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  This new Fleet Foxes’ song ‘Helplessness Blues’ sounds like a hymn, which is not very surprising for them, but there is a sort of defiance all along this hymn. […]

Its easy to forget the amazingness of the bands we have met.   Meeting up with these cats may have been one of the few times I’ve felt jittery. But amazingly

  The eagerly anticipated latest and final Bright Eyes album, The People’s Key, is streaming on NPR two weeks before its release. I had heard four songs before today, and

1. Pinky Blue – Altered Images – I never got the Siouxie connect 　 2. Jejune Stars – Bright Eyes – This is the one we’ve been waiting for. A

Many years ago I interviewed John Barry for Creem magazine. It was around the time he worked with the Pretenders on the Bond movie, “The Living Daylights”. It was a

‘What the hell are they screaming about?’

The acoustic versions of his songs were drunk to the last drop by the Origami audience

Sleigh Bells has just released a video for ‘Rill Rill’, directed by Jon Watts, and I did not know they hadn’t a video yet, since the song is already several

Becoming a whining cynic is a right of age. Once you’ve cleared like 45 you should be able to bitch and moan about everything wrong with the world and the

Oh how I love Patrick Stump. Ever since he started his solo project, he’s been on an escalating trip. He did an a capella cover of “Green Light”, originally by

Bayside, easily one of the best bands in the entire universe, is expected to have their new album, Killing Time on February 22nd, and I’m beyond excited. They released a

watch?v=B5S-q1gRxvw&feature=player_embedded Today, January 31, 1956 Mr John Lydon was born. Now think what you will about him or the Pistols but Johnny was pretty incredible. I find it interesting how

watch?v=UY7snfJTgeE&feature=player_embedded I came across a great article that answered the ‘where are they now’ question of some of the most lame ass punk bands of the 80s/90s. As any self

1. The Waiting – Tom Petty And The Heartbreakers – A Byrdsy masterpiece unduplicated and unimaginable. 　 2. Every Thing About You Is New – Massive Attack – Like being

For fucks sake kid, give it a rest!! Now Old Man River’s is releasing his Pinkerton diaries. “a collection of all my journals, emails, letters, photos, school papers– everything from

I happen to be in the midst of a buncha straight out lies court case so reading this caught my arrention. For one reason? Why didn’t the judge toss it

New album out in March and it better be better than the meh single “Hold It Against Me” which flew up the charts before anyone actually heard it. The song

Jay-Z, Willow Smith… hell on earth. The thought pf this pair remaking “Annie” terrifies me but as bad as it is, add her parents in the mix… ugh! Maybe we

Far be it for me to tell anyone what to do but if I was to I’d suggest you read Janet Maslin on John Szwed on Alan Lomax. I, much

If record companies make their money by selling records and people will no longer pay for records… how do they make money. Distribution? How do you distribute mp3s? And, more

Is this any way for a grown man to spend his life? 1. Taylor Swift played on a ship over the weekend. 2. There is no # 2. 3. Here’s

I haven’t heard it but the Stones crap review compared it to last night and wrote stuff about interlocking guitars (are there any other type?) Gave it 4 stars which

Though I am loath to admit it, French black metal/shoegaze solo project Alcest somehow slipped by me over the years. The work of Neige (“Snow”), Alcest plays atmospheric black metal

My local record store, Vacation Vinyl had organized a cool event on Saturday afternoon, a panel discussion around the second edition of ‘American Hardcore, a tribal history’, written by Steven

One of the coolest things about being a ‘Blogger” is that I can say whatever I want and I really have no censor. As of late I have spent alot

My musician quote of the day? Has to be this one I stumbled upon from none other than Henry Rollins: “I’m mad at The Man. I’m mad at elitism. I’m

My musician quote of the day? Has to be this one I stumbled upon from none other than Henry Rollins: “I’m mad at The Man. I’m mad at elitism. I’m

So The Alarm celebrate their coming together every year. Like an birthday party for themselves every year. Hell why tour when people will make a pilgrimage to you? Sounds harsh

Before the Monotonix chaos, before the psychedelic wave of Ty Segall, two bands opened the long night at the Echoplex on Thursday night, two bands that had a sort of

Second on the Echoplex stage this last Thursday night was Devin Therriault, who looked like a 50s rocker of the future (I don’t know, he had cool lace-up boots) with

Some days are better music days than others. In real time, I am dealing with a family crises, yesterday (Friday), I had a great, like ridiculously good, live music night.

Writing about music is a lot like sex… I know I SAID it is like masturbation and it is but it is like sex on this way… OK, lemme think.

The problem with being in love is you can’t be as cynical as you might want to!!! A year ago I woulda laughed myself sick at the former Boomtown Rats

Or as we like to call it: the blind leading the blind… I didn’t think anything could be worse than Velvet Revolver, atrocious a coupla years ago with Green Day

1. Red Fox Run – Twin Tigers – Did themselves a lotta favors with me Friday night. 2. Lassie – Mike Ogltree – Shuffles like country, folk, reggae plus jigs

Onika Tanya Maraj was born in 1984. Upon hearing she would be performing on Saturday Night Live, I prayed for a power outage. I’m not going to lie, I absolutely

In the ten months since Athens, Ga’s Twin Tigers released their excellent Gray Waves, the band has developed, changed, improved. Last night they were a Sonic tonic, waves of sharp

click to see Monotonix Are we ever prepared for chaos? I mean real chaos, legs in the air, feet in your face, crowd-crawling people above your head, splash of beer

Last Limey band we touted was Ramona and though it might take you awhile to catch up, you will eventually. And when Karen Anne recommends a band, we tend to

the music industry is obviously slumming right now. I spend my nights thinking why? And how? I spend my days trying to make it anyway. My latest thoughts.. It has

yikes… yeah I’m .. this photograph is supposed to ‘hot’ up Ms Lea Michelle, but I just well… I don’t see it Great news the Glee star will be singing

remember staying up til like 4 in the morning to ‘unlock’ the Fall Out Boy song on Rockband with the kid. My eyes were burning out of my socket and

Well out of his prison orange Boy George appeared on BBC morning programme ‘Breakfast’ and slurred out the following: “We are getting back together. Next year,” “This year I’m doing

Ty Segall There were ‘No Stage Diving’ signs duct-taped all over the place at the Echoplex last Thursday night, but I wonder why they had even bothered. During Ty Segall’s

Well I will keep asking til I get an answer but what the hell up Johnny Craig. He’s in, he’s out, hes gone solo.. hes in rehab.. he’s dead… He’s

At Pianos last night, Dreamers Of The Ghetto visited us from Bloomington, Illinois, and while they didn’t bring many new friends everybody who saw them will remember them and spread