Various media outlets (with varying degrees of legitimacy) have been reporting that Sheryl Crow wants to work with Amy Winehouse based on the following quotation:
“I know one song ‘Rehab’ was very popular particularly because a lot of young people are in rehab as well. In fact I’m thinking about going. It looks like [...]

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When climbing the American corporate ladder, it goes without saying that the more you make the less you actually have to do. But does it also hold true that the more you make the further your head is crammed up your own ass to the point where you have no idea what on earth is [...]

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Mark Ronson gets his share of shit for being a pretty boy, but the guy knows how to produce records. Admittedly, his solo album, Version, is hit and miss, but there are some standouts like this Zutons cover, featuring the train wreck du jour, Amy Winehouse, who has managed to hold her shit together for [...]

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With their new album Saturdays=Youth out on April 15th, M83 are hitting the road in support.

“M83 returns to North America! The French artist, Anthony Gonzalez, embarks on a North American tour this spring in support of his brand new album “Saturdays = Youth” which will be released April 15th on Mute. The first single from [...]

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So, the Gene Simmons sex video is everywhere by now, and if you haven’t seen it, I recommend avoiding it, as you will never be able to unsee it. Sort of a day ruin-er. I guess when you’re famous and women shamelessly throw themselves at you, you don’t really have to work on your [...]

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Stumbled across this completely bad ass video of Fugazi’s perpetual encore, “Waiting Room.” I can’t tell the date exactly, but it looks early. So, late 1980’s would be my best guess. Surely, before Repeater came out. The crowd knows and sings every word, which normally bothers me, but this is such a raucous version I [...]

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So, having been slowly won over by Kate Nash’s Made of Bricks, I’m contemplating seeing her this spring when she comes back to the US for a month-long tour to coincide with Coachella. And, amazingly, the south is not being glossed over. She’s playing both Variety Playhouse in Atlanta, GA and the (smoke free) [...]

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Riding high from the number of year-end best-of lists Ga Ga Ga Ga Ga landed on (including several of ours), Spoon has scheduled another round of tour dates. This time The Walkmen and White Rabbits will be joining them for a few weeks in April. The Walkmen are finishing up their fourth record, not [...]

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Unless you’re some Peter Pan-like freak, the bands you loved as a kid, hopefully, aren’t the artists you adore today – that is, after pimples, after trigonometry and most certainly post your “first time.” Granted, life - and to a certain extant, music itself - was a helluva lot simpler then. You liked what you [...]

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Ok, maybe not. Listening to The Wonderful and Frightening World of… tonight inspired some YouTube trudging and resulted in this entertaining Beeb bit. The man is a legend and deserves his own Bank Holiday. (part 2, 3, etc… [9 parts total]
As a bonus, here’s my favorite track from The Wonderful and Frightening [...]

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In celebration of our newest guests, the very vocal and always eloquent Ween(er) Lovers of Ween.net, I’d like to formally welcome you to Drawer B with one of my all-time favorite Ween tracks, Buenas Tardes Amigos, from 1994’s Chocolate and Cheese.
Ween - Buenas Tardes Amigos

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Jawbreaker’s debut record, Unfun, is getting the reissue treatment eighteen years after it was originally released in 1990. Original drummer Adam Pfahler is overseeing the process of remastering and distribution. His own Blackball Records will support the release, which will be available for the first time digitally, as well as on both vinyl and [...]

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I’m a sucker for animation like this. The song, not so much.

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Raking in almost $340 million bucks from last year’s record shattering tour hasn’t slowed The (reunited) Police, who are prepping one final summer jaunt across the US before retiring for good. Or at least until its time to rob fans blind again and build more castles. The band is planning to play amphitheaters and [...]

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Slate’s Jody Rosen attempts to argue that Amy Winehouse isn’t just another celebrity train wreck, despite all the evidence to the contrary. Yes, Winehouse got her shit together long enough to eke out a via satellite Grammy performance on Sunday, but whether that good behavior sustains is far from conclusive. I mean, she was just [...]

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Those Replacements reissues that have been buried in the rumor mill for so long that many thought they would never come out are finally going to see the light of day this spring. Rhino (who else?) plans to release the Minneapolis band’s first three raucous albums, Sorry Ma, Forgot to Take out the Trash, [...]

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Radiohead confirms US tour dates, and amazingly the South is represented. Supposedly, this is just the first batch:
May 5 - Cruzan Amphitheatre - West Palm Beach, Florida
May 6 - Ford Amphitheatre - Tampa, Florida
May 8 - Lakewood Amphitheatre - Atlanta, Georgia
May 9 - Verizon Wireless Amphitheatre - Charlotte, North Carolina
May 11 - Nissan Pavilion [...]

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From Kate Bush’s genius Hounds of Love album in 1985, this song always packs a punch no matter how many times I’ve listened to it. Bush is a rare breed of freak, and this video is equally strange (starring a young-ish Donald Sutherland), but the song is no less amazing.

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Country music legend Dolly Parton has sidelined her upcoming US tour because of back problems caused by her enormous breasts, which is amusing news in and of itself, but it’s her official statement that busts out the gold: “You try wagging these puppies around a while and see if you don’t have back problems.” [...]

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It’s been a really long time since I found Ween amusing. College, I guess. I mean, when was the last time you played with a whoopee cushion? Honestly, by the time Pure Guava came out I’d had my fill of shrill indulgent nonsense. I’m sure Gene and Dean Ween have written a few more decent [...]

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