Music Zeitgeist

Top Ten Spins for the Week of November 24th, 2008

Ighuaran — Tue, 02 Dec 2008 11:47:09 +0000

Deerhunter - Album: Microcastle DJ / rupture - Album: Uproot Amadou & Mariam - Album: Welcome To Mali Cribs - Album: The New Fellas Palm Wine Boys - Album: Palm Wine Boys The Asteroids Galaxy Tour - Album: Sonic Arts EP Cloud Cult - Album: Feel Good Ghosts Carla Bruni - Album: Invisible Cinema Sunfold - Album: Toy Tugboats Wild Beasts - Album: Limbo, Panto We want to [...]

Video: The Most Amazing (unexpected) Drum Solo Ever

Ighuaran — Sat, 29 Nov 2008 14:59:39 +0000

Here is a video that shows Stevie throwing down a surprise drum solo that blows anything else you may have seen out of the water. This should throw some gasoline on yr next Rock Band sesh.

Video: Kid Koala - Moon River

Ighuaran — Thu, 27 Nov 2008 10:11:33 +0000

This video of Kid Koala mixing three platters of Moon River (his mother's favorite song) is totally amazing and totally inspirational.

Artist Profile: The Sultry, Hopping Neo-Cabaret of Margot Blanche

Ighuaran — Mon, 24 Nov 2008 23:58:12 +0000

Margot Blanche takes the renaissance of burlesque, cabaret and jazz that has crossed into the mainstream in a variety of ways (via acts like Dresden Dolls and Pale White Gentlemen to Christina Aguilera and Katy Perry) and spins it again into a fresh new voice that plays with Victrola-era vintage and contemporary post hip-hop [...]

Live Review: Lucinda Williams at the Wiltern Theatre

Truffle Jones — Mon, 24 Nov 2008 11:05:21 +0000

November 21, 2008 Too country for rock and too blues for country, singer-songwriter Lucinda Williams toiled for nearly two decades before finding acclaim in 1994 with a Grammy for songwriting – only to have commercial success continue to elude her. 1998 saw an end to all that with the release of Car Wheels On A Gravel Road, [...]

Indie Music is Pretty Swede - The Swedish Indie Music Empire

Ighuaran — Sun, 23 Nov 2008 12:55:13 +0000

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.

Ten Songs To Relight The Pilot Light In Your Soul

Ighuaran — Mon, 17 Nov 2008 10:06:43 +0000

Ten songs to relight the pilot light in your soul.

Live Review: John Doe and Kathleen Edwards at the El Rey Theatre

Truffle Jones — Sat, 15 Nov 2008 00:40:08 +0000

November 13, 2008 It seemed like an incongruous pairing — weathered, elder punk statesman John Doe joining arms with young singer/songwriter Kathleen Edwards for an evening twang-heavy duets and solo performances — yet when the two brought their “Hurtin’ & Flurtin’” tour to the El Rey Theater last night, what looked potentially ridiculous on paper was [...]

Live Review: The Dodos at the Echoplex

Truffle Jones — Tue, 11 Nov 2008 22:38:33 +0000

Seeing a show at the Echoplex is not unlike watching a band in the basement of your friend’s house: the ceiling is low, lots of concrete makes for terrible sound and you spend most of your time looking at the back of someone else’s head.

Punisher War Zone TV Spot

Ighuaran — Fri, 07 Nov 2008 03:29:19 +0000

MusicZeitgeist.com is excited about the upcoming Marvel Comics action picture Punisher: War Zone, so we wanted to share the first TV spot released by Lionsgate Films in anticipation of its release. This video appears courtesy Mania.com