Indierocket! has the new Battles video for “Tonto” posted, as well as the lyrics to its baffling tour de force single, “Atlas”, which are transcribed in a Myspace blog. So, evidently Ty Braxton is not saying “sing this hymn, oh we oh.”

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There are two types of Pink Floyd fans. The ones who only lay claim to the original line-up with Syd Barrett at the healm, and the ones who stone up and listen to Dark Side of the Moon at the laser-light show at the local science museum. Ok, I’ll grant a few bleeders and fence-riders, […]

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You know, if I had a record label and one of my bands followed up a perfectly solid debut with this lopsided turd of a record, I’d be, uhh, trying to make them someone else’s problem in a hurry, too. Seems Vice smelled what was cooking on album number three for these Canucks and decided to pass. […]

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Vice’s mp3 blog has a few golden nuggets this week, including this mash-up of Jay-Z’s “Show Me What You Got” vs. Justice’s “D.A.N.C.E.” No, it’s not the best Jay-Z song to mash with, nor is it the best mash-up in general, as some parts sound like someone accidentally stuck his peanut butter in someone else’s […]

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I am usually keen on Slate’s perspective on news, sports, politics, culture and such, so I was bemused when contributor Taylor Clark spent 1300 words inexplicably raving about how cool Portland, Ore., is. Clark name drops residents Isaac Brock, James Mercer, Stephen Malkmus, Elliott Smith, Janet Weiss, Britt Daniel, Colin Meloy, Chris Walla, Johnny Marr, […]

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when discussing the SNL Digital Short, “Dick in a Box,” amongst your peers, kindly refer to it as “the Emmy Award winning…”

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Overlooked as a single by fans and even by the band for its recent setlists, Depeche Mode’s “Shake the Disease” remains one of my favorites. Martin Gore is looking spectacularly crazy in this video, as he was wont to do in the ’80’s. Androgyny doesn’t quite cover it. Gore’s penchant for S&M gear looked straight, […]

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