The Guardian is featuring Jarvis Cocker as its guest reviewer for Singles Club this week. Well, Jarvis and his kids. He’s given a predictable mix of pop, alternative, and hip-hop. But his take on The Killers’ “The World We Live In” is hilarious and spot on: The Killers – The World We Live In That […]

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I enjoyed The Maccabees debut record, Colour It In, but there was an underlying sense that things could go awry in the future. Sort of like when you see someone with fat potential; might look alright now, but you know that two Thanksgivings later things will have likely taken a turn for the worse. For […]

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Spinner posted the official video for this Land of Talk song as its video of the day today, but I couldn’t figure out how to embed anything from their site, so I checked YouTube. No dice, but this live version from CBC Q’s Friday Live session is better anyway. I first heard “Some Are Lakes” […]

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The Guradian’s Dave Simpson ponders why 80’s British art pop icon Danielle Dax remains so obscure to this day, while Bat for Lashes is garnering so much praise as the freak du jour. Simpson concludes it’s because Dax was ahead of her time. By twenty years or so: I’ve absolutely no idea how many people […]

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Gossip Girl’s Taylor Momsen, the sixteen year-old actress who plays Jenny Humphrey on the teen soap, fronts a band called Pretty Reckless. Of course, she does. This is the third cast member to parlay tween fame into a burgeoning music career. Ed Westwick has his Pete Doherty homage and Leighton Meester has been testing the […]

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Prince’s take on the Tommy James and the Shondells classic “Crimson and Clover” is kind of watery and distant. It seems to drag a bit, even on the rocking parts. And the video is a new-age hippie’s wet dream. Sadly, this version doesn’t touch Joan Jett’s killer cover from 1981’s I Love Rock ‘N’ Roll. […]

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Depeche Mode shut down Hollywood Boulevard last night to perform on Jimmy Kimmel Live. Over 12,000 people showed up for the 45 minute set, featuring the band’s new single, “Wrong”, as well as a handful of classics, including “Personal Jesus” off the band’s breakthrough 1990 album, Violator. Pretty impressive commotion, but Depeche Mode fans are […]

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