The Independent featured the perennial proverbial “album art is so last century” article Rock Art RIP this weekend. This time it’s Peter Saville declaring that album art is dead. Sigh. Perhaps we’ll be saved by the resurgence of vinyl? Gigwise has a collection of covers from this year that prove that the rumours of the […]

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Zooey and M. Ward (She & Him) make an appearance on Sound Opinions this week, prompting a discussion of former Hollywood crossovers like Eddie Murphy, Ricky Nelson, and Will Oldham to name a few. Entertaining as always.

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My high school crush on Juliana Hatfield didn’t translate into quite what I had worked out in my head, even though she did once help a friend of mine and I sneak into a Lemonheads show (circa It’s A Shame About Ray!) when we were underage. She set us up to watch the entire show […]

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With Bauhaus’ unceremonious and uncomfortable announcement that there would be no touring or promotion for its final album, Go Away White, the re-emergence of Love & Rockets is somewhat anti-climactic. Not that the two bands have much in common besides 3/4’s of a line-up, but, still, my surprising excitement for the new Bauhaus record isn’t […]

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I’d practically promised myself I wouldn’t comment on The Cure anymore, since things have sunk so low that it’s just beyond embarrassing for my one-time favorite band. But it’s difficult to ignore news of new jaw-dropping lows in the career of perennial clown, Robert Smith. Allowing members of Fall Out Boy, My Chemical Romance, and […]

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Ladytron-Runaway (Myspace Exclusive) Well, Ladytron’s Runaway.

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Yep. Today is 808, well, 080808, but close enough. (links and stuff here and here.)

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