Friday, January 15, 2010 9:27AM - By Jeffrey Hyatt
The death of musician Jay Reatard earlier this week is now being treated as a homicide case by the Memphis Police Dpt. My Fox Memphis reported that police are searching for a possible suspect in the case of the punk rocker, who was found dead in his home on Tuesday morning. That news story has now been removed from their website.
A cause of death is yet to be confirmed, but the Shelby County Medical Examiner confirmed an autopsy has taken place and that they were waiting on lab results.
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Wednesday, January 13, 2010 1:22PM - By Jeffrey Hyatt
According to a post by Memphis-based Goner Records, Memphis musician Jay Lindsey, better known as Jay Reatard, died in his sleep last night. He was 29.
The statement from Goner reads: “It is with great sadness that we report the passing of our good friend Jay Reatard. We will pass along information about funeral arrangements when they are made public.”
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Tuesday, October 6, 2009 11:14AM - By Seraphina L.
It’s funny when things are completely ironic. You don’t know whether to laugh or cry when irony slaps you in the face, and that’s how undecided we feel about Jay Reatard right now.
We like the garage punk musician. Blood Visions album became a favorite listen for 2006, and Watch Me Fall is starting to grow on us… but perhaps after being a part of seven bands, a solo career has gone to his head?
Early this morning, we found out via Twitter and Reatard’s frustrated cussing, that his touring band had quit:
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Friday, August 21, 2009 1:05PM - By Lindsey Darden
The final days of summer are creeping upon us; let’s make them good and memorable. Check out the following shows below.
- The Sonics | Friday, August 21 | 8:30 pm | 18+ | $25 | The Echoplex, Los Angeles, CA – Map | The wildly popular garage punk band from the sixties – having taken their leaf from early rock n’ roll simplicity knocking off listeners’ socks during the process – will be playing with Prima Donna and Japanese Motors. Click here for tickets.
- Priscilla Ahn | Friday, August 21 | 18+ | 8:00 pm | $15 | Bowery Ballroom, New York, NY – Map | Dreamy doesn’t even begin to describe the sound emitting from the fingertips and voice box of the guitarist, singer, and songwriter. Equipped with songs from her debut album, A Good Day, she will share the evening’s stage with Robert Francis and Aeroplane Pageant. Click here for tickets.
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Tuesday, August 18, 2009 10:43AM - By Anet Hovhanesian
Ever since watching Reba McEntire’s (pictured above) television comedy show, I have a new respect for her and am willing to give her new country album, Keep On Loving You a try. Now back to the true rock music… we have singer/songwriter and musician (he plays the guitar, bass guitar, keyboards, and drums) Brendan Benson with a new album, as well as alternative rock band Sister Hazel with their seventh studio album. And if you are into mainstream reggae/dance music like I am, you have been waiting for the new Sean Paul album for awhile. Well the wait it over, it is out this week.
Albums coming out August 18th:
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Tuesday, July 14, 2009 9:47AM - By Anet Hovhanesian
No artist is safe in this internet age from having their work leaked for the world to download and listen to before the album is even supposed to be released. According to Diditleak’s twitter page, this week we see a couple of albums that are coming out next Tuesday that have leaked onto the Internet; including Daughtry’s, Twista’s and The Dead Weather‘s upcoming albums.
Here is a list of the albums that leaked the last couple days:
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Thursday, May 28, 2009 9:00PM - By Morelli
Day one of the Primavera Sound Festival in Barcelona came to a close, and though the crowd shuffled away worn out and bleary-eyed, there was still the excited hubbub of fans satisfied with the day’s shows. If the performances had continued, then people would still be there dancing holes into the ground. Watch the video of day one.
After checking out Marnie Stern, Lightning Bolt and Yo La Tengo, I hurried to see Andrew Bird, The Bug, and Jay Reatard. To finish the first day of the festival, two stunning acts from Aphex Twin and Squarepusher, complete with visuals and electronic wizardry, led the entertainment into the wee morning hours.
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Thursday, May 28, 2009 3:00PM - By Morelli
The Primavera Sound Festival in Barcelona, Spain is off to a great start, with multiple bands performing simultaneously on six different stages. The turnout exceeds all expectations, and each act has been heavily populated. I imagined that the festival would be spread out, but the stages are very close to each other, and it’s been possible to jump from show to show quickly.
So far, I’ve seen Marnie Stern at the Ray-Ban Vice stage, Lightning Bolt at the ATP arena and Yo La Tengo at the Estrella Damm stage. At the same time, La Bien Querida, Magik Markers, The Vaselines and The Bats have made their appearances on other stages. If you’re looking to rock out while also fitting in a good dose of dancing to electronica, then Primavera Sound has you covered. Check out the video coverage for day one, day two and day three.
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Thursday, October 30, 2008 7:45PM - By Kevin
Matador Records has just released a free sampler of recent and upcoming releases on the label. The sampler includes tracks from upcoming releases by A.C. Newman (of The New Pornographers), Lou Reed, Pavement and more. A few of the releases featured are not due out until next year including A.C. Newman’s new album Get Guilty out January 20.
Check out the complete track list and the download link after the break.
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