Well, you’re going to be super-stoked because not only is INXS putting out a new record, it’s also kinda/sorta simultaneously putting out an old record but with new singers on old songs. Sound awesome? Or more like a desperate attempt to drum up some business, using the cheapest, most shameless means possible? Well, it gets [...]
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So, you’ve totally been waiting for a new INXS record, right?
February 24th, 2010 · 1 Comment
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Director set for Cobain biopic
February 19th, 2010 · No Comments
Universal Studios is finally moving forward on the Kurt Cobain biopic with Oren Moverman set to direct and supervise the screenplay. Having written the screenplay for Denis Johnson’s novel-turned-film Jesus’ Son and having directed last year’s critically lauded The Messenger, Moverman has a level of credibility that shows that Universal is at least taking this [...]
Alan Wilder rejoins Depeche Mode for one-off show
February 19th, 2010 · No Comments
After a somewhat acrimoniously worded letter of departure some 14 years ago, Alan Wilder has returned to Depeche Mode for a one-off show at London’s Royal Albert Hall benefiting the Teenage Cancer Trust. The keyboardist and occasional drummer (and probably the most natural musician of the group) took to the stage to play piano on [...]
John Hughes wrote a screenplay based on The Cure’s Lovecats?
February 18th, 2010 · No Comments
Well, according to Molly Ringwald, he did. Writer David Kamp’s recent tribute to John Hughes, the godfather of 80’s teen-angst for film, was a feature spread in Vanity Fair, which also included a few sidebar interviews with some of the actors synonymous with Hughes’ films. In Ringwald’s segment, she talks about her teenage obsession with [...]
MTV stands for what exactly?
February 9th, 2010 · No Comments
With MTV’s removal of the words “Music Television” from its iconic logo, the reality network finally admits, however passively, that music is in no way a driving force behind its existence anymore. This is news to absolutely no one, much less to the train-wreck-craving rubberneckers who seem glued to watching Guidos confirm that America is [...]
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With no understanding of the concept of supply and demand, Hole reunites, anyway
January 13th, 2010 · 1 Comment
It’s not news to hear that Courtney Love is an embarrassing trainwreck, but this Hole reunion is scraping the resin off the bottom of the barrel. First of all, no one cares. No one liked Hole to begin with. The only reason anyone paid any attention to the band’s second album, Live Through This, was [...]
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Tim Kasher hangs out at open mic nights
December 14th, 2009 · No Comments
Tim Kasher, frontman for both Cursive and The Good Life, has abandoned life in Los Angeles for the anonymity of Montana, where he spends every Wednesday at a local bar’s open mic night. Kasher recently spoke to Spinner, explaining the motive thusly:
“The locals don’t know I’m in a band. It’s great. It gives me a [...]
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Magnetic Fields get Realism and tour
December 3rd, 2009 · No Comments
I’ve been meaning to mention this for a few weeks now, but I kept forgetting until I saw a tweet today that reminded me. The Magnetic Fields have a new album forthcoming (January 26) and will be touring in support of said album. I’ve already got tix for the DC show and I’m [...]
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Too Much Joy, Not Much Royalty
December 1st, 2009 · No Comments
“I got something in the mail last week I’d been wanting for years: a Too Much Joy royalty statement from Warner Brothers that finally included our digital earnings.”
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New Interpol to sound like old Interpol
November 20th, 2009 · No Comments
Despite Paul Banks’ active promotion of his impressive solo debut, Julian Plenti is…Skyscraper, the fourth Interpol album is still on track for release in early 2010. Drummer Sam Fogarino has even alluded to its close relationship to Interpol’s darkly expansive 2002 debut, Turn on the Bright Lights, telling Paste Magazine, “In trying to move forward, there [...]
Beck swoops in and finishes the fight
November 20th, 2009 · 2 Comments
My favorite piece of news in the past week is Beck’s musical response to that clueless buffoon from The Fiery Furnaces, who tried to insult Radiohead, blog-style, but missed the point completely. And in attempting to cover his ass retroactively, took a swipe at Beck. Well, Radiohead, in their lofty chairs of utter superiority, ignored [...]
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Peter Murphy pulls out the cape for Twilight 3 cameo
November 6th, 2009 · 3 Comments
It is both fitting and alarming that Peter Murphy of Bauhaus and solo fame will be making a cameo appearance in the third Twilight installment, Eclipse. If Stephenie Meyer co-opts Bauhaus as an influence and millions of tweens are introduced to the likes of “Stigmata Martyr” and “Bela Lugosi’s Dead”, thus creating a Hot Topic [...]
Jawbox reunion will literally consist of one song
November 2nd, 2009 · 1 Comment
Turns out the buzz about a Jawbox reunion begins and ends with the bands appearance on Late Night with Jimmy Fallon on November 23rd. The seminal DC post-hardcore quartet will celebrate the re-release of its major label debut, For Your Own Special Sweetheart, with a one-off appearance on Fallon’s chat show, bizarrely enough. But there [...]
Thom Yorke assembles bizarre backing band
September 29th, 2009 · No Comments
Radiohead frontman Thom Yorke is putting together an odd assortment of musicians to help bring his solo album, The Eraser, to life. The band consists of a few recognizable names, including Flea of the Red Hot Chili Peppers, Radiohead producer Nigel Godrich, and Beck sidekick Joey Waronker. To say that many Radiohead fans will be [...]
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Murder By Death scores science fiction novel
September 11th, 2009 · No Comments
Science Fiction and Horror author Jeff Vandermeer asked Murder By Death to write the soundtrack that will accompany the limited edition release of his book entitled Finch. It’s an instrumental score that was inspired specifically by scenes from the book. According to the band, the story is akin to Bladerunner but “with spore-faced bad guys.” [...]
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John Lydon reunites Public Image Limited with questionable motives
September 10th, 2009 · 2 Comments
John Lydon, as simultaneously annoying and entertaining as he can be, is not one to play by the rules. The fact that he has flogged the dead horse that is the Sex Pistols’ legacy for cheap, cash-cow reunions on numerous occasions is unsurprising to anyone who has even tangentially followed his career path. The Sex [...]
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Ryan Adams relaunches PAX AM label
September 10th, 2009 · No Comments
Amusing statement from Ryan Adams regarding the digital relaunch of his PAX AM label:
Thanks for making Pax Am the number one Ryan Adams merch site online. We would hunt anyone else down though.
Did you have a rad summer? Good. If you said no, never worry, Pax Am is here. We are gonna fill [...]
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Infamous Nirvana show for November release
August 28th, 2009 · No Comments
When Nirvana played the Reading Festival at the end of August in 1992, the band hadn’t rehearsed in months, according to Charles R. Cross’ infamous Cobain biography, Heavier Than Heaven. In fact, both drummer Dave Grohl and bassist Kist Novaselic had no idea if Kurt Cobain would even show. So, when a wheelchair appeared on [...]
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Sub Pop celebrates 20th anniversary of Nirvana’s Bleach
August 14th, 2009 · 1 Comment
As crazy as it sounds, Nirvana’s Bleach was released twenty years ago this past June, so, of course, there’s a deluxe reissue in the works. And since Nirvana is the band that put Sub Pop on the map, it’s only fitting that the Seattle label celebrate its anniversary in style. The expanded disc and double [...]
The Verve steady as she implodes
August 13th, 2009 · No Comments
As with any reunion, The Verve’s motives had to be viewed with a few extra grains of salt. This is a band that has notoriously imploded multiple times. So, anyone who didn’t see the dollar signs flashing behind them when they reformed in 2007 just didn’t want to. With news that The Verve has once [...]
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