Last week ended up being pretty busy. I saw the Radar Bros. and Le Switch last Sunday at Kid Rockers at the Echo. If you've got a kid (not that I do), I highly recommend the event. Good fun. Then I saw a little bit of Nico Stai on Monday. On Wednesday I braved the crowd for The Pains of Being Pure at Heart and White Denim at Spaceland. The Pains of Being Pure at Heart have some good songs, but they're not that interesting live. White Denim is fun to see live, but don't really have great songs yet. [...]
You sense that even the Grammy organisers know that issuing press releases trumpeting that Coldplay and Lil'Wayne are leading the nominations list this year marks a rotten year for the mainstream. Good lord, they've even had to nominate Bleeding Love, a song so old it doesn't even get carded when it buys beer, to make up the numbers. Amongst the sludge, Adele and Duffy both find themselves on the list - and no disrespect to either of them, but... really? That's the best the majors can think of? It's not all bad - Robyn's in there [...]
new music from vampire weekend – cousins + music video
Friday Five: Surf Songs
WKND PLYLST!! This has nothing to do with NEW MOON!
HOT CHIP TAKE another crack at IT and I’m IN
