After last year’s Bonnaroo, I swore I’d never return. Not because I didn’t see any good shows- I did. I saw some amazing shows. It was just that the place was a hot, filthy mess and swarming with hippies. Of course, I expected to see more than a few hippies at a hippie festival, but […]

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[kml_flashembed movie=”http://youtube.com/v/mFWBWTLyF9U” width=”425″ height=”350″ wmode=”transparent” /] Well, technically, this isn’t very retro, since it was recorded on Bauhaus‘ 2006 reunion tour, but since Bauhaus hasn’t put out a new record since 1983, we’re going to call it retro. Their cover of Joy Division’s “Transmission” is rock solid. Peter Murphy even does his best Ian Curtis […]

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[kml_flashembed movie=”http://youtube.com/v/tROXY9Qfh4g” width=”425″ height=”350″ wmode=”transparent” /] Marilyn Manson has never been accused of writing a good song; the man isn’t exactly famous for his tunes. But at least a few singles here and there over the years have had, you know, choruses and whatnot that were almost passably memorable. No such luck with his latest […]

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For a guy who’s not too keen on internet savvy marketing, Jack White seems to be loosening up on the whole idea of music not produced on vinyl. That’s right, the new White Stripes record will be available on limited edition thumb drives. They will come in two versions, a cartoon Meg and a cartoon […]

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The following dates will feature the Beastie Boys in their “traditional hip hop glory”, accoring to their press release; that is to say it will not be an all-instrumental set a la the new record, The Mix Up, out June 26. More intimate dates with a full band line-up are forthcoming. “More intimate” as in […]

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It’s old news that iPods and podcasts and even Myspace have taken a huge bite out of corporate radio’s audience and influence. Now, in a last ditch effort to sustain some semblance of relevance, clusterfucky, Clear Channel type stations are embracing the Internet as a means of reaching out to listeners, but it may be […]

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On Sunday, The New York Times did a piece on Andrew Kuo, an obsessive blogger with a bizarre methodology: “Mr. Kuo meticulously dissects indie rock and hip-hop records and shows and then transforms the data into complicated, brightly colored charts and diagrams.” It’s a visual piss-take on ADD internet surfers. So, to put Kuo to […]

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