The Color Awesome

THEESatisfaction Has Split

08/22/2017 paige Comments Off

After seven years of creating, touring, pushing boundaries and breaking through glass ceilings, THEESatisfaction is no more. […]

OUT LINES Announce DEBUT ALBUM ‘CONFLATS’

08/20/2017 paige Comments Off

There’s a new Scottish supergroup in town: Out Lines. It features The Twilight Sad’s James Graham, Kathryn Joseph and Marcus Mackay. […]

Slowdive Arrive with an Astonishing Return

05/17/2017 Phil Pickens Comments Off

Slowdive emerge with grace, adoration, a damn fine set of new tunes, not to mention a flawless live show. […]

The Unlikely Renaissance of Slowdive

04/06/2017 Phil Pickens Comments Off

Photograph: David Levene for the Guardian Nice to see Slowdive getting some delayed recognition. Check out the recent Slowdive interview over at The Guardian. “Twenty years after a Britpop-obsessed music press drove them out of […]

Festivals

Day One of TCA’s CLOUDLESS Festival Announced and How You Can Help Kickstart The Party

04/29/2012 Phil Pickens Comments Off

CLOUDLESS happens on May 24th + 25th 2012 in Seattle! The fabulous ADÉ + Glitterbang + USF + Erik Blood + MAHOGANY perform for your votes. […]

Kevin Shields Talks About New My Bloody Valentine LP

04/08/2012 paige Comments Off

Some writer named Ryan Dombal over at Pitchfork is one lucky sod. He had the chance to chat up My Bloody Valentine leader Kevin Shields via phone last week at his London home. Turns out […]

Air France Call It Quits.

03/26/2012 Phil Pickens Comments Off

“We have tried so hard, and we truly gave it all we had. And now we have decided to stop trying, even though it breaks our hearts.” […]

Rare Joy Division and New Order master tapes surface

03/02/2012 paige Comments Off

Celebrity chef Jamie Oliver has unearthed rare Joy Division and New Order master tapes in Manchester. […]

Ian McCulloch cancels U.S. tour

02/27/2012 paige Comments Off

Echo & The Bunnymen frontman Ian McCulloch has scrubbed a short U.S. solo tour planned for late March. […]

Madness Announce San Francisco Fauxchella Date

02/07/2012 paige Comments Off

For months, I’ve been telling all my friends that ska legends Madness would be announcing a northern California date the week of April 16th. How could I be so sure? For years, The Coachella Festival […]

Anton Corbijn wins 2011 Prince Bernhard Dutch Culture Fund Prize

12/13/2011 paige Comments Off

Dutch photographer and filmmaker Anton Corbijn was awarded the prestigious Prince Bernhard Culture Fund award on Monday evening and promptly used the prize money of €75,000 ($100,000) to set up a fund of his own […]

Ben Gibbard and Zooey Deschanel Call it Quits

11/01/2011 paige Comments Off

Not a good season for indie marriages. Last week Thurston and Kim of Sonic Youth threw in the towel. Today US Weekly reports that after two years of marriage, Zooey Deschanel and Ben Gibbard have […]

Anton Corbijn to Direct Coldplay Live Concert Webcast

10/11/2011 paige Comments Off

Anton Corbijn is the latest director to be tapped for American Express’ Unstaged series. Corbijn will direct Coldplay and their performance will be broadcast live from Madrid, Spain. Coldplay will be webcasting their performance from […]

Paige K. Parsons Photography Gets a Facelift

10/02/2011 paige Comments Off

If you were wondering why things had been a bit slow around here at The Color Awesome, here’s the answer. Paige has been hard at work updating her photography website, Paige K. Parsons Photography. This […]

New Order reform for two benefit shows with Gillian Gilbert and without Peter Hook

09/05/2011 paige Comments Off

According to NME, New Order have announced that the band will reform to play two benefit gigs in October, but troublesome bass player Peter Hook will not be part of the line-up. New Order will […]

PIAS UK Warehouse Burns in UK Riots, 150 indie labels lose entire inventory

08/09/2011 paige 2

According to the BBC and Pitchfork, A Sony distribution warehouse in North London burned to the ground on August 9th in the third straight night of riots in the UK. The 200,000 square-foot center housed […]

Noisepop reveals lineup for 2011 Treasure Island Fest

07/25/2011 paige 1

Girls announce ‘Father, Son, Holy Ghost’ and tour, including two nights at the Great American Music Hall

07/16/2011 paige Comments Off

Returning with a new album a little less than a year after the Broken Dreams Club EP, Girls have announced that their second full length, Father, Son, Holy Ghost, will come out September 13th on […]

Depeche Mode’s Original Songwriters Reunite For ‘Techno Album’ After Three Decades

07/14/2011 paige Comments Off

Depeche Mode guitarist Martin Gore has teamed up with founding band member Vince Clarke for a new side project. The pair have re-united to record a techno album which they are currently in the process […]

Stream Death Cab For Cutie’s “Codes and Keys”

05/23/2011 paige Comments Off

Over the past month we’ve gotten a video for “Home Is A Fire” and streams of “Underneath The Sycamore,” “Some Boys,” “You Are A Tourist,” and “Codes And Keys.” Now thanks to NPR you can […]

Diamond Rings Signs to Astralwerks

05/14/2011 paige Comments Off

John O’Regan’s Diamond Rings project has signed a world-wide deal with Astralwerks (although he’ll still remain on Secret City Records in Canada). Astralwerks will re-release Special Affections, Diamond Rings’ debut full-length on June 21. Continue […]