Mute Records is planning a deluxe reissue series for all five M83 albums on vinyl, which will be double gatefold editions with the exception of Digital Shades, previously only available digitally. Each of the LP’s will be coupled with bonus discs. Anthony Gonzalez is preparing for a month-long US tour before a strangely incongruous opening […]

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Goddamnit. Seems like every day I turn around and one of my idols does something unbelievably shitty and lame. This time it’s Elvis Costello, who has deemed it appropriate to lower himself by contributing God knows what to the upcoming Fall Out Boy album. Really?  Fall Out Boy? I know it’s silly to force artists […]

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Erstwhile Duran Duran guitarist Andy Taylor has written a book, Wild Boy: My Life in Duran Duran, about his meteoric rise to stardom and the ensuing debauchery that took place at the height of 1980’s Duran Duran pandemonium as well as his return to the fold 15 years later. His take on the action is […]

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The new Wedding Present single off this year’s El Rey may have a very Wedding Present sounding name in “Don’t Take Me Home until I’m Drunk”, but the tune seems more suitable for Gedge’s other band, Cinerama, with its soft and jangly approach-that is until the guitars kick in at the end. In other news, […]

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Based on plans by big box shithouses like Best Buy to begin stocking vinyl anachronistically, MVD entertainment has a few vinyl releases on deck, featuring new and rare music by Devo, GG Allin, The Dwarves, and Wendy O. Williams and the Plasmatics. The vinyl resurgence is making money for many of those labels whose CD […]

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I’d practically promised myself I wouldn’t comment on The Cure anymore, since things have sunk so low that it’s just beyond embarrassing for my one-time favorite band. But it’s difficult to ignore news of new jaw-dropping lows in the career of perennial clown, Robert Smith. Allowing members of Fall Out Boy, My Chemical Romance, and […]

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Apple is inexplicably offering a limited edition iPod Nano featuring the original 90210 cast (not that new CW crap) for those jonesing for some anachronistic gadgetry. David Silver and Donna Martin didn’t make the cut (wtf). And to stay consistent with the high-falutin’ Beverly Hills theme, this will set you back cool $269, but for […]

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