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News Roundup: 11/3/2009

5770 days ago
Allmusic BlogSufjan Stevens’ Illinois is the best album of the 2000s, according to a recent list issued by Paste Magazine. Bright Eyes, Radiohead, Kid A, Arcade Fire, and Wilco also occupy the top five. [PasteMagazine.com] Chris Brown has unveiled the futuristi... more info

Paste Magazine // 50 Best Albums Of The Decade

5771 days ago
Rollo & Grady1. Sufjan Stevens: Illinois 2. Wilco: Yankee Hotel Foxtrot 3. Arcade Fire: Funeral 4. Radiohead: Kid A 5. Bright Eyes: I’m Wide Awake, It’s Morning 6. The White Stripes: Elephant 7. Gillian Welch: Time (the Revelator) 8. OutKast: Stanko... more info

[MP3] Capgun Coup: "Bad Bands"

5784 days ago
I Guess I'm FloatingCapgun Coup, aside from an eccentric method of social revolution, are an interesting fuzz-rock outfit from Omaha, Nebraska. The Great Plains may not be known for producing a plethora of notable artists in high yields like Seattle or Brooklyn often d... more info

PERFORMANCE/TOUR: KC Jazz Club: Jon Irabagon Group Featuring Victor Lewis

5788 days ago
All About JazzThe winner of the 2008 Thelonious Monk International Jazz Competition, alto saxophonist Jon Irabagon has played with such musical luminaries as Billy Joel, Wynton Marsalis, Bright Eyes, Frank Wess, and Lou Reed. Oct 30, 2009 Terrace Gallery $15.00 ... more info

Boyzone's Stephen Gately was no pioneer but he broke other barriers

5793 days ago
Guardian MusicYou would have a hard time positioning the late Stephen Gately as a musical pioneer, at least based on the records he made: with the best will in the world, it seems unlikely that the treacly oeuvre of Boyzone or indeed his version of the Watership D... more info

Gately summed up Boyzone: Pretty, cheerful and clearly having a ball

5793 days ago
Guardian MusicThe best bits of the 33-year-old Boyzone singer's career, who has died while on holiday in SpainHe was the voice of Boyzone's best ballad, No Matter What, one of the first modern popstars to come out before he was outed, and an enthusiastic live perf... more info

Read Rolling Stone’s Review of Monsters of Folk’s Debut

5806 days ago
Rolling StoneBy now, we’re hoping you’ve heard the debut album from the supergroup Monsters of Folk, because the LP, which earned a four-star review in the upcoming issue of Rolling Stone, has been in nonstop rotation in our office. The band #&8212; which fea... more info

Album Review: Monsters of Folk, "Monsters of Folk" (Shangri-La Music)

5809 days ago
Live DailyThere's no escaping the aura of The Traveling Wilburys, the power act created by Bob Dylan, Roy Orbison, George Harrison, Tom Petty and Jeff Lynne in the the late 1980s. Monsters of Folk [ tickets ], an uber-group of M. Ward, My Morning Jacket's Jim... more info

Monsters of Folk has casual supergroup feel

5812 days ago
Chicago TribuneMonsters of Folk, 'Monsters of Folk ★★★ (out of 4) When My Morning Jacket's Jim James, Bright Eyes' Conor Oberst and Mike Mogis, and singer-songwriter M. Ward first got together in 2004, they were just beginning to emerge as major voices... more info

The Unknown: An Evening with Conor Oberst, Jim James, and M. Ward

5812 days ago
The Good, The Bad and The UnknownIn 2004, three icons of the indie rock movement (Conor Oberst of Bright Eyes, Jim James of My Morning Jacket, and M. Ward) got together and performed an intimate folk concert. Who knew that 5 years later, the three (four including Mike Mogis) would ... more info

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