June 8, 2009

what a great video, some friends of Cage the Elephants.

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June 4, 2009
i’m dieing to hear a third album….Pretty, Odd. Was an amazing change of style and image and sound they did it perfectly, where can the emo gone 60’s rock quartet go from here? Apparently they’ve been “writing like crazy” and hope to release a new album later in 2009.

i’m dieing to hear a third album….Pretty, Odd. Was an amazing change of style and image and sound they did it perfectly, where can the emo gone 60’s rock quartet go from here? Apparently they’ve been “writing like crazy” and hope to release a new album later in 2009.

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Indie sensations Vampire Weekend are hard at work in Brooklyn, NY, recording their sophomore album for a tentative and much anticipated September release. And according to frontman Ezra Koenig, they’re expanding upon their tropical Afro-pop stylings. “There are going to be new sounds,” Koenig told Entertainemnt Weekly of the album, which will be produced by the band’s own keyboardist, Rostam Batmanglij. “We’re trying to challenge ourselves not to use the same bag of tricks that we used on the first album — different instruments, stuff like that.” Meanwhile, Batmanglij has been keeping busy with a new side-project as well: He moonlights as one half of electro-R&B band Discovery, which features Ra Ra Riot’s Wes Miles on vocals. These boys stole our summer away last year with their pop filled shows and catchy lyrics…I’m looking forward to them taking over my ipod once again.

Indie sensations Vampire Weekend are hard at work in Brooklyn, NY, recording their sophomore album for a tentative and much anticipated September release. And according to frontman Ezra Koenig, they’re expanding upon their tropical Afro-pop stylings.

“There are going to be new sounds,” Koenig told Entertainemnt Weekly of the album, which will be produced by the band’s own keyboardist, Rostam Batmanglij. “We’re trying to challenge ourselves not to use the same bag of tricks that we used on the first album — different instruments, stuff like that.”

Meanwhile, Batmanglij has been keeping busy with a new side-project as well: He moonlights as one half of electro-R&B band Discovery, which features Ra Ra Riot’s Wes Miles on vocals.

These boys stole our summer away last year with their pop filled shows and catchy lyrics…I’m looking forward to them taking over my ipod once again.

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i know i’ve had Jack White on here before….but I love him. Is there anything he can’t do?

i know i’ve had Jack White on here before….but I love him. Is there anything he can’t do?

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MGMT’s new music video for their newest single “Kids” features a little boy and a crew of monsters that would haunt anyone on hallucinagens— it’s basically the Where the Wild Things Are equivalent of psych-pop videos. Watch it.

The mini-masterpiece (directed over the past year by band pal Ray Tintori) stars a pint sized tyke who suffers from an “I See Monsters Everywhere” syndrome.

He is in the process of fleeing from some zombie types when he encounters MGMT in a grassy knoll, jamming in trippy silver space suits. The little guy may be freaked, but he’s clearly an MGMT fan, and the band hooks him up with some headband merch, because we all know thats how artists make their money, the merch. Nice placement boys.

A zombie policeman eventually reunites the little ankle-biter with his glamorous, designer bag-toting mom and it’s back to his car seat for some must-see TV: a trippy puppet show replete with kaleidoscopic effects.

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June 1, 2009

Elektra Records Rises From the Dead

After five years of dormancy, Elektra Records will relaunch with a fresh roster of artists, Atlantic Records announced today in a statement. French dance duo Justice, Gnarls Barkley’s Cee-Lo Green and breaking artist Little Boots are among the first musicians on the label, which in the past was home to the Doors, the Eagles and Phish. Mike Caren, who was Executive Vice President of A&R for Atlantic Records, and John Janick, the founder of Fueled By Ramen, will serve as co-Presidents of the new venture.

“Elektra Records will mark its 60th Anniversary in 2010, and it feels like the perfect time to recapture and reignite the spirit which made the label a beacon of great music and eclectic artistry,” Janick said in a statement. Elektra was founded in 1950, and eventually went on to sign acts like the Stooges, MC5 and Love, before merging with Asylum Records in 1972 to bring artists like Tom Waits and the Eagles into the fold. In 2004, after Warner Music Group was sold by Time Warner, Elektra and Atlantic Records were merged, marking the temporary end of the Elektra brand.

Thus far, the biggest acquisition for the Elektra reboot is the second album by Justice, who released their hit 2007 debut † with the indie label Ed Banger. Little Boots’ Hands, due out next week, finds a WMG distributor in the States after being assigned to WMG’s Sixsevenine in the U.K. Cee-Lo, who released his first two solo albums through Arista but is signed to Atlantic for his output with Gnarls Barkley, rounds out the new Elektra roster. Additionally, the label also recently released a soundtrack for the HBO series True Blood.

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May 27, 2009
this cover is amazingly amazing. I shamefully love Lady GaGa.

this cover is amazingly amazing. I shamefully love Lady GaGa.

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May 25, 2009
Eminem’s Album Reviews for Relapse Rolling Stone- gave Marshall Mather’s 4 out of 5 stars, which I absolutely disagree with, why is he rapping with an arabic accent? “It’s hard to keep all the drugs on this album straight, but that’s probably the point. Relapse is like a hip-hop version of Richard Pryor’s Live on the Sunset Strip, the classic 1982 stand-up flick where Pryor makes the audience squirm through jokes about freebase addiction and setting himself on fire. If it’s stronger than his last album, Encore, that’s because Em’s doing what he does best: cleaning out his closet. And there’s more psychotic shit piled up in there than ever.” “The power of Relapse comes from Em aiming his beat-downs at his truest target, himself. By letting Dr. Dre take over the low-end-funk production, and rhyming about things he actually cares about, he comes up with a more painful, honest and vital record than anyone could have expected at this late date, up there with The Eminem Show or maybe even better. The album it recalls most is his 1999 major-label debut, The Slim Shady LP, from the stripped-down Dre beats to the self-lacerating wordplay.” Spin Magazine gave the white rapper an accurate 2 out of 5 stars. “The death of his bro Proof, pill addiction, weight gain, rehab, three whole seasons of Rock of Love — it’s enough to make a 36-year-old pop star want to write a couple zillion rhymes about slicing up women. And so he has. Relapse is undiluted world-hate, a comeback record that screams: Don’t you wish I was still gone?!” Who writes for Rolling Stone magazine anymore? It breaks my heart when I seee it does not reflect any opinions or thoughts of music lovers and enthusiasts. “guitarists shouldn’t get to riled up about all of the great guitar players that were left out of ‘Rolling Stone Magazines’ list of the Greatest Guitar Players of All Time….Rolling Stone is published for people who read the magazine because they don’t know what to wear” - Joe Satriani

Eminem’s Album Reviews for Relapse

Rolling Stone- gave Marshall Mather’s 4 out of 5 stars, which I absolutely disagree with, why is he rapping with an arabic accent?

“It’s hard to keep all the drugs on this album straight, but that’s probably the point. Relapse is like a hip-hop version of Richard Pryor’s Live on the Sunset Strip, the classic 1982 stand-up flick where Pryor makes the audience squirm through jokes about freebase addiction and setting himself on fire. If it’s stronger than his last album, Encore, that’s because Em’s doing what he does best: cleaning out his closet. And there’s more psychotic shit piled up in there than ever.”

“The power of Relapse comes from Em aiming his beat-downs at his truest target, himself. By letting Dr. Dre take over the low-end-funk production, and rhyming about things he actually cares about, he comes up with a more painful, honest and vital record than anyone could have expected at this late date, up there with The Eminem Show or maybe even better. The album it recalls most is his 1999 major-label debut, The Slim Shady LP, from the stripped-down Dre beats to the self-lacerating wordplay.”

Spin Magazine gave the white rapper an accurate 2 out of 5 stars.

“The death of his bro Proof, pill addiction, weight gain, rehab, three whole seasons of Rock of Love — it’s enough to make a 36-year-old pop star want to write a couple zillion rhymes about slicing up women. And so he has. Relapse is undiluted world-hate, a comeback record that screams: Don’t you wish I was still gone?!”

Who writes for Rolling Stone magazine anymore? It breaks my heart when I seee it does not reflect any opinions or thoughts of music lovers and enthusiasts.

“guitarists shouldn’t get to riled up about all of the great guitar players that were left out of ‘Rolling Stone Magazines’ list of the Greatest Guitar Players of All Time….Rolling Stone is published for people who read the magazine because they don’t know what to wear” - Joe Satriani

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Blink 182 Gets a Little More Artistic for Reunion Tour For their first tour since 2005, Blink-182 are trying a new strategy: rehearsing. “We used to walk onstage and forget our parts — we just wanted to play fast and look cool,” says bassist Mark Hoppus. “This time, we want to be more artistic.” The trio’s reunion tour will feature all their pop-punk hits and a few new songs, plus they’re planning an intense light show from Daft Punk and Kanye West’s set designer. “We want to use the entire arena as a lighting rig and a stage,” says Hoppus. “We’re being as ambitious as possible.”

Blink 182 Gets a Little More Artistic for Reunion Tour

For their first tour since 2005, Blink-182 are trying a new strategy: rehearsing. “We used to walk onstage and forget our parts — we just wanted to play fast and look cool,” says bassist Mark Hoppus. “This time, we want to be more artistic.” The trio’s reunion tour will feature all their pop-punk hits and a few new songs, plus they’re planning an intense light show from Daft Punk and Kanye West’s set designer. “We want to use the entire arena as a lighting rig and a stage,” says Hoppus. “We’re being as ambitious as possible.”

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