Here’s a neat remix of Placebo’s cover of Kate Bush’s “Running Up that Hill” that I stumbled across the other night. Thoughts?
Handpicked: Billy Idol – Rebel Yell
There is nothing that compares to the punk and 80′s pop sound of Billy Idols. If only the hair metal bands would have caught on… the world would have been a better place in the 80s musically. Billy Idol not only had the sound, but he had the punk image… for a more mainstream audience. [...]
Free Download: FS – Superman Punch (UFC Part 1)
To promote and provide a teaser for the upcoming full length from FS called The 1 FS, Play Me Records is offering a free download of the FS track “Superman Punch (UFC Part 1)”. Grab it while it’s hot! http://soundcloud.com/playmerecords/fs-superman-punch-ufc-part-1[\soundcloud]
Kid Cut Up – Supermix 2010
I’ve been pretty fortunate that my local pub, The Highbury Pub in Milwaukee, WI, gets some awesome live music of all genres. One Friday last year I happened to stop in and Kid Cut Up was spinning. I’d never heard him spin before, but I loved the mashups and mixes he was doing. They were [...]
Handpicked: Modest Mouse – The World at Large
Today, unlike a lot of days, I had the urge to listen to Modest Mouse, and lots of it. I decided to start off by listening to the album Good News for People Who Love Bad News. I can’t believe I completely forgot about the song “The World at Large”. I remember chilling out to [...]
Chris Isaak Interview with Tavis Smiley
Chris Isaak recently released a new album Beyond the Sun, a homage to Sun Studio in Memphis, where artists like Johnny Cash and Elvis recorded many of their classic songs. Isaak discusses how and why he was inspired to do this album, the musicians he worked with in the process, and thoughts on his musical [...]
Handpicked: Smashing Pumpkins – Bullet With Butterfly Wings
“”Bullet with Butterfly Wings” is a song that I would always get excited to hear when played on the radio or whenever the music video would play on MTV. It was the first song I had ever heard from the Smashing Pumpkins, 1979 being the second. Every time I hear a pre-Machina era song, I am [...]
Free Download: TEKNiCOLOR Live at MNC’s Massive 2011
Due to the overwhelming amount of traffic from TEKNiCOLOR’s free downloads, I now present you with another free offering from Ty Mittelsteadt, aka TEKNiCOLOR. TEKNiCOLOR recently performed a live set at Milwaukee Noize Collective’s (MNC) MASSIVE concert on 11/04/11. The whole set was recorded and is now available for download. The set is just over [...]
This Is Hell – “Black Mass”
This Is Hell has been one of my favorite hardcore bands for the past few years. I was first exposed to them when they were touring with Four Year Strong, I Am The Avalanche, and A Loss For Words. There was a live stream of the entire concert online for one stop of the tour [...]
Now Streaming: Tesla Boy – In Your Eyes
Tesla Boy has just released a new song called “In Your Eyes” and can now be streamed via SoundCloud. The set put up by the band includes a full length and radio edit of the song, as well as remixes by Satin Jackets and Lipelis. After giving the set a first listen, the new song [...]
