May 2010
30 posts
M.I.A. Pissed After Hirschberg Writes...
Lynn Hirschberg recently wrote a piece on M.I.A. On which she remarks on the musician’s methods of publicizing herself. The artcike also includes many quotes by those around her including producer Diplo. The piece infuriated M.I.A. And she preceded to post Hirschberg’s phone number on twitter, which flooded Lynn’s mailbox and led herto remake about the piece, which M.I.A. says...
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How Liz Phair Was Inspired By the Rolling Stones
Liz Phair was interviewed by Rolling Stone and shows jut exactly she wen about writing her 1993 album “Exile in Guyville” as a response to their record “Exile on Main Street”. You can read her interview with Rolling Stone here.
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They Say Its The Worst Week in Album Sales Since...
At least that is what the New York Times is saying in its art blog but one commenter noticed that while the sales figure of 5.3 million is low for the music industry, the week of April 11, 2010 was lower with sales just at 5.27 million. Now I don’t understand if that was just lazy reporting or what? In any case it is sad that the music industry is dying but The National did make it to...
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R.E.M. Reissuing "Fables of the Destruction"
R.E.M. has announced that they will be re-issuing their 1985 album “Fables of the Destruction”. The band will released on double-CD, 180-gram vinyl and online, and will include new liner notes, postcards, posters and a new CD featuring demos of tracks on the album. The re-issue will be relead on July 13. You can check out the new tracklisting below.
R.E.M. - Fables of Destruction...
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Pete Doherty Is Reported To Be "Broke"
Again according to the Sun, someone told them that Pete Doherty is broke and is living under a key cutter’s in Camden, England. This is what they say about the singer: “Pete is completely broke. He’s found this squalid pad and he’s doing shows for any cash landlords will offer.” Which is pretty sad since he has talent but he just pisses it away on nothing,...
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Bobby Womack Says Damon Albarn Is Like Jimi...
Bobby Womack who is on tour with Gorillaz and performed on two tracks on the band’s excellent “Plastic Beach” has been talking about Damon Albarn’s approach to the Sun about Albarn’s musical experimentation and how he goes about creating new music: “He’s the same way [Hendrix and Charles were]. He’s very creative and thinks way out there, trying...
Ronnie James Dio Dies at 67
Ronnie James Dio former Black Sabbath frontman died on Sunday morning due to complications brought about by stomach cancer. The metal legend was said to have invented the devil-horns gesture, he also played with Rainbow, Dio and Heaven and Hell. He was 67 at the time of his death.
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US Soldiers Now Create Tribute To Ke$ha’s 'Blah...
This is what soldier Codey Wilson said about the extremely sexual video: “The video is an EXAGGERATED act of a possible future military that is open to any sexual preference. … No one in the video is gay … that we know of.” Some troops also remade a Lady Gaga video. You can watch the video below.
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Kelis Covers La Roux's 'In For The Kill'
For Radio’s BBC Live Lounge Kelis chose to cover La Roux’s ‘In For The Kill’. For the cover she chose to deliver the lyrics in a hushed manner and toned down the songs electronic instrumentation. You can watch Kelis perform the cover below.
Does Listening To Mozart Makes Babies Smarter?
Short answer no, a recent Wall Street Journal article clears some of the misconceptions associated with the original paper that dealt on the subject. Check out the article for more information.
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Kanye West To Lull Babies To Sleep
When parents think what type of music they could use to put their babies to sleep they immediately think of Kanye West of course and so did these record executives. Since he has such baby friendly songs they have decided to dedicate an album of lullabyes based on Kanye’s music. You can hear to their sample of ‘Gold Digger’ here.
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The Sarah Silverman Program Is Now Cancelled
The Sarah Silerman Program has been cancelled bu Comedy Central. The show was able to go on for three seasons and was just cancelled. I can’t say that I loved the show but it was funny to watch late at night when there was nothing better. Thanks to The Vulture.
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La Roux Fighting With Label & Management Over Her...
La Roux’s Eleanor Jackson is supposedly wants to get rid of her haricut. The Sun is saying that while Eleanor Jackson want to get rid of the haricut her label is afraid her popularity may wain due to the move. A source told the Sun: “Not unreasonably Elly is bored with the quiff and wants rid of it, but she’s being told to keep it” If you like her music because of her...
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Beach House's Latest Album Shares Similar Name...
Seems like Katy Perry just named her new album “Teenage Dream” and Beach House found out. This is what they had to say about it: Can’t believe this: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Teenage_Dream, and not in a good way, guess we have to write a song called “i kiss a girl” Don’t know what to think about that but I guess it steals some thunder from Beach...
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Andy Rooney Criticizes Current Pop Stars
Andy Roney, who is still on 60 Minutes delivering rants at the end of the show, shows that he is a very old man. He talks about someone sending him a current issue of Billboard magazine in which he could not recognize any of the Top 200 pop stars on the Billboard charts. He doesn’t recognize Lady Gaga, Justin Bieber, or Usher. Does it really matter if he knows? Do you think the marketers...
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Current Obsession: Grizzly Bear's Washington...
When I first head this song or sketch I was mesmerized by what Grizzly Bear are turning into. It sounded amazing and there isn’t a time when I’m listening to my iPod that I don’t want to hear a full version of this song. I don’t know what it is about it but it just has the immediacy that ‘Two Weeks’ had when they performed it on Letterman. I’ve gone as...
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Warpaint's Emily Kokal Interviews Ariel Pink
Warpaint’s Emily Kokal interviewed Ariel Pink for XLR8R, the interview sees the two talk about David Lynch, first crushes and Michael Jackson impersonators. You can read the full interview here.
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JP's Blog Has A Facebook Fan Page
/As much as I upate this blog and the main blog, I can’t seem to get anybody to become a fan. As I speak there are only about 70 fans, hopefully some people will see this become a fan, the page is located here.
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Listen To Rostam Batmanglij's Remix of Jack...
Recently you may have heard the Rostam Batmanglij adopted the moniker Boys Likes Us and remixed Jack Johnson, but now you can actually hear the result. Head over to Jack Johnson’s myspace to hear the result which is pretty great.
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Listen to Bonnie "Prince" Billy Singing Hot Chip
For their new single ‘I Feel Better’ Hot Chip recruitd Bonnie “Prince” Billy to appear on a remix of the song. His contribution to the song was vocals it sounds pretty great, you can stream the new version of ‘I Feel Better’ below.
Hot Chip - I Feel Bonnie (feat. Bonnie “Prince” Billy)
Kelly Clarkson Rips Off Arcade Fire?
twentyfourbit:
Truth be told, we take no pleasure in piling onto music plagiarism accusations, but the fine folks at Pedestrian have called out Kelly Clarkson’s new leaked single, “Naked Eye,” as a blatant rip-off of Arcade Fire’s great “Rebellion (Lies)” and, well, the first verses are awfully similar. Vulture noticed the AF connection too. Coincidence?
Have no fear, Clarkson detractors: the...
Where Can I Go Watch This?
As you know Arizona recently passed an anti-immigration law that legalizes racial profiling causing many people to hate the state in general even suggest a boycott of it all together. Now this new trailer for the movie Machete appeared online, its the funniest protest movie I’ve ever seen. Watch the trailer below.
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Stereogum Sits Peter Gabriel Down With Neon Indian
Stereogum sat Peter Gabriel down with Neon Indian’s Alan Palomo for the firs episode of their new series Exposure. They talk about sampling and the commercial use of their music, also Peter Gabriel has interesting quote about shit and vomit, you can watch the interview below.
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Elliott Smith Memorial Defaced Again
Elliott Smith’s defacto memorial on Sunset next to the Malo restaurant was defaced again, all in good part to Roger Waters’ next guerilla marketing campaign which pays artists to put up a quote by President Dwight. D. Eisenhower at several locations in New York City and Los Angeles. Unfortunately one of those artists placed the quote on Elliott Smith’s memorial. You can see...
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Yeasayer's Chris Keating Creates Mixtape for NY...
NY Mag got a hold of Yeasayer frontman Chris Keating and he created a mixtape of some of their influences. The tracklisting is below, you can see why Chris Keating chose the songs here.
Yeasayer’s Chris Keating Mixtape:
01. Electric Flag - M-23
02. Bebeto - Princesa Negra De Angola
03. Jaheim - Fabulous
04. John Cale - Heartbreak Hotel
05. Carol Parkinson - Heavy Beat
06. Maga Bo -...
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Watch A Place To Bury Strangers Play Live in...
You can watch A Place To Bury Strangers play in Warsaw, Poland right now here.
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Will Oldham's Robot/Beer Short Film
Will Oldham or Bonnie “Prince” Billy has recorded a hilarious short film about a robot making beer and himself playing Jonathan Smart. You can watch the short film below.
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The National Share Stories About The Creative...
The National’s Aaron and Bryce Dessner recently sat down with ABC’s Amplified and shared some stories about the creative process during the making of their new album “High Violet”. It’s insteresting to see how the band functions as two different camps with Aaron leading the musical side while Matt leads the lyrical side and they often clash about certain songs. You...
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New iamamiwhoami - u-1
I never posted any of these videos on the maing blog because I was never sent any of the videos, starting with the clues. It still seems weird that no one has taken responsibility, is Jonna Lee taking credit or not saying anything because she is a part of it? Anyway this new video features a track titled ‘u-1’. The video is creepy just like all of the other ones but unlike the others...
Apple is Officially Killing Lala
Apple has annouced that they will be terminating the music service Lala. It will be take off the web on May 31. This is what they told users abou their credit on the site: “you will receive a credit in the amount of your Lala Web song purchases for use on Apple’s iTunes Store. If you purchased and downloaded MP3 songs from Lala, those songs will continue to play as part of your local...
