By eMusic Editorial Staff, eMusic ContributorEvery week, eMusic's editorial team assembles a newsletter called The Crib Sheet, which features the five new records we think are essential listening. This is your chance to tell us what you think of the… more »
Well now, I think we all know what today's real-or-Onion headline is: as confirmed by Cash Money co-founder Birdman, Paris Hilton has signed to Limp Bizkit's label for her first solo album in seven years. According to Miss Info, the follow-up to Paris will feature "plenty of house music with touches of hip-hop and an appearance from Lil’ Wayne." Oh, and the executive production of Afrojack.
Here's hoping Banksy finds a way to invade the digital realm with a culture-jamming stunt like the one he did around Hilton's last album. In the meantime, here's the first sign this was going to actually happen... more »
By Andrew Parks, eMusic ContributorCharli XCX has never been one to mince words about her love of platinum-plated pop music. Which explains why she absolutely nailed the following irony-free cover of the Backstreet Boys... more »
By Dave Sumner, eMusic ContributorWell, okay, that puts an end to the trend of light drops established over the last few weeks. A whole bunch of solid albums to cover this week. Expect to be overwhelmed, especially… more »
According to NME, Trevor Bolder, a longtime bassist for David Bowie and Uriah Heep, has died after a long battle with cancer. He was 62.
Bolder is best known for his work in Bowie's Spiders From Mars band, as well as albums like Aladdin Sane and Pin Ups. He joined Uriah Heep in 1976 and remained in their lineup right on through their 2011 record, Into the Wild. Uriah Heep posted the following official statement on their Web site... more »
Once a star pupil of the chillwave class of ’09-10, (which also featured Washed Out, Toro Y Moi and Neon Indian), Small Black, on their second full-length, has graduated from the hazy hallmarks of the sub-genre. Limits of Desire is a meditation on technology and the elements of modern society that foster emotional separation: Reveling in a newfound crispness in both production and vocals, frontman Josh Kolenik wears his heart on his sleeve across ten tracks of Instagrammed lyrics about love, escaping the big city, and being “reckless as rain.” more »
By eMusic Editorial Staff, eMusic ContributorDaft Punk, Random Access Memories: Heard of these guys? [See our complete coverage here.] Barry Walters says: Daft Punk get far closer to replicating decidedly non-punk forms of the '70s and early '80s — disco, progressive… more »
On the less obvious side of today's new release drop — and yet, no less essential — is the latest release to roll out from the Mello Music camp. Inspired by Apollo Brown's desire to deliver a "heavy blue collar album that paints a real picture of life out there," Ugly Heroes is rounded out by rhyme-spitters from Detroit (Red Pill) and Chicago (Verbal Kent). Together, they pair unflinching tales of abject poverty with the label's signature blend of soul-stirring beats.
Sample one of the standout tracks from the group's self-titled debut down below... more »
The Clash have announced two retrospective releases that are set to hit shops on September 10th. According to a Guardian interview with bassist Paul Simonon, "The concept of the whole thing is: best box set ever. Remastering's a really amazing thing. That was the musical point of it all, because there's so much there that you wouldn't have heard before. It was like discovering stuff, because the advances in mastering are so immense since the last time [the Clash catalog] was remastered in the '90s."
Included in the Sound System set are remastered versions of the band's first five albums, three discs of singles, rarities and demos, a DVD featuring previously unseen footage, a new edition of the band's Armagideon Time fanzine, and packaging that's modeled after a Thatcher-era boom box. If that's a bit too over-the-top for you, the group will also be pressing a 33-track, two-CD compilation of their most popular material called The Clash Hits Back. Check out trailers related to both releases down below, along with the complete best-of breakdown... 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 »