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I WAS THERE: Glasvegas @ Mercury Lounge, 10.4.08
[Photo by SoundBitesNYC] By Arye Dworken If NME‘s current cover is to be believed–and hey, when isn’t it?–Glasvegas are “Britain’s best-loved band,” Scottish saviors of rock ‘n’ roll that crashed the UK charts at No. 2 with their self-titled debut. (Nipping right at the heels of Metallica’s Death Magnetic, mind you.) This time the hyperbole […]
SCREAMING AT A (GALLERY) WALL: Finally, An Answer to the Abomination That Was Steven Blush’s ‘American Hardcore’
When Nathan Nedorostek left us for ‘someone else’ earlier this year, we had no idea he meant a photo-heavy book on the history of hardcore music. Due out at the end of the month via MTV Press, Radio Silence makes us wish it was 1997 again–the year of Snapcase‘s Progression Through Unlearning (sorry, but self-titled‘s […]
YouTube Bans Flying Lotus Video … The One We Happen To Have Right Here
Judging by the stoned genius portrayal of Flying Lotus in a recent XLR8R cover story (think Madlib with a better sense of quality control), we’re not sure if it’s surprising or expected that he just released a low-rent porno video for the rather excellent “Parisian Goldfish” single. After all, Kevin Smith and various members of […]
PEEP SHOW: Radiohead, “Reckoner”
RADIOHEAD @ All Points West MySpace Music premiered Radiohead‘s latest video today, an animated “Reckoner” clip that was one of four finalists in a contest hosted by aniBoom. Clement Picon of France won $10,000 to turn his one-minute edit into a full-length cartoon production, as promised by a promotion that drew 1,000 entries from more […]
1MM: Pissed Jeans @ Market Hotel, 9.28.08
[Photos by Shawn Brackbill] Pissed Jeans never cease to amaze us. Not the act of soiling one’s self like that guy on Mad Men this week; we’re talking about the only Philly band that truly reflects that city’s layer cake of grime and pure filth. To hear what we mean, cop the following MP3s and […]
BOXED IN: The Best Songs on the Jesus and Mary Chain’s Rarities/B-sides Set
By Aaron Richter This past weekend, we locked ourselves in the self-titled office and plowed through the new Jesus and Mary Chain b-sides/rarities box set, The Power of Negative Thinking. With the help of green tea, some tasty hummus and several delicious Bounty chocolate/coconut bars, we made it through all 81 songs–nearly four hours of […]
What TV on the Radio’s Learned After 7 Years, 4 Albums, and a Couple Lineup Changes
Kyp Malone, vocalist/guitarist [Photos courtesy of TVOTR] > It was like an open mic/karaoke night gone awry. I could hear songs through it all but it was really loose and not really my thing. > This new record is intentionally clearer with less broad brush strokes. > Hearing about how gloomy we are gets tired. […]
MUST-SPIN OF THE WEEK: The Megaphonic Thrift, “Acid Blues†7-inch
THE MEGAPHONIC THRIFT: Earplugs are a must [Photo by Eirik Lande] By Aaron Richter After hearing Norway’s the Megaphonic Thrift, self-titled was reminded of our dorm-room obsession with Broken Social Scene’s “Almost Crimes (Radio Kills Remix).†Years past, from our tinny laptop speakers, we first caught the Canadians’ scents of Sonic Youth and Pavement mingling with […]