It seems the boys in The Rakes have called it a day. Some might say it’s 2 albums too late, of course. It’s entirely possible I might be one of those people. Oh sure, Ten More Messages had some nifty singles on it – ‘We Danced Together’, ‘The World Was A Mess But His Hair [...]

Muse have unleashed their 5th rock opera upon us today. The Resistance is out in stores as well as iTunes. If you were watching the MTV Awards and snapped out of your Taylor Swift/Kanye West kerfluffle haze, you might have noticed the band played ‘Uprising’ live. There was also a snippet for ‘Starlight’, but it [...]

Moby is releasing his new album today, titled ‘Wait For Me’. The David Lynch-inspired record has a video courtesy of the same auteur which you can check out at the Sundance Channel’s SUNfiltered blog here. Sundance also has an exclusive remix of ‘Pale Horses’ by longtime Goldfrapp/Verve/Coldplay collaborator Davide Rossi which you can find here. [...]

If you’re a Moby fan, you might want to head over to NPR today. They’re offering a free full album stream of his latest effort, Wait For Me, due out in stores on June 30th. In fact, Bob Boilen with NPR says this is Moby’s best album in 10 years. Not sure if I totally [...]

I’m a big fan of music videos. I know it’s something of a dying art (as well as a dying format), but I suppose being part of the MTV Generation has left me with a sentimental streak. Here are some of the latest and greatest short films from the artists I love:
M83 – We Own [...]

Last week saw new releases from an artist I’ve been crazy about from day one – M83 – and a release from an artist that lost me somewhere along the way – Moby. Since they both released vaguely conceptual records, I thought I’d combine my thoughts on both efforts in one tidy package. And hey, [...]