Entries from April 2011

Titus Andronicus Somehow Surprised That The Pogues Are Dicks

April 5th, 2011

I like Titus Andronicus‘ music well enough, but it seems like every time I read a story about them they are complaining. Here’s a sample from another woe-is-me tale from the band’s frontman, Patrick Stickles, regarding their recent experience opening for The Pogues: “After doing nine shows with them, they never took the time to introduce themselves […]

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Tags: commentary · link

Proto-Fascist Peer Pressure – James Murphy in 2006

April 5th, 2011

m ss ng Murphy from m ss ng p eces on Vimeo. “Murphy shares his thoughts on musical discovery, the future of taste, artistic value in the face of technology and what he did with our plot device, something.”

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Tags: interview · video

The Truce between Blur and Oasis Begins on Record Store Day

April 1st, 2011

The longstanding Blur vs. Oasis battle will officially come to and end on this year’s Record Store Day when Liam Gallagher’s new band, Beady Eye, will release a cover of Blur’s “Country House,” the very song that went up against Oasis’ “Roll with It” in that infamous first week sales challenge back in 1995. Gallagher […]

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Tags: new release · news