Entries from March 2008

RETRO: Huggy Bear “Her Jazz”

March 28th, 2008

Stumbled across a link to Huggy Bear’s early demos and Peel sessions on Idolator the other day, which made me nostalgic for this song. 1994 was a bad ass year. This clip is from a 1994 UK zine documentary “Getting Close to Nothing.”

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Of Montreal in the studio

March 28th, 2008

Crafting the follow-up to last year’s stupendous Hissing Fauna, Are You the Destroyer? isn’t intimidating in the least for Kevin Barnes, despite the fact that Fauna’s emotional bloodletting practically destroyed his sanity. Turns out not much has changed, even with all the accolades and success, as Barnes recently told Rolling Stone, “Every day, I wake […]

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Feelies reunion news

March 28th, 2008

So, there are rumors of a Feelies reunion floating around out there, but it won’t be the line up that wrote, recorded, and performed Crazy Rhythms. Still, with Glenn Mercer and Bill Million performing together for the first time in 17 years, it could be interesting. Crazy Rhythms is one of my favorite records of […]

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Anti-Emo Riots?

March 27th, 2008

I’m not going to comment on this or even post a photo. Just read the article.

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The Notwist, The Devil, You + Me

March 27th, 2008

I haven’t had nearly enough time to fully digest the new Notwist record, The Devil, You + Me. On first listen, I didn’t instantly fall in love with it, as I did with Neon Golden, but that isn’t necessarily a bad thing. I can definitely tell it is going to take many a listen to […]

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MTV debuts The Loder Files with a rare Prince interview

March 27th, 2008

Having whisked its only credible source off to the doldrums of online movie reviews, MTV lost its last semblance of legitimacy in hiding Kurt Loder from the camera. His caustic wit and unflappable charm made MTV palatable throughout its awkward teen years, but with the channel hell-bent on erasing the music video from its cultural […]

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Duran Duran flub tour opener in New Zealand

March 27th, 2008

After its latest album, the Timbaland-produced Red Carpet Massacre, plummeted into obscurity the moment it was released in the US last November, Duran Duran has been the victim of yet another stretch of bad luck. The latest gaffe occurring at the opening show in New Zealand for its current world tour. Evidently, lead singer Simon […]

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