Argie-Bargie (Free subscription) | 11/21/2009
Shared 7 links. For Bread or Soccer, Egypt Is Ready for a Riot Thierry Henry bit the hand that fed his good name | David Lacey Arrests in Europe Over Soccer Fixing Investigation Thierry Henry and football philosophy | Agnès Poirier Dinosaur Jr. announce 2010 Australian tour Raymond Carver’s Life and Stories Crackdown in Cairo as [...]
captains dead (Free subscription) | 11/21/2009
this is the kinda day i needed, slightly cool, overcast and rainy. i dont want to feel guilty about not leaving the house today. cause when its sunny, which it quite often is, i feel the need to go out even when i dont feel like it. so the repost fest rambles on and next [...]
Japan Times (Free subscription) | 11/19/2009
Dubbed the 19th best single of the 1990s by American mainstream rock rag Spin, the fuzzed-out, power pop anthem "Slack Motherf*cker" from Superchunk's 1990 eponymous debut helped push them to the forefront of the U.S. underground music scene. With A&R reps scrambling to unearth alt-rock superstars to cash in on Nirvana's and their Seattle brethren's successes, the Chapel Hill, North Carolina...
Bumpershine.com (Free subscription) | 11/19/2009
Our good friend PJ Sykes shot the awesome cover photo for Lambchop’s brand new live album which came out digitally this week (Nov 17) and will be released as a limited edition CD and high def video download next week (Nov 24) exclusively via the Merge Store. Lambchop – Live at XX Merge (Cover photo by [...]
Hi Fidelity (Free subscription) | 11/18/2009
Side A Elvis Costello-Watching the Detectives Pedro the Lion-Slow and Steady Wins the Race Lemuria-Pants Chinese Telephones-I Can't Be Right Jejune-That's Why She Hates Me Metric-Help I'm Alive Pomegranates-Corriander Bishop Allen-Middle Management Real Tuesday Weld-Last Words Knapsack-Heart Carved Tree Superchunk-Who Needs Light Mineral-Slower Fireside-Dos Cloud Cult-Your 8th Birthday Mountain Goats-Pale...
The Music Digest (Free subscription) | 11/17/2009
Side projects can be odd entities; you will never know where a band's career can go. Take a look at Portastatic - an excellent example of how underestimated greatness could surface from the periphery.
Line Out (Free subscription) | 11/11/2009
There music bands, and then there are lyrics bands, and the Mountain Goats are definitely the latter. Not that the music's not fine—John Darnielle knows how to arrrange some chord changes, and his backing band (including Superchunk/Scharpling& Wurster alum Jon Wurster) are on point, providing foundation and emphasis and never getting in the way—but it's all about the man's words, his...
Sound As Language (Free subscription) | 11/11/2009
If I told you that a particular band in the 90’s opened for the likes of Jawbreaker, Gang of Four, Counting Crows and Jawbox, while also sharing the stage with Green Day, Ben Folds Five, Nada Surf and The Butthole Surfers, you would have to think that this band would have been pretty successful in [...]
Hi Fidelity (Free subscription) | 11/11/2009
Side A Arcade Fire-Intervention Built to Spill-The Plan Casket Lottery-Better Off Death Cab for Cutie-A Movie Script Ending Elliot Smith-Baby Britain Fountains of Wayne-I've Got a Flair Get Up Kids-Shorty Hold Steady-Magazines Interpol-Obstacle 1 Jejune-Morale is Low Knapsack-Balancing Act Liz Phair-Jealousy Side B Matthew Sweet-Where You Get Love New Pornographers-Letter From an Occupant Of Montreal-I...
Psychohistory (Free subscription) | 11/09/2009
I really haven’t had enough time to write the second post I had been planning on Buzz measurements and the profitability by unit time of different dishes. So, instead, this week I’m posting updated tables for some of the new dishes that Zynga has rolled out. (Still looking for an accurate breakdown of CP for [...]
Hi Fidelity (Free subscription) | 11/08/2009
Arcade Fire-Neighborhood #1-Tunnels Built to Spill-Big Dipper Casket Lottery-Home Is.. Death Cab for Cutie-Company Calls Elliot Smith-Waltz #2 XO Fountains of Wayne-Radiation Vibe Get Up Kids-No Love Hold Steady-Stuck Between Stations Interpol-PDA Jejune-Heart of Desire Knapsack-Katherine the Grateful Liz Phair-6'1" Matthew Sweet-Sick of Myself New Pornographer-Letter From an Occupant Orange...
cowsarejustfood (Free subscription) | 11/07/2009
errata: errata – i s’pose you’d have to class this as post-something if you were in the classification business. post-metal, post-hardcore, post-whatever. what they do is that kindof epic soundscape meets thundering uber-chordage and throaty roar-vox that envy (should that be inveja…) and cult of luna (if they were amphetamined out their swedish heads) and [...]
Minestrone Soup (Free subscription) | 11/05/2009
Well, Carole says I started it, but wow... she really took an idea and ran with it! My thankfulness comes today from being thankful for my time. PC gives me 'my time' without complaint and I'm not sure I ever really appreciated it until recently. I've always been fairly casual about stating that since PC and I don't have kids (yet), we are free to do whatever we like, whenever we like. But, that is...
Sound As Language (Free subscription) | 11/05/2009
[BEST NEW MUSIC] I figured I would just review Superchunk’s two 2009 releases together. Leaves In The Gutter is an EP while Crossed Wires is a 7″. All told there are six new Superchunk songs combined on the band’s first two proper releases of new material since 2001’s excellent Here’s To Shutting Up. Leaves In [...]
radio free canuckistan (Free subscription) | 11/04/2009
If only my own high school yearbook was this colourful and entertaining. At the Merge Records ’ 20th anniversary celebrations this past summer, the Magnetic Fields’ Claudia Gonson was constantly spotted in the Cat’s Cradle clutching her hot-off-the-press copy of Our Noise : The Story of Merge Records , and getting all of her peers to sign it for her, like she had just shown up to...
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