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List ‘Em Carefully: Top 10 Love Songs
With Valentine’s Day right around the corner, you’re bound to stumble across stacks of top ten lists containing writers’ favorite romantic comedies, love songs, etc. But for those of you fed up with the Sinatra/Streissand stroke fest when it comes to the greatest love songs of all time (no offense to the Chairman of the [...]
Shout Out Out Out Out will soon do some more shout out out out outing…
What exactly Shout Out Out Out Out – does anyone else get really tired when writing that name out? – will attempt to do when it unleashes its long-awaited sophomore studio album, Reintegration Time, on May 5th remains to be seen, at least we know it will be mark the latest example of the electro [...]
Stream: War Child: Heroes
Earlier this month, we told you about the second stellar compilation project of the new year (Dark Was the Night being number one). Entitled War Child: Heroes, the 16-track benefit album seeks to raise proceed for victims of war by inundating listeners with so many awesome covers that you, me, and everyone else would be [...]
Los Campesinos! keep the fun going into April!
Why end a good thing, especially when the thing in question is Los Campesinos!‘s ongoing North American tour? Perhaps aware of the fact that its current co-headlining trek with Titus Andronicus is coming to an end, the Welsh outfit has added to its upcoming agenda with the announcement of a late spring string of dates [...]
Green Day’s 21st Century Breakdown
Tuesday Update: Scroll down for album artwork… Oh, Green Day, where have you been for the past five years? Actually, they’ve been pretty busy. Between releasing one of the best albums post-2000 (e.g. American Idiot), touring the world for two years plus, collaborating with U2 for a post-Katrina song, covering some John Lennon, in addition [...]
Album Review: The Whitest Boy Alive – Rules
You might be surprised that Berlin-based band The Whitest Boy Alive started out as an electronic, dance-oriented outfit. Their 2006 debut album, Dreams, didn’t leave many hints of any dancefloor grooving in the quartet’s precise, minimalistic indie pop. When writing about Kings of Convenience or The Whitest Boy Alive, it’s dutifully and somehow reluctantly necessary [...]
It’s official: the world is ending! Live Nation and Ticketmaster merge!
As first rumored last week, Live Nation and Ticketmaster officially announced their plans for a merger earlier today. Under the terms of the deal, Live Nation, INC, which is currently the world’s largest concert promoter, has agreed to purchase Ticketmaster, the country’s top ticket outlet, for the sum of $400 million. According to Reuters, the [...]
Listen: We Fell To Earth
The more I learn about Britain’s electronic duo U.N.K.L.E, the more fascinating the story becomes, especially in the time during the recording of, and post, War Stories. The orgy of musicians to pass through while the album was being recorded has since spiraled into its own world of musical relationships, spawning War babies if you [...]
Sasquatch! officially unveils 2009 dates and some other important stuff
After captivating the festival circuit with the likes of The Cure, R.E.M., The Mars Volta, and enough indie acts to result in a mass influx of hipsters descending on George, Washington last spring, the Sasquatch! Music Festival will look to the same in 2009 when it returns for its eight go around later this year. [...]
Oh boy, more Muse rumors!
It’s been three years since Muse put out Black Holes & Revelations, and naturally, fans are expecting a new release. They’ve worn out the old discs and last year’s live album, HAARP, has run its course. Fortunately, the English trio are about to answer their prayers, that is if the rumors hold up. In a [...]
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