Came across this today:
Hip-hop supergroup Wu-Tang Clan struggled to write their new album 8 Diagrams - because it was their first since the sudden death of founding member Ol’ Dirty Bastard. The surviving eight bandmates wrote a tribute to the late rapper - real name Russell Tyrone Jones - who died of an accidental overdose […]
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Sam sends us:
From the artist: “Lets Party.”
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This is interesting:
On Tuesday, November 6, Columbia Records released “Back Country,” the first official live concert recording from the platinum certified and Grammy nominated singer/songwriter John Ondrasik and his band Five For Fighting.
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Here’s a great post:
Kanye West, will.i.am and Akon have all signed on for the 25th Anniversary Edition
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Adrian wrote to us about:
Saturday marks the 25th anniversary of the release of Michael Jackson’s Thriller. These days Jackson is more of a court jester, but for those of you who have forgotten (or never knew) that he once wore the “King of Pop” crown, one look at the Thriller tracklist will set you straight:
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Manny told us about:
With Band of Horses’ three-night Atlanta stand (December 28, 29 and 31) now sold-out, the band has added a string of 2008 dates that start and end in their home state of South Carolina. A
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Interesting:
Toronto must be the happiest place on earth. It’s not quite as dramatic as Montreal, not quite as laid back as Vancouver, but that means it’s the perfect breeding ground for unapologetic, sweet power-pop, and hometown heroes
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Here’s a great post:
The Magnetic Fields can’t be accused of false advertising in titling studio album eight Distortion: Each tune’s wrapped in a fuzzy, clamoring shell, even when the feedbacking acoustic piano and guitar hum’s relegated to deep in the background. Distortion’s consistent textural palette’s reminiscent of Holiday’s “Desert Island,” but this is all […]
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Thanks Melissa, for pointing out:
Our favorite emo-veering indie-popping identical twins took a detour from perpetrating The Con on the road long enough to do a two-girls/one-puppet jam on “Walking With The Ghost.” There’s some serious A/V sync issues, but still the girls sound great and we just wanted to further memorialize the great year it’s […]
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Christine wrote to us about:
Nope! There’s something sort of great about this vid of Kellie Pickler’s turn on Jeff Foxworthy’s contribution to the zombification of our nation’s television viewing public. Maybe it’s the YouTube uploader’s tags (”very american stupid funny ignorant blonde bitch”). Or that the words “American” and “idol” will forever be […]
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