[kml_flashembed movie=”http://youtube.com/v/CiG6OKPiYVU” width=”425″ height=”350″ wmode=”transparent” /] Riding the crashing wave down from the dregs of the shoegaze movement, Chapterhouse had one fluke hit with “Pearl” in 1991 off its debut Whirpool. It was a dance-infused send up of the heavily mimicked My Bloody Valentine template, replete with breathy vocals, shimmering, overly effects-laden guitars and a […]

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Variety is reporting that ex-Hobbit Elijah Wood is set to portray Iggy Pop in an upcoming biopic, ‘The Passenger.’ This is certain to go down in flames. Elijah Wood? Couldn’t they have gotten someone that wasn’t in permanent pre-pubescent purgatory? How is anyone supposed to believe this clammy twat is Iggy fucking Pop? Pop may […]

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Damon Albarn readily admits to Q Magazine that he’s made two bad records: “The first record [Leisure], which is awful, and The Great Escape, which was messy.” And then he lays into his friends: “The Kaiser Chiefs’ new record sounds a bit like The Great Escape in that it sounds a bit empty. Sometimes records […]

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Though it’s no competition for Fiona Apple’s second record, When the Pawn Hits the Conflicts He Thinks Like a King What He Knows Throws the Blows When He Goes to the Fight and He’ll Win the Whole Thing ‘Fore He Enters the Ring There’s No Body to Batter When Your Mind Is Your Might So […]

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The first release in The Social Regsistry’s new Social Club singles subscription is from actress Jena Malone, who has sustained her career with low-key roles in off-beat films like Donnie Darko, The Dangerous Lives of Alter Boys, and Saved! With such an innocent, almost child-like onscreen presence, it’s hard to imagine she’d create music anywhere […]

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[kml_flashembed movie=”http://www.youtube.com/v/SwLP443yY_E” width=”425″ height=”350″ wmode=”transparent” /] I lost interest in Built to Spill so long ago I can barely recall ever enjoying it. But before Doug Martsch opted to bore audiences with drawn-out Neil Young wankfest solos, he used to be in a band that actually rocked. Treepeople hailed from Seattle before the Nirvana explosion. […]

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Neworderonline.com has a collection of stills from Anton Corbijn’s forthcoming Joy Division biography film, entitled ‘Control.’ They look pretty amazing. You can’t expect the characters to look exactly like their real-life counterparts, but the attention to the details in the settings and in the clothing are astounding. I’ve been equally excited and apprehensive about this […]

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