When climbing the American corporate ladder, it goes without saying that the more you make the less you actually have to do. But does it also hold true that the more you make the further your head is crammed up your own ass to the point where you have no idea what on earth is […]

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Mark Ronson gets his share of shit for being a pretty boy, but the guy knows how to produce records. Admittedly, his solo album, Version, is hit and miss, but there are some standouts like this Zutons cover, featuring the train wreck du jour, Amy Winehouse, who has managed to hold her shit together for […]

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With their new album Saturdays=Youth out on April 15th, M83 are hitting the road in support. “M83 returns to North America! The French artist, Anthony Gonzalez, embarks on a North American tour this spring in support of his brand new album “Saturdays = Youth” which will be released April 15th on Mute. The first single […]

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So, the Gene Simmons sex video is everywhere by now, and if you haven’t seen it, I recommend avoiding it, as you will never be able to unsee it. Sort of a day ruin-er. I guess when you’re famous and women shamelessly throw themselves at you, you don’t really have to work on your technique. […]

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Stumbled across this completely bad ass video of Fugazi’s perpetual encore, “Waiting Room.” I can’t tell the date exactly, but it looks early. So, late 1980’s would be my best guess. Surely, before Repeater came out. The crowd knows and sings every word, which normally bothers me, but this is such a raucous version I […]

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So, having been slowly won over by Kate Nash’s Made of Bricks, I’m contemplating seeing her this spring when she comes back to the US for a month-long tour to coincide with Coachella. And, amazingly, the south is not being glossed over. She’s playing both Variety Playhouse in Atlanta, GA and the (smoke free) Orange […]

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Riding high from the number of year-end best-of lists Ga Ga Ga Ga Ga landed on (including several of ours), Spoon has scheduled another round of tour dates. This time The Walkmen and White Rabbits will be joining them for a few weeks in April. The Walkmen are finishing up their fourth record, not including […]

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