Neko Case has a new song available for download. And it’s for charity, as her label will make a donation to the Best Friends Animal Society. Win/win. It’s the first single “People Got A Lotta Nerve” from her new record, Middle Cyclone, which is out March 3 via Anti-, and, even if it sucks (it […]

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With Be Your Own Pet’s sudden, premature, and unceremonious break-up, it’s not exactly surprising that lead singer Jemina Pearl has plans for a solo record. She’s still on Thurston Moore’s Ecstatic Peace! label, which was also home to BYOP. No juicy details as to why the band broke up have surfaced, so in the meantime […]

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Jason Schwartzman’s musical moniker, Coconut Records, has a new album coming out this coming Tuesday entitled Davy. If you were a fan of his last record, Nighttiming, then the first single, “Microphone”, will undoubtedly lure you back for more. Schwartzman has an ear for instantly hummable tunes and just exudes charm. I wish he didn’t […]

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The RIAA has vowed to stop suing individuals for online piracy. It seems that after five years and 35,000 cases, the RIAA has finally realized that its tactics were not exactly cost-effective. This does not mean the RIAA has given up completely. The focus has merely shifted. So, instead of suing single moms, dead people, […]

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Billy Corgan’s delusional behavior reached new levels of cry-baby over-reactionary absurdity this week when he swore off albums in favor of "radio-friendly" singles. He’s not eschewing albums for any forward-thinking, technological reason. No, it’s just a defensive, knee-jerk reaction to the fact that nobody listened to his band’s latest crap record. Obviously, his first mistake […]

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Despite all the hoopla about the flurry of Blur activity in the coming months, particularly the Hyde Park concert on July 3rd (tickets for which sold out in one hour), drummer Dave Rowntree, clearly the most grounded of the quartet, continues to pursue political representation under the Labour banner. After a loss last year to […]

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For the cover of his forthcoming record, Years of Refusal, a fairly masculine-looking Morrissey is rocking a Fred Perry, sleeves rolled, and carelessly unbuttoned to reveal Magnum P.I.’s chest hair. Awesome. Not sure what’s up with the crazy metallic disease on his arm, much less the baby.  But if the music is anywhere near as […]

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