Indie Music is Pretty Swede – The Swedish Indie Music Empire

Learn about the many bands from Scandinavia that have swept the indie music scene over the last years: The Wannadies, Peter, Bjorn and John, The Hives, The Concretes, Love Is All, The Shout out Louds, I’m From Barcelona, Jose Gonzalez, The Knife. Also, learn some theories why indie is so Swede. […]

Exclusive Podcast featuring MZ’s own Truffle Jones!

Check out this exclusive podcast interview with elusive MusicZeitgeist.com writer Truffle Jones during his exhaustive Week of Shows. They cover such an exhaustive range of topics and bands from how indies should design their merch to why My Bloody Valentine still sounds more modern than ever, the hottest new indie bands you’ve never read or heard […] […]

Live Review: mr. Gnome, Knitting Factory, June 6

Lawn and Garden Refugees: mr. Gnome at the Knitting Factory photo by the author Despite online coverage in Rolling Stone and Spin, being one of LA Weekly’s picks of the week and having their set pushed back to the 11:00 pm prime-time slot, Cleveland-based duo mr. Gnome was greeted by an anemic crowd of eight as […] […]

Punisher: War Zone to be scored by Christopher Franke of Tangerine Dream

With the roaring success of Marvel Studios inaugural independent feature film “Iron Man,” there are a lot of eyes on what will happen with the company’s subsequent releases (both reboots) “The Hulk” and “Punisher: War Zone.” One of the most interesting aspects of these films is that they demonstrate how the perspective on translating comic book […] […]