If you've never heard about Buffet Libre (which I find really hard to believe) you know that they've been responsible of the most amazing projects in the past few years. After such a large success Buffet Libre has join hands with Amnesty International for one of their biggest and most important projects, the project is called "Peace" and it compiles artist of 50 countries into one compilation, the proceeds from the album will go directly to Amnesty International. Here are a few samples of what this compilation will have as well as the line up of artist and [...]
Tuesday, February 9, 2010 For the sake of not having to write the same intro a million different ways throughout the rest of time, just know that this column avoids the overly long and sometimes dull process of full film reviews and instead opts to break things down based on what I thought going in, what happened while I was there and what I learned at the end of it all. Hope that's OK. Read on! The Breakdown - The Wolfman [...]

Wherein I opine, and you can comment on how stupid I am . . . Caveats and regulations: 1. For a show to be on here, it has to have sustained quality for its entire run —not just have had a few good episodes or one good season. 2. This list is accurate and scientific, and if you disagree, you're just wrong. 3. If you think Heroes is one of the best series, you must not have seen the last two seasons. 4. If you [...]
Love 'em or hate 'em, the folks at Pitchfork sure know how to put together a music festival that is big on heavy hitters and low on price. The influential music site has revealed the initial lineup for for the fifth annual Pitchfork Music Festival which as we previously reported will be headlined by Pavement. They will be joined by Modest Mouse, LCD Soundsystem, St. Vincent, Raekwon, Lightning Bolt, Cass McCombs, Here We Go Magic & Sleigh Bells with more acts to be announced soon. The [...]

Frank Yang If I'm being totally honest, I wasn't that excited for last night's Magnetic Fields show at the Queen Elizabeth Theatre. After all, their last few records didn't especially bowl me over and I was feeling somewhat pessimistic about what to expect from a performer who's very much on record as being disdainful of the entire phenomenon of live performance. I had seen them before at their last visit to Toronto in July 2004 and while my memories of that show are fond, I couldn't say it was an especially [...]
The Buffetlibre duo have come up with an impressively unique concept for their PEACE compilation album that is due for release on 1st March - creating a musical atlas of the world with songs from each and every corner (or at least from more than 50 countries). These aren't just unknown artists either, they've got Voxtrot from the USA, Official Secrets Act from the UK, The Hidden Cameras form Canada, The Toxic Avenger form France plus many other less recognisable but no less impressive acts from Lebanon to [...]
Our friend Marc from Buffetlibre ( http://www.buffetlibredjs.net ), Barcelona just got in contact with us regarding their new project called PEACE , in collaboration with Amnesty International that will be released digitally on March 1, 2010 and one which we will be a media collaborator. All proceeds from the sale of the compilation will go to Amnesty International's campaigns on human rights. Although we are primarily an electronic music blog and this isn't, we still can't say no to giving a helping hand. [...]

Hello everybody!!! It is good to be back!! Sorry about the mass hiatus but I was in South America for a couple of months and it has taken me a month to get my head back. Many thanks must go to Adso for the great work at keeping the blog pumping with all your music needs. Now in the same vein as my Top 15 albums of 2007 , my Top 25 of 2008 and Adso's Favourite 15 albums of 2009 I bring my Top 30 Albums of 2009. Now this list has [...]

Alternate titles for this article included: Lo-Fi: How Well Does it Match Your Denim Jacket? The Gorilla Vs. Bear Guide To Los Angeles, and Douglas Martin's Skit Plans for the next 52 0 Clock Shadowboxers album. For those of you averse to ink stains, Sunday's LA Times included a feature on Dum Dum Girls, Best Coast, Nite Jewel, and Pearl Harbor. My crack team of Thesaurus-armed Caracals contributed the words that filled up the space between the Macy's ads. This space has been conspicuously absent of coverage of these bands, mainly because [...]

Usually I'm not rooting for the mash-up or the blends-team or indulge heavily in things like that at all, but I can't deny that The Hood Internet rulez the fucking roost with their work. Catch them live this spring: FEBRUARY 11 – Blu, Indianapolis IN FEBRUARY 12 – The Gramophone, St. Louis MO FEBRUARY 13 – The Badlander, Missoula MT FEBRUARY 26 – Slowdown, Omaha NE FEBRUARY 27 – Bourbon Theatre, Lincoln NE MARCH 4 – B-Side Liquor Lounge, Cleveland OH MARCH 6 – Stella Blue, Asheville NC MARCH 13 – TBA, Chicago IL MARCH [...]
The Scoop Foundation aids to support and fund primary education and life skills for impoverished children and teenagers in places like India, Uganda and Dublin. To celebrate the launch of their website and raise awareness of the charity, they are holding a two-room gig in The Academy on the 19th of March with a big lineup. Playing on the night are: Valerie Francis , MC Ophelia & Red Square, Le Galaxie , The Rags , Bare Audio , Adrian Crowley , Ann Scott , The Ambience [...]
Best Coast's Bobb Bruno & Bethany Cosentino Hello everyone! Hope you all had a wonderful weekend. Far too many exceptional shows last week including last night's NO CANCER! Benefit show with No Age , Vivian Girls , Best Coast , Graham Forest , Darker My Love and more. I do believe Bethany from Best Coast 's performance as one of their most entertaining yet. [...]
Out: 8th February Label: NYLON Records Website: Myspace Buy: Amazon Being the owner of a fully functional set of bollocks as I am, reviewing About Love , the second full-length release from french indie hipsters The Plastiscines , is fraught with danger. Danger of being labelled a typical sexist bloke. Danger of being labelled racist and coming across somewhat Anti-French. Danger of even sounding down right out of touch, [...]
You may have noticed, the Stupor Bowl went down yesterday. I heard it suggested that they move the game to Saturday, allowing America a day to recover before trudging back to work. My brain, liver and intestines would like to publicly endorse this idea. Wings n' beer are not just for breakfast anymore, but that doesn't mean you won't regret overconsuming them the next day. I now realize the error of my ways yesterday and hope to make smarter, safer decisions in the future. Here are some other thoughts I had throughout the day. [...]
I know that at least a few of you watched Super Bowl XLIV. I know that because 106 million people watched yesterday's game, which makes it the most watched telecast ever . Perhaps you tuned in to see if New Orleans might finally get its due, not just as a team but as a city. Or maybe you wanted to see those crazy (pro-life, sexist, unadventurous, boring) advertisements for which companies pay a gazillion dollars. Lastly, a scant amount of you might have tuned in because that band The Who was playing the half-time show.?? [...]
WHEN THE SAINTS GO MARCHING IN James Brown Hell Polydor : 1974 [Buy It] When I was fourteen or so, I went to a summer-camp-type-thing for kids interested in high school debate. I think that my parents were trying to find some way to make lemonade out of the fact that I argued all the time. When I was there, I met a girl from New Orleans. She was one of the first people I liked as a person, without reservation; she had what a hippie would call [...]

Once again at the Milton Hardball Café on Wednesday February 3rd I had another interview right after the last one with USS but this time around the interview came from none other than Alex of illScarlett. Another favorite band of mine that I got to interview and soon enough this night had transformed into one of the best times I've ever had at any show. For those of you who don't know, Alex is the lead singer of now widely popular Canadian band illScarlett, and after the band had finished their sound check for that night, he sat down with [...]

It was a very organic, sad experience, but I think that's where the truth comes out. While many people have heard Britney Spears ' heartfelt ballad, "Everytime," hardly anyone has ever heard the story behind its creation from the song's co-writer herself. After learning of her involvement in an interview about Britney for the upcoming NBC series called Killer Comebacks , I got in touch with Annet Artani to discuss her time spent working with Spears on the Dream Within A Dream tour, as well as [...]
Yesterdays first attempt at breaking the back of my overflowing inbox went fairly well I thought... 450 emails read and errr 5 tracks posted! It's honestly not that I get sent a lot of terrible music (although I do get my fair share) its more I don't see the point in featuring tracks I think are merely " alright ". There was also a huge amount of junk, " So You Think You Can Dance " updates, and PR lies... " Hi Music Like Dirt, We've been reading your blog for some time now and think its one [...]

Slide over to 1Xtra to vote for your Homegrown Hero this week. The big team at the station have selected their 10 ultimate UK music icons from the past, present and future. The choice cuts are: Aswad, Craig David, Derek B, Dizzee Rascal, Goldie, Roni Size, Sade So Solid Crew, Soul II Soul and Wiley. This smooth little cut'n'paste montage is a vision of my early double cassette album and cd single from Our Price collection. Derek B looks as fine as any man has, and after his wayyyy early death [...]