Digging the new Lily Allen album art. Pink dress, black veil. The clever twist on an old relationship cliche as a title is not quite as good as Stuck on the Naughty Step would have been, but it’ll work. Lyrically, Allen’s been working the fame-bashing angle as of late, which treads perilously close to self-mockery, […]
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Lily Allen skips naughty step
December 9th, 2008
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Blur reunion gets official(er)
December 9th, 2008
And it’s not just the NME reporting. Billboard and Rolling Stone are in on the action now too. The band is set to play Hyde Park in London on July 3, 2009. Rumors of other big shows are just rumors at this point, but the activity is for real. I saw Blur in 2003 in […]
Cursive tweaks new record, stretches legs
December 5th, 2008
Cursive is about 99% through with its follow-up to 2006’s Happy Hollow, posting this update on its website Monday: "We are all done mixing and have been for a bit but have been working on tweaks and sequence and other fun stuff that no one will ever notice or care about." The band has posted […]
Kings of Leon’s jeans too tight for a reason
December 5th, 2008
Of all the ridiculous things to be afflicted with as a boy growing up, King of Leon singer Caleb Followill suffered from anorexia. Come on. Man, few things get less sympathy than a dude "suffering" from anorexia. Perhaps, that’s sexist. But rarely are men under the same amount of body-image scrutiny that women are, particularly […]
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Napolean Dynamite, the pseudonym, not the shitty movie
December 5th, 2008
The douchebag who directed Napolean Dynomite still tries to maintain his story that he had no idea that Elvis Costello came up with his movie’s title over two decades ago for his album Blood & Chocolate. Costello is rightfully annoyed: "The guy just denies completely that I made the name up. But I invented it." […]
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Buy Idlewild’s new album before it sells out or before it’s even made
November 26th, 2008
Idlewild’s sixth LP is on sale, but the band has not even begun recording it yet. In a strange marketing strategy, Idlewild said it is trying to deal "more quickly and directly with the fans." Umm, what? Not having label support might have something to do with it; times are tough, even for rock stars. […]
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Blur to reform in 2009, like totally official this time
November 25th, 2008
If the last year’s "will they/won’t they" saga is any indication, this news will probably be shat all over by another member of the band in a matter of days, but – for now at least – Blur is officially confirmed to be heading into the studio next year, according to frontman Damon Albarn. He […]