My friend Marco Collins brought this Nirvana Christmas greetings video to my attention & I thought maybe I ought to share it with you. Continue Reading...
If news that the classic lineup of Guided By Voices -- including Tobin Sprout (who hit the bricks in 1996) -- were recording a new album didn't jar you to sit upright, let this notice grab hold of you: they WERE recording a new album (past-tense) and have now finished it. Continue Reading...
I had a whole thing written up about this track, but at the last minute I decided I'm not gonna run it -- this time out, I want to hear from my readers. Continue Reading...
New York City is pretty much already the definition of sensory overload, all by itself, on a random Tuesday, in the middle of nothing, when half of the city calls in sick. So when it's time for the annual cluster-you-know-what known as the CMJ Music Marathon? If I were Johnny-Five, my circuits would have shorted. Lucky for you, I just eeked by in the "living to tell about it" category, so I here I am, living. And telling you about it! In no particular order, I present to you: my favorite finds from CMJ 2011.
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Last weekend, after weeks and months of ignoring some band I kept getting emails about from Lafayette, LA named GIVERS, I came face to face with them at the Hi-Tone in Memphis for the Grammy GPS showcase & panels. I had planned to hang out for Cities Aviv and then go home, but once they took to the stage, I became completely engaged with what was happening in front of me. Continue Reading...
Sometimes I need to connect with my inner BAMF. Go HAM. Or (insert assorted acronyms here). And lately when that happens, I listen to Childish Gambino.
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