Well, this is certainly surprising. Last time I heard Noisettes the London trio was hardly confined to one genre, but its muscles flexed hardest on the rock side of the fence. The band’s recent UK single is a far cry from anything on its sprawling debut, What’s the Time Mr Wolf?, eschewing sinewy bass lines […]

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Back on April 3rd Lily Allen sat down with Jimmy Kimmel before performing two songs off It’s Not Me, It’s You, looking ridiculously adorable. She discussed her recent Twitter fetish and how she gives tickets away for her shows each night by Twittering clues. With 144,000 followers it’s not exactly surprising that fans would find […]

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Devo’s appearance on that short-lived early ’80’s sitcom Square Pegs, famous for launching the careers of Sarah Jessica Parker and Jami Gertz, was filled with far more debauchery than anyone might have imagined from a bunch of futuristic nerds and new wave teenagers. According to a piece in Heeb magazine, drugs were rampant off-camera, even […]

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Kanye West’s response to last night’s glorious South Park is pretty golden. It was a given that he would respond on his blog; it was just a matter of when. Well, it’s up in ALL CAPS, of course, and it’s worth the wait: SOUTH PARK MURDERED ME LAST NIGHT AND IT’S PRETTY FUNNY. IT HURTS […]

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As an avid fan of Canada’s Junior Boys, I was most disappointed by Begone Dull Care when I first heard it a few months back. I gave it several listens and pretty much forgot about it. It just didn’t hook me. In fact, if anything I found it only inspired me to go back and […]

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It’s weird suddenly reading all these articles about Kurt Cobain that ask, rhetorically, if anyone still listens to Nirvana. I know today marks the anniversary of the day Cobain was found dead, which explains the plethora of Nirvana-related fare, but the fact that people wonder whether anyone still listens to Nirvana is what puzzles me. […]

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I have found no band to fill the void left by Unwound. I can’t believe they’ve been broken up for seven years. This clip is of “All Souls Day” off their second album (technically, their third if you count that self-titled Honey Bear release) New Plastic Ideas; no idea when this footage was recorded, but […]

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