2010 in Review: The BackstageRider UnList
Saw, met, interviewed and flirted with about 100 bands in 2010, The (First) Year of the BackstageRider. Here’s a recap of the highlights, because no music websites anywhere are doing recaps and I thought I’d be clever…she says, sarcastically. Happy ’11, folks, and thanks for being here!
FREE! NEW! Gorillaz, Yeasayer* and Klaxons! OK!
Trawling the Interwebs since 7am this morning, so you don’t have to. Here’s some free, new music from London lads Gorillaz, as well as those capuchins in The Klaxons, plus Brooklyn baboons Yeasayer* (Technically you should pay for it but you CAN get it for free). Holy crap, awesome!
On the Subject of DURAN DURAN and “All You Need Is Now”
Track by track breakdown of the new Duran Duran album “All You Need Is Now”, released today on iTunes. I also digress heavily and talk about Simon Le Bon and John Taylor on Twitter, and wrote this whole thing while high on painkillers and hunched over. Only for Duran Duran, man. Only for Duran Duran.
Introducing: TRUE WOMANHOOD
New indie band alert! True Womanhood: oddball young things from Washington, DC, playing eerie, rhythmic new wave music. And they like banging on stuff and playing with reel-to-reels. I’d like you to shake their hands.
Leonard Cohen Live: Let Us Compare Mythologies (My Love Letter To Mr. Cohen)
“There are some men who should have mountains to bear their names to time”…here’s my ode to Mr. Leonard Cohen, who performed in Vancouver last week. Included with the ambient review, is a story.
Black Angels – Psychotic Reactions… and Photos by Kris Krüg
All hail the return of really good, trippy modern psychedelia. Here’s an introduction to Austin, Texas’ Black Angels, by way of a 70s gonzo journalist and some pins in a map. Oh and an amazing gallery of live pics by Kris Krüg.