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I have been thinking about writing a post about twitter and now i am thinking about writing on false intimacy… i don’t mean virtual intimacy, I mean intimacy, personal relationships, […]

You know you’ve arrived when… Regis is meant to be Justin Bieber but looks more like Paul McCartney, Kelly makes a spectacular Lady Gaga and that’s all I have for

Sick of Sarah are a pretty good all girl rock band out of Minneapolis. Played together for five years. And just got a big break. They are part of retailer

Even if you have never heard of Aloe Blacc, there is a lot of chances you have heard his hit song ‘I need a dollar’ and if you don’t know

Big fan of the Punk Goes series… still Welcome the latest Punk Goes Pop 3.  Chock full of non punk bands.  Why is it Punk Goes if none of the

Buy a planner Set your alarm New release from The Decemberists!  “The King Is Dead” DYING in anticipation! Dumb tracklist: ‘Don’t Carry It All’ ‘Calamity Song’ ‘Rise To Me’ ‘Rox

Er, that thing above is Santos Party House banground with out the logo. Apparently after being closed for distribution of illegal substances they are back up and running though, according

I wrote a post the other day about Poly Styrene’s return to recording. Poly is the former lead singer of the X-Ray Specs and one of the most important members

Live in 2010: Started off very, very slow with one dog after another, reaching its nadir with a terrible Jenny And Johnny, before picking yo with the Thievery Corp and

President Obama got dealt the lousiest of hands known to man and he brought the nation back from a great depression. His reward was getting Universal Healthcare passed. He continued

Deadmau5, easily one of the best electronica artists ever, released a video of him in action. First thing I noticed is that he has a ton of equipment. Second thing?

For a misanthropic dickhead, I am something of an optimist when it comes to the future of music and mankind. First music, as the power to produce and distribute recorded music leaves

There is nothing more wonderful than the sound of Cat Stevens voice of course the Twitter pigs couldn’t resist with the ‘threat to America’ Crap but at the Comedy Central

Imagine if you will Elton John circa Empty Sky meets the Allman brothers circa, well, circa “Melissa” plus a rock star Davy Knowles, so great with todd Leibowitz fave Davy

After finding my usual spot at the El Rey theater (I may as well move into this place these days), on the right of the stage, close enough to take

One of the perks of the advertising biz (9there are actually quite a few) is that I get to go to Z-100’s must see of pop bands of the moment

I loved Utah band Neon Trees “Animal” so much, I immediately bought their debut album Habits and got it right it in the ear. The problem? After the lead single,

RCRD LBL is such a great websiite you might be excused for believing you are stealing music while you aren’t. This is how they explain it… “RCRD LBL is the

1. She’s Like Heroin To Me – the Gun Club – More than X, these guys were the punk Doors. 2. Jeffrey Lee Pierce – Offs – Powerful punk stomper

1. Horchata – Vampire Weekend – the big question in November 2009 was, sophomore or no sophomore jinx?The first answer: not a chance of a jinx. 2. One Life Way

What can justify a line as icky as “She wants me to come all over her damn face”? This can: “I can still hear the voices of the children I

 Alessio Natalizia is Banjo’s or Freakout, the DFA Recording artist and DJ. This is what he said to thequietus.com “I started as a noise project but now I prefer to write

No Kinks reunion. So says Ray’s kid brother Dave in an interview with the UK’s Daily Mail, the following is reprinted with the slightest chance of permission. It is an

1. Colorado – For Science – One minute, seven seconds, no bridge, one of the greatest songs I’ve ever heard. 2. Cape Canaveral – Conor Oberst – The most purely

I feel kinda slimey. like I’ve just had sex with my grandma or something… This is Todd Leibowitz’s fault. I was happily hating Kings Of Leon. I had hated “Use

Halloween is supposed to be disturbing.  Its gone so Hallmark happy pumpkin that we forget its a Holiday of madness and fear. Speaking of Madness and Fear… GG Allin. They

Given the fact that he was only 25 years old when he departed from the plane — The Plane, The Plane —- you know — the shuffling off of the

There are worlds of difference between a precocious sixteen year old and a precious twenty year old. Taylor’s third album (5th if you include the Christmas album and the deluxe

To watch a band or performer that you already know you dont like makes it tough to bother to stay awake just to fufill a post requirement.   Rihanna has a

Does a musician make more money after his death? And is it the same story for all the rock stars? It was reported that Michael Jackson’s estate made more than

Pretty girls in their underwear, soaked in blood at the library. Makes perfect sense right?   I mean seriously, it could happen.  When I got to the library (one of the

 Well, its out of the pen of the man should  know.  No longer urban myth but a straight up fact. Keith Richards snorted his dad.  There’s a nice first read! 

I like Fergie for the most part.  She’s a home girl fun to get makeup on with when headed out for the night.  Her humps always made me think of

1. Blood’s Sake – Veelee – Odessa owner Paul Finn dubbed the album The Future Sight one of the years 10 best. This song reminds me of a very lo-fi

Lets start straight by saying this is one of the lamest band names of all times. Sounds more like a family roofing business or something.  But I have to say

I had a lotta killa names for Wim Whiner on Radiohead, just naff stuff like the deaf leading the blind. But I’m just too tired. Off pitchfork via live4ever: “The

Yep, get good coin now with John Lennon featured on the silver £5 Alderney coin. Apparently they had a vote and the Lennon coin got 92% of them. It looks

Backmasking came into the mainstream when the Beatles got silly with the album ‘Revolver’. Crazy guys popping in a little reverse lyrical action. The long hairs screamed.  Hide your children,

Come Around Sundown – Kings of  Leon –  Metacrictic give it a 66, nyc a 40. But despite the big difference it isn’t as though the music establishment gave it an

Have you ever wondered what hip hop would sound like with bluesy elements like acoustic guitar and hard hitting piano? Accompanied by a master freestyler, rapping with a historical bent,

With Built to spill, there is no artifice, no decorum, the quintet from Boise, Idaho are just here to play their songs, to do their craft, and they are not

I love her.  Shes beautiful, she is smart, she is tough.  Amazing vocalist and actress Shirley Manson is returning to Garbage and I am thrilled. “I’m working on a record

The flip side of the pc one world immediacy is a sense of living a life which doesn’t exactly exist. A schitzoid sense of self in the chips and bytes

We lost Ari Upp and nothing can make up for it. but the best news in ages that X-Ray Specs -whose one album, handful of singles, have only improved with

Well in our ongoing quest to make the world a cooler place Iman and I will review tonight’s Saturday Night Live musical guest.   This ones a doozy.   Tonight’s guest? Rihanna.

This looked so much more exciting when it came across my twitter than it does in the light of day. Kris is playing on a song on the new Foo

Scientists have been interested in studying Ozzy Osbourne’s genome to determine what made him so resistant to heavy drug and alcohol use during all these years, and now the results

Uh Oh 　 Having spend a long and happy life sneering at everything Kings of Leon have ever done, I find that I prefer Come Around Sundown to The Grand