The 2010 Sasquatch Music Festival is now in the bag, and now that the last notes of Ween’s epic closing set have floated back into the ether, I am here to fill you in. The weekend, which took place at The Gorge Ampitheatre in George, Washington, in was chock full of good, bad, and some truly ugly moments.
Coffee Project (featuring Buddy Schaub of Less Than Jake) recall the best of alternative acoustic punk music and country, toeing the line somewhere between The [...]
Peter Wolf Crier is set to take America by storm as they embark on their first ever U.S. tour starting June 7. On most of [...]
As a result of their duet at this year’s Noise Pop Festival, Mirah and Thao Nguyen are teaming up for a North American tour this [...]
I’m New Here, the widely praised first album in over 15 from Gil Scott-Heron came out February 9th on XL Recordings. Now Nas has stepped into [...]
Bill Dolan opens side A of this split seven-inch with his tastefully performed and arranged track “Sense of Humor.” Considering it’s an instrumental that only [...]
British folk-rocker Frank Turner will be embarking on a nationwide tour playing a handful of dates this Spring and Summer in the USA, mostly at some major [...]
Bewaaaaaare…for it has been foretold by the prophets that on the 13th hour of the 17th day of the 3rd month in the 2010th year [...]
Kill Rock Stars is very excited to announce that on April 6th, 2010, they will be adding Elliott Smith’sRoman Candle and From a Basement on the [...]
Sonically, Patrick Bower and the World Without Magic summons the dark mood of Scott Walker, structurally stems from the ornate pop of Harry Nilsson and [...]
In 1999, Hopeless/Sub City Records released the first Take Action compilation with a slew of quality musicians lending their support to the cause. Bands like [...]
It’s always great to hear a seasoned musical veteran reflect on his career. But whereas Johnny Cash returned to a stripped-down classic sound, Gil Scott-Heron adapts perfectly with the times on his first album in 15 years, I’m New Here.
Has it really been almost two months since our last mix? Hey, give us a break. We’ve been busy. All this groundbreaking music coverage doesn’t write itself, you know. Plus, we had the holidays to contend with. Everyone’s busy around the holidays, right? Yeah, that’s a feasible excuse…
Asobi Seksu stripped away the ornate elements of dream-pop and got back to basics with Rewolf. The entire album is acoustic with everything as lo-fi [...]
Kill Rock Stars is very excited to announce that on April 6th, 2010, they will be adding Elliott Smith’s Roman Candle and From a Basement [...]
