I'm not yet ready to anoint the 2009-10 edition of Syracuse Orange basketball the best team since their 2003 championship; heck, it's probably a little premature to call them better than last year's Sweet 16 version, led by lottery pick Jonny Flynn. But there's no doubt in my mind that this is one of the best defensive teams I've ever seen at the Cuse. And they are off to one hell of a start. One night after dominating #12 Cal, they dismantled defending national champion UNC by an 87-71 margin, sparked by a 20-1 start of the second half that [...]
KISS has been covered by hundreds of artists in different languages from all over the world on dozens of tribute albums. The short list: The Smelly Tongues, Garth Brooks , Freddie Frehley, The Melvins, Metallkvartetten, Anthrax, The Hard-Ons , Lenny Kravitz, Motörhead , Aced Out, The Lemonheads, Scooter , Pansy Division, Nashville Pussy , Megadeth, Skin Yard, Pantera , Iced Earth, The Replacements , Clean Cut Plan & the Mobile Whorehouse, Metallica , Ace In the Pole, Maki Nomiya , Skid Row, Hayseed [...]
By Carrie Brownstein As Bob Boilen, host of All Songs Considered , put it in a text message to me this afternoon, "The [end of the decade] series has been great. Overwhelming, but great." When we at Monitor Mix and NPR Music began our end-of-the-decade endeavor two weeks ago, I don't think any of us knew that we'd basically be publishing an online magazine. But, hey, we did! We put up 72 posts in 10 days! And we're very proud of it! So I'd [...]
Filed under: Twisted Tales If you called a Native American "Redbone" at the Thanksgiving table, you might get a drumstick upside the head. But in the late 1960s, when American Indians were reclaiming cultural pride alongside other minorities, two brothers sharing Cherokee, Apache and Shoshone blood defiantly took the term Redbone for the name of their band. The brothers already had a fairly impressive résumé in the music business by the time they decided to make their heritage an asset. Born Pat and Lolly Vasquez in Fresno, Calif., they adopted [...]
This is a weird little post for Friday. Weird because I haven't ever written about an Italian band before. And weird because the band in question plays an experimental brand of americana that has more in common with Ennio Morricone (in fact they signe dup his iconic whistler to appear on this record) than it does with Johnny Cash. But don't worry these guys have been anointed by John Convertino and Joey Burns (Calexico) so rest assured you're getting some pretty cool shit. The band (a trio) is called Guano Padano and their [...]
Even though Gucci Mane is locked up and won't be able to promote it, his label is still releasing The State vs. Radric Davis on Dec. 8. As further proof the thing actually is forthcoming, here's the track list, which features known tracks like "Lemonade," "Spotlight" and "Wasted." "Kush is My Cologne" certainly sounds promising. 01. "Classical" (Intro) 02. "Interlude: Toilet Bowl Shawty/ Mike Epps" 03. "Heavy" 04. "Stupid Wild," featuring Lil Wayne, Cam'ron 05. "All About the Money," featuring Rick Ross 06. "Lemonade" 07. "Bingo," [...]
Hey, Townspeople! Last night the G-friend and I curled up on the sofa to watch a movie and wolf down some primo home-cooked chow. She was in the mood for something highbrow, but I was curious about a flick I'd had in the "not sure about this movie" drawer for a couple of weeks. Because she's such a sweetheart, she let me watch my movie of choice, even though it gave off the distinct limburger pong of idiocy. The movie in question? Walk Hard: The Dewey Cox Story . [...]
The Bloodsugars stellar debut album, I Can't Go On, I'll Go On was released this week on Engine Room Recordings. After their short Midwest tour last week, including a great show in Cincinnati, singer/guitarist Jason Rabinowitz was able to take some some time to answer some questions about the creative process and theme of the new album, some of their new favorite bands and the their new-found love for Bobby McFerrin. Atlas and the Anchor: My favorite song on I Can't Go [...]
For ramblings on how I came to compile this list go here . And for commentary on previous selections: [ #50-46 ] [ #45-41 ] [ #40-36 ] [ #35-31 ] 30. Heartbreaker - Ryan Adams (2000) The argument that most of the world's greatest art is derived from sadness is one that I've always worked hard to refute, but a guy like Ryan Adams doesn't make it easy for me to do so. It doesn't [...]
New Orleans rapper Kidd Kidd was inexplicably not credited for his short (and terrible) guest verse on Lil Wayne's 2008 hit "Mrs. Officer" -- a few people initially assumed it was Bobby Valentino, who crooned that song's hook, rhyming -- but his career appears to be on the upswing: in a feature on MTV.com today, Kidd stressed the importance of a good work ethic, revealed that he was on the original version of Drake's hit "Forever," and was lauded by 50 Cent producer Sha Money XL. [ MTV ]
01. Break It Down 02. Make You Feel Alrite 03. It's All Hood 04. All Over You 05. We Gettin' Money (Feat. Dorrough) 06. Everything (Feat. Bobby V) 07. Gotta Get It (Feat. Gucci Mane) 08. Look Good 09. Drop It 10. Money Don't Fold 11. That'll Work 12. I'm Expecting 13. Trickin (Remix) 14. Hands On U (Feat. Pleasure P) 15. No Made Me (Feat. C-Murder And B.G.) 16. The Verdict 17. Who Can I Run To [...]
Via: MTV 01. Classical (Intro) 02. Interlude: Toilet Bowl Shawty/ Mike Epps 03. Heavy 04. Stupid Wild (Feat. Lil' Wayne & Cam'ron) 05. All About The Money (Feat. Rick Ross) 06. Lemonade 07. Bingo (Feat. Soulja Boy Tell Em & Waka Flocka Flame) 08. Spotlight (Feat. Usher) 09. I Think I'm In Love (Feat. Jason Caesar) 10. Bad Bad Bad (Feat. Keyshia Cole) 11. Interlude: Toilet Bowl Shawty/ Mike Epps 12. Sex In Crazy Places (Feat. Bobby V, Nicki Minaj & Trina) 13. The Movie 14. Volume (Feat. Wooh Da Kid) 15. Gingerbread Man [...]
Lisa Mirick , former on-air personality for KQOB-FM 96.9 and KRXO-FM 107.7, passed away Tuesday in Savannah, Georgia, at the age of 47. Mirick was a 23-year radio broadcast veteran in Oklahoma City. Her last radio job was at KQOB, alongside Ron Benton, where she became infamous following a profanity-laced on-air tirade on December 13, 2004. She was given a second chance with the station, but left in June 2006 because of personal problems. "We are all shocked. Lisa was truly loved by her many listeners." - Chris Baker, [...]
Trois fermiers doivent faire face à un renard très futé à la recherche de nourriture pour sa famille... Fantastic Mr. Fox est l'adaptation par Wes Anderson du roman 'Fantastique Maître Renard' de Roald Dahl, dont les oeuvres "Charlie et la chocolaterie" et "James et la pêche géante" ont déjà connu un beau succès au cinéma. Comme d'habitude chez Wes Anderson la B.O a une importance majeure, et ce n'est pas un film d'animation qui va changer les habitudes du réalisateur. 25 titres composent ici la bande-son de son nouveau film : quelques favoris des [...]
Sire Records' recording artist Andrew McMahon of Jack's Mannequin, will guest on The Daily Show with Jon Stewart tomorrow, Thursday, November 19th. Andrew will be joined by Jack's guitarist and backing vocalist Bobby Raw for a rare solo performance of their latest single "Swim" from their current album The ...
For ramblings on how I came to compile this list go here . And for commentary on previous selections: [ #50-46 ] [ #45-41 ] [ #40-36 ] 35. Ys - Joanna Newsom (2006) I get an amazing number of hits to my site from people googling the phrase " I Hate Joanna Newsom ", simply because the word ' hate ' is in the title of this here blog, and I've talked about Ms Newsom [...]
Hey, Townspeople! Last night the G-friend and I curled up on the sofa to watch a movie and wolf down some primo home-cooked chow. She was in the mood for something highbrow, but I was curious about a flick I'd had in the "not sure about this movie" drawer for a couple of weeks. Because she's such a sweetheart, she let me watch my movie of choice, even though it gave off the distinct limburger pong of idiocy. The movie in question? Walk Hard: The Dewey Cox Story . [...]
So the pretty lil event site Winter is the New Summer that Devin and I have been working on has officially launched in full! Whoo! Let's have a 750ml salute to that! We did a soft launch in October, then last week we introduced the poster concept and from this week on until the end of winter we will have a different member of the Portland scene acting as a Poster Boy or Poster Girl, holding up our event picks of the week, this week being Rocky formerly of the Hush and currently of [...]
MUSIC NEWS - Andrew McMahon of Jack's Mannequin , will guest on The Daily Show with Jon Stewart tomorrow, Thursday, November 19th. He'll be joined by Jack' s guitarist and backing vocalist Bobby Raw for a rare solo performance of their latest single "Swim" from their current album The Glass Passenger (out via Sire Records). McMahon will also sit down with Stewart to discuss his recently released documentary film Dear Jack , which chronicles McMahon's own personal fight against leukemia. Check [...]
The Faces now appear set to embark on a reunion tour in 2010, but not in the way one would probably hope for. Despite comments to the contrary, frontman Rod Stewart will not join former bandmates guitarist Ron Wood, keyboardist Ian McLagan and drummer Kenney Jones on any of the band's upcoming ventures, McLagan has confirmed to Billboard.com . "If we don't do it very soon, one of us is gonna check out," McLagan explaines. "I'm 64, for chrissakes! We've been waiting and waiting for Rod to say yes; now he's finally said [...]
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