This baby comes out June 4th… I may buy a record this year after all!

Here’s what Greg Cartwright had to say about recording the new album, via the band’s press release:
“Over the years as we would occasionally reunite for a festival or special occasion, the idea began to grow in the back of my mind. The idea of making a new record. Because as much as we enjoyed playing together, the thing I missed the most was creating together. So that’s what we did. I had just made a Reigning Sound record with Dan at his Easy Eye Sound in Nashville, TN. And it really knocked me out. Dan had a 1-inch Scully 8 track. I remember asking him how it sounded when he sent the equipment list. Dan’s answer. ‘It’s the greatest @#$%^&* tape machine in the world.’ He wasn’t kidding. Literally the perfect device for catching a live band. And that’s the way the Oblivians had always made records. Most of our previous recordings had been done live on home recordings or at Doug Easley’s Easley-McCain Studios back in the day. Sadly, about seven years ago that studio burned down. So finding Dan’s studio was a big piece of the puzzle.”

The Oblivians “Call the Police” – “Desperation” LP – 2013

Desperation Tracklisting:
01 I’ll Be Gone
02 Loving Cup
03 Em
04 Woke Up in a Police Car
05 Call the Police
06 Pinball King
07 Run for Cover
08 Come a Little Closer
09 Little War Child
10 Fire Detector
11 Oblivion
12 Back Street Hangout
13 Desperation
14 Mama Guitar

La Danza de la Realidad (“The Dance Of Reality”) is the first film in 23 years from Chilean cinematic master Alejandro Jodorowsky. He’s the dude who brought you El Tope and The Holy Moutain (see every music video from the 90′s – for starters – for those influenced by him). La Danza de la Realidad was shot in Jodorowsky’s hometown of Tocopilla, deep in the Chilean desert. The film, which premiered at Cannes tells the story, sort of, of the his Communist father, Jaime Jodorowsky, with whom the director obviously had a very complex relationship. Can’t fuckin’ wait! Looks epic!

Here’s the new Beady Eye video for “Second Bite of The Apple”… it’s just about as boring as the song. Next.

Beady Eye – “Second Bite of The Apple” Music Video

Beady Eye – Second Bite of The Apple from Alex Medina on Vimeo.

Guy Blakeslee of The Entrance Band has some new tunes for ya…. buy em direct from him packaged with original artwork. Here’s what you get:

“Original one of a kind collage piece by the artist along with handmade CD and a personalized typewritten letter… also comes with an immediate download of the 6-track album in your choice of high-quality MP3, FLAC, or just about any other format you could possibly desire!! This is my second volume of home-recorded soundscapes… Most of these were recorded in late 2012 or in 2013 on a computer, while track 5 was recorded on a 4 track cassette recorder in 2010.”

I’m in… stream below.

Kanye West closed out this season of Saturday Night Live by performing two new songs off his upcoming record entitled “Yeezus” (which was rumored to be called “I Am God” and will be out June 18th via Def Jam Records). As we all know Hip-Hop is pretty awful live so it’s hard to judge these new songs from only this performance. One things for sure, Kanye can still make people feel uncomfortable. And from the looks of his long haired drummer and his brand-new poser-punk leather-jacket, he’s going for a rock look. Or is it punk? Either way, you can bet he saw Death Grips and ran with it. Sounds like a heavy and angry “808s And Heartbreak” (my favorite Kanye record), totally excited to hear this new record…

Kanye West – “Black Skinhead”

Kanye West – “New Slaves”

No matter what you think of Kanye’s public persona or his music, you’d be hard pressed to convince me you didn’t think he knocks it out of the park in the marketing department. Check out these projections of his new video on buildings around the world last friday… here’s Hollywood (4 blocks from my apartment) and Williamsburg (check this map for all the cities and times)…

We are coming to the end of our US tour and have had a great time with you all.
We hope you will join us for the final dates…

We are excited to announce that we are coming back to Europe and the UK this July and August. (More dates to be announced soon!)

Here’s part 3 of The Icarus Line Live In London from the Lexington in London 14th October 2011. “Kingdom” is off their album “Black lives at the Golden Coast”. Their new album “Slave Vows” is coming soon…

The Icarus Line – Live in London Part 3 “Kingdom”

Here’s Liam Gallagher and his band mates in Beady Eye performing their first official performance for the “BE” album tour at French radio station OUI FM on May 17th 2013. Sounds about as unimpressive as their first album… bummer.

Beady Eye – Second Bite of the Apple (acoustic) OUI TELE (17/5-13)

Beady Eye – Start Anew (acoustic) OUI TELE (17/5-13)

Beady Eye interview OUI TELE (17/5-13)

Break out your fish-sticks tomorrow night cuz the gay fish himself will be the season’s final music guest for SNL. Ben Affleck will host the shit out of it no doubt.

Queens of the Stone Age keep dropping these Boneface animated videos… here’s the one for “If I Had A Tail”… enjoy.

Queens of the Stone Age – “If I Had A Tail”