I still remember the very first time I heard Blank Wave Arcade. It was in the Fall of 1999. We had received it as a promo for review. Eric knew right away that I would love it. And fall in love I did. 13 years later it is still one of my all-time favorite albums, […]

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Gorillaz rolled into the Ed Sullivan Theater yesterday to play “Rhinestone Eyes” (can’t get enough of that keyboard line in the chorus) for The Late Show with David Letterman. The audience was then treated to a bonus 45 minute set that CBS was kind enough to post on its website for your enjoyment:

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depeche mode 7.märz 1988 Werner-Seelenbinder-HallePraxis Dr. McCoy | MySpace Video A line from the film, The Posters Came From the Walls which was recently screened in London.

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I had wanted to do a proper write up of this amazing show in a nearly thousand year old church on a windy, cold and grey evening smack in the center of London’s West End, but I just can’t seem to find the words. It was in many ways an upgraded version of the show […]

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“This is so bad! It’s not even music…” cried a drunk, self-proclaimed “Clapton fan” and likely GWU student as the wall of sound from the opener, Run into Flowers, tumbled and faded while the crowd went nuts. I don’t think that unwitting student was prepared for the aural crush of an M83 show, particularly 5 […]

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