
Karen O , of the Yeah Yeah Yeah's fame has recorded a cover of Roger Alan Wade's immortal 'If You're Gonna Be Dumb, You Gotta Be Tough'. The track is set to appear on the soundtrack of the new Jackass 3D Movie which is out on 25th October. Available to pre-order from Amazon here . In short it's really damn terrific. [...]
*MP3: Karen O - "If You're Gonna Be Dumb, You Gotta Be Tough" (Roger Alan Wade...

Filed under: News , New Music , Movies Onstage, Yeah Yeah Yeahs frontwoman Karen O is known for donning plenty of interesting headwear, ranging from gas masks to giant feather crowns. If her latest solo offering is any indication, a cowboy hat may be the next accessory in her eclectic repertoire. As Some Kind of Awesome reports (via TwentyFourBit ), O takes a break from her usual art rock with a [...]

The folk song Knoxville Girl was made famous by the Louvin Brothers in their opus "Tragic Songs of Life," but was merely a tradition of several hundred years of folk tales, street songs, and eventually folk songs. Recorded first in the United States by the Carter Family (that I know of), Knoxville Girl is the story of a man that kills his girlfriend/acquaintance in a fit of passion. The song is usually not very explicit, but through the various bluegrass renditions and into the country/alt-country renditions it becomes much darker and detailed. Nick [...]

We're Baaaacccckkk... The Lucero Message Board has made a triumphant return and the regular posters are beginning to wander back in. By next month everything will be back to normal. The May compilation was made while the message board was still down. This time around it included folks from the Drag the River message board as well. Unfortunately, I did not get in on the submissions for the May comp so I'm like you...a mere listener. One fella that has really stood out to me is Roger Alan Wade. He has two tracks from [...]