If you didn’t know all along that George Michael was gay, you’re gay. I mean, come on, have you seen the video for Wham’s “Wake Me Up before You Go Go?” That was the biggest coming out party I’ve ever seen. Some people still pretended to act surprised when Michael finally admitted he preferred a […]

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For the ever-dwindling loyalists who still haven’t given up on ole Fat Bob, here’s at least one train-wreck you don’t have to worry about anymore: Surgically enhanced, professional lip-syncher Ashley Simpson has publicly denied that there was any truth to a collaboration with The Cure’s Robert Smith: “That was never true. I was like, ‘Oh my God, […]

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Does a day go by when some obscure band doesn’t reunite? Is anyone actually calling for these reunions, or can no one let go of the past? I was a Shudder to Think fan up until it signed to Epic in 1994, wherein the band seemed to lose sight of what actually made it interesting. Shudder […]

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When my elder brother left home for college, I remember thinking that the appropriate response to such a life-changing (especially-for-me) event should probably include a tear or two. I mean my mom had been bawling her fucking eyes out weeks in advance, and I could tell that even my impossibly stoic father was a little […]

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Since The Mix-Up isn’t exactly burning up the charts, The Beastie Boys are ready for Plan B: Hiring “a bunch of British people” to sing on it, as MCA recently told Billboard. The band is set to reinvent its somewhat lackluster instrumental LP with a slew of guest vocalists. I’m not sure that will do the trick, but I’m open to […]

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So “Needy Girl” wasn’t just an underground one-hit wonder after all. This Montreal synth-funk duo has more to offer than slick catchy joke throwbacks. Its latest record for Vice, Fancy Footwork, has inspired all kinds of people to fight for a piece of the action. The Beastie Boys have offered up a few opening slots on their current tour, […]

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To mark the 30th anniversary of the release of the seminal classic Never Mind the Bollocks, punk rock’s cartoonish (and, let’s face it, manufactured) poster children are planning a one-off show in London at Brixton Academy to run through the old standards. Sounds pretty punk. Just couldn’t resist cashing in one more time, eh boys? […]

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