichtete ). Damit ist die Liste der Bands, die vom 10. bis 12. August in Rothenburg aufspielen, auf dreizehn angewachsen. Hier könnt ihr euch noch einmal das bisherige Line-Up zu Gemüte führen und einen Clip mit den besten Momenten aus 2011 ansehen: Placebo | Beatsteaks | Broilers | The Wombats | Heaven Shall Burn | Boysetsfire | H-Blockx | Kraftklub | Royal Republic | Panteón Rococó | ZSK | Sondaschule | Russkaja Taubertal Festival - "Impressionen 2011" Das Taubertal Festival findet nun bereits seit 1996 auf der ...

Following on from their recent win as the ‘Best Medium Sized Festival ‘at the Festival Awards Europe, OFF Festival are excited to announce their first confirmed acts for 2012 including the godfather of punk and his band, Iggy and The Stooges, cult bands Suicide and Death in Vegas and Danish ...

Californian songwriter Chuck Prophet has shot a video for his new track 'White Night Big City'. California is riddled with a cruel dichotomy. The state has beautiful weather and a vibrant creative scene, yet it is also cursed with a history of violence and intolerance. Penning a new album focusing on his home state, Chuck Prophet decided to tell both parts of the story. Out on March 5th via YepRoc, 'Temple Beautiful' fuses a distorted vision of classic rock - think The Stones, The Stooges - with a clear, stark vision of Californian life. Lead cut 'White Night Big City' is a ...

Big Beat is releasing John Cale: Conflict & Catalysis: Productions & Arrangements 1966-2006 on February 27. as a producer, you've got to be a catalyst, an ally, a co-conspirator. sometimes you need to introduce conflict.' - john cale in his autobiography. film directors have always been lionised by their industry and by fans who made household names of ford, hitchcock and spielberg. record producers, on the other hand, have by-and-large laboured in near-anonymity outside the music business and the most devoted of followers. to help remedy that situation ace have instigated their producers series, focusing on the studio output of jack nitzsche ...

Some people have three days off, so here’s a run down on what’s happening including an anniversary celebration, a rare appearance and a big band throwdown. Tipitina’s celebrates 34 years bringing live music to New Orleans with two big shows. Friday night is the Brass Band Showdown with appearances by the Rebirth, the Stooges and [...]

As the year draws to an end, as we're naturally prone to do, it's time to come up with our views on the albums that left the greatest impressions on our psyches. And just like last year, we're thrilled to be joining an ever-growing, impressive collection of like-minded music writers, who've all banded together to share their thoughts. At the end of this post, please check out the links to these other great sites and see their thoughts. Argue with us, agree with us, it's all intended to stimulate conversation. As for our list . . . well ...