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You’re hearing it here first: a b-side from the latest self-titled release from Orange County’s Japanese Motors. “Brand New Everything (version 2)” is two minutes and 24 seconds of fury – the song rips into your soul, grabs a beer, and shotguns it before you can say “hey, don’t rip into my soul.” Check out […]
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I like Q-Tip. Even at what many considered his worst (his “Vivrant Thing“-era), I liked him. So it’s without shock that I think The Renaissance is fantastic. Prior to the album’s release, with the videos for “Gettin’ Up” and “Move,” it was easy to hear that Tip was falling back on what made him relevant […]
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In a promotional video released weeks before Eagles of Death Metal‘s new record, singer Jesse Hughes exuded joy as he described the current state of his hometown: “Hollywood feels like this opening sequence to Saturday Night Fever. Everyone seems like they’re ready for action—and the action is go.” If only that sort of abundant energy […]
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The booming pop spectacle “Keep Them at Bay” opens Torontonian Shawn Hewitt’s debut album, Spare Hearts. Above all else, the record showcases Hewitt’s vocal potential, his range expanding and contracting throughout each of the album’s 11 tracks. Produced by Dave Newfeld (Broken Social Scene) and John O’Mahoney (Coldplay), Spare Hearts continually teases depth but ultimately wades in a […]
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The second annual Clapperclaw Music & Arts Festival will cover two floors of Minneapolis’s Sound Gallery. Co-organizers Dom Davis and Matt Perkins both described the event as something creatively distinct from last year’s, with Davis adding, “Our focus this year was expanding within a single location, shaping the intensity of last year’s two days into a sharpened […]
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David Byrne’s current tour has been subject to a phenomenal level of acclaim amongst critics and fans alike, largely due to Byrne’s supporting cast of performers. The expanded show includes a set of lively backup singers, an extensive backing band and a trio of modern dancers – everyone interacting with Byrne during throughout the duration […]
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Approach Influenza as a series which serves to help give insight as to where music is born; these are the thoughts, influences and the inspirations directly from the mind of the artists. Here, Chris Wood describes how Medeski Martin and Wood describes how an old field recording influenced the group to make something old, new […]
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Approach Influenza as a series which serves to help give insight as to where music is born; these are the thoughts, influences and the inspirations directly from the mind of the artists. Here, Ricardo Lopez of Winnipeg’s Oldfolks Home describes the song that may forever remove the group from consideration for a Dell sponsorship. On […]
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Culture Bully’s Chris DeLine recently caught up with Whispertown 2000’s Morgan Nagler, the singer taking some time to address a number of questions revolving around the group’s latest release Swim. The two discussed the band’s ongoing relationship with a number of Los Angeles-based artists, including Jenny Lewis, the band’s unusual approach to booking shows, and […]
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Approach Influenza as a series which serves to help give insight as to where music is born; these are the thoughts, influences and the inspirations directly from the mind of the artists. For this installment, Dungen’s Gustav Ejstes describes the first song from the band’s latest release 4. Ejstes explains the transformation the song made […]
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Prior to the band’s show at Minneapolis’ historic First Avenue this past Saturday, Of Montreal stopped by The Current to perform a three-song studio set. Last October Kevin Barnes and Bryan Poole sat in for a trio of acoustic songs featuring a track that was scheduled for, but left off Skepetal Lamping, “Feminie Effects,” as well as The Who’s “The […]
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As an artist Ryan Adams has often displayed characteristics suggesting struggle within his own reality, something that many have faulted him for. Even through times of relative insanity however, he still continued to offer examples of sensibility within his music. But on Cardinology, the music is almost too sensible. As matter of fact, to some […]
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Prior to crossing the Atlantic for a few select US dates, Frida Hyvönen and Culture Bully’s Chris DeLine discussed a few brief topics in a quick interview; touching on her aversion to the idea of being just another Scandinavian blonde and getting drunk in Italy. Hyvönen’s new album, Silence is Wild, will be released State-side […]
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Along with guests Tom Arnold and Shea Whigham, Smashing Pumpkins stopped Jimmy Kimmel Live this past Friday, playing the show off the air. Rather than performing its new single, “G.L.O.W.,” the band stuck with “Tarantula” from last year’s Zeitgeist. “G.L.O.W.” debuted almost two weeks ago on Chicago’s Q-101 and will see its official debut with the release of the Guitar Hero […]
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Approach Influenza as a series which serves to help give insight as to where music is born; these are the thoughts, influences and the inspirations directly from the mind of the artists. In this edition Ryan Barrett of The Pica Beats contrasts his typical approach to writing songs with that used while writing the band’s […]
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The Raveonettes have just released Beauty Dies, the group’s third in their ongoing series of fall EPs. Following the release of their September release, Sometimes They Drop By, Culture Bully’s Chris DeLine caught up with Sune Rose Wagner to discuss the series. The band will be hitting the road in the new year following their […]
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Continuing the trend of alternative rock relics unnecessarily announcing their political agendas, Stone Temple Pilots’ frontman Scott Weiland has endorsed Barack Obama’s presidential campaign. Describing his decision Weiland said, “Barack Obama is the leader, the listener and the visionary with international respect to take us from the depths of where we are today and bring us to a new place […]
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“This is not a show” reads a sign featured in the video for “Until The Day Is Done.” Despite the suggestion, the video for R.E.M.’s fourth single from its “comeback album” Accelerate features concert footage taken from a Dublin show this July. The video’s black and white footage contrasts the superstardom that the band has long since […]
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There is a high degree of whimsy that accompanies each new of Montreal release, one that is evidenced by the overwhelming sexuality of the records, and one that is certainly apparent in the band’s new album, Skeletal Lamping. Driven by a sexual freedom, singer Kevin Barnes’s lyrical candor can often be as overwhelming as his […]
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In October 2008 Culture Bully published a 60 hour blogathon as a fundraiser in support of music development and literacy within the Twin Cities. In the process of doing so, the site solicited reflections, music, and essays from local artists who spoke to the following question: “How did you get into making music, and how […]
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Ilhan Ersahin is one of the three well respected jazz soloists who have come together as I Led 3 Lives. Also including Juini Booth and Jochen Rueckert, the trio’s focus touches on a sound that incorporates drum-n-bass-styled electronica into their jazz mainstay. Ersahin and Culture Bully’s Chris DeLine recently discussed the formation of I Led […]
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Approach Influenza as a series which serves to help give insight as to where music is born; these are the thoughts, influences and the inspirations directly from the mind of the artists. Michael Bond of Chicago’s Coltrane Motion steps in for this edition, describing “They Can’t Mic The Deep End,” a track from the band’s […]
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In preparation for next Summer’s “Merge Fest,” Merge Records will be releasing Score! Merge Records: The First 20 Years. The box set’s first fourteen discs were assembled by a host of high-profile curators including Peter Buck of R.E.M., David Byrne and Zach Galifianakis. The remaining two discs in the subscription-only set collect covers and remixes by non-Merge artists […]
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Blender has compiled and released a list of the “100 Greatest American Albums.” While lists of the sort have never been universally appeasing, by overlooking so many keystone American musicians it is one of the most controversial in recent memory. Paul Westerberg questions “the veracity of this list,” and after reading it you might have a lot […]
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Approach Influenza as a series which serves to help give insight as to where music is born; these are the thoughts, influences and the inspirations directly from the mind of the artists. Here, Daniel James of Leopold and His Fiction introduces a track from the band’s new album, Ain’t No Surprise. Throughout his description, James […]
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Solidifying the most recent rumblings surrounding the release of Chinese Democracy, Best Buy is now offering fans the opportunity to pre-order Guns N’ Rose’ new album via the retailer’s web site. While many details are still scarce, the retail giant has announced that as a part of its exclusive distribution rights, the album will be offered […]
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A video accompaniment for “Ooh Yeah!,” one of the better tracks from Moby’s recent Last Night album, has just been released via Mute Records. The Matteo Bernardini-directed clip was the winning entry in a recent contest sponsored by the web-video site Vimeo. While the video reflects a 1970s-themed porn shoot, it is more of an […]
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Everclear, who haven’t posted a single on any American chart since 2003, have followed up this year’s covers album with yet another unnecessary release, “Jesus Was a Democrat.” The song specifically takes aim at Americans who love Jesus but hate non-whites. And apparently, according to Alexakis, such people are not Democrats. “Jesus didn’t look like […]
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With tribal drums that put “Love Lockdown” to shame, Björk’s charity collaboration with Radiohead’s Thom Yorke was finally revealed yesterday as it leaked on the internet. In the track, Yorke’s moans and airy howls illuminate drummer Brian Chippendale’s blazing beat, the product being a sound that is a far cry from the duo’s previous collaboration […]
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T.I. currently ranks first and second on the Billboard Hot 100 with “Live Your Life” (featuring Rihanna) and “Whatever You Like,” both from his third straight number one album, Paper Trail. CNN recently profiled the rapper, discussing with him his recent seven-month house arrest, his forthcoming jail sentence and his work towards completing his court ordered […]