Parlophone isn’t just going to sit back and watch Radiohead rake in all the money now that the band has jettisoned the mothership. The ousted label already has plans for a box set, comprised of all six of Radiohead’s studio albums, which will be available on December 10 via the band’s website. The set will also [...]
Entries from November 2007
Radiohead box set due in December
November 5th, 2007 · No Comments
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The Magnetic Fields plan tour
November 5th, 2007 · No Comments
With its new record, Distortion, out in January via Nonesuch, The Magnetic Fields have set up a brief tour to help spread the word. The dates are slim pickins, but at least they are playing multiple shows in each town- said towns just happen to be very, very far away from the South.
Tags: touring
A lot of soul and a little bit of eBay
November 2nd, 2007 · No Comments
“YouTube presents the world premiere of the music video for “100 Days, 100 Nights” by Sharon Jones and the Dap-Kings, the title song from the album, available in stores offline and online. The video was directed by Adam Elias Buncher using two vintage TV cameras bought on E-Bay for $50 dollars each. Shows how much [...]
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Of Montreal “Gronlandic Edit” video
November 2nd, 2007 · No Comments
Deliberately amateurish cartoon psychedelia doesn’t quite cover how wildly abnormal this video. It looks like decades-old homemade cut and paste art- stilted and trippy in its androgynous ambiguity. Its non-linear storyline feeds off randomness and eccentricity as much as the song itself does. This is the highlight of Hissing Fauna, Are You the Destroyer? for [...]
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WTF: Simian Mobile Disco “Hustler” video
November 2nd, 2007 · No Comments
This video is beyond insane. Bikini-clad models prance on a stage, gorging on ketchup, cash, and jewelry, climaxing in a slow-motion montage of neon puke. Awesome.
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Amy Winehouse warbles through shaky MTV Europe performance
November 2nd, 2007 · 1 Comment
Jesus, this is painful to sit through. Winehouse stumbles through the title track of her second album with amateurish, off-key rambles, awkward dance moves, and a general dazed look in her eyes. Granted, none of it was too far from normal for her, but this was clearly far from her best day. You’d think by [...]
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Killer of Silkworm drummer found guilty
November 1st, 2007 · 5 Comments
Lingerie model Jeanette Sliwinski was found guilty of “reckless homicide” for slamming her car into another car containing Silkworm drummer Michael Dahlquist and two friends, who were stopped at a red light on their way to lunch on July 14, 2005. Although, the judge rejected an insanity plea, Sliwinski’s defense successfully argued that she was [...]
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