Entries Tagged as 'video'
Vampire Weekend have fun with “Cousins”
November 20th, 2009
Tags: new release · video
Peter Murphy pulls out the cape for Twilight 3 cameo
November 6th, 2009
It is both fitting and alarming that Peter Murphy of Bauhaus and solo fame will be making a cameo appearance in the third Twilight installment, Eclipse. If Stephenie Meyer co-opts Bauhaus as an influence and millions of tweens are introduced to the likes of “Stigmata Martyr” and “Bela Lugosi’s Dead”, thus creating a Hot Topic […]
Tyondai Braxton discusses making Central Market
November 2nd, 2009
In an interview set in Warp Records’ New York City offices, Battles multi-instrumentalist Tyondai Braxton discusses his debut solo record, Central Market, in depth with a track by track analysis. Reference points veer from Brian Eno to Ghostbusters. [via Spinner]
Weezer will team up with anyone
November 2nd, 2009
My appreciation for the Weezer catalog ends with Pinkerton. Everything since has been pretty consistently terrible, particularly the “Beverly Hills”-era, though I do have a soft spot for that “Hash Pipe” single off the Green record. But beyond that, bad news all around. So, Weezer songs in 2009 seem beyond crazy to me, not to […]
Tags: video
Pixies “La La Love You” live 10.15.2009
November 2nd, 2009
Now that the Pixies have extended their reunion into a never-ending trip down memory lane, it’s getting harder to feel genuinely supportive. When the band first announced it would be reuniting 6 years ago, the excitement far outweighed all of the cliched cons that go hand-in-hand with any band trying to recapture its legend post-prime. […]
Tags: video
No!!!!!! Vampire Weekend sell “A-punk” to HP
October 17th, 2009
(sarcasm intended)
Tags: advert · sellout · video
Sonic Youth on Gossip Girl: Ugh
October 13th, 2009
So, The Sonic Youths were on Gossip Girl last night. It was so weird and uncomfortable. Worlds colliding and all that. And Kim Gordon officiated Rufus and Lily’s wedding? It made me cringe in places I don’t even understand. And an acoustic version of “Star Power” is not what the doctor ordered. I know Kim […]