By J. Edward Keyes, Editor-in-ChiefThe buzz around the new Daft Punk record started early and improbably – with cell phone footage of a commercial the group premiered at this year's Coachella. Since then, the trickle of information has been… more »
As Trent Reznor continues to ready the latest iteration of Nine Inch Nails for a full-scale live attack later this year, he's hired former live guitarist Robin Finck to replace Eric Avery. The Jane's Addiction bassist announced his departure from the band yesterday, citing the need to work on solo material and film scores rather than NIN's lengthy tour run.
“I am proud to announce that the tour lineup now includes the incredible Robin Finck," Reznor wrote on Facebook. "The addition of Robin to the mix of players I’ve assembled makes this band incredibly powerful and versatile. We are deep in the rehearsal process and it feels exciting and great to be back at this. Lots of information, surprises and sweat headed your way. Stay tuned!”
Finck played in NIN's last live band, as well as in Axl Rose's post-Slash lineup of Guns N' Roses. He'll now be joining members of King Crimson (guitarist Adrian Belew), Telefon Tel Aviv (multi-instrumentalist Josh Eustis) and previous tour partners Alessandro Cortini and Ilan Rubin.
Check out a classic live clip of Reznor losing his mind at Woodstock '94 down below... more »
By eMusic Editorial Staff, eMusic Contributor[Every now and then in our journeys across the internet, we come across someone with particularly interesting taste — someone who consistently introduces us to new artists and albums, and whose musical point-of-view seems exactly… more »
The Weeknd has shared the lead single from his first proper album, Kiss Land. You be the judge of whether its seven scream-stabbed, synth-slathered minutes make up for that title down below... more »
If you're a John Coltrane fan and seeking someone on the modern jazz scene who floats your boat in a similar way, then begin checking out the music of tenor saxophonist Nat Birchall. On this video, a live show at Cafe Duende, he performs a song from his 2012 release World Without Form.
Personnel for this video are: Nat Birchall (sax), Corey Mwamba (vibes), Nick Blacka (bass), Adam Fairhall (piano), and Paul Hession (drums).
Worth mentioning that investigating the names listed under "personnel" will lead to discovering other great music... more »
The ongoing feud between New Order and former bassist Peter Hook took another unfortunate turn today as the latter confirmed a couple weeks of North American dates where he'll be performing Movement and Power, Corruption & Lies with his backing band The Light. The group will also play a one-night-only set of Joy Division songs as part of Chicago's Riot Fest the weekend of September 13th. Which is funny, because Hook said the following earlier this year: "For me to play the New Order stuff like I just have done in England, it was really weird getting those songs back as well. The decision is whether we carry on playing Joy Division stuff which you do feel guilty about because as a creative musician you always sort of have to carry on writing."
Oh just make up, you guys... more »
Like a Bret Easton Ellis book with a PG-13 bent, the new Kisses album (Kids in LA) charts the comfortably numb lives of rich kids in gated Bell Air communities, as soundtracked by the moonlit melodies and sleek synth lines of the late '80s.
Watch the sun go down and the cold, cold nights of a SoCal winter wash over our the Kids in LA cast below... more »
Releasing the bleakest record of their career — and yes, we realize Embryonic wasn't exactly a walk in the park either — hasn't diminished The Flaming Lips' sense of showmanship one bit. In fact, if last night's Fallon appearance is any indication, they're as over-the-top as ever... more »
So it looks like the late summer release dates are already starting to kick in, beginning with word of the first proper Franz Ferdinand album in four years. Due out August 27th through their longtime label Domino, Right Thoughts, Right Words, Right Action is described as "emboldened by a decade’s undreamt-of worldwide success, but still daring and defiant. It’s an ecstatic rejection of the drab conventions often accompanying that level of attention and expectation." Or as frontman Alex Kapranos put it, it's a story of "The Intellect Vs The Soul, played out by some dumb band."
Check out a brief trailer for the record below, and be prepared for lots of return-to-our-roots talk in the months ahead... more »
Kanye West made yet another surprise appearance in New York last night, following up last week's screechy Met Ball set with a performance for Adult Swim's upfront event at Roseland Ballroom. He didn't just give the people what they want (songs like "Jesus Walks"), however; the muzzle-less MC also took the chance to tell all the ad agencies in attendance that he won't be kissing their babies or acting a fool on Saturday Night Live anytime soon... more »
A few weeks ago, I sat down with Laura Stevenson to talk about her brash, Crazy Horse-inspired new record Wheel. We talked about a lot of things: her strained relationship with her mom, her battles with depression as an adolescent and her teenage love of ska. But one stray comment has generated more chatter than anything else in the entire, several-thousand word interview: the fact that Stevenson suspects the footage of the moon landing was… more »