Entries from January 2009

RETRO: Rites of Spring “Spring” live at 9:30 club 1985

January 10th, 2009

Amazing footage of one of Guy Picciatto’s pre-Fugazi bands, playing the opening track off Rites of Spring’s one and only LP live at the (old) 9:30 Club in Washington DC. Before emo was a dirty word.

[Read more →]

Tags: video

Looking like Blondie again

January 10th, 2009

Ok, so I realize that TMZ is pretty much a symbol of our declining civilization, but I subscribe to the feed as a guilty pleasure. Sometimes, there’s something (sort of)worth a look, like this Debbie Harry year-by-year comparison from the past three years: Back in the day, Debbie Harry was easily one of the hottest […]

[Read more →]

Tags: gossip

Oh Zooey, Show me again

January 9th, 2009

Get a tour of Zooey’s home studio. Sadly not her bedroom. (via)

[Read more →]

Tags: link

Photography from Lauren Dukoff

January 9th, 2009

[Read more →]

Tags: link

Hypeful’s 25 Best Covers Songs of 2008

January 9th, 2009

I’m such a sucker for covers. Hypeful’s 25 Best Cover Songs of 2008 (includes Bat For Lashes doing the Cure’s “A Forest”, Of Montreal, Spoon, and more).

[Read more →]

Tags: link

Always pick the one in the Misfits shirt

January 9th, 2009

[Read more →]

Tags: link

Apparently Dent May is the Flavour of the Week

January 9th, 2009

Almost a year ago, after reading about Dent May on Kitsune Noir, I somehow came to possess a handful of tracks (Apparently entitled the “Brush With Velvet EP”) from Dent May and quite quickly “Meet Me in the Garden” came to be “that song.” You know, “That Song,” the one that plays on shuffle on […]

[Read more →]

Tags: link · new release · video