Mercer and Mouse Find a Balance with Broken Bells

After announcing in 2009 that The Shins’ James Mercer and Danger Mouse would be collaborating on an upcoming album, anticipation for the release was instant. Finally, the album, featuring the already popular single “The High Road,” has been released (legally) and has already acclaimed some critical praise. The duo, residing under the name Broken Bells, [...]

DJ Profile: DJ Rose

Top 5 songs:
These constantly revolve, but at the moment:

Modest Mouse- Ocean Breathes Salty
Neko Case- Set Out Running
Cat Power- Maybe Not
Explosions In The Sky- Look Into The Air
Rogue Wave- Lake Michigan

Top 5 bands:

Tori Amos
Wilco
A Tribe Called Quest
Sonic Youth
Sigur Ros

Top 5 CDs:

The Clash- London Calling
My [...]

Bands lining up to play at New York’s All Tomorrow’s Parties

All Tomorrow’s Parties, an annual music/arts festival held from September 3rd to September 5th in New York, has started announcing its line-up. Recently listed to play at the show are bands Sonic Youth, Explosions In The Sky, The Breeders, The Books, and Papa M, among others. A lineup like this– and that only will expand– [...]

Metric electrify Lupo’s, leave crowd energized

Last Thursday night, Canadian rockers Metric positively rock-and-rolled the stage at Lupo’s Heartbreak Hotel in downtown Providence. From beginning with a bang via a fabulous and dazzling light show, the band never ran out of energy and power throughout the set. The powerful guitars and steady bass and drums, not to mention the essential keyboards [...]

Neko Case, the boys of Calexico Warm Up The Stage at Lupo’s

A refined yet gracious crowd was treated to a riveting folk-country-rock set last Saturday night at Lupo’s Heartbreak Hotel in downtown Providence. Neko Case, a prominent figure in American/Canadian alternative-country (and member of indie band The New Pornographers), graced the stage with her accompanying band of characters and instruments as well as openers Joey and [...]

Andrew Bird and St. Vincent leave Lupo’s crowd momentarily speechless…

Last Tuesday night (not a typical concert-night for many concert- goers) at Lupo’s Heartbreak Hotel in downtown Providence, a highly-pleased crowd was treated to a phenomenal performance by the very talented Andrew Bird and opener St. Vincent.

Concert Review: Silversun Pickups Rock WBRU’s Birthday Bash

Among the hordes of crowd surfers and tireless dancers in the pit, a sold-out crowd that reached the far-back rows of the balcony was captivated by the genuine surge of music, power, and dedication to sound that the Silversun Pickups perfected last Saturday night at Lupo’s Heartbreak Hotel.

Pink Floyd’s classic Dark Side of the Moon to be covered in full by The Flaming Lips

The immensely popular and well-selling 1973 album Dark Side of the Moon by psychedelic aficionados Pink Floyd has a place in rock music history forever. And, as with many monumental rock releases, it has just been waiting to be rehashed and renewed by modern rock bands of today.