kenneth in the (212) (Free subscription) | 10/28/2009
Is there any question that Tegan and Sara would be my "favorite duo of all time" if their debut had come out in 1982 instead of the late '90s? Obviously the answer is no. But now that they have six albums -- including the just-released stylistic change-up "Sainthood," which features a song called "Alligator" that The Washington Post says "sounds like vintage Madonna,...
CrunchGear (Free subscription) | 10/17/2009
Interview: We talk to The Rentals’ Matt Sharp about Songs About Time (Hint: Read if you like fantastic photographs and/or quality music) Hamburger keeps your mousing hand warm Ten-person boat features built-in grill
RSS fabriek (Free subscription) | 10/17/2009
Interview: We talk to The Rentals’ Matt Sharp about Songs About Time (Hint: Read if you like fantastic photographs and/or quality music) Hamburger keeps your mousing hand warm Ten-person boat features built-in grill Say yes to double-sided condiment bottles The crazy, rolling pebble toad
CrunchGear (Free subscription) | 10/16/2009
I remember these streets, I remember these faces, no one here ever ages/ angels from machines, crowding the streets/ there must be some kind of factory where the angels are made to just be replaced/ I've written enough, enough for today Generally speaking I'm a hip-hop guy, but even I can get behind something like “there must be some kind of factory where the angels are made to just be replaced.”...
La Vida Locavore - Front Page (Free subscription) | 10/05/2009
The House Education & Labor committee is ready to begin talking about school lunch. I expect this Thursdays hearing will be one of many they hold about various subjects in child nutrition and government programs like WIC and school lunch. The Senate has already held at least one hearing, back in March of this year , but has not done anything since then. The schedule for Thursday's hearing can be...
Boxing Blog - TheSweetScience.com (Free subscription) | 09/17/2009
Unbeaten featherweight Matt “Sharp Shooter” Remillard takes aim at NABF belt MANCHESTER, Conn. (September 17, 2009) – WBC Youth and USNBC champion Matt “Sharp Shooter” Remillard fights fellow unbeaten prospect Rafael “The Dominican Man” Lora for the vacant NABF featherweight title Saturday night in South Winsor, Connecticut. Remillard (18-0, 10 KOs), fighting...
Stereogum (Free subscription) | 08/28/2009
Weezer's frontman says the hit song was attempt to ape Velvet Underground that turned into "almost a complete rip-off" of " Welcome Home (Sanitarium) ." Wonder if Lars will sue. More raditude (will Rivers work with Matt Sharp again') at RS .
Idolator (Free subscription) | 04/16/2009
When Matt Sharp started his cutesy little Weezer side project (ahem, excuse me: musical collective ), The Rentals , back in 1994, I thought, "That's nice. They've given the bassist his own little band to play with." I said that in a baby talk voice. Now I look back fondly on the reliable pop charms of the Rentals, having watched Rivers Cuomo spend the last decade dismantling any goodwill...
RCRD LBL (Free subscription) | 04/15/2009
Matt Sharp's Gen X-beloved pop group The Rentals have been through a lot of incarnations since forming in 1994, when Sharp was still playing bass in a little band called Weezer . But this year, after a decade-plus in existence and with some long gaps in between, Sharp and The Rentals launched their most industrious project to date: a year-long multi-media release called Songs About Time . The first...
BUZZGRINDER (Free subscription) | 04/09/2009
There’s a good chance Matt Sharp will always be known as the original bassist for Weezer. But he’s trying to change that with his latest incarnation of The Rentals. Previous Rentals material had been closely tied to Weezer not only because the band shared two members for a while (Sharp and drummer Pat Wilson), but also [...]
Spinner.com (Free subscription) | 04/08/2009
Filed under: News , Exclusive According to ringleader Matt Sharp, the Rentals ' new EP, 'The Story of 1,000 Seasons Past' is, despite its title, more of a look forward than a look back. "It's kind of like the first chapter of this year," Sharp tells Spinner. Previously, the Rentals were closely associated with Weezer -- Sharp was a full-time member of both bands, as was Weezer's drummer...
Beth's Blog (Free subscription) | 03/30/2009
Matt Sharp, Director of Operations and Technology, Packard Foundation Last week, when I started as Scholar in Residence at the Packard Foundation, I sat down to use the computer in my office to write a blog post. It was a...
Stereogum (Free subscription) | 03/18/2009
NAME: The Rentals PROGRESS REPORT: Writing/recording/filming Songs About Time in Los Angeles, CA. The Rentals released their last LP Seven More Minutes a decade ago. Since then Rentals founder Matt Sharp's output has been sporadic at best: a couple EPs under the Rentals' name and his own, a song here and there. In 2008, the Rentals -- including returning and new members -- surrounded themselves with...
Subtle Bluntness (Free subscription) | 02/27/2009
Back when Weezer was awesome and still had Matt Sharp. Sigh.
Nseries WOM World (Free subscription) | 02/12/2009
Another comparison of Nokia’s latest touchscreen devices, this time from Matt Sharp on Tech Gadgetz. The ’stunning’ 5800 is obviously designed with music and video in mind according to Matt, and whilst he acknowledges it isn’t a high-end device, he reckons it does its job admirably. The N97, he contends is the show-stopper, calling it a [...]
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