Entries from October 2009

No!!!!!! Vampire Weekend sell “A-punk” to HP

October 17th, 2009

(sarcasm intended)

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Tags: advert · sellout · video

Sonic Youth on Gossip Girl: Ugh

October 13th, 2009

So, The Sonic Youths were on Gossip Girl last night. It was so weird and uncomfortable. Worlds colliding and all that. And Kim Gordon officiated Rufus and Lily’s wedding? It made me cringe in places I don’t even understand. And an acoustic version of “Star Power” is not what the doctor ordered. I know Kim […]

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Tags: sellout · video

Flashback: Between Us and Them – Moving Units

October 8th, 2009

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Tags: link

Spotted: Sonic Youth consorting with uppercrust, backstabbing teens

October 8th, 2009

On the next episode of Gossip Girl…Sonic Youth (?!?) will play an acoustic version of the EVOL classic “Star Power.” To cash in on celebrate the occasion, Sonic Youth will be offering the acoustic track as a digital download the following day over at Sonic Youth dot com. If commemorating the band’s first appearance on […]

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VIDEO: Mission of Burma “1, 2, 3, Partyy!”

October 8th, 2009

The fact that Mission of Burma’s second post-reunion record, The Obliterati, was so good that it ranked amongst the band’s best work was a feat few bands could pull off. Typically, when bands reunite the “new” stuff pales in comparison to the “old” stuff, but somehow Mission of Burma beat that cliche to a pulp. […]

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Echo & the Bunnymen “I Think I Need It Too” on Later with Jools Holland 10.06.2009

October 8th, 2009

K’s Nouvelle Vague post sent me off to listen to the original Echo & the Bunnymen version of “All My Colours”, which then prompted me to Google what the band’s been up to lately. Turns out it just performed its new single “I Think I Need It Too” on Later with Jools Holland two nights […]

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Tags: video

VIDEO: Land of Talk “Troubled”

October 7th, 2009

Another video from the forthcoming Fun and Laughter EP by Land of Talk has premiered via Spinner, so apologies in advance for having to sit through an ad. The EP, which consists of four new songs plus three videos of tracks off the band’s debut full-length, Some Are Lakes, hits stores this coming Tuesday, October […]

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Tags: video