Fever Ray – When I Grow Up

February 17th, 2009

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RETRO: Superchunk “Precision Auto” video + new EP

February 17th, 2009

In light of today’s Superchunk news, I had a hankering to hear “Precision Auto” off On the Mouth from 1993. The band is set to return after a loooong hiatus with the Leaves in the Gutter EP via Merge, of course, on April 7th, which will be nicely timed to coincide with the band’s appearance […]

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Perez vs. Lily

February 17th, 2009

Celebrity fighting has infiltrated the micro-blogosphere. Gasp! A Twitter war broke out yesterday between fat, talentless gossip hag Perez Hilton and mouthy British pop singer Lily Allen, who’s newest record hit stores last week. I suppose my bias is transparent. Poor miss Allen was reduced to trading barbs with Hilton, having had her goat gotten […]

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Prince trades Corvette in for Segway

February 17th, 2009

It’s been almost 25 years since Prince cruised around on his purple hog in Purple Rain. A lot has changed in that quarter of a century interim. Prince is no longer starring in vanity (intended) film projects. Nor is he cruising around on two good hips. I’ll give him this, though: the man still looks […]

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Gondry takes on Flight of The Conchords

February 17th, 2009

really? (via)

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Be Your Own Elvis Costello

February 16th, 2009

That’s a nice cravat for £18.

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Studio footage of Blur recording Parklife leaks onto internets

February 13th, 2009

Producer Stephen Street has posted vintage footage of Blur in the studio recording its classic Parklife album (which he produced). The snippet shows the band working out various bits of “Magic America”, “London Loves”, and the b-side “People in Europe”, among others. The footage was shot at Maison Rouge Studios in Fulham, London in 1994. […]

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