Blog: sonic slang

Yikes. I can't believe its been over six months since there's been a peep out of SS. A lifetime in blog years. Thanks for all the Viagra comment spam while we've been away, but lets not get too buddy-buddy just...

The King of Pop, dead at 50. I guess we shouldn't be too surprised, but still - Wow...

The long-awaited Phish comeback disc will be released "this summer," has 10 tracks and will be called Joy [Rolling Stone]

Sorry for the radio-silence kids. In the wake of a smelly-but-awesome trip to Bonnaroo, SS needed to recharge the ole' music batteries. But a little news from one of the festival's best entries, The Beastie Boys, got my ass back...

If for nothing else than the opportunity to listen to John Malkovich speak for 90 minutes, I enjoyed The Great Buck Howard. But it's too bad the coming-of-age/prestidigitation flick (sounds like a winner, right?) didn't gain a wider audience, because...

Ah, Twitter - where else can Rob Zombie and Weird Al bond without fear of prejudice from death metal fans or polka enthusiasts? "Rob Zombie just told me that people aren't believing @RWZombie is really him. (It's really him. Really.)"...

Jay-Z sets Blueprint 3 release date: New set due September 11 via Roc Nation/Atlantic Records

Admittedly, Bob Dylan's latest LP, Together Through Life, wasn't the instant classic his last three discs have been. But the video for "Beyond Here Lies Nothin'" is some brutal but brilliant stuff - I look forward to the movie.

Is Springsteen on Twitter? The rumor mill says yes. Bruuuuuce(?)

Look out hipsters, 500 Days of Summer is here to end Garden State's five-year reign atop the indie soundtrack hall of fame. Note the inclusion of Hall & Oates, adding a dose of that 80's irony the cool kids love...

"Paranoid" is probably my favorite cute from Kanye's 808s and Heartbreak. This is what I was expecting when we were promised a synth-heavy, 80s inspired experiment - Less heartbreak, tolerable auto-tune and, you know, a beat.

Stream the new Sonic Youth at iLike: The Eternal hits stores next week Arctic Monkey's 3rd LP: Ten new tracks this August Trent Reznor vs. Marilyn Manson: Umm, 1997 called and it wants its feud back

The Hold Steady are shilling for Top Chef? I mean, it's a cool show and all, but Craig Finn always struck me as more of a Hamburger Helper kind of guy. [via Pitchfork]

If you didn't stay up to watch Conan's debut on The Tonight Show, you missed out not only on the yucks. Pearl Jam closed the show by debuting a track of this fall's new LP, Backspacer. Happily, "Get Some" hints...

If "Boom Boom Pow" or "Poker Face" really ain't your bag (and let's be honest, they shouldn't be), you'll want to pay attention next Tuesday as not one but two bands with feet planted firmly in the sounds of Billboard's...

Maxwell's MTV Unplugged was always one of my favorite in the series, and essentially served as my entry point for appreciating R&B (as much as a kid who grew up on Van Halen and REM really could). After a eight-year...

Jay-Z close to new deal: The arrangement will bring the artist's future recording to Epic Records via his own Rock Nation imprint. [via Billboard] "Anti-Auto-Tune" Blueprint 3: Producer Kanye promises the Jay-Z LP will not ape his recent 808s and...

Other than a bizarrely awesome name, we still know very little about the upcoming Beastie Boys LP. But I must admit that the band's appearance on Jimmy Fallon, complete with a Roots-backed performance of "So What'cha Want," has me pretty...

Phish are just days away from kicking off their 2009 summer reunion tour, but some fans are probably sparking up the bong a bit early with the release of a new single, "Time Turns Elastic" this week. The 13-minute (!)...

As if I wasn't already transfixed by the post-chamber pop opus that is the new Grizzly Bear album, the video for "Two Weeks" is quite a trip as well. I'm not sure I totally get it (they're robots, right?), but...