Will Rivers Cuomo Please Shut Up About Pinkerton?
The awesome extended Pinkerton was one of my fave albums this year and now, finally, the creator seems to have joined us in adoring his wondrous creation of sexual distaff […]
The awesome extended Pinkerton was one of my fave albums this year and now, finally, the creator seems to have joined us in adoring his wondrous creation of sexual distaff […]
We Spalding Gray fans are legion. My pal Mike Blauner got me into him late, some time during the 90s, and I caught Spalding’s last few monologues. Personally, whatever your
The most misunderstood band in rock and roll history, preening egotists Kings Of Leon, explained why they don’t want you even calling in to one of their video shoots if
I don’t suffer from nostalgia and I especially don’t suffer from musical nostalgia. I didn’t see “A Day In The Life”/”Give Peace A Chance” as a tribute to a fallen
Julian Assange, the man behind the Wikileaks of tens of thousands of secret US emails, was named rock star of the year by Italy’s Rolling Stone. Lessee here. His incredible
Bright Eyes has announced upcoming dates for their next year tour, and the west coast seems completely forgotten, or could they announce more dates later? I suspect (and hope) it
It is true and it is free. Here is BBC’s breakout bands of 2011 via Stereogum, and except for the Vaccines, I don’t know one of em. So all you
1. H.W.C. – Liz Phair – The handclaps, the sweetened strums, the cool not hot harp. It all got in the way of a classic Phair classic. Say what you
As we go into 2010 in review time, I can clearly state the one artist discovered this year that I hate more than any other ever. This includes Bob Segar,
So now we know. We kinda guessed it early in Liz Phair’s set, when “Extraordinary” off her 2003 failed pop move Liz Phair, was a real treat. But “H.W.C.”, off
Paul Simonon, bassist beast of The Clash. Pauly has been working with former Clasher Mick Jones touring with The Gorillaz on their latest tourstravaganza. Word from Australia today indicates that
A few weeks ago I posted a great review by local artist by the name of Scott Krokoff. Mr. Krokoff even made the daily playlist of our famous editor, Iman.
After Trey Songz dire performance opening for Mariah Carey a year ago, only the excellent “Can’t Be Friends” convinced me it might be worth another visit opening for Usher. I
After his stormy online exchange with Iman, Gil Reyes proposed to interview him for his movie – for a bonus feature only, as he said – but, as Iman returned
Well now down at the trailer park when the boys get out of the plant they head on over to Lilly’s for a beer and a snort and then they
If you thought Jack Blacks animated Drummer Boy Peace On Earth sucked… you ain’t seen nothing yet. I love Will Ferrell and John C Reilly. I have been told I
OK well, we sure have had alot of excitement leading up to tomorrows D.R.U.G.S concert in Rhode Island. Lets see, Craig Owens has fallen ill sought medical attention and was
How does Jack White do it? How does he convince country rock legends to work with him? After the Loretta Lynn album, for which they got two Grammy Awards, he
What is emo exactly? A style of music emerging from the hardcore punk characterized by melodic musicianship and expressive, often confessional lyrics says Wikipedia, but it’s also a sort of
Happy 21st to Taylor Swift who tweeted she had pizza with 21 candles on it. The mind boggles of course. Whether I am a cynic or otherwise this has
It was inevitable. It started with me ranting about music. Then me, Nessing and Helen ranting about music. And then Helen and I doing the editing. And now when I
1. Bon Jovi 2. U2 3. AC/DC 4. Lady Gaga 5. the Black Eyed Peas 6. James Taylor and Carole King 7. Eagles 8. Metallica 9. Dave Mathews 10. Paul
Hmmm, this is my third rock stars sons post today. this is the best. During a violent student protest over raised costs for tuition at UK Unoversity’s, David’s adopted son
1. Oh Happy Day – Acapella Soul – The sound of black men making a living in the name of God. 2. Busload Of Faith – Lou Reed – Best
I Can’t Make It Another Day (feat Lenny Kravitz) - Michael Jackson Dear Candy – Ryan Adams Love Letter – R. Kelly Ironiclast – The Damned Thing Romantico – Elvis
Funniest article of the week. Judy Berman on Flavorwire’s “Stereotyping You By Your Favorite Album of 2010”. Not for nothing but my fave album of the year is the Monitor
Majesty Shredding – Superchunk – Are we feuding with Superchunk? They own Merge records so I’m feeling we should be… but…. Whatever, this ain’t gonna start it. Great power punk
Strip Me – Natashia Bedingfield – Dance production values on mainstream AOR pop. Dharohar Project – EP – Laura Marling and Mumuford And Sons – The sheer horror of this
1. Back For Good – Take That – Biggest band in the world… if the world ends at the North Sea. This classic from 1996 is why. 2. Perfect World
Whoa. Uh That guy is… Ronnie Radke. He wait let me delete the picture so I can write. K Ronnie was the lead singer for Escape the Fate and he
OK, so there is no intrinsic reason to post this pix. I am going to see her live tonight, so that’s why Liz Phair is on my mind. But, really,
Twitter makes you feel like you have your finger on the pulse of your favorite people. Its fun and its interesting and well its great to look at when waiting
I didn’t go to the first or second night of KROQ Almost Acoustic Christmas, I had too much work and was not that convinced I should spend that much money,
1. I Am Not A robot – Marina And The Diamonds 2. Theme From “Cheers” – Titus Andronicus 3. Speak Now – Taylor Swift 4. Happy Accident – Bright Eyes
More great news from he alt pop world! Paramore will ‘stay out of the limelight’ in 2011, to focus on recording a new album. Considering the length of time it
— a “conspiracy theorist”! As a spectator (with whiplash), allow me 2 toss in my 2 sense… The following is a list of TIME’s “10 Most Popular Conspiracy Theories of
American Psycho the musical? It sounds quite of weird to me, but it will be a reality. Singer-songwriter Duncan Sheik, who had a hit in 1996 with ‘Barely Breathing’, and
I was watching ‘Wishful Drinking’ the one-woman show Carrie Fisher did for HBO, in which she exposed her whole life, starting from being Eddie Fisher’s daughter to Star Wars princess,
Lemmy! Its even tougher to understand Mr. Killminster than a stoned Keith Richards. Lemmy is fondly calls John Lennon” the asshole”, of The Beatles. It is a priceless quote from a master
Kid Cudi – There is nothing wrong with ambition. Nothing wrong with failure. Nothing, nothing, nothing. But man does Vol II suck. It didn’t happen. And while there is nothing
I got a good news bad news thing going here. The band Gossip is fantastic. I think this is one of the most fun sounds I have ever heard. Literally
1. Black Eyed Peas – ‘The Time (Dirty Bit)’2. Willow Smith – ‘Whip My Hair’3. Ellie Goulding – ‘Your Song’4. Rihanna – ‘What’s My Name’5. Rihanna – ‘Only Girl (In
1. Take That – ‘Progress’2. Michael Buble – ‘Crazy Love’3. Olly Murs – ‘Olly Murs’4. Rihanna – ‘Loud’5. JLS – ‘Outta This World’6. Susan Boyle – ‘The Gift’7. Kings Of
Why does Dan Aquilante have a job? In a typically godawful review of Michael, Aquilante shamed himself yet again. “…But it is Michael Jackson’s best album in years” Danny boy
Since we are in contactmusic theft by any other name mode, this pix and story was lifted wholesale (more or less). The kid in the middle is Liam Gallaghers son.
Jon Parales had this to say about the nervously anticiaped first post-humous MJ album: “his posthumous career will not be a matter of simply revealing what was in his archives,
The pix above? the Modfather himself Paul Weller with two of his kids. Friday night the boy, Nat, joined Papa Jam on stage along with his five year old brother.
1. Call Your Girlfriend – Robyn – Her best release since May 2. I’m Back – T.I. – I just completely hate the whinging and intimidating strings sample. I’ve heard
In January 2010, Margie Boulé, a journalist for the Oregonian, wrote an article entitled ‘The truth about Elliott Smith’, in which she tried to give a more accurate portrait of
Happy Birthday Frankie! My God I could go on forever about how wonderful you are. Your voice is pure magic. I’m pretty damn sure you invented the sexy beast. There