Robert Rauschenberg (1925-2008)

A giant left us this week. I was saddened to hear the news that Robert Rauschenberg passed away at his home in Florida on Monday from heart failure. He was 82. Rauchenberg was famous and quite revolutionary for his work in the field of Abstract Expressionism and Pop Art. Born in Texas, he moved to New York in the 1950s where his fame spread in the art world. He also worked with photography, printmaking and papermaking. He was famous for...

OPP

The Guardian blog talks about the subtle art of selecting supporting bandsNew hope for accused file-sharer in RIAA suitKonami introduces Rock Revolution video game to compete with Guitar Hero and Rock BandThe Seattle Times profiles Reggie WattsWedding Present re-team with Steve Albini on new album - El Rey - coming out this TuesdayShania Twain and super-producer Mutt Lange to splitGuitar tutorials are blazing up iTunes podcast charts...

Superdrag is both filthy and afraid

Back in the studio since February, another new song from Knoxville's Superdrag has surfaced over on the Gibson guitars site. Although a release date for the new album has not yet been set, Superdrag is playing a few West Coast dates in the coming weeks, then Bonnaroo this summer and, of course, Monolith.According to frontman John Davis, the new material keeps it tight with the sound Superdrag fans love, described as "an amalgam of Dinosaur Jr.-inspired guitar noise, Hüsker Dü-style...

The Unicorns

Feeling quite nostalgic lately, I have been doing a lot of listening to this great album from the way-too-short-lived Unicorns. A friend of mine burned this one for me on a long road trip across Texas back in 2003, and at the time I thought it was the weirdest, coolest little album I had ever heard to come out of Canada. After a brief run of relative success, a fanatical following on the indie-rock circuit, sold-out crowds in the U.S....

After All Recovery

Well done to Geoff McQueen, who won t-shirts beyond his wildest dreams in my competition. Hurrah!

I've just been hit by this in my inbox & feel it's worth sharing... a remix of 'Windowlicker' incorporating cut-up dialog from the video. I'm not usually into all that cut-up hip hop stuff, but probably because of the high quality ingredients, this is hot.

APHEX TWIN - WINDOWLICKER (MAC 3000 REMIX)...

We'd like to introduce Hanger Bar Thursdays

Which is our new pop music night. At Hanger Bar. On every other Thursday. With Keehnan and Evan. And it's tonight.WHAT WILL BE PLAYED:KylieHercules and Love AffairSophie Ellis-BextorRoisin MurphyHot ChipWHAT WILL NOT BE PLAYED:Kanye West.Hanger bar is at 213 E. 3rd Street (@ Avenue B) on New York's Lower East Side. We trust we will see you there....

Clinic is coming

The four gents of Liverpool's Clinic are touring the states throughout May, playing shows in a handful of select cities. Neumo's in Seattle, the Bowery in NYC, the Black Cat in D.C., Cat's Cradle in North Carolina, Troubador in L.A., and of course right here in Austin at Emo's. There's a good reason that Clinic is performing at the hot spots in these towns, these guys know how to rock. They play funky, demented, fast-paced psych rock that is complimented...