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Old home ties (Chicago Sun-Times)
Sunderland is a gritty, blue-collar city of 290,000 on the Northeastern coast of England.
so many big-name bands are getting it together ? again (Pioneer Press)
Is 2007 going to be the reunioniest year of them all? The Police, Smashing Pumpkins, Squeeze, Crowded House, Genesis, theDio-era Black Sabbath, the Stooges and Rage Against the Machine have all announced new tours and/or albums. And a host of lower-profile indie rockers are following suit, led by Lou Barlow's Sebadoh, who play the 400 Bar on Monday.
Lifeline: Quick hits (USA Today)
Cyndi Lauper is embarking on a 15-city cross-country concert tour conceived by her to support gay rights. Erasure, Debbie Harry, the Dresden Dolls, The Gossip and The Misshapes will also perform at the inaugural True Colors concert tour, which kicks off Gay & Lesbian Pride Month June 8 in Las Vegas. Margaret Cho will host, and special guests on select dates include Rufus Wainwright, Rosie ...
Limited time offer? (Metromix.com)
Searching for a great new album? Look no further. "Tones of Town," the latest from Sunderland, England, pop trio Field Music, is jam-packed with hummable hooks, perfect harmonies and unusual time shifts that zip by in barely more than 30 minutes.
Music with Mario (The Greenville News)
This is the first flat-out classic of 2007, a record that will make you hit Google to make sure Phil Spector didn?t come out of retirement.
Quick Reviews (The Daily Free Press)
Dean and Britta / Back Numbers Two years after the split of their band Luna, Dean Wareham and Britta Phillips return with Back Numbers. Since the split, the pair released an album of covers, 2003's L'Avventura, and took a shot at composing. For as many musical accomplishments as these two have, (Britta was the singing voice for '80s cartoon Jem), the landscape of Back Numbers is bleak.
JOHN SMYNTEK: Court in Ireland wants Eminem's testimony (Detroit Free Press)
An Irish High Court is requesting Eminem testify under oath about why he cancelled his sold out September 17, 2005 concert at Slane Castle, FMQB reports. . The Belfast Telegraph reports that the Irish judge said Em's testimony is "possibly crucial" to a civil action case that concert promoter MCD has filed, seeking $2 million from insurance companies that did not pay after the show was cancelled. ...
RECENT ITEMS (Filter Magazine)
The list will be pared down to ten finalists next month, and the winner will be announced later in the spring. Any album released in the US in 2006 was eligible for nomination, so long as it had not been certified gold for domestic sales of 500,000 units.
Sufjan, Franz, Coyne Pick Noms for Shortlist Prize (Pitchfork)
In brief, a short-lived New Pantheon Prize was established by one of the Shortlist founders. It went to Sufjan Stevens , but following some legal dealings we won't bore you by explaining here, the New Pantheon went kaput and Stevens is now considered the winner of the 2005 Shortlist Prize.
St. Louis bands make a fine showing at Austin's annual indie-rock spring brea...
The powers that be at SXSW have finally confirmed what we've been saying for months now: The St. Louis music scene is hopping again. Five local bands snagged official showcase slots this year, and two others are joining the day-party fray in Austin. Even better, the strong Lou contingent is wildly ...