So, Rivers Cuomo has grown a mustache, and all of a sudden, he thinks he's Freddie Mercury.I picked up the deluxe edition of Weezer's latest album (the "Red Album," if you will), and it seems that Rivers' mustache is not the only way the guys from Weezer are channeling the legendary '80s arena rockers.First, as pointed out by the venerable Lamicus, each of the band members takes a turn on the voc
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Every now and again, a cover song comes along that I don't really expect. Maybe I thought the coverers would never listen to the coverees, or they were just too different to make it work. And I'm always pleasantly surprised. Such was the case when I happened upon this cover song on Stereogum this morning (via Sandra Sperounes' excellent music blog, Plugged In, on the Edmonton Journal website). ...
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EDIT: In light of facts that have emerged since posting this, I didn't feel it was right to leave it up.It seemed appropriate to post some kind of tribute at the time (Monday night), but thing have changed so dramatically since. My apologies if I have offended anyone.
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Just in case you can't wait seven more days, here's a link to the new White Stripes album on MuchMusic's website.I believe it's also streaming on MTV.com, but I'm not sure if that's playable in Canada or not. Plus I know this MuchMusic player works well for me.Crank it up to 11, especially on "300 MPH Torrential Outpour Blues," "Little Cream Soda,"and "Rag and Bone."
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I wouldn't say that Edmonton is a musical wasteland — far from it, in fact. There are plenty of great bands who make their way through our sleepy little burg. Unfortunately, they usually are not bands I want to see, or they tend to touch down in the middle of the week when there is insufficient time to recover after partying it up right.So one is often left with the option of travelling elsewher
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