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 ] [ #30-26 ] 25. Kid A - Radiohead (2000) While I completely understand my own enthusiasm for this album, I can't say that I really get why everyone else loves it so much. I've noticed that it's already topped some other 'best of the decade' [...]
Great Big Planes EP, b-side stream Great Big Planes ' brand new EP " Lost One " is now available on all digital outlets including iTunes . Stream the full EP here . Also, Friends Or Enemies are streaming a b-side " Here With You ," not available on the EP here . The band will be out on tour with The Maine, Boys Like Girls , and Never Shout Never next week.
SOUNDS FAMILYRE RECORDS RELEASING ORTOLAN DEBUT FULL-LENGTH TIME ON A STRING ON MARCH 9, 2010 A hot minivan barreling down the highway, filled to the brim with siblings, sleeping bags, and travel checkers sets—this is the setting for a decades-old American tradition upheld by millions: arguing over the radio dial until consensus is happily found at that hallowed institution, the oldies station. Thus begins the story of Ortolan, four young women from Southern New Jersey with music-loving, art-teacher parents, devoted to each other in laughter, bickering, love, and play. Sisters Stephanie (16), Brianna (18), Lara (20), [...]
Thanks to bcbc for pointing this out to me. The Black Dog have done a podcast for French magazine TGSUi (a French music magazine). Tres bon. The site says, traduire par le google: Some stories never seem to attract the attention of history. For example, you remember the inventor of the screwdriver? The toaster? No, since all that is irrelevant, it is quite logical. In the late 80's the trio Black Dog took office midwife, alongside Aphex Twin and Autechre giving birth to the IDM. Leaving the others to grow the non-dance music scatterbrained, two black dogs [...]
Interpol get a lot of shit heaped upon them. From the constant references to Joy Division & The Chameleons, down to the criticism of Paul Banks' admittedly oft-baffling lyrics. 2007's Our Love To Admire seemed like the flashpoint for everyone who'd been patiently waiting for a major screwup to release steady streams of contempt and disdain in Interpol's direction. I actually included OLTA in my Best Albums of 2007 list, and while in retrospect I'm not sure I didn't put it there just to piss off people who wouldn't stop prattling on about [...]
I owe you guys a ton of reviews this weekend, and since I'm pretty sure this is the one your most interested in, we'll lead off with it: The very image that the mind associates with the words "crooked vultures" should have given excited listeners a clue as to what to expect from the supergroup featuring Dave Grohl, John Paul Jones and Josh Homme. Perhaps everyone was too excited about the names involved to think about that fact. But with the group's self-titled debut, Them Crooked Vultures cut the leash off of [...]
Some of you may know Skye Edwards from her role as the lead singer in Morcheeba and others may remember her from her great 2006 album, Mind How You Go . Suddenly, out of the blue, she's back with a new one this week. It's called Keeping Secrets - that's the cover image above, sort of a cross between [...]
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 [...]
Remember sitting on the couch in the early '90s, beer (or in my case, juice box) in hand as you watched Weezer 's "Say It Ain't So" video on MTV's 120 Minutes ? These United States remember, too, and even though the band formed in 2006, its members are really, really sad they never got anything in rotation on Alternative Nation . So they put on some flannel, shot a "long lost home video" in a garage, inverted the colors in random scenes (à la Bleach ), and set it to their [...]
RIAA's new album of mashups and cut-ups is some of the weirdest, wackiest stuff that they've recorded in the last year or two. Spike Jones, Roger Roger, old kiddie records, and rude sound effects mix with Neutral Milk Hotel, James Blunt and the soundtracks to "Psycho" and "Eraserhead" ; '60s garage rock and Latin boogaloo collide with modern funky electro beatz. Whimsical animal themes abound: San Cooke dances with a chicken, Dean Martin & Nancy Sinatra harmonize with dogs, [...]
You know that point in your life when you realize the house you grew up in isn't really your home any more? All of a sudden, even though you have some place where you put your shit that idea of home is gone. You'll see one day when you move out. Just sorta happens one day and it's gone. You feel like you can never get it back. It's like you feel homesick for a place that doesn't even exist. Maybe it's like this rite of passage, you know? You won't ever have that feeling again [...]
E very genre of music has an ideal listening environment. Classical is best heard at a smyphony. Arena rock should be heard at, well, at a large arena. Electronic music? Nothing beats a dance party. But whether you're a club person, a bar junkie or a house party lover, you've probably encountered a lot of obnoxious people during your nights out. Below are nine of the people we hate most in no particular order. Got any good ideas for future lists you'd like to see? Send them over . [...]
Tonight's song comes from John O'Regan, and his indie-pop/electronic-folk (yeah I'm genre tagging something electronic-folk) side-project Diamond Rings; his main project is fronting the Toronto-based indie-rock act The D'Ubervilles. As far as I can tell, the ridiculously charming All Yr Songs can only be found on a 7-inch vinyl split-release featuring Diamond Rings and Kingston, Ontario's PS I Love You. Unfortunately, said release has been sold out and I have no leads on how to get more music from Diamond Rings. If anyone has any information on a forthcoming release from the band, let me know. Until then, you [...]
Hey folks, just a quick note to let you know we'll be liveblogging the American Music Awards this Sunday night (ABC, 8/7central — we'll be here for the Pacific time zone broadcast) so please come by as we bow down to/bitch about who won what, who blew whom off the stage and who ripped off Lady Gaga's look most blatantly. A few things we should all reasonably expect to see: :: Janet Jackson opening yet another awards show with an eight-minute medley of her hits, followed by her getting winded after repeat visits to the [...]
Tonight I`ve something like a premiere you! We`ve never had something out of Scottland for you.. So take your 3minutes and 26 seconds and do something useful for your well-being! Enjoy the Errors who definetly bring your expectations of electronic music to a sort of higher level!! "Just a video" but don`t hesitate, buy the music on Itunes or anywhere if you like what you hear!
Back in 1997 Anthony Lovett and Matt Maranian wrote and published what eventually became my favorite Los Angeles guidebook. That book's name was (and is) LA Bizarro . A few years ago on this website I talked to Matt about the original book's undertaking ( fun interview with Matt here ). Since that time the two authors have now revised, updated and significantly expanded that original tome, and their collective output was published by Chronicle Books just this fall. In the 2009 updated edition of LA Bizarro (available at the time of this [...]
Space DJz was an offshoot of Bandulu, comprising Ben Long and Jamie Bissmere. Expect dub techno. London style. From their Mute Records biog: "You know, we're really influenced by Crosby, Stills and Nash." You what? A new genre springs to mind, country techno, but wait - the best is yet to come. "And I really like Beck." A comic pause that could put Les Dawson to shame hangs in the air like a bad fart. "Yeah, Jeff Beck." You see, these lads are not the usual run of [...]
The xx + jj = whoa. This is not an algebra problem, though it may solve the puzzle of who jj is. The mysterious Swedish group, who have never revealed their identities, are making their U.S. debut this fall with another electronic band of the moment, the xx. Will they play behind a curtain? A U.K.-based electro group, the xx are making many Best of 2009 lists with their self-titled debut, and are touring with Friendly Fires this year and Hot Chip next April. The [...]
This is where I talk about one of my favorite things, television. Some critics are saying that 30 Rock has lost it's touch this season. Those critics are crazzzy. If anything, think that it just took a little longer this year for the show to hit it's stride. You may remember last season was a bit doubtful (read: too cameo-heavy) till 5 or 6 episodes in and then it never let up. Furthermore, I think a person with any sense would realize that with last night's episode "Sun Tea", 30 Rock is [...]
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