Lily Allen performed on the Ellen DeGeneres show, making the usual promotional rounds for her new record, It’s Not Me, It’s You, which is all well and good. She perfomed “The Fear”, which I had just seen her play on Leno, so that wasn’t quite as exciting as her stint in the bathroom on Degeneres’ […]

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Well, first of all, ahahahahahahahahahaha. And, secondly, what a surprise that INXS would fire its gameshow winning replacement lead singer after its “comeback” album went down in flames of greed and embarrassment and grave-turning disrespect. One can almost feel sorry for JD Fortune’s, erm, misfortune. He just wanted to be famous in a band he […]

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In light of today’s Superchunk news, I had a hankering to hear “Precision Auto” off On the Mouth from 1993. The band is set to return after a loooong hiatus with the Leaves in the Gutter EP via Merge, of course, on April 7th, which will be nicely timed to coincide with the band’s appearance […]

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Producer Stephen Street has posted vintage footage of Blur in the studio recording its classic Parklife album (which he produced). The snippet shows the band working out various bits of “Magic America”, “London Loves”, and the b-side “People in Europe”, among others. The footage was shot at Maison Rouge Studios in Fulham, London in 1994. […]

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Pretty excited about this trailer, even though you have to sit through some douche bag on Entertainment Tonight in order to view it. Tarantino’s been working on this script for the better part of the decade. And since Grindhouse took a commercial nose-dive, it’ll be interesting to see how this plays out with audiences. Having […]

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The garage rock schtick has been done to death, but there’s always room for when it’s done well. Harlem is your band. Mixing in a bit of frantic, Pixies-style unpredictability with its retro-kitsch harmonies, Austin’s Harlem knows how to make a glorious lo-fi racket. I recommend listening to “The South of France” on the band’s […]

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Quite nice. Via Wired. He’s also remixed Juana Molina’s Vive Solo. Anyone got a copy?

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