Live – Girl Talk, Snoop Dogg, TV on the Radio and The Black Keys : Catalpa NYC
Over the weekend, Discosalt attended the first ever Catalpa Festival on Randall’s Island. Two solid summer days/nights of diverse live music from an eclectic lineup including The Black Keys, Snoop Dogg , TV on the Radio and Girl Talk – all under a blue leopard print banner commanding the crowd to “DANCE BITCHES!”. Despite the […]
Girl Talk, Snoop Dogg, TV on the Radio + The Black Keys @ Catalpa, NY
Over the weekend, Discosalt attended the first ever Catalpa Festival on Randall’s Island. Two solid summer days/nights of diverse live music from an eclectic lineup including The Black Keys, Snoop Dogg , TV on the Radio and Girl Talk – all under a blue leopard print banner commanding the crowd to “DANCE BITCHES!”. Despite the […]
Catalpa Festival NYC Announces 2012 Lineup Featuring The Black Keys and Snoop Dogg
This summer promises an avalanche of free music events and heavy billed festivals. Popping the top – The inaugural Catalpa Festival – set to take place July 28-29 on Randall’s Island. Striving to be a pioneering NYC festival comparable to California’s Coachella and Chicago’s Lollapalooza, unique in its programming, atmosphere and aesthetic – Catalpa has secured an eclectic lineup […]
NEW VIDEO FROM THE BLACK KEYS: GOLD ON THE CEILING
The Black Keys Follow up their buzz-worthy viral video for “Lonely Boy”, with a new video for “Gold On The Ceiling” off of their late 2011 release, El Camino. The video, directed by Reid Long, keeps it simple, following the band through their recent world tour intertwining studio footage with clips of the band behind-the-scenes and performing on […]
THREE NEW SONGS FROM THE BLACK KEYS
The Black Keys, once again, manage to keep on keeping on, only more so, with their new full length album El Camino. Oiling up their gritty back-to-basics blues engine with some new sonic lube worthy of classic rock torque, El Camino promises to be yet another soulful modern exploration of traditional blues rock themes, gunning down broken dreams […]
THE BLACK KEYS: BROTHERS
[rating: 5] The Black Keys: Brothers Label: Nonesuch Release date: May 18, 2010 The Black Keys keep on keeping on, only more so, oiling up their gritty back-to-basics blues engine with some new sonic lube worthy of classic rock torque. At its best moments, Brothers is a soulful modern exploration of traditional blues rock themes, […]
FIND THE SECRET SPOT: FREE LIVE SHOWS FROM PASSION PIT, THE BLACK KEYS, TING TINGS
Here’s a little treat for all the moms (and the rest of us) this weekend fiending for some free indie rock. On Sunday, March 9 the mother of all holidays, will be one mother of a day with Ting Tings, The Black Keys and Passion Pit playing free live shows in New York City starting […]
THE BLACK KEYS: TIGHTEN UP
The Black Keys are back and plan on releasing their next album, Brothers, on May 18th. To tie you off until then, they made this promo video for their new single “Tighten Up” which was produced by Danger Mouse and stars “Frank” a funkasaurus rex with some tite dance moves. Check it out. MP3:THE BLACK […]
NEW BLACK KEYS VIDEO: LONELY BOY
The Black Key’s first new single “Lonely Boy” off the forthcoming album El Camino is out today. The album co-produced by the Black Keys and Danger Mouse, officially hits stores Dec. 6th but on November 25th, as part of Record Store Day’s Black Friday series, it will be released on 12″ viny. As a bonus, if you pre-order the […]
CENTRAL PARK SUMMERSTAGE: THE XX, FLAMING LIPS, CHAIRLIFT, BLACK KEYS, ST. VINCENT, HOT CHIP, HERCULES AND LOVE AFFAIR, PAVEMENT, HOLY GHOST!
Check out a preview of some shows worth checking out this summer at the Central Park Summer Stage. The Flaming Lips: (update: Sold Out!) When: Monday, July 26, 2010 at 7:00PM Where: Central Park/Mainstage Legendary for their wild stage shows, The Flaming Lips are among the most notorious and beloved rock and roll bands in […]
NEW VIDEO FROM WE ARE ANIMAL: BLACK MAGIC
We Are Animal are self releasing “Black Magic”, the follow up to their Beggars released debut single ‘1268’ on the 13th September. ‘Black Magic’ is a raw as hell beast of a track which is set to continue their climb to notoriety. It’s a bit dark and weird with strange projections of their faces on […]
Best Albums of 2012
A look back at the past year in music – Discosalt Magazine’s “Top 10″ best albums of 2012. 10. Purity Ring : Shrines [4AD] If ‘sleep is a welcome gadget’ for Canadian electro-pop duo Purity Ring, then Shrines is what pop dreams are made of. Together, Corin Roddick and Megan James blaze fearlessly into the future with […]
Tennis : Young and Old
Rating: 5/5 stars Label: Fat Possum Records While most husband-and-wife indie pop duos can induce nausea, Denver’s buzz band Tennis, deliver effortless lo-fi beach pop that is as romantic as the nautical adventure spawning the duos collaboration. Produced by Patrick Carney (The Black Keys), Young and Old is grounded in a retro sensibility that surfaces extra layers of vocal […]
WHAT RECORDS ARE DAN AUERBACH SHOPPING FOR?: “WHATS IN MY BAG” WEB SERIES FOR MUSIC NERDS
Some episodes from the web series “What’s in My Bag” from Amoeba Records, the record label from the famed LA Record shop Amoeba Music. Get some music suggestions from artists, customers, and staff as they share some recent discoveries from the Amoeba racks. Some of our favorites include The Black Keys Dan Auerbach, Jason Schwartzman, Best […]
RETURN OF THE STROKES: WITH A NEW ALBUM, ANGLES AND TOUR HEADLINING COACHELLA, ARE THE STROKES BACK?
Buzzworthy Strokes news: Last night, it was officially announced that The Strokes are back and will headline the 2011 Coachella Festival on April 15-17 in California along with Arcade Fire, Kings of Leon, Bright Eyes, The Black Keys, Animal Collective, Interpol, The National, Kanye West and a ton of other bands. Tickets for the fest […]
top 10 albums of 2010
At the end of yet another great year in music, team discosalt has sat back, reflected and squared in with 2010’s “top 10” best albums of the year. So turn on some tunes, read through le lists and keep the discourse going! We want your feedback. Shoot us your album picks for the year and […]
Best albums of 2010
At the end of yet another great year in music, team discosalt has sat back, reflected and squared in with 2010’s “top 10” best albums of the year. So turn on some tunes, read through le lists and keep the discourse going! We want your feedback. Shoot us your album picks for the year and […]
JEREMY & CLAIRE WEISS’S DAY 19
Jeremy & Claire Weiss are far and away my favorite husband and wife photography team (ok, maybe the only one i know of) but they are two of the hippest photographers on the West coast with an amazing portofilio that dips into portraits of musicians, directors, actors, friends, hipsters and the girl next door. Based […]
TOP TEN BEST BEARDS IN INDIE
We hate pushing the seasons, but with “Mustache March” now well behind us, we’ve started ruminating on beard season here. While, musicians have always rocked out playoff whiskers, the chin muffler has advantaged some, and been the demise of others. Think Dennis Wilson, and Jim Morrison, respectively (sorry Jim). But what about the indie beard? […]