Wax Pick: The Temper Trap – Conditions
If you’re a fan of Kings of Leon, M83 and the like, be sure to give this a go.
Wax Pick: Kings Of Leon – Only By The Night
The Followill Family Band saw greater success overseas than stateside in their own homeland, but Only By The Night gave the Nashville quartet the breakthrough success that they’d been hunting for. Grab it for $4 today only.
Wax Pick: Amusement Parks On Fire – Young Fight
Amusement Parks on Fire is a UK band bringing back the shoegaze.
Wax Pick: Mute Math – Armistice
Check out the latest from New Orleans’ finest, a band only 5 or 6 years into their current project that has already garnered Grammy noms and completely defined a genre all their own.
wax&wires tv – Episode 2
In this episode: Paper Route, Justice – Cross, Beefing up Drums with creative gating
wax&wires tv – Episode 1 Now Available!
In this episode:
- Airquote Abuse
- Seattle-based rock group Barcelona
- Miles Davis – Kind of Blue
- thesixtyone.com
Wax Pick: The Beach Boys – Pet Sounds
I grew up on this one, and if you don’t already have it in your collection, it is a MUST own as one of the most prolific albums of all time.
Wax Pick: Paper Route – Absence
Say hello to one of your favorite albums of 2009. Absence is the much anticipated debut from Nashville’s Paper Route.
Wax Pick: Muse – Absolution
This one has worked its way into my library of “must-haves.” Absolution is Muse’s best album to date. If you don’t have it already, give it a go.
PAPER ROUTE Delivers Absence On April 28th
4/28 UPDATE: Absence is available for download here. Here’s some details regarding Paper Route’s tour. I would highly recommend you check them out if they’re anywhere near you. I’ve had the new album on rotation for a little while now, and am still not sick of it. All the textures are perfect, the melodies and [...]
Tinted Windows – The Latest SuperGroup
As much of an odd paring as it initially sounds, Taylor Hanson, Bun E. Carlos of Cheap Trick, Adam Schlesinger from Fountains of Wayne and ex Smashing Pumpkins guitarist James Iha make up Tinted Windows.
Wax Pick: Faultline – Your Love Means Everything
Faultline crosses several genre lines, mixing breakbeat electronic with the raw emotion found in more traditional pop music. It doesn’t hurt to have Chris Martin, Michael Stipe, and Wayne Coyne (Flaming Lips) contributing either.
Wax Pick: Barcelona – Absolutes
Seattle-based Barcelona just announced this past December that they had been signed to Universal Records after about 3 years together.
My Bloody Valentine Adds US Dates On Heels Of Coachella
The pioneers of shoegazer have added four US tour stops to follow up their April 19th stop in the deserts of California at Coachella.
Jack White Starts Yet Another Band
After success with The White Stripes and The Raconteurs, Jack White has ventured out to start another supergroup, The Dead Weather.
Wax Pick: Paper Route – Are We All Forgotten
Paper Route, a small little 4-piece indie group from Nashville, has garnered a lot of national attention with two small EP releases.
Wax Pick(s): Radiohead & Depeche Mode
I’ve actually got 2 great buys for you today from Amazon. They just keep putting out good stuff. <A HREF=”http://ws.amazon.com/widgets/q?ServiceVersion=20070822&MarketPlace=US&ID=V20070822%2FUS%2Fwaxwires-20%2F8014%2F72f41a0c-5296-496a-8e1e-f78ff25a42b2&Operation=NoScript” mce_HREF=”http://ws.amazon.com/widgets/q?ServiceVersion=20070822&MarketPlace=US&ID=V20070822%2FUS%2Fwaxwires-20%2F8014%2F72f41a0c-5296-496a-8e1e-f78ff25a42b2&Operation=NoScript”>Amazon.com Widgets</A> All of Radiohead’s most popular hits for $5. As most of you know, Radiohead has been one of those bands that have continued to challenge the musical norm; not only compositionally, but also [...]
A Band To Watch In 2009: Versant
A few years ago, I heard Shiny Toy Guns up in LA. They were opening up for another band that I’m pretty into. When I first saw their name on the bill, I had no idea what to expect, “Shiny Toy Guns” kind of sounded like the name of a teenage punk band or something. [...]
Wax Pick: The Verve – Urban Hymns
Amazon.com Widgets The Verve’s Urban Hymns is on sale at Amazon today for $1.99. This was the album that really propelled them into the spotlight with Bittersweet Symphony, one of the most epic and well known songs of our generation. Richard Ashcroft has been hailed as one of the most prolific songwriters of our time, [...]
Wax Pick: Bon Jovi – Cross Road
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Watch Your Favorite Bands Remake Classic Movies
Spin Magazine has posted 4 videos from Plushgun, Ludo, People in Planes, and Innerpartysystem acting out the best scenes from their favorite movies: Caddyshack, Ghostbusters, Seven, and The Big Lebowski. Check it out here.
Wax Pick: The Hush Sound – Goodbye Blues
<A HREF=”http://ws.amazon.com/widgets/q?ServiceVersion=20070822&MarketPlace=US&ID=V20070822%2FUS%2Fwaxwires-20%2F8014%2F89268812-881d-4f92-bb25-0439ff3d5a99&Operation=NoScript” mce_HREF=”http://ws.amazon.com/widgets/q?ServiceVersion=20070822&amp;MarketPlace=US&amp;ID=V20070822%2FUS%2Fwaxwires-20%2F8014%2F89268812-881d-4f92-bb25-0439ff3d5a99&amp;Operation=NoScript”>Amazon.com Widgets</A> Call it a guilty pleasure, but I’m a sucker for swoony female vocalists. Greta Salpeter nails it in The Hush Sound’s indie-rock release with a very classic and bouncy sound pulling some flavors from the neo-swing movement a few years back. A very fun album. If you’re into Eisley or Get [...]
Wax Pick: Cut Copy – In Ghost Colours
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Wax Pick: Vampire Weekend – Self Titled
<A HREF=”http://ws.amazon.com/widgets/q?ServiceVersion=20070822&MarketPlace=US&ID=V20070822%2FUS%2Fwaxwires-20%2F8014%2F6cd9acd8-bf8c-4309-ae16-bbd42de0f8ae&Operation=NoScript” mce_HREF=”http://ws.amazon.com/widgets/q?ServiceVersion=20070822&MarketPlace=US&ID=V20070822%2FUS%2Fwaxwires-20%2F8014%2F6cd9acd8-bf8c-4309-ae16-bbd42de0f8ae&Operation=NoScript”>Amazon.com Widgets</A> Vampire Weekend’s critically acclaimed self-titled debut is on sale at Amazon for $5. The New York indie band has contributed songs to films like Nick and Norah’s Infinite Playlist and Step Brothers, and is clearly on the up and up. Get yourself some “Upper West Side Soweto”. Vampire Weekend – Self [...]