Heavy Years: 2000-2010 (Ernest Jenning) is the latest release from Brooklyn-by-way-of-Chicago singer/songwriter Chris Mills. The 14-track retrospective compiles songs from his last four albums, along with two new tracks recorded with DJ Oktopus (Dalek). Mills is currently on the road supporting Heavy Years, and he will also be guest editing magnetmagazine.com all week. Read our [...]
For a hot minute in 2008, the entire blogosphere was plagued with one pressing question: Are you at the Pizza Hut, or at the Taco Bell?Who knew that two goofy guys repeating a couple of stupid ph... Continue reading "Win tickets to see Das Racist at the Granada!" >
The Indiecision '10 is a recap of the year gone by in Indian indie and a recognition of the work of its artists and those involved with the creation and promotion of the music. The Best Song International is the best song released by an international artist from a debut album released in 2010. 'Barceloner' Dinosaur Pile-Up That Dinosaur's Pile-Up's Matt Bigland is obsessed with Dave Grohl should come as no surprise to anyone. 'Barceloner' is heavily reminiscent of early Foo Fighters, [...]
Just in from Michael Potvin -- a/k/a the parental half of #1 DAD AND DJ FRED MERTZ: das racist and royal bangs can't make it in this stupid weather, so there will not be a show at great scott... Support indie media! Read the rest at thephoenix.com . . .
That's a nice hipster - for ME TO POOP ON!!! The other day when Steve posted this video of Chris Weingarten talking about the state of music criticism, our good buddy "luke from character" took a bit ... Continue reading "Halfway To Christmas Part Duh Part 2: Hell Comes to Claustown" >
What is "Combination Pizza Hut And Taco Bell," which has already been tipped as one of the possible jams of the summer by MTV's James Montgomery , been termed "the track we, as a culture, need right now, or the track we, as a culture, deserve—or both" by Village Voice music editor Rob Harvilla, and been remixed in such a way that it snagged Pitchfork's coveted Best New Music tag ? The plot of the song is simple: The two dudes who comprise the Brooklyn hip-hop duo Das Racist are trying to find each [...]