Watch: Roger Waters and David Gilmour play “Comfortably Numb”
Thursday, May 12th, 2011It finally happened! During tonight's performance of Roger Waters' massive The Wall tour, his former partner in crime, David Gilmour ascended the top of the wall and played the classic "Comfortably Numb" in front of a sold out audience. Video of the glorious moment can be seen up top (thanks to YouTuber stumayhew).
Don't raise your hopes for more Gilmour/Waters appearances. Over at DavidGilmourBlog.com, a message appeared… Read More
RiO!B episode – May 11, 2011
Wednesday, May 11th, 2011Watch: Jane’s Addiction play Google I/O conference
Wednesday, May 11th, 2011What do you get when a rock band plays in front of a boring crowd full of tech nerds that are too busy tweeting and foursquaring that they're at a concert? The answer would be Jane's Addiction playing the Google I/O conference in San Francisco.
Up top, you can watch the whole performance as JA plays to what may have been their quietest yet probably most polite crowd. Perry Farrell exudes his slinky sexual frontman identity while singing songs from the band's forthcoming album, The Great Escape Artist,… Read More
RiO!B episode – May 10, 2011
Tuesday, May 10th, 2011Arcade Fire releasing deluxe edition of The Suburbs
Tuesday, May 10th, 2011
If your album won the Grammy for Album of the Year, wouldn't you release a deluxe edition too? Arcade Fire's magnificent The Suburbs will become a two-disc deluxe version that will hit stores on August 2nd.
The CD in the set will include the album along with an extended version of the track "Wasted Hours (A Life That we Can Live)" along with two bonus tracks, "Culture War" and "Speaking in Tongues." The latter features vocals from David Byrne.
The second… Read More
Listen: Arctic Monkeys – “Reckless Serenade”
Tuesday, May 10th, 2011
Need a little more Arctic Monkeys in your life? How about you check out their new song, "Reckless Serenade"?
The song is the newest one to hit the internet from their forthcoming album, Suck It And See, which has the most striking album cover as you can see. By clicking play down below, you'll be able to hear that the Monkeys have definitely changed up their earlier sound. But it's definitely a change for the better.
Thanks to Some… Read More
Pink Floyd re-issuing all of its albums
Tuesday, May 10th, 2011
Well it's a good thing I'm a massive Pink Floyd fan because this just made 2011 a lot more appealing. The band, having signed an agreement with EMI, is going to re-issue all of its albums as well as previously unheard tracks, live cuts, concert videos and more under the name, Why Pink Floyd...?
A press release stated that "A series of different listening experiences have been specially created for this release: in… Read More
Listen: Death Cab for Cutie – “Underneath the Sycamore”
Tuesday, May 10th, 2011
Another day, another Death Cab for Cutie track from the forthcoming Codes and Keys which is out May 31st. This time, thanks to our Seattle brethren at 107.7 The End, it's the track "Underneath the Sycamore." I'm getting more excited with every track that makes its way onto the internet from this album. Yes it's… Read More
