[photo via Brooklyn DIY] I was a full-throttle Jawbreaker fan right up until 1995’s Dear You, which seemed to ruin everything, especially for my admittedly biased-towards-the-rock college radio ears. I’m not sure how it would sit with me now, and I don’t really care. Life’s too short to revisit failure. I just remember the moment […]

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Yeah, that’s Françoise Hardy. (via)

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Duran Duran’s Rio has undergone the “making of” treatment via the Classic Albums DVD series. In it the band looks back at how it happened that their second record catapulted them to international superstardom. Bassist John Taylor attributes the success to keeping things simple. Well, that and those videos, of course. Says Taylor: “It’s probably […]

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At a show the other night at La Cigale in Paris, Vampire Weekend did a bang-up job on this cover of Plastic Bertrand’s “Ça Plane Pour Moi”, the original of which was recently featured here. The band’s new single for “The Kids Don’t Stand A Chance” should be out soon backed with a version featuring […]

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Heidi Klum : Victoria’s Secret Ipex Bra TV Commercial from tvcfblog on Vimeo.

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“This is so bad! It’s not even music…” cried a drunk, self-proclaimed “Clapton fan” and likely GWU student as the wall of sound from the opener, Run into Flowers, tumbled and faded while the crowd went nuts. I don’t think that unwitting student was prepared for the aural crush of an M83 show, particularly 5 […]

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As with any pointless list, this list of the 15 creepiest album covers over at Odee has its share of hits and misses. Anything current like Butthole Surfers or Lords of Acid just seems forced and lame. Ooh, a cartoon pencil jammed in an ear.  Shocking. But some true gold awaits in a few shining […]

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