A Camp is Nina Persson of The Cardigans as well as Atomic Swing’s Niclas Frisk and her husband Nathan Larson of Shudder to Think. Colonia is the band’s second record (out April, 28th 2009 on Nettwerk), slowly following 2001’s self-titled debut. To a casual observer, Persson’s home away from The Cardigans would seem like drastic […]
Entries from February 2009
A Camp “Stronger Than Jesus” live at Swedish Grammys
February 5th, 2009
Tags: new release · video
R.I.P. The Cramps’ Lux Interior October 21, 1946 – February 4, 2009
February 5th, 2009
A founder and leader of The Cramps for decades, Lux Interior has died at age 62 of an existing heart condition. My introduction to The Cramps came by way of my roommate throughout my college years. He had an entire room in his house dedicated to the band, as well as an extensive collection of […]
Ou Est Le Swimming Pool dance the way they feel
February 3rd, 2009
Ou Est Le Swimming Pool definitely conjur up ’80s nostalgia. I hope that’s what they’re going for. I kinda dig it.
Tags: stream
Enter the lotusflow3r
February 2nd, 2009
No stranger to cryptic, inscrutable websites, the reigning king of halftime shows, Prince, has launched yet another web venture at lotusflow3r.com. After waiting about ten minutes for nothing to happen, I signed up, but have no idea what that means because I was only told “Ur In The System.” Super. So, now what do I […]
Lily Allen’s It’s Not Me, It’s You streaming at MySpace
February 2nd, 2009
Though Lily Allen’s tabloid fodder has slightly dimmed my excitement for her as a person, I’m still very much on board for album number two. It’s Not Me, It’s You is streaming in full over at MySpace, prior to its February 10th US release date. She’s traded the jaunty ska-inflected foundation for one that is […]
Halftime was a snooze
February 2nd, 2009
It’s not that I don’t get Bruce Springsteen; I do. It’s just that his schtick doesn’t appeal to me in the least. I was a kid when he took over the charts with Born in the USA, so he was just another superstar next to Michael Jackson and Madonna and Prince, though I didn’t understand […]
Tags: commentary
Rethinking Lloyd Cole
February 2nd, 2009
Every Sunday night during high school, I would sneak downstairs to watch MTV’s 120 Minutes, and, invariably, it would play Lloyd Cole video what seemed like every week. I never knew what to make of Lloyd Cole back then, but after reading 3hive’s case for him I’m intrigued enough to see what I think now. […]