I’m trying to figure out how Jay-Z managed to perform last night in Berlin with U2 for the MTV Europe Music Awards, and then got himself to Manhattan by this morning to ride in the Yankee parade and do “Empire State of Mind” at City Hall. Dude is everywhere.Anyway, the above performance was part of [...]
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They go we go, I want you to know what I did I did.
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Some background on why The Fiery Furnaces are idiots:The New York City indie band, whilst trying to create a buzz that never wuzz for their summer 2009 release, I’m Going Away (OK, perhaps there was a mini-buzz), have taken to familiar tactics amongst music world douchebags by nonsensically (or possibly sarcastically or ironically?) trashing Radiohead [...]
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Wanna grow up to be a debaser.Pixies kicked off their Doolittle 20th Anniversary Tour last night at the Hollywood Palladium in LA with a screening of Un chien andalou, a silent short film from the 20’s co-directed by Salvador Dalí, and the inspiration for the 1989 album’s lead-off track, “Debaser.” The 24 song set that [...]
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It’s been a slow week on My Poproks as I ease into a new apartment and deal with Verizon/Southern California Edison. I’ve also been busy working on my Best 50 (or possibly 64) Songs of the 2000’s. Get excited, kids. If I ever decide on an order, I just may post it up.Speaking of awesome [...]
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Vampire Weekend’s self titled debut marked the first time in recent memory that my Album of the Year was decided in January. After nearly two years of missing the band in NY (even having to give away a ticket to go to a company Christmas party), I managed my way to Long Beach last night [...]
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Long Beach’s Avi Buffalo and I found ourselves in the same place at the same time tonight. The newly signed Sub Pop band spent their Monday opening up for Vampire Weekend, who kicked off their Random California City Tour at an independent movie theater on East 4th Street in The LB (more on this later). [...]
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False parallelisms be damned.I have had Dr. Horrible’s Sing-Along Blog* on the mind for the past few weeks, between making two friends watch the entire Buffy series this summer and adding Dr. Horrible to my Halloween Weekend viewing list (never got around to it, what with having no electricity. I digress). Nathan Fillion (Captain Hammer), [...]
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Oh sh*t. There’s about to be some sh*t with these little f***in b*tches.Happy Halloween.
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Lots of costume ideas in the new appropriately timed Sea Wolf video for White Water White Bloom’s aptly titled, “Wicked Blood.” Hooded skeletons, devil cowboys, spaceman bears, zombie santas…my costume is gonna be way better than these.
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As a lifetime New Yorker who grew up a Yankee fan (and a trader from Queens, sorry Mets) watching from my new home across the country (and oh yeah the fact that this song is pure gold). this performance of Jay-Z’s “Empire State of Mind” before game 2 of the World Series tonight got me [...]
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Movies about The Beatles make me nervous…Nowhere Boy, a film based on John Lennon’s pre-Beatles years, debuts tomorrow at the London Film Festival and is set for a UK release in December. The film was shot in Liverpool, England and stars 19 year old Aaron Johnson as a not so bad John Lennon. There’s no [...]
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Due to vague “passport-related travel issues,” The Very Best canceled a few dates on their current US tour (which was supposed to stop in LA this past Saturday - third time I’ve tried to see these guys). In the interum before the tour is set to resume in Brooklyn on Halloween (which is probably funny [...]
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John Mayer is such a douche, but we love him anyway don’t we? This recently leaked Wale track, “Letter,” features Mayerdouche on vocals (and most likely guitar), and includes “letters” to President Obama, 2Pac, and ‘Whom it May Concern.’ The Mark Ronson produced track will be left off of Wale’s upcoming label debut, Attention: Deficit [...]
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Neil Young and his wife held their annual Bridge School Benefit over the weekend at Shoreline Amphitheatre in Mountain View, CA. The line-up included Coldplay, Woflmother, Fleet Foxes, and No Doubt, who performed an acoustic set with a live orchestra. “This is one of my favorite songs” says Gwen at the beginning of the above [...]
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Speaking of Lil Wayne’s ability to kill things hard, here’s his freestyle on the “Run This Town” beat from his upcoming mixtape, No Ceilings (out on Halloween?). A little something to get that Weezer/Weezy taste out of your mouth. (Via 2dopeboyz)“Run This Town” Lil Wayne Freestyle
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Why bother? It’s gonna hurt me.Yup, it’s Weezer and Weezy, but even Lil Wayne can’t save the Polow da Don produced Raditude track, “Can’t Stop Partying.” Raditude. Worst. Dwayne Carter could freestyle over microwave buzz and still kill it hard, but even his mediocre verse is wasted on this boring, poorly written embarrassment of a [...]
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Sara Lov’s optimistic folk-pop seems a weird fit when you know more about her life story (she was kidnapped by her own father when she was 4, like, for example), but she doesn’t want revenge anymore. Her colorful video for “A Thousand Bees,” which fittingly features ‘beautiful photographs’ (4,664 of them) will be featured [...]
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Besides singer-songwriter Finn Andrews, London rock band, The Veils, have had a revolving door of members since their inception in 2001. This spring, Andrews and the latest incarnation released their 3rd LP, Sun Gangs, produced by Graham Sutton (Jarvis Cocker, British Sea Power).Though not as critically praised as their previous record, Nux Vomica (The Guardian [...]
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