Archive for November, 2006

Matt and Kim

My favorite video of the moment has gotta be Matt and Kim’s “Yea Yeah.”
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If that video reminds you of Cube2’s “Baby Doll” video that Tim Robbins and John Cusack made on spec in the movie Tapeheads, I’m sure it’s just a coincidence.
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Anyway, the reason I love the Matt and Kim version is the pure joy [...]

CTRL+ALT+XMAS

I‘m just starting to think that Sufjan Stevens might just be able to pull off his plans to make an album for each of the 50 U.S. states. He’s only traverse-citied the sonic landscapes of Michigan (Greetings from Michigan: The Great Lakes State) and Illinois (Come On Feel the Illinoise) so far, but he’s reportedly [...]

A Word and the Blow

Every now and then performing at a music festival can really pay off big for a band. Even a band that’s been around for say, more than 4 years and has 4 albums to their name. A band like the Blow.
Although the Blow began simply as the natural evolution of Khaela Maricich’s previous work with [...]

The Heartless Bastards

The Heartless Bastards are getting ready to wrap up one hell of a year. The big winners at the 2006 Cincinnati Entertainment Awards, picking up best Rock band and Album of the year, the Queen City trio has also been featured on NPR three times in recent months (Morning Edition, All Songs Considered, and a [...]

Wowee Zowee

Domino Records recently rereleased Pavement’s third album, Wowee Zowee, in a deluxe 2-CD Sordid Sentinels Edition.
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What the heck does that mean? And should you shell out £12.00 for it?
Well it means that in addition to the entire remastered album, you get 18 unreleased recordings, 9 non-album B-sides from the “Rattled By The Rush” single, the [...]




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