Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds Announce 2014 North American Tour
Here is a tour TFN would still like to catch! Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds return to North America in the summer of 2014 … Read more
Third Installment of Sloan Bootleg Vinyl out this Wednesday!
Sloan has announced that the third installment of their Sloan Bootleg Vinyl series, Tokyo Japan 2002, will be released this Wednesday November 20th at 12 … Read more
An evening with The Lone Bellow [Concert Review]
The Lone Bellow: The 20th Century Theatre, Cincinnati, Ohio – 11/12/13 If The Lone Bellow are a band you should be listening to, they are … Read more
Swearin’: Surfing Strange [Album Review]
Swearin’ Surfing Strange Salinas Records [2013] Fire Note Says: Swearin’ recalibrate their formula on their nineties-indebted second album. Album Review: On Swearin’s excellent self-titled debut, … Read more
The Fratellis: We Need Medicine [Album Review]
The Fratellis We Need Medicine BMG [2013] Fire Note Says: The Fratellis return with the safe-but-fun We Need Medicine. Album Review: The Fratellis have returned … Read more
Daughn Gibson: “Phantom Rider” Video from Me Moan
Daughn Gibson is probably one of the more underrated artists on the Sub Pop Records roster. His newest LP, Me Moan (TFN Review), received mixed … Read more
Matt Pryor: Wrist Slitter LTD Edition Black/Red Haze Vinyl (100 Copies)
Matt Pryor is the lead singer of the Get Up Kids and his previous solo records have been a much more acoustic affair but Wrist … Read more
Arcade Fire Reflektor North American Tour Kicks Off March 6
Arcade Fire just announced dates for their massive arena Reflektor Tour in support of their international #1 album, Reflektor (TFN Review). The Reflektor Tour will … Read more
The Friday Fire Track: Miner “Hey Love”
Rising Los Angeles-based band Miner is set to release their debut album Into the Morning in January. The band is another group in the folk-rock … Read more
Babyshambles: Sequel To The Prequel [Album Review]
Babyshambles Sequel To The Prequel Parlophone Records [2013] Fire Note Says: Babyshambles are back and better than they have ever been on Sequel to the … Read more
Joan Jett & The Blackhearts: Unvarnished [Album Review]
Joan Jett & The Blackhearts Unvarnished Blackheart Records [2013] Fire Note Says: Attention: Joan Jett is not dead! Album Review: At this point in Joan … Read more
The Fire Note Weekly Top 10: Class of 1993 – Debut Albums That Still Shine
2013 was like a walk down memory lane for many music fans as big records like Nirvana’s In Utero (TFN Review), The Breeders’ Last Splash … Read more
The Flaming Lips: Peace Sword EP [Album Review]
The Flaming Lips Peace Sword EP Warner Brothers Records [2013] Fire Note Says: The Flaming Lips revisit planet earth with more conceptually-based space. Album Review: … Read more
Kelley Stoltz: Double Exposure [Album Review]
Kelley Stoltz Double Exposure Third Man Records [2013] Fire Note Says: Kelley Stoltz continues to fly under the radar, but for how much longer? Album … Read more
White Fence: Live In San Francisco [Album Review]
White Fence Live In San Francisco Castle Face Records [2013] Fire Note Says: White Fence delivers a red hot live set on Live in San … Read more
Los Campesinos!: No Blues [Album Review]
Los Campesinos! No Blues Wichita / Turnstile Music [2013] Album Review: Sometimes familiarity in music is a good thing. Sure I always like to see … Read more
Gap Dream ‘Shine Your Light’ LTD Glow In The Dark LP
The new Gap Dream is now up for PRE-ORDER at Burger Records HERE. The glow-in-the-dark vinyl is limited to 500 copies.
Sharon Jones & the Dap-Kings Announce Full North American Tour Dates in 2014
Sharon Jones & the Dap Kings are set to return to the road for a full North American tour this Spring. This is the band’s … Read more
Shearwater’s “I Luv The Valley OH!” Video – New Album 11/26
You can now watch a new video for Shearwater’s “I Luv The Valley OH!,” the leadoff track from Fellow Travelers. The clip, directed by Branan … Read more
Jus Post Bellum: Oh July [Album Review]
Jus Post Bellum Oh July Self-Released [2013] Fire Note Says: Jus Post Bellum tell a historical story of war that is hard to turn away … Read more
Death Cab For Cutie: Transatlanticism (10th Anniversary Edition) [Album Review]
Death Cab For Cutie Transatlanticism (10th Anniversary Edition) Barsuk [2013] Fire Note Says: Ben Gibbard’s Transatlanticism demos are a great addition to the original. Album … Read more
Nine Inch Nails: Pretty Hate Machine [Classic Album Revisit]
Nine Inch Nails Pretty Hate Machine TVT Records Released: October 20, 1989 Producer: Trent Reznor, Flood, Adrian Sherwood, Keith LeBlanc, John Fryer Length: 48:42 Trent … Read more
La Luz: It’s Alive [Album Review]
La Luz It’s Alive Hardly Art Records [2013] Fire Note Says: La Luz’s debut is full of surf rock surprises. Album Review: Surfy rock from … Read more
Cage The Elephant: Melophobia [Album Review]
Cage The Elephant Melophobia RCA Records [2013] Fire Note Says: Cage The Elephant’s uneven third LP Melophobia has some great moments. Album Review: Bowling Green’s … Read more
Midlake: Antiphon [Album Review]
Midlake Antiphon ATO Records [2013] Fire Note Says: The Midlake reboot reasserts their claim to being the best ever soft rock band out of Denton. … Read more