Amoeba Records will release the two-disc Gram Parsons Archives Vol. 1: The Flying Burrito Brothers “Live” At The Avalon 1969 on October 30. The 27-song set captures Parsons with The Flying Burrito Brothers opening for the Grateful Dead April 4-6 at the Avalon Ballroom in San Francisco. Why the word “Live” appears in quotation marks […]

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I’d eat some serious crow, but I’d also totally fucking go if this were to happen. According to the Daily Swarm, legendary shoegaze pioneers My Bloody Valentine is in negotiations to headline next year’s Coachella festival. Not only that but a possible tour is also on the table. This is just surreal. Kevin Shields is the biggest effing […]

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Found these over at I Am Fuel, Your Are Friends. Dave Grohl’s raw demo drum tracks for Queens of the Stone Age’s Songs for the Deaf. Even if you’re not a fan of QOTSA’s psychedelic glam metal, it’s hard not to appreciate Grohl’s masterful balance of swing and unbridled aggression. He is a bad ass […]

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Who didn’t see this coming? After that second sham Jane’s Addiction reunion was met with a giant who gives a shit, guitarist Dave Navarro tried to step out with The Panic Channel, whose debut sold like 46 copies in the US, leaving the host of Rock Star without a true calling. So, what’s left when your celebrity […]

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We’ve all said stuff at times that we didn’t really mean (e.g. “I’ll never drink that much again,” “That new Rihanna jam is twee as fuck,” “Sure honey, I’d love to have breakfast at Denny’s with your parents on my only day off,” “What’s so bad about Sum 41?”), but I guess I just hold […]

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Not content to leave well enough alone (or in the case of his and Daniel Merriweather’s “Stop Me If You’ve Heard This One Before” cover…let dead dogs lie), Brit and brass man Mark Ronson has given Bob Dylan’s “Most Likely You’ll Go Your Way (And I’ll Go Mine)” the hot fuzz treatment. And while we’ll […]

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