Dear Bob Dylan, I absolutely adore your music. You are a cultural icon and I have spent good money buying your albums, but can you explain this to me? At first I thought it was a typo. How could the "deluxe edition" of your new Bootleg Series album that features one extra disc, cost $99?! The 2-disc [...]
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Head on over to Insound to snag yourself a free download of Insound's October Digital Sampler that features such artists as: Of Montreal Daniel Martin Moore Cut Off Your Hands School Of Seven Bells Horse Feathers /- The New Year Mason Proper Pidgeon The Bloody Beetroots Black Moth Super Rainbow Jolie Holland Hauschka Hospital Ships MSTRKRFT.
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I can't tell you how many times while sitting on my couch playing Rock Band I've said "you know what they need to do - allow you to buy merch of your fake band!" Well, either my house has been bugged by the people at Harmonix or great minds think alike because my wishes have [...]
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Louis C.K.’s newest comedy special, “Chewed Up,” premiers this Saturday, October 4th on Showtime. If you’re not familiar with Louis C.K., he is hands down one of the best comedians around today.Get your DVRs ready and don’t miss this special. If it’s half as funny as his last one, I will have to pack a [...]
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This is a good time to be a Mercury Rev fan. This week saw the release of their highly anticipated Snowlake Midnight, as well as a completely free download of a second “companion” album titled Strange Attractors.To get your own copy of the all-instrumental Strange Attractors, simply head over here and sign up for the [...]
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Unlike books, you can usually judge music by its cover. I can stumble across something like this:and know there’s a fairly strong chance that I will not like it. When I received a copy of Raphael Saadiq’s The Way I See It, I was immediately prejudiced against it based on its cover art.The first thought [...]
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Urban Outfitters is giving away a totally kick-ass 21-song compilation on their website. Some of the standout artists include Passion Pit, Chairlift, Takka Takka, Peter, Bjorn and John and Of Montreal.
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The new Killers single, Human, went on sale today. It is hands-down the best Killer’s song I’ve heard since their debut album Hot Fuss. If this is a fair representation as to what their forthcoming Day & Age, released November 25th, has to offer, I am very excited. <A HREF=”http://ws.amazon.com/widgets/q?ServiceVersion=20070822&MarketPlace=US&ID=V20070822/US/timmygundotco-20/8014/
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Nikki Sixx's critically acclaimed book "The Heroin Diaries" is s a collection of diary entries written between Christmas of 1986 and Christmas of 1987 chronicling Sixx's wild lifestyle, drug addiction and other crazy tomfoolery during the height of his success with Mötley Crüe. The book features amazing black-and-white photographs, lyrics, random thoughts and artwork [...]
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Every friday, AmazonMP3 has a “5 albums for $5 each” deal. There’s usually something decent in the list, but more often than not the decent record is something I already own. This happens to be the case with this week as well with Sigur Rós‘ Með suð í eyrum við spilum endalaust. This is hands [...]
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It’s about time The Smashing Pumpkins have made their way back to New York, which means I won’t have to schlep my ass over to Philly to see them. The band announced their 20th Anniversary Tour Dates yesterday and it includes two shows in NYC.In typical Billy & co. fashion, the cities with back-to-back shows [...]
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Sarah Silverman is urging all of us to make “The Great Schlep” and causing us to laugh our asses off in the meantime…The Great Schlep from The Great Schlep on Vimeo.
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I’ve been loving the Glasvegas record for the past few weeks. Lately everything I hear from Scotland these days kicks some major ass. Between Frightened Rabbit, The Twilight Sad and now Glasvegas, Scotland has been representing the indie scene hardcore!Check out their video for Geraldine and prepare to hear a lot more about this band [...]
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Here’s a great video of MGMT performing live in the KCRW studios on “Morning Becomes Eclectic.”MGMT tour dates:9/27/08 Austin, TX Austin City Limits Music Festival9/28/08 Tulsa, OK Cain’s Ballroom w/Beck9/29/08 Kansas City, MO Uptown Theater w/Beck9/30/08 Minneapolis, MN Wilkins Auditorium w/Beck10/1/08 Des Moines, IA Peoples Court (Headlining Date)10/2/08 Chicago, IL Aragon w/Beck10/3/
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Ill Lit is one of the most overlooked bands of this decade. 2004’s I Need You was hands-down from start-to-finish one of the best albums of the year, yet sadly most people never heard it.Listen to “Broken Open Fence”[Download mp3] Amazon.com Widgets
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You can hear a great snippet of “Fix It” from the forthcoming Ryan Adams and The Cardinals album Cardinology here. Very throwback sound with a wonderfully catchy chorus. I can’t wait to hear the entire album, which is released on October 28th.
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If this is the future of music, we’re all in trouble.
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It’s that time of the year again; time for some new Smashing Pumpkins news. This edition comes on the heels of the announcement of a 271 minute Documentary/Concert DVD titled If All Goes Wrong. From SP’s official website…Coming Home Media will release If All Goes Wrong, a double DVD commemorative package celebrating the recent reunion [...]
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The video for “Elephants,” the first single off of Rachael Yamagata’s forthcoming Elephants…Teeth Sinking Into Heart, has been released.Elephants… hits stores on October 7th (and is fantastic!)
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