Blog: sonic slang

As previously reported, Franz Ferdinand has set a January release date for Tonight: Franz Ferdinand, the band's 3rd LP. Today an official tracklist came down the pike, with a couple of familiar songs making the cut. Check them out after...

I know that Ryan Adams news has been scant at SS lately, but fear not! With Cardinology less than two weeks away, Lost Highway has graciously released five audio snippets for our perusal. Check them out below, and drop us...

We threw this out there yesterday, but since it's starting to look legit, we're taking a closer look. This, my friends, is apparently the 15 years+ in the making cover art for Chinese Democracy. But hold the phone - according...

Gawker might question Moby's status as a "beloved neighborhood figure," but hopefully this new clip for "Ooh Yeah," one of the better tracks off Last Night, is one thing we can come together on. Enjoy.

More auto-tune, less rapping, gratuitous nudity and...another album in June?? [Rolling Stone]

Australia's Herald Sun can hardly be called an impartial judge of AC/DC's upcoming Black Ice LP - a release they likened to "the music world equivalent of a new Harry Potter book or Star Wars film" (um, yeah) - but...

- John Mellencamp: Still not a Republican- Billboard posts a track-by-track synopsis of The Cure's 4:13 Dream- The LA Times makes this former Garden Stater very angry- Chinese Democracy cover art?- Nevermind producer hits studio with Green Day- Radiohead reveals...

The Dears' 4th LP, Missles, has been idling in the SS mailbag for a few days, but after catching the new and depressingly-timely clip for "Money Babies" - I should probably fast track this one for a review."Our money is...

Franz Ferdinand's long-overdue 3rd LP finally has a name and release date. Mark your calendars for 1.27.09 to welcome Tonight: Franz Ferdinand into the world. "Lucid Dreams" didn't exactly reinvent the band's sound like some had suggested, but these guys...

Oh Ringo...Listen, if you don't want to be bothered with fan mail anymore, there are much simpler solutions than your recent semi-crazy rant. Why not just get an assistant to answer it for you? Or if that's still too much...

According to The Sun, Madonna and Guy Ritchie are finally throwing in the towel. If the Yanks had actually made the post season, Alex "Dude She's My Soul-Mate" Rodriguez would have probably gotten a hit or two tonight. Unless of...

One more free album stream for the east coast insomniacs club - Secret Machines released its 3rd LP today, a self-titled disc via the band's own TSM Recording. It's playing over at iLike, and dishes out another mash-up of big-beat,...

"Fix It," the beautifully-lovelorn lead single from Ryan Adams' (is it time to make the switch to just calling them The Cardinals?) upcoming Cardinology LP, has been transformed into a depressing-as-all-hell comic strip by Leah Hayes. Not for the recently...

Minus The Bear's reps were kind enough to send me over a download of Acoustics, the band's previously-reported, you guessed it, acoustic EP. I've already gone on record as a fan of plugged-in MTB, but lone new track "Guns &...

• Minus the Bear - Guns & Ammo

Smashing Pumpkins, in an increasingly desperate attempt to still feel relevant, recently announced plans to drop a single via Guitar Hero. Since for the average Guitar Hero player, "1979" might as well have come out in 1979, this strategy hasn't...

The Kaiser Chiefs, who've quietly been working their way back into our good graces, are streaming their 3rd LP, Off With Their Heads, at last.fm. The Mark Ronson-produced disc is due in stores on 10.20.

A supposedly bogus story this summer gave us deets on Cameron Crowe's next project has turned out to be on the money. So one can only assume that the partial tracklisting has at least a few tunes that will make...

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I'll say this about Ryan Adams fans - they're a rabid bunch. Case in point: On Tuesday the band launched a pre-order promotion for the upcoming Cardinology LP that includes a vinyl copy (left) of the disc, a set of...

2008, Reprise Verdict: C+ The brilliant one-two punch of Definitely, Maybe, and What's the Story Morning Glory? Branded me an Oasis fan for life, but it's been some time since I expected big things out of the new stuff. Noel...