I will admit I have watched Big Brother on more than one occasion. However, you couldn’t pay me to appear on the show in any capacity, even on my darkest day. As though it’s not weird enough that Prince is whoring around playing Target parking lots to hawk what is undoubtedly a gaudy scent, he’s […]

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Turns out this very bizarre marketing strategy is becoming a reality because, you know, sporty footwear and Joy Division go hand in hand. New Balance plans to produce a line of Joy Division trainers with the artwork from its debut album Unknown Pleasures adorning the sole. They will be embossed with a Fact 10 logo […]

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[kml_flashembed movie=”http://youtube.com/v/s0FHd7k3azw” width=”425″ height=”350″ wmode=”transparent” /] Back when Jane’s Addiction were pretty far underground and more than a little frightening. It’s pathetic how far these guys have fallen in the intervening decades. Not bassist Eric Avery, though. He’s the only one with an ounce of credibility, having refused to partake in any of the Jane’s […]

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Saddle Creek records is taking over downtown Omaha, Nebraska with a 56,000 square foot facility that will feature a new 470-capacity club called Slowdown (named after the early 90’s band Slowdown Virginia, which featured Cursive’s Tim Kasher, among other current Saddle Creek artists), the new Saddle Creek offices, and an art house theater called Film […]

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Fresh off collaborations with both The Raconteurs and Timbaland, Sweden’s The Hives have the bug again, partnering up this time with another unlikely producer. The band met Pharrell Williams in Japan a while back, wherein Williams suggested getting together for something “bass guitar-based.” They recorded together in Miami, and Howlin Pelle promises that “some of […]

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[kml_flashembed movie=”http://youtube.com/v/j6OOA7niXOg” width=”425″ height=”350″ wmode=”transparent” /] Interpol is in the midst of a pre-promotional tour for its highly anticipated third record, Our Love to Admire, which is out July 10 on Capitol. The band recently played KROQ’s Weenie Roast in L.A., from which this decent video was shot. Interpol always sounds muted to me on […]

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To mark the 30th anniversary of the release of Bob Marley’s Exodus, which the highly discerning editors of Time Magazine called the best album of the 20th Century (what???), Island Records plans to re-release the album as a limited edition USB flash drive, priced at an exorbitant $44.99. Island justifies the price hike to account […]

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