Sasquatch! 2013 (May 24-27, 2013) The lineup for the 2013 Sasquatch! Music Festival (May 24-27, 2013) dropped this morning/last night with a bomb. Headliners for this year’s festival include: Mumford & Sons, The Postal Service, The xx, Macklemore and Ryan Lewis and Vampire Weekend. For my money, this is a pretty great looking festival lineup….
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My Bloody Valentine Released A New Album, “mbv” | Buy It or Stream It Now
mbv – My Bloody Valentine Some twenty plus years after 1991’s Loveless, My Bloody Valentine has released a new record, simply entitled mbv. The album hit the Internets on Saturday night and my Facebook feed exploded while the official mbv website crashed repeatedly under the weight of anglophile music geeks everywhere. I can’t say this…
Dave Grohl’s “Sound City” Doc Out Now, Sound City Players Playing Hammerstein
Sound City Sound City, Dave Grohl’s directorial debut premiered at the Sundance Film Festival this past January. The movie is in theatres and on demand now. SOUND CITY, the film, was conceived by Grohl after purchasing the legendary custom-built Neve 8028 recording console from Sound City Studios last year. The board, built in 1972, is…
The Who and Elvis Costello Performing Teenage Cancer Benefit at Theater at MSG
The Who and Elvis Costello at The Theater at MSG (02/28/13) The Who to perform at unique charity show with the legendary Elvis Costello. This special event benefits Teen Cancer America & Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center, Feb. 28, at The Theater at Madison Square Garden. Tickets are available now to Who Fan Club members http://bit.ly/Who_Fan_Club…
Iron and Wine Releasing New Album, Stream A New Song
Bumpershine favorite, Iron and Wine, announced a new album and a new label today. From the sounds of the jazzy first single, Ghost on Ghost will not mark a return to Sam’s solo acoustic roots. Iron and Wine makes its Nonesuch Records debut with Ghost on Ghost in the U.S. on April 16 (April 15…
February 2013 NYC Book Store Events
Barnes & Noble Inc. expects to close as many as a third of its retail stores over the next decade, the bookseller’s top store executive said, offering the most detailed picture yet of the company’s plans for the outlets. “In 10 years we’ll have 450 to 500 stores,” said Mitchell Klipper, chief executive of…