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Monday Music News
Newsreel
May14

Monday Music News

JACK WHITE, whose first solo album, Blunderbuss, dropped this past April, recently met up with astronaut Buzz Aldrin for a magazine interview, and told Aldrin that he (White) is working on a “secret project” to get one of his songs to be the first vinyl record played in outer space. White’s concept? To launch a balloon that carries a record player, and to figure out how to drop the needle once the balloon leaves the stratosphere. Ooh-kay. White will be travelling to the UK next month for a round of live shows in support of Blunderbuss, presumably not by rocket ship. ADELE has filmed an hour-long NBC TV interview special,...

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Monday Music News
Newsreel
May07

Monday Music News

BEASTIE BOY Adam Yauch is our sad headline this week. The Beastie known as MCA passed away this past weekend of the cancer that he’s been battling for several years now. One of the founders of the groundbreaking hip-hop trio, the talented Yauch, along with Beastie-mates Adam Horovitz (Ad-Rock) and Mike Diamond (Mike D) expanded upon innovations like musical sampling with the Beasties’ unique blend of rock and rap; their music, including such edgy, catchy hits as “Intergalactic” and “No Sleep Till Brooklyn,” which cut across both genres and generations. Yauch’s last album with the Beasties was Hot...

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From the Editor
From the Editor
May01

From the Editor

Happy May, Pyxis Mag readers, and welcome back! Another month, another cool issue of Pyxis Mag is ready to go just for you. First, we were fortunate to get an advance copy of English band Keane’s much-anticipated new album, Strangeland, which we review in full (trust us, it’s...

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Keane Strangeland
Reviews | CD
May01

Keane Strangeland

    Keane | Strangeland | Cherrytree/Interscope  Island/Universal Four years after the synthy experiment that was Keane’s Perfect Symmetry album arrives Strangeland, their latest – and some say, most emotional – effort yet. Recorded at Tim Rice-Oxley’s own Sea...

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Mysterious Motopony
Interviews | Music
May01

Mysterious Motopony

  “For me, a motopony is any tool that you attribute some living characteristic to,” Motopony singer Daniel Blue says by way of explaining the band’s name. “My motorcycle becomes a horse, and my car a living chariot,” he continues, “our instruments are...

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Flower Songs
PyxMix
May01

Flower Songs

Kaiser Chiefs | Flowers in the Rain The Chiefs’ exclusive cover version of this song by Birmingham, England ’60s band The Move  is choppy, peppy, and a tiny bit punky. Now throw on your Doc Martens and go for a May stroll, wouldja? Travis | Flowers in the Window A sunny, breezy...

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Cake Goes Solar
Interviews | Music
May01

Cake Goes Solar

If you’re a Cake fan, then chances are you’ve already snagged their latest album, Showroom of Compassion. What you might not know, though, is that the band recorded that entire set of songs off the grid – literally – with their recording sessions powered completely by...

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The Nights of fun.
Interviews | Music
May01

The Nights of fun.

Founded in NYC and now hearing their latest songs being played everywhere from radio to adverts are upstart indie-popsters fun. (yes, that’s lower-case, with a period, thankyouverymuch), whose – sorry – fun mix of baroque pop, hip-hop, and theatrics is snagging them new fans...

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Monday Music News
Newsreel
Apr30

Monday Music News

MAXIMO PARK have announced the release date for their next full-length studio album, The National Health, which is now set to hit music outlets on June 11. Strangely, there’s no label attached to the album yet – not even one of the band’s own (they split with long-time label home Warp Records last year) – but the album can be pre-ordered via Maximo Park’s own website. As for the music, it’s a step up since their rather tepid 2009 release, the ironically-named Quicken the Heart, and includes new tracks “Write This Down,” “This Is What Becomes of the Broken Hearted,” and the title...

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Monday Music News
Newsreel
Apr23

Monday Music News

THE BEATLES’ groundbreaking 1968 animated film Yellow Submarine has been specially restored (frame-by-frame, instead of the usual digital-software restoration) in order to be re-released on May 29 of this year. Following the escapades of The Beatles’ Sgt. Peppers Lonely Hearts Club Band characters as they travel to an undersea city to fight the music-hating Blue Meanie villains, the repackaged film will now include a making-of documentary, behind-the-scene photos, audio commentary, and a nifty 16-page booklet that includes comments by Pixar chief John Lasseter, who mentions that Yellow Submarine “helped pave the way”...

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Record Store Day
Finds
Apr21

Record Store Day

We wish that we had time to visit a few record stores in every major city to better honor this 5th anniversary of Record Store Day. But in this instance, we’re going to have to narrow it down to a more managable – and anniversary-appropriate – five picks, since we’d...

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Beyond Wonka
Finds
Apr17

Beyond Wonka

AJI ICHIBAN CANDY STORES | NEW YORK, NY US Candy fans, bring your wallets and make sure you’ve set aside plenty of time for Aji Ichiban, a unique and wacky standout stop among the plethora of markets and food shops in NYC’s Chinatown. Sleek clear plastic bins wrap around the...

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Monday Music News
Newsreel
Apr16

Monday Music News

NYC’S FAMED CBGB club may be gone, a victim of New York City rent disputes and property bargaining (ugh), but the spirit of CB’s lives on via a brand new music festival. Set for July 4-8 of this year (in NYC, of course), the CBGB Festival, with its slogan of “Get Ready. Get Loud. Get Heard,” is sure to revive a bit of the punk in anyone who may have appreciated the likes of Blondie, The Ramones, or Talking Heads during CBGB’s heyday. While there’s not yet a listing of expected acts – although you can pretty much bank on some of CBGB’s old regulars popping up for a set or two – the...

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Monday Music News
Newsreel
Apr09

Monday Music News

MTV UNPLUGGED, the series that literally unplugs bands and has them present their songs in a (mostly) acoustic format, is set to return to the sorta-Music-Television channel, although the Unplugged show itself is now set to be divided between MTV, VH1, and CMT airings. The 2012 season of the program will feature Florence and the Machine for Unplugged’s first airing of the year on April 8, with The Civil Wars set to debut on the VH1 version of the show later this spring. Additional Unplugged acts for 2012 will be announced shortly – and in the meantime, you can watch previous Unplugged sets by the likes of Adele, Phoenix, Vampire...

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From the Editor
From the Editor
Apr02

From the Editor

It’s true, it’s true – spring has finally arrived! (in the Northern Hemisphere, at least) – with autumn making its appearance to our friends in Australia and beyond. Everyone in our Pyxis Mag offices are certainly happy to see warmer weather arrive – and with it,...

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Monday Music News
Newsreel
Apr02

Monday Music News

AUSSIE BAND JET are best known for songs like “Look What You’ve Done,” “Rollover DJ,” and “Are You Gonna Be My Girl” – and those are the tunes you’ll have to remember the band by, as the bandmates have just officially announced their breakup. In an online statement to their fans, Jet said: “After many successful years of writing, recording and touring, we wish to announce our discontinuation as a group. From the many pubs, theatres, stadiums and festivals all across the world it was the fans that made our amazing story possible and we wish to thank them all. Thank you, and...

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Famous White Rabbits
Interviews | Music
Apr02

Famous White Rabbits

The recording sessions for White Rabbits’ latest album seemed to fly under the radar. Not much was talked about, not much was heard – but the truth was, the band was simply approaching the process in a more leisurely, dare we say garage-band-y way, than their schedule had...

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Keeping Frank Turner
Interviews | Music
Apr02

Keeping Frank Turner

Former Million Dead frontman Frank Turner, for those of you who haven’t been paying attention for the past six years, isn’t quite as punk as he used to be. Well, not sonically, at least. The talented Turner has – ‘scuse the pun – turned to a new sound since the...

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Josiah Leming
Bands to Watch
Apr02

Josiah Leming

Singer-songwriter Josiah Leming – he of the plaintive vocals and instinctive piano skills, and writer of catchy, Americana-meets-Brit-pop influenced songs – is proving to be an exception to a rule. He’s an American Idol outcast who’s actually well worth listening...

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Rainy Day Songs
PyxMix
Apr02

Rainy Day Songs

Thom Yorke | And It Rained All Night Riding in the rain, on a train, with Radiohead’s frontman, musically pondering how a simple change in the weather can wash a City clean. Travis | Why Does It Always Rain on Me Don’t worry, Fran Healy, it’ll be okay. Your future will always...

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