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(Debut) Lip Talk, "Comfort Me" (Sparklehorse cover)

3778 days ago
Impose MagazineLast Box of Sparklers is the forthcoming tribute album dedicated to the late Mark Linkous of Sparklehorse, featuring music from The Flaming Lips, Mercury Rev, and Califone, among others. It was put together by Box of Stars, a nonprofit that raises aw... more info

(Scene and Heard) Dinosaur Jr. at Terminal 5

4134 days ago
Impose MagazineDinosaur Jr. celebrated the 25th anniversary of their album You're Living All Over Me with many guest stars at New York's Terminal 5 on Saturday, December 1st. Special guests included Lee Ranaldo and Kim Gordon of Sonic Youth, The Smiths'... more info

Variety Lights made a new video (watch it); playing live (dates)

4250 days ago
Brooklyn Veganby Bill Pearis Former Mercury Rev frontman David Baker is bringing his musical project Variety Lights on the road for a few dates this month, including two in NYC: August 22 at Mercury Lounge with The Eastern Sea and Your... more info

Opossom: Electric Hawaii – review

4255 days ago
Guardian Music(Fire)Once frontman of combustible New Zealand noise-pop outfit the Mint Chicks, Kody Nielson has embarked on a solo career as Opossom. The result is upbeat psychedelia that references the Beach Boys and Flaming Lips without ever sounding derivative.... more info

Central FlowVariety Lights

4315 days ago
Impose MagazineDavid Baker was a founding member of, and frontman for, the quasi-legendary Mercury Rev, and while he only appeared on their first two albums, Yerself is Steam and Boces, those two underground post-modern masterpieces were so significant and ground-b... more info

The records shops that shaped our lives

4366 days ago
Guardian MusicThey were tiny, tatty – and terrific. For Record Store Day on Saturday, our pop writers remember the shops where they first fell in love with musicFreewheelin' in Nottingham It was the place where I first heard Bob Dylan, in the late summer of 1963... more info

Readers recommend: songs about speed – results

4376 days ago
Guardian MusicFrom racing with the devil to a goddess on a highway, this week's playlist leaves others eating dirt. Scream if you want to go faster …And they're off! Last week I asked you for suggestions of songs about velocity – and the nominations came thick... more info

Former Mercury Rev singer forms new band Variety Lights

4410 days ago
Guardian MusicDavid Baker, who split with band in 1993, announces he will release new material with synth player Will MacLeanDavid Baker, the original singer of Mercury Rev, has announced his first album in 18 years. Almost 20 years after being sacked from his ori... more info

check out Variety Lights (new project from original Mercury Rev frontman David Baker) ---- (song premiere)

4414 days ago
Brooklyn Veganby Bill Pearis I remember getting Mercury Rev's Yerself is Steam, putting it in my CD player and thinking, "My speakers are busted." But then I came to realize this was just how the music was recorded: loud and fucked... more info

My Best Fiend (No 1,204)

4432 days ago
Guardian MusicA new Warp signing! But don't expect another Aphex Twin – this is guitar music of a hazy, heavenly kindHometown: Brooklyn.The lineup: Frederick Coldwell (vocals, instruments), Kris Lindblade (vocals, instruments), Joe Noll (drums), Paul Jenkins (ke... more info

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