Prince has some of the most loyal fans of any artist I can think of, but even some of those freaks would surely be hard-pressed to fork over $2,100 for a limited edition iPod Touch. Purple though it may be with that androgynous symbol engraved on the back, it only comes pre-loaded with one 15-song, […]

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Slate’s music critic, Jody Rosen, isn’t a big fan of The Decemberists. I, too, share Rosen’s distaste for the most pretentious little Lord Fauntleroy in all of corporate subsidized nerd folk in one Colin Meloy. His reedy voice – embarrassingly overwrought lyrics notwithstanding – is of a timbre my ears find repugnant. When I dislike […]

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(via the always reliable Tugalicious)

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Kanye West’s response to last night’s glorious South Park is pretty golden. It was a given that he would respond on his blog; it was just a matter of when. Well, it’s up in ALL CAPS, of course, and it’s worth the wait: SOUTH PARK MURDERED ME LAST NIGHT AND IT’S PRETTY FUNNY. IT HURTS […]

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After ditching his Cardinals at the end of last month’s tour, Ryan Adams has resurfaced as Werewolph, the nom de plume he’s used before as a metal experiment on his website. If this is the effect marrying Mandy Moore has on him, I am a huge supporter of this union. The three songs (“Dead People […]

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As an avid fan of Canada’s Junior Boys, I was most disappointed by Begone Dull Care when I first heard it a few months back. I gave it several listens and pretty much forgot about it. It just didn’t hook me. In fact, if anything I found it only inspired me to go back and […]

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It’s weird suddenly reading all these articles about Kurt Cobain that ask, rhetorically, if anyone still listens to Nirvana. I know today marks the anniversary of the day Cobain was found dead, which explains the plethora of Nirvana-related fare, but the fact that people wonder whether anyone still listens to Nirvana is what puzzles me. […]

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