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[img] In their new video, Arctic Monkeys frontman, Alex Turner, shows off his adolescence. Somebody get this guy some Clearasil! "Teddy Picker" Directed by Roman Coppola...
Hi everyone, Today is the final day of voting for the 2007 Weblog Awards. When voting started, we jumped to a quick and heavy lead but then just as quickly as Stereogum made public their nomination, we were back to second place. I'd figured that we'd be miles behind by now (because the 'Gum's readership is much larger than ours) but we're really still very close, just 150 votes behind. I don't have anything against Stereogum, I think it's a great site for a lot of people. I don't visit as [...]
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The Brit Box a four-disc survey of U.K. indie, shoegaze and Brit-pop songs from 1985-1999 issued by Rhinojust came into the office. While checking it out, music listings editor Steve Haruch noted, "If Ned's Atomic Dustbin is on this collection, can Jesus Jones be far behind?" And like tea and... Posted by Tracy Moore On 11/08/07 At 12:19 PM
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[img] Broadcast to more than 750 colleges across the country, with a combined enrollment of nearly 7.5 million, mtvU is the largest, most comprehensive television network just for college students. Twenty-four hours a day, seven days a week, mtvU can be seen in the dining areas, fitness centers, student lounges and dorm rooms of campuses throughout the U.S. Now in their fourth year, the “mtvU Woodie Awards” are the only awards honoring the music college students live their lives to – and a launching pad [...]
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This time around the Monkeys aren't clown creepy or wordplaying before an aerobic army of short-shorted dancers . In the behind-the-scenery, studio-based video for very punny "Teddy Picker," we get to watch 2007 " Cool List " climber Alex Turner and the boys carry equipment, put the tune to tape, hang about, and walk the street all slow and sly. The tune's not our favourite Favourite Worse Nightmare , but it's definitely a goodie and we dig the refreshingly scruffy looking shoot. Speaking of "scruffy," seems like some of the [...]
Melt Banana [img] Melt-Banana is hugely responsible for the reputation that Japanese bands have for their live shows going way over the top. After seeing this group in concert, it becomes difficult to accept anything less than total hair-raising insanity from anybody else onstage. While these noise punks have been together and steadily releasing albums, cassettes, and seven-inches since 1992, their legend was built on nonstop touring. [ Clevelend Scene ] I have at least one pair to each of the following NYC shows to give away: Nov 09 - Josh [...]
[img] It is that quiet time of year now. The clocks are turned back, there was a frost advisory last night (brr), Starbucks had brought out the holiday cups to hold your egg nog latte, and in general the idea of listening to music from the cosy confines of your warm apartment is probably seeming more and more appealing. During CMJ, I was introduced to a band whose low key tunes are, in my opinion, the perfect mellow accompaniment to a chilly November evening. Peasant , aka singer/songwriter Damien DeRose, hails from PA and sings [...]
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[img] As a writer (*sort of), as a television viewer of shows with writer-heavy content ( The Office , The Daily Show , The Colbert Report - not so much The Amazing Race or The Hills , but still...), and as a supporter of workers' rights to take on mega-corporation conglomerates like Sony or Viacom or Disney or whoever the hell else is controlling the Association of Motion Picture and Television Producers, I'm wholeheartedly supporting the writers in the ongoing strike for [...]
[img] ....and Grizzly Bear Week shall officially continue NOW. Ed, Daniel, and the Christophers (Taylor and Bear) played the cafe at Virgin last night for what would be their first New York in-store appearance. Yes, the whole "vibe" of Virgin could not compare to the magical setting of their last show . And yes several security detectors ended up going off during at least two of their songs (though as Christopher Bear remarked, at least the alarms rang in time to the music). And NO none of this really mattered [...]
[img] Got a nippy cold front passing through Memphis right now. Cold Canadian air got it cold up in this piece. I almost had to bust out my Nanook of the North coat but my wife talked me out of it. 1979 - Peter Black Avventurieri - Jo Squillo Sasha took a full face shot last night, bloodshot eyes, frothing at the mouth, probably took the shot while her mouth was open. Other dogs either didn't get skunked or were skunked [...]
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Nice use of Elbow 's "Forget Myself" in the trailer for Richard Kelly 's long-awaited follow-up to Donnie Darko , Southland Tales . Unfortunately this new film looks like it's not very good .
[img] Our make-out cousins at Seattle Weekly were jealous of NPR wrangling Carrie Brownstein . So they phoned God for a favor, who asked Kurt for the e-mail addy of Mr. Krist Novoselic. Novoselic's first post starts out with an anecdote about being interviewed by FUSE that ends up verifying the origin of that "Smells Like Teen Spirit" phrase: Indeed, Kathleen Hannah wrote, “Kurt Smells Like Teen Spirit” on Kurt’s apartment wall. I recall seeing it and thinking, “Too much cheap red wine!” I don’t know why she wrote [...]
[img] Kjb13 vous parlait l'autre jour d'influences musicales en provenance d' Istanbul avec Mercan Dede ... Le hasard fait bien les choses. Up, Bustle and Out annonce la sortie de son nouvel album : Istanbul's Secrets . Je viens de l'apprendre via myspace (dont la nouvelle interface est vraiment plus user friendly ). Pour fêter la sortie prochaine de ce nouvelle opus (prévue janvier 2008) Up Bustle and Out vous offre quelques morceaux. Il serait dommage de s'en priver. Leur production [...]
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[img] The Blood Brothers have called it quits after 10 scream-alicious years. "We have made a collective decision that our time together has come to an end," the Seattle quintet said in a statement released this morning. "Your friendship, support and love hold ... a profoundly special place in each of our hearts." ◊ ◊ ◊ Great Northern this week released an iTunes-only (until February, at least) EP called "Sleepy Eepee," a collection of five songs that the band says "laid the early groundwork" for its current sound. The L.A. quartet plays [...]
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[img] Begin 2008 komt Jukebox, het nieuwe album van Cat Power uit, met daarop voornamelijk covers. Hier alvast de eerste single: Song To Bobby
[img] Gothamist interviewed Deborah Harry today.... How do you feel about CBGB being turned into an upscale boutique ? [Laughs.] It’s just a building. It’s just a storefront, really, when you get right down to it. Do you feel though that it’s indicative of broader changes in New York City? Yes, in some ways, but you know when you look at New York City it’s a fast moving, crowded place with layers upon layers of history, with these different buildings and venues that are always changing. You know, I [...]
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