Well, this just about never happens. A politician who at least modestly comprehends what sampling is all about: “I want to tell a little story about a local guy done good,” says U.S. Congressman Mike Doyle (D – PA) in a recent statement during a hearing on the future of radio. “His name is Gregg […]

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I thought these were a joke on a few blogs today, but New Balance in England has made a very limited run of these Unknown Pleasures– themed trainers. The company has no plans to mass produce them (according someone on the New Order forum who emailed New Balance), and only a few boutiques in Manchester […]

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Beck’s choose your own adventure album cover for The Information proved so, well, inspiring to the (hush, hush) Scientologist that he decided to extend the idea onto, uhh, satchels or Sketchels, rather. Yes, you too can carry an ultra- trendy bag with Beck emblazoned on it and artwork by French artist Genevieve Gauckler. The bags […]

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With only a smattering of live shows in the US this spring, Damon Albarn’s dowdy postcard from London, The Good, The Bad & The Queen, hit the NYC Apple store on March 12th for a quick set, which has, rather opportunistically, turned into an exclusive live EP on itunes.

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They’re just previews that launch in Windows Media Player, but it’s all 12 tracks off Cassadaga. I may be alone in this, but I prefer it when Oberst points his pen outward. The teenage angst was just too claustrophobic. And normally I loathe politicized music, but somehow Oberst makes it quasi-palatable. Must be the new […]

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Please, God, let this be an April Fool’s joke. Why, oh, why would The Cure have anything to do with Ashley Simpson? First it was an appearance on Blink-182’s final record. Ok, bad, but not hopless. Then it was a duet with Korn for its unplugged session. Worse, and pretty much unforgivable. So, now, any […]

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