Warning For Velvet Underground Fans/Pizza Lovers : This Post May Offend You
he only thing I remember about Macaulay Culkin was these ‘Home Alone’ movies and these sleepovers at Michael Jackson’ Neverland ranch
Beyonce And Jay Z, The Vegan Poseurs
PETA praises Jay Z and Beyoncé for getting animals off their plates for 22 days and hopes that this great spiritual exercise will open their eyes to the suffering of all animals—including the wonderful ones who are killed not for the table but for a coat, a belt, or a bag.’
Watch 'Tropico', Lana Del Rey's New 30-Minute Clip
May be they die at the end, or this is redemption, ascension, canonization, who knows? They seem to float away to join the John Wayne-Elvis-Marilyn heaven crowd, because this is Los Angeles after all and old stars hang out in the sky above.
Noel Gallagher Gives His Opinion On Everyone In the Music Business And He is Hysterical!
I never miss reading a Gallagher interview, as the guy’s brutal honesty is legendary and has apparently no limits. The interviewer basically asked him about every successful music of this year, and the results are unequal but quite interesting.
Best Coast's Tennis Match Video For 'This Lonely Morning'
The whole thing seems to have been filmed on a budget string, somewhere on a local tennis court in a Los Angeles backyard and the highest cost of the video may have been the many tennis balls sharpied for the circumstance.
Kanye West Sued For Anti-Semitism
Black people don’t have the same level of connections as Jewish people. Black people don’t have the same connection as oil people.’ As usual, the first thing I did notice is that the statement doesn’t make sense,… Did Bush convert to Judaism? Or did Obama lose all his Jewish connections?
Cat Power At The El Rey Theater, Monday December 2nd 2013
But, tell me, which other performer sees his or her performance interrupted just after the third song by a torrent of flowers delivered by fans, and followed by an effusive demonstration of love with gifts, books arriving on stage as if it was Christmas three weeks in advance?
Jay Z And Beyoncé Going Vegan For 22 Days
The term spiritual had such a bad connotation for me as people put so much behind the term. Jay Z, you aren’t going to find God or Buddha or achieve a higher level of consciousness when turning vegan, you are just going to be healthier and do something very good for the earth.
HMV Will Not Sell Lostprophets' Music But Sells Charles Mason's Albums?
I have never bought anything from Manson, not even listened to his music, his awful crimes are a complete turn off for me, and I am sorry about this idealistic discourse about the separation between the art and the artist, there is just a limit I can’t cross sometimes. We all have our own limits on what we can tolerate from an artis
Lady Gaga Japanese Silicone Dolls
The Gaga dolls also have an amazing feature that probably doesn’t come with regular love dolls: by pressing your ear to their chest you can listen to Gaga’s songs and secret messages. These rubber things are expected to be used to advertise the singer’s new album, but can you imagine what will happen to them afterwards?
Not With The Band: Enough With That God's Chorus Of Crickets
You’re gonna say science always ruins everything! Did we need to spoil this for everyone, people were so happy to believe it was a divine intervention of mother nature! I hardly revealed anything because the info was there, on the page, but people were posting and reposting the thing without even checking the other links
People Are Actually Mad At This Mastodon's Thanksgiving T-shirt?
The fact that they had to explain the purpose of the drawing ruins the whole thing, they shouldn’t have written anything to justify themselves and let stupid people stuck with their one-level interpretation of things, these same people must completely miss what good art is about. There are some pretty sick and awful comments in this page!
'The Unbelievers' Reviewed
‘Radiohead was the first band to say yes to the project’ said professor Lawrence Krauss during the Q&A after the screening of ‘The Unbelievers’ on Friday night. Sure, you’re
Bob Dylan Sued By French Croats Over A Sentence He Said To Rolling Stone!
The hatred between the two ethnicities was real at the time and I would be surprised if there wasn’t any leftover,… Dylan’s sentence wasn’t offensive at all, may be it wasn’t exactly politically correct but it resonates with history.
It's This Time Of The Year….To Wear Your Favorite Band's Christmas Sweater
So I don’t see any reason to wear a Slayer Christmas sweater unless you are pissed off at your family and want to shock your great uncle at the next Christmas party? In this case these fucking reindeers should do the job.
Listen to Bosco Delrey's New Song ‘Egyptian Holed Up’
Bosco Delrey is currently touring in Europe where he is enjoying a real success, and in a recent interview, he admitted he wanted to forget about his American or electronic roots and go for a more naked music with real instruments. Curiously, he is on Diplo’s Mad Decent dance label
The Barenaked Ladies Cancel Their Show At Seaworld Because Of 'Blackfish'
Actually, they seem to be more influenced by their fans than anything else, since their fans had launched an online petition asking them to cancel the show scheduled for February 15th 2014. Whatever, it’s a good thing they have decided to boycott Seaworld,
A Music Streaming Service On TV?
It is simply not what we have been trained to, turn on the TV to listen to music? What a crazy idea if there is no image. We have our computers, iPods and iPhones, why the hell would I turn on the TV to stare at a blue screen while listening to some has-been band of the 80s?
Is Thom Yorke An Old Guy Or A Luddite?
They probably have about the same size and weight so it could go on forever! But it’s ridiculous, none of them is the fighting type, they re both civil and courteous guys and so this is a waste of time on a slow-news day.
Ron Reyes Fired From Black Flag
Black Flag news on a black Friday? And not really good news, although it entirely depends on what you think of the revival surrounding the iconic hardcore band. Black Flag , the Greg Ginn team, not the Keith-Morris-Chuch-Dukowsky one, has fired its singer Ron Reyes in the middle of a show,
Night Terrors Of 1927 At The Echo, Monday November 25th 2013
I thought that one of guys looked awfully like Rilo Kiley’s Blake Sennett, then for some reasons, I thought it wasn’t him… Silly me, it was Blake, proving one more time that there is a musical life after Jenny Lewis!
'The Punk Singer’, A New Documentary About Riot Grrrl Kathleen Hanna,
It’s very comforting to read this about a human being. She is doing better these days, she is still in treatment for Lyme disease but has started performing again with her band the Julie Ruin.
Beck Performs 'Wave', A New Song Off His Upcoming 'Morning Phase' Album
These shows are heavy and too serious and they have a strict no picture policy by the way! But this didn’t stop someone to shoot the footage below, which proves that this type of policy never works and that Beck wasn’t kidding when he said his next album would be a follow-up of ‘Sea Change’.
You Are Looking At Mozart's Face,… Really?
This is probably what happened to this Mozart’s picture, strangely contemporary looking, it’s not Mozart, it’s an idealistic average picture of him. But why does it matter so much after all? Why does it matter if this musical genius was good looking or not?
Not With The Band: Kanye West Is No Punk
I was the first black man to ever pitch an Italian designer leather jogging pants’. Every time, I say to myself, this has to be a joke, right? But if it is a joke, it’s getting old,… we don’t need more of this absurdity, the real Kanye should show up, or is this the real Kanye West?
Against The Odds, Pitchfork Goes Into Print
Schreiber has a high opinion of his publication, which will focus on design, photography and of course writing: ‘The price point is in line with the literary and cultural journals that exist, like Monocle and Kinfolk. It will be substantial, printed on quality stock. With vinyl you’re paying more than a download, but it’s permanent and substantial.’
A Ten-Year Relationship With Rivers Cuomo?
Let’s just stop there, a ten-year relationship with Cuomo? I wonder what Cuomo would say about this, According to Weezerpedia, she was Cuomo’s on-again off-again girlfriend between 1992 and 1995! Hey that’s barely 3 years
Watch Kings Of Leon's New Western-Tale Video For 'Beautiful War’
Kings of Leon have released a new video, for the song ‘Beautiful War’, and it plays like a mini movie about cowboys, love, bar fights, Urban-cowboy-style bull riding, and even jail.
Sexy New Trailer For Lana Del Rey's Upcoming Short Movie 'Tropico'
Almost 200,000 views and more than 2,000 comments in just one day,… is Del Rey really an icon or does she has a very loyal fans who are watching the trailer all day long?
The Beastie Boys Aren't Happy About The Unauthorized Use Of 'Girls' In A Toy Commercial
Three little girls building a gigantesque domino effect with their new toys, while singing the Beastie Boys song ‘Girls’ with alternative lyrics, such as ‘Girls/to build the spaceship/ Girls/ to code the new app/ Girls/ to grow up knowing/ That they can engineer that/ Girls. That’s all we really need is girls.’
A New Documentary About Daniel Johnston Funded By Unexpected Contributors
‘Hi, How Are You” is a collaborative short film by a group of dedicated Daniel Johnston fans (creators of the film Archie’s Final Project) and Daniel himself. It’s a musical tale of an aging artist encountering psychedelic dreams, nightmares, and characters from his past.
A Third Video For Arcade Fire's 'Afterlife'?
How many ‘Afterlife’ videos does Arcade Fire expect to release? First there was the one re-soundtrack-ing the film ‘Black Orpheus’, then the Spike Jonze-directed and Greta Gerwing-danced video for the Youtube Awards, and now this one, directed by Canadian filmmaker Emily Kai Bock and produced by the Creators Project.
How Would Your Favorite Eternally Young Dead Rock Stars Look Today?
Sachs Media Group, in collaboration with photo restoration and manipulation company Phojoe, has published a series of portraits of musicians who died young, trying to figure out how they would have aged. And the results are quite realistic
They Are All Big Now But We Got Them First
I am sure I am not only speaking for myself, but it seems to me that an awful number of bands we have covered in their early days, have now officially reached the success status
Watch A Multi-Channel Interactive Video For Bob Dylan's 'Like A Rolling Stone'
It sure is original but I wonder whether this is a metaphor to tell us that everything on TV sounds the same and that this delusion of channel abundance is just, well, a delusion, and that nothing beats a good old Dylan song?
Musicians Pay Hommage To Musicophile Filmmaker Wes Anderson
Wes Anderson may be releasing a new movie next year – ‘Hotel Budapest’ will make its theatrical debut in the US on March 7th – but musicians haven’t waited any longer to release their own Wes Anderson tribute album. Is ‘I Saved Latin!’, an obvious ‘Rushmore’ reference, a premiere?
Watch Queens Of The Stone Age's Halloween-Theme New Video For 'Vampyre of Time and Memory'
I finally found my way to explore the dark room full of old books, carnivorous plants, antics, QOTSA memorabilia, taxidermied animals, and an ageless bulgy-eyed woman coming straight from ‘The Fearless Vampire Killers’.
Kanye West Launches DONDA’s 'Design Lecture Series’ At Harvard Graduate School of Design
He is this kind of guy, getting excited about a word, having all kinds of thoughts vaguely related to each other getting on his mind at the same time, and producing this collage of words that can only make sense to Kim Kardashian, and will make you unnecessarily scratch your head for a minute or two
‘Soaked in Bleach’, A New Movie About Kurt Cobain's Death
It was described as a film which ‘explores the death of Kurt Cobain and its aftermath, examines the competing opinions and theories surrounding his death (suicide or foul play/murder), as well as the various people tied to those theories.
Not With The Band: Did You Say Sex Scandal With A Minor?
It’s simple, there is a similar story around many many rock stars! May be all of them? Mick Jagger had allegedly a quick night with very young Mackenzie Phillips – but that may have been the least of her worries as she claims to have engaged in an incestuous relationship with her own father a bit later
Elliott Smith's Supposed Previous Suicide Attempt: Let's Revisit The Cliff Story
‘I don’t like when people talk about all the bad things that have happened to them as if that makes them unique. Because I don’t think I’ve had a harder time than other people.’
Joan Jett Kicked Off A Macy's Thanksgiving Parade Float Because She Is A Vegetarian
‘So, of course, when we learned that about Miss Jett, we were rightly concerned about her representing South Dakota and a state that is so heavily reliant on agriculture and livestock production to drive our economy’.
Listen To Planningtorock's 'Human Drama'
Beside the synth swirls, the electronic bouncy beats, the handclaps and the strings (lots of them), the main attraction is Rostron’s voice, loud, operatic, deep and androgynous to the point you wonder about the gender or even the nature of the person producing such a sound
Jay Z Continues His Collaboration With Barneys, Despite Racial Profiling Scandal
‘I am in a unique position to use my voice to affect change to this disturbing issue. The easy position would have been to walk away and leave policymaking to others hoping that someone addresses the problem,’ declared Jay Z
Quasi At The Echo, Wednesday November 13th 2013
They gave a tight show at the Echo on Wednesday night, with little stop between the songs, just the right amount of chatting and joking, building an enormous rock sound, whatever Sam Coomes was behind his keyboard or playing guitar
Arcade Fire's 'Supersymmetry' Was In Fact Written For Spike Jonze's Upcoming Movie, 'Her'
Win and I started talking about the score about two years ago, and then it kinda seemed like the record sort of informed the soundtrack and the soundtrack informed the record a little bit, and there’s like a song on Reflektor — the last one, ‘Supersymmetry’ — that he wrote for the movie, but then it sort of became something else.
James Murphy Wants To Turn The NY Subway Into A Musical Experience
‘It’s such a brutal city. I think one little gift of kindness would be nice’, he declared to Sound Opinions. And this gift of kindness would be to bring music in each subway station in New York, turning the whole subway system into a giant orchestra
'Sugar Won’t Work', By Elvis Costello And The Roots, Starbucks' Song Of The Week
So now he has teamed up with hip hop/neo-soul band called the Roots for this new album ‘Wise Up ghost’ and I just wonder, does he make him a better candidate for all these late talk shows?
Google Glass Does Music Too!
Google Glass allows you to interact with music, let you search for songs, scan through saved playlists and especially listen to music in high fidelity!
Is Arcade Fire Cool Enough?
‘Win tripped and got super pissed, so I don’t think he enjoyed the second half of the song (I think he tripped on a photographer at the base of the stage because after the song, he was yelling “Get the f out!” really angrily