We love Amy Winehouse as much as the next guy, but this is ridiculous. I know she’s not touring much in the US, so spaces are limited. But $600? No effing way. And some hopeful fool is asking $999 for two tickets to her Chicago show at Schubas. What? I wouldn’t pay that much to […]

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After Metric’s latest audio turd, Live It Out, it’s no wonder Emily Haines is getting something else lined up, just in case. Her debut solo record Knives Don’t Have Your Back is out June 4 with a single, “Doctor Blind”, preceeding it on may 21.

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Resigning with the label that put out all the classics, Echo & The Bunnymen “are chuffed to bits about returning to our old roots…it’s fantastic to be working on the album having just resigned to ‘Korova / Warners’; the new album is going to be amazing, and we can’t wait to get it finished.” Even […]

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James Murphy wears his flawless, meticulously organized, hipper-than-your record collection brazenly on his sleeve. He’s a DJ, so this is a matter of course. You expect as much from someone who makes a public display of his ability to amuse you with his records. What’s less obvious is that since Murphy paid such close attention […]

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Some times schadenfreude is good. Fred Durst has finally hit the bottom of the pile of white trash he came from, and he doesn’t even know it yet. It might be sad, if Durst weren’t such an opportunistic, fame-hungry blockhead. Rap/rock has gone the way of acid-washed jeans, and everyone knows this except the poster boy for […]

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Geffen will release a two disc expansion of Sonic Youth’s seminal Daydream Nation on June 12th packed with rare pictures and bonus tracks. Seems like this should have preceeded both the Goo and Dirty deluxe reissues, but I’m not complaining. The vinyl version will be released on the band’s Goofin’ Records as a four-LP set. According to […]

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I don’t know how I overlooked Poni Hoax’s debut on Tigersushi. It’s probably because it came in a slip-sleeve case, and I always lose those things. Anyway, after my rediscovery I found this “presentation” on Youtube, which gives you an idea of how suave and bizarrely cool this band is. Dark-wave disco with pretentiously monotone […]

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