Vivian Girls
Nine times out of ten, Public Enemy's advice to not believe the hype rings true. And then there's Vivian Girls. You can sometimes measure the trendiness rank of a band by how much a CDR of their demo sells for…
Continue Reading →33 1/3 Books
I stumbled upon the 33 1/3 books series purely by accident. I was in an independent bookstore looking for a good magazine to kill some time, and there they were: stacked in a neat line, their spines calling out to…
Continue Reading →Notorious Soundtrack
While we have yet to see if Biggie biopic is any good, but we can count on the soundtrack. In addition to the basic hits (Kick in the Door, Hypnotize, etc.), the disc includes a bunch of B.I.G.'s old features,…
Continue Reading →Antony and the Johnsons: The Crying Light
In one of the stranger albums I've had a chance to preview, Antony and the Johnsons is oddly appealing and soothing once you get past the eeriness of it all. Wikipedia categorizes the group -- which is really a solo…
Continue Reading →Jogli Update
We told you a couple of months back about Jogli, through which you can find just about any song and play it for free. Well, the Israeli upstart just rehashed their site to make the process of finding music, playing…
Continue Reading →Kidrobot's Kidpunk16
Kidrobot is schooling poser-punks with a history lesson packaged as a vinyl toy. When they drop the latest incarnation (#16) of their logo/mascot today, you'll find that the sentiment screams: punk's not dead! In an inspired move, Kidrobot produced a…
Continue Reading →Too Cool To Die
It took me about 10 never-ending minutes to figure out how the heck I should tackle this post. The subject's too multidimensional, I thought, so I should divide the ideas into separate ones -- but alas, they'd lose their connection.…
Continue Reading →Jaydiohead
Mash-ups? Over? Never! While it's kind of a fad to say you've moved on, don't forget how many disparate flavors still haven't been swirled. The question now is one of quality. The Jaydiohead album doesn't stick to just one album…
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