It was announced yesterday that courtesy of Germany's Mahr’s Bräu brewery acclaimed metal overlords Mastodon will have a limited-edition beer named after them. Shortly thereafter an unexpected storm of press releases flooded our emails, announcing future band-product collaborations. They are as follows:-Iron and Wine has inspired a limited edition series of "Cheese and Grapes."-Wavves is report
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Pitchfork Lists Upcoming Summer Albums, Thanks & No Thanks Pitchfork
The good folks at Pitchfork have undergone the unenviable task of compiling all of the upcoming summer 2009 music releases. Because I’ve deluded myself into believing that I have far superior music tastes than that of the general public, I’m taking the liberty of telling you what albums you need to buy/illegally download for free and which records are doomed to reside in the bargain bin next
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SCORE! The Revolution of the Film and Television Soundtrack
With Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince coming to theaters at long last next week, our favorite wand waving wanker is sure to aurally entertain us. How do we mean? Well, do you ever find yourself going to a movie or watching a show, and upon hearing the background music in a scene, said to yourself, “OMG, I’m totes downloading that when I get home to put on my depressing/happy/angry/workou
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Rihanna Being Investigated By New York City Officials!!!
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Sidenote: by "officials" I mean "The Department of Health." And by "investigated" I mean "investigated for tattooing without a license." I know, it's ridiculous. But at least now I got your attention by pulling a Perez Hilton: highlighting ridiculously unimportant news stories with misleading headlines and way too many exclamation points.But seriously...Rihanna is in some deep shit.I mean, w...
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Michael Jackson’s Death Causes Nationwide Heartache, Totally Sad But Where’s My Summer Song?
During summer, people typically like things bigger, bolder and better. It’s the time of the year when people greedily devour fluffy blockbusters and spurn the music of indie snob in favor of big hooks and glossy productions. Summer is the only time of the year that I will turn up the Top 40 with pride. No longer shackled by my textbooks, I feel liberated by the kitschy crap that Hollywood produ.
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Happy 30th Birthday, Walkman! Sony Calls For Mix Tape-Themed Birthday Party
My first was yellow. And big. And bulky. And sometimes when you pressed its buttons in a weird way, it made a squeaking noise that made me smile. Here I'm actually not talking about my Big Bird fetish but instead--my very first Walkman.Before the dancing sillouette commercials of the iPod and the anger associated with your CD player skipping whenever you had to walk with it, there was the W...
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[VIDEO] Ukulele Thriller - Jake Shimabukuro (MJ Tribute)
We at PopSense haven't been in the business of posting Michael Jackson 'tribute' items for the most part because we find them to be highly self-promotional and rarely genuine or worthy of your time.We give you this little gift today though for a few reasons: Jake Shimabukuro has been playing this Thriller Uke cover in concerts well before Michael's untimely passing, additionally he is offering ...
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Britney Spears Releases New Music Video, Looks Cute But Is Still Crazy
Here are some truths about the “new” Britney Spears. She’s looking better than she has in years. She’s working her ass off on her Circus tour. She’s in a seemingly healthy relationship with her agent. But here’s another truth: she’s still batshit insane. Am I the only one who’s skeptical about Britney’s rapid recovery from her head-shaving, paparazzi dating days?After suffering a
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Andrew Bird and St. Vincent Announce Fall Tour: PopSense Morning Book Report
WHO: St. Vincent & Andrew Bird, indie crooner extraordinaire and indie-folk violin pimp extraordinaire.WHAT: The two will join forces for a nation-wide tour of sexy, sexy music making. And hopefully some love making. Hopefully on stage.WHEN: September 29 through October 28. Merely a brief tryst, a fleeting romance...WHERE: The month-long affair will pass through 19 mid- to large-size cities, bu...
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The Legends, Band of Skulls at Webster Hall. 6/26.
To be fair, it wasn’t the best day to go to a concert. Merely a day had passed since the King Of Pop’s untimely death (did you hear about that?) and NYC’s streets were abuzz with sounds of his music. At that point, it felt almost sacrilegious to go to a concert dedicated to someone else’s tunes. The weather was bipolar, pouring torrential rain and revealing gorgeous sunlight at the inappro
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New Arctic Monkeys Single Announced. "Crying Light" to debut on BBC's Zane Lowe
The Arctic Monkeys announce that 'Crying Light' will be the first single off their upcoming album, 'Humbug' [WAWS] Apparently they chose the song name because they couldn't get anything to rhyme with 'Crying Diet'. Video after the jump:Subscribe via feed or email, or friend us on Facebook or follow us on Twitter for free updates! Leave a Comment -
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Spoon - "Got Nuffin" vs. Florence and the Machine - "Blinding": To Blog or Not To Blog
What shouldn't be, but is getting blogged about:Spoon - Got Nuffin.mp3: When The Knack released My Sharona in 1979, they probably couldn't have predicted that each reuse of their intro beat/bass riff would become progressively more and more boring. We sure as hell thought that when The Jonas Brothers 'borrowed' it to woo confused/horny 12 year old girls with their single SOS, that it had reache...
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[Video] The Dirty Projectors - "Stillness is the Move"
This video contains everything we love. Besides bizarro percussion, expansive mountains, and indie-chicks with pop star vocals, The Dirty Projectors video for "Stillness is the Move" includes one animal that is very dear to our hearts: the llama. Those mobile ears, that inquisitive face...the magic is all there. Word on the curb is that their album, Bitte Orca, will receive the album of the yea.
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Jay-Z Death of Autotune Video, Madoff gets 150 years, Mermaid Parade, Poke on Twitter: PopSense Morning News
Ponzi mastermind Bernard Madoff sentenced to 150 years in prison [CNN]: The judge considered giving him 250 but then realized that would just be ridiculous.Mermaid Parade at Coney Island [FW]: King Triton deems them all whores.Poke.ly Brings Facebook Pokes to Twitter [Mashable]: Man, picking up chicks just gets easier and easier.Michigan Pagans group on Facebook [Examiner]: Ew, paganism is so p...
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Grizzly Bear Performs "Cheerleader" on Jimmy Fallon
Grizzly Bear attacks fans with a new performance on late night television. As the #1 album on college radio stations (and having premiered in the Billboard top 8), Grizzly Bear is invading the mainstream. When transcendental, orchestral indie-pop becomes the norm, the world will be a better place. Jimmy Fallon probably won't be a host. [via TID]View their past late night performances after the...
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RapidShare Sued for $34 Million: Music Bloggers Get Scared Briefly then Return to State of Apathy
WHO: GEMA (copyright Nazis) vs. Rapidshare (poor innocent free file hosting website, a bastion of hope for the people)WHAT: German Courts rule in favor of GEMA that it is the responsibility of the file hosting website, not that of the copyright holder, to track down and eliminate users who violate copyright law.WHEN: As soon as you can say that this ruling is Uber Shiza.WHERE: Probably just in ...
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6 Stories, 6 Reviews, 6 Videos, 6 Degrees of Kevin Bacon: The PopSense Weekend Wrap Up
This Week's Six Hottest PopSense Posts1. Belgian girl face tatoos. Oh shit.2. Barack Obama Kills Fly, Saves World.3. Calling all out of shape millionaires!4. Hey Aaron Carter, it's me, PopSense.5. Sex, Mimes, and Rock 'n Roll6. Indie world, say hello to autotune.6 (Timely) Degrees of Kevin Bacon1. Aaron Carter appeared as 'Harry' in two episodes of 7th Heaven with Jessica Biel2. Jessica Biel wa...
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Why is the New Bloc Party Song a 90's Dance Track?
I'm sorry Bloc Party fans. It's true. The indiesphere's helpless gravitation towards electro-pop has plagued many a good artist - Bloc Party being the most unfortunate case. While their previous sonic and loop-heavy effort, Intimacy, wasn't outright "bad," we just don't want to party with them anymore. Their new song clearly pays homage to cheesy 90's keyboard dance music. The pumping baselines...
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NOW 31 Track Relase: What You Didn't Miss in the Last 12 Years
The Question:Has popular music remained almost entirely stagnant for a decade?Today we received the mind-blowing news that NOW (That's What I Call Music) 31 will be hitting shelves June 30. Besides making us all feel damn old, the title of the series seems evermore ironic with each passing edition, and after a look at the track listing, our question seems almost too easily answered.Let's step b...
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