This Fall heralds the advent of many new releases, including the highly anticipated Quentin Tarantino-produced film The Man With The Iron Fists, the directorial debut from RZA (aka Samurai Apocalypse).
The Flaming Lips have replaced their track with Chris Martin on their collaborative LP with a song called "Tasered and Maced," performed with Aaron Behrens of Ghostland Observatory.
Bad news for music fans this week, as groups, both voluntarily and involuntarily, have rejected reunions, decided on indefinite hiatuses and cancelled huge shows.
This year’s Coachella Festival may be over, but it lives on with post-fest success stories. We noticed yet another trend this week – music and movies are swapping star talent to lend a hand in their opposite mediums.
As the summer festival circuit creeps closer, hopeful MXDWN-ers and festival followers alike are being musically satiated as an outpouring of artists and lineups for upcoming festivals hit the public.
We salute the tuneful inventors that keep breaking ground with new audio formats, biodegradable record balloons and brand spanking new music fests with amusements for all.
Forget the 21st century, because bands that hit it big-time in the 20th century are still active today, working on projects that MXDWN hopes to hear soon!
This week was all about firsts in music, whether it be first headlining tours, first annual festivals or first collaborations. Originality is not sparse amongst musicians right now, and we can’t wait to see what happens.
We are happy to report that a number of well-established artists spanning the last several decades are still quite active, working on new albums, headlining events, collaborating and releasing awesome music.
This past week, artists took a step back from their music to pursue activities in film, party hosting, controversial bills and the federal court. More power to them!
New Year’s resolutions never last long, and we can unfortunately see trouble stirring in the music world already, despite the fresh new year that has welcomed a number of new tour and performance news.
Trent Reznor of Nine Inch Nails (NiN) recently announced details of the upcoming soundtrack to David Fincher’s The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo, a joint effort between Reznor and Atticus Ross.
This week, musicians whose work span back more that 25 years are in the news, and we are glad their harmonious drudgery is still alive and kicking... for now at least.
