So we all can agree that it’s not cool to like Mates of State anymore, right? Yeah I know you have most their albums and you may have even bought that new one but their downhill slide is becoming too apparent to ignore. Well kids I’m here to help out.[Check out the site to read the rest!]
Back in late 2004/ early 2005 a lucky Amoeba whim turned me on to an LA-based band called 1984. As word got out they would go on to be compared to “Low-era” Bowie, Air, and Morrissey. Perhaps, perhaps… but I’ll put more stock into a description involving the words “cinematic” and “intricate”. Most recently the band changed their name, released a 2nd EP, lost their guitarist, and changed their name again, now known as Low vs. Diamond. Recently, the drummer (Howie Diamond) and I decided that Vodka on a boat was the order of the day, so we rented a small vessel, threw ourselves into the Pacific, and conversed: [Check out the site to read the rest!]
The Velvet Teen’s Out of the Fierce Parade was the soundtrack to my summer back in 2002. I saw them perform on a whim at the true Worst Venue Ever™ and it proved to be one of the most serendipitous whims I’ve ever had. Once frontman Judah Nagler stepped behind his keyboard and let his falsetto-paradise voice loose on Caspian Can Wait, I was sold. Merch was purchased. Praise was given. Pitchfork giving the album an ridiculously low score sealed the deal: this band was great in a way that different than what the indie-nazis had deemed was cool at the time. Score.
Ladies and Gentlemen!! Welcome to the first technically official Shots Ring Out Battle Royale!! In the first corner, off their second album, Live It Out , with Poster of a Girl is Toronto, Canada’s own Supersonic Electronic Wonder…… Metric!!
And in this corner, off of their fifth full length release Wet From […]
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Wow, it hurts that it won't be out for another year. But we'll take it as a vote of confidence that Spike Jonze's version of Where The Wild Things Are is gonna be phenomenal. Check out the interview. [Ain't It Cool News]
- #Looks like Rivers and his band of merry men have realized that they've hit rock bottom. Looks like it's time to get an old friend back to help their cause. Guess who? [Slashfilm]
- #We're so glad that someone has the balls (and most especially the mind) to recognize a Doucher when he sees one. Not to mention our glee at his breaking down the species altogether. [POTW]
- #It's about damn time L.A. in film got some props thrown its way. It's unfortunate that it took its own paper to do it. It's also unfortunate that Crash is on the list. Why lord, why? [LA Times]
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