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We might be nicely settled into 2012, but that doesn’t mean there’s not room for one more Best of 2011 list, especially when that list comes from DJ Premier. Of course, like all vinyl junkies, Preemo doesn’t actually stick to the assigned 25. How many of these Premier-approved records did you check last year?
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We spent an undue amount of time in 2010 rocking out to Bethany Cosentino’s instant-retro-indie debut album as Best Coast, mostly because it reminded us equal parts 1990s Riot Grrl heyday, ’70s Runaways punk mischief, and ’60s Shangri-La’s pop perfection. Early today, the band announced via Facebook that the second Best Coast album would be produced by multi-instrumental one-man-band-slash-film-composer, producer genius Jon Brion. …MORE
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Austin, Texas survived her 10th year of the Austin City Limits festival. Thousands of Austinites and tourists flooded into Zilker Park last weekend for food, drink and, most of all, the sweet sound of music. C3 productions, the producers of this three-day event, thankfully worked out some of the kinks that plagued the festival in years past. In collaboration with Austin Parks and Recreation, C3 contributed to an irrigation system for Zilker, eliminating the “Dust Bowl” phenomenon two years ago. Adequate water filling stations, misters and an ingenious recycling system (fill a bag, get a free T-shirt) all contributed to pleasant and uplifting experience much needed by the folks in Central Texas recently ravaged by wildfires.
by Katherine Deming
Check out URB’s act-by-act report on the next pages…
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The blogosphere has been known to make mountains out of molehills, but here’s something all fans of moody and somber music that gets impossibly good reviews can agree on—a collaboration beteween James Blake and Justin Vernon (aka Bon Ivers) has the potential to be pretty earth-shattering. …MORE
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