Last night was that annual, masturbatory awards ceremony in which some of the year’s most mediocre recordings are are awarded the honor of being called the best. The 51st Annual Grammy Awards was full of the same lackluster nominees, with a few exceptions, that has been a hallmark of the show for many years. This [...]
The MacWorld conference this year seemed to be a rather lackluster affair. There was no unveiling of a desktop computer that can rest in the palm of your hand, or a set of goggles that deduct money from your bank account and add it to Steve Job’s each time you wear them. The only (relatively) noteworthy [...]
Since we’re a list site, and we’ve been throwing a lot of the year end lists up I thought I’d compile a bunch of the major lists that are currently out. The full list’s are linked here, but I’m only including the top five from each list, otherwise this post would get out of hand. [...]
The Murder City Devils have always had a special place in my heart. Every since I won a free 7″ yellow vinyl split of At the Drive-In and Murder City Devils as a young person (none of your business how old I am), Murder City has always had a hold of the heart. Thusly, I’m [...]
BLK JKS, out of Johannesburg, South Africa, has just signed with the Indiana based Secretly Canadian. But the signing isn’t the only good news from the group. They have teamed up with NYC’s Other Music to offer their most recent EP, Mystery EP, for free, for a limited time. So, go over to the Other [...]
The Broken Spindles are the side project of The Faint bassist Joel Peterson. He is now announcing that he will be releasing another Broken Spindles album in 2009, on Feb. 17 he will release Kiss/Kick through The Faint’s own blank.wav record label. (Gasp. Another Saddle Creek Defector.)
According to Peterson the album will be a little [...]
The Smashing Pumpkins 20th Anniversary Tour has been a series of tour dates that have received nothing but bad reviews, poor set list choices, long periods of Corgan ranting at the audience, and pissed off audiences. The latest reports come from the recent show in Chicago where Corgan couldn’t seem to decide if they do [...]
There seems to be an odd promotion that no one knows about and isn’t being promoted, or this is the result disgruntled employees at Amazon this morning. Mos Def’s classic album Black on Both Sides is being sold in their MP3 store for only $1.99. Why? Who knows. It’s not a bad deal considering that [...]
After releasing three albums with Sub Pop Records Portland’s The Thermals have decided to move on and sign with Kill Rock Stars. Their fourth album, Now We Can See, will be released through KRS on April 7th, and will release the lead single on 7″ March 10th.
Many labels pursued the act, but the now Portland [...]
In a recent interview with the BBC, Ray Davies announced that The Kinks are working on some new material in the studio. He has thrown together a collection of tracks that the group is going to play around with, potentially for a reunion album and tour. Davies has promised that this album would be more [...]
