The man needs surgery on his knee so badly he’s taken to walking with a cane, but is he canceling any shows? No way. Says Homme, “everyone cancels all the time for hurting their finger and stuff like that, that’s not me.” Perhaps, Lily Allen should take a page from his book. Meanwhile, Queens of […]

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And Moz’s version (live):

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According to Billboard, Robert Smith has announced that The Cure’s 13th studio album will be a double record. In light of the commercial concerns of marketing a double album these digital days, Smith is willing to take a loss to sell the record at a single disc price. The band even trolled through decades old […]

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The music of Joy Division, while not as overtly plagiarized as too many lazy writers carelessly assert, certainly serves as a template for Interpol’s immobile sense of dramatic enterprise. From the moment Interpol arrived on the scene in 2002, the band came fully equipped with its image and sound intact. Its presentation was so thoroughly […]

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The Pogues are no strangers to the reunion circuit, having roped legendary drunk frontman Shane MacGowan back into the fold for shows that teeter on the brink of his imminent death. How that toothless, drunken fool is still walking much less singing is astounding, but if you want a Pogues show under your belt, I’d […]

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Live Earth set itself up for heaps of mockery with its massive energy consumption to raise awareness for, whoops, the conservation of energy (what little I could stomach bored me into oblivion). Whenever a parade of bandwagoning celebrities shove politics down your throat, it always comes off more than a tad disingenuous. And who better […]

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ack! I can’t believe I missed this. On May 27th, Young Marble Giants played together first the first time in like 26 years. I guess I should have friended them. Damn.

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