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RTX are now Black Bananas, releasing LP, touring w/ Sleigh Bells (dates & MP3)

4718 days ago
Brooklyn Veganby BBG DOWNLOAD: Black Bananas - "Rad Times" (MP3) Black Bananas Jennifer Herrema soldiered on with RTX following the demise of Royal Trux on 2001. Now RTX has evolved into Black Bananas, who are welcoming their debut LP Rad Times... more info

Singles, Live, UnreleasedRoyal Trux

4750 days ago
Impose MagazineWhen they 'formed' Royal Trux in 1985 Neil Hagerty (previously of Pussy Galore) and Jennifer Herrema (who was sixteen at the time, and later became the original Calvin Klein heroin chic model of the 1990s) appeared to be a mystical musical marriage, ... more info

(Say Hello) RTX becomes Black Bananas

4770 days ago
Impose MagazineRoyal Trux or RTX are not splitting up. Everybody got to keep their job, but one listen to "Rad Times" confirms the band had little choice in giving its new sound a new moniker. Even though we think Black Bananas would be better suited as a seminal s... more info

(Brooklyn Hater) Circle Pit, Motherfucker

5018 days ago
Impose MagazineBefore I even got to listen to the music, Australian duo Circle Pit impressed me for three reasons: 1. They look like their lives are totally fucked, and making this music is really the only thing keeping them from cleaning up their acts. I'm going t... more info

The Kills at SXSW 2011 - review

5028 days ago
Guardian MusicThe Kills leave the crowd at SXSW wanting more by only playing new material and shunning their normal onstage shenanigansThe Kills are sometimes dismissed for having delusions of rock'n'roll grandeur. Sometimes they're dismissed for a lack of origina... more info

Royal Trux - Reissues

5096 days ago
DrownedInSoundRoyal Trux's legend hardly required them to produce any actual product, but somehow the records kept rolling out, and Domino has just had the decency to reissue the first four, without extras or explanation, a decade after the pair went their separat... more info

Sony Music 'mistakenly removed' Bradford Cox songs

5136 days ago
Guardian MusicLabel admits letter ordering Deerhunter and Atlas Sound musician to remove material from his website was sent in errorSony Music has admitted that songs posted online by Bradford Cox were "mistakenly removed", after the label ordered the Deerhunter a... more info

Domino to re-issue first four Royal Trux albums

5175 days ago
NMEMaterial from 1988-1993 will be re-released in January 2011 more info

the final tuesday batch of updates

5206 days ago
Totally FuzzyMr. Jones said... Well, 30 Days Out screwed up this weekend and missed an important birthday. Adam West - TV's "Batman" - was 82 years old on Saturday! So we make up for it by sharing our personal memories of the Caped Crusader, as well as some vinta... more info

SALEM – “Asia (oOoOO Remix)” (Stereogum Premiere)

5207 days ago
StereogumPeople hate Salem. Are shrill about it. Last night while walking over to see Nachtmystium at the Knitting Factory, a friend and I discussed it. (It was mostly me explaining why I love them, to be fair.) On the basest level, if you were into Royal Tru... more info

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