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Jemaine and Bret have been playing this song for live audiences for a couple years now, but it was great to see it make its way onto HBO’s Flight of the Conchords last night. This show is hands down the most enjoyable half hour on TV right now. If you’re not already watching, please start. […]

Even though these guys allegedly broke up last year, a song off their self-titled inaugural LP (”Anecdote”) recently appeared in a television commercial for Sprint. Also allegedly, Ambulance front man Marcus Congleton is keeping the Ambulance LTD name and working on the now one-man-band’s second album, according to NME.
This band’s first record is really […]

I’m kind of an Apple nerd. Okay, I’m a total Apple nerd. I like to think I’m pretty cool otherwise (I drink whiskey, write for a rock blog and have a beard), but there’s just something about Apple that brings out the best in my inner dorkasaurus rex (much more fierce than the traditional dork […]

From this morning’s RedEye, via Spin: Billy Corgan hearts Paris Hilton.
Regarding pics of Paris in the Zeitgeist liner notes and on the cover of the UK “Tarantula” single, Billy explains:
“Actually the original idea was we were going to see if Lindsay [Lohan], Britney [Spears] and Paris would all shoot…but ultimately we decided that that […]

This time it’s a commercial for a brand I’ve never personally experienced on my own lower half, but one I’ve always been somewhat intrigued by. The brand is Levi’s 501 jeans, and the band is Peter Bjorn and John. This marks the third song they’ve successfully sold to a corporate entity — AT&T Wireless (”Young […]

Un. be. liev. a. ble. The arrogance has left me speechless…

Remember when that question was easy to answer, and the answer stayed the same for more than a few days? I know “Alive” by Pearl Jam was probably my favorite song beginning in the summer of ‘91 and lasting through the next few years, and my mom has been using “Lovely Rita” as her answer […]

Only one of our esteemed colleagues managed to attend Pitchfork this past weekend — see the good Reverend’s review at Action-Squad.
I was originally planning on attending on Sunday, but made a last-second decision not to go due to the facts that:

I spent 2pm through 2am drinking the day before (USA football at Small Bar, Hot […]

For those of us who spent the nineties honing in on and fine-tuning through trial and error what would eventually evolve into our current musical taste, there’s no arguing the importance of the role played by Billy Corgan and the Smashing Pumpkins. Remember the first time you heard the opening to “Today”? Remember going back […]

As some of you know, I’m a certifiably crazy person when it comes to managing my iTunes music library. All of my more than 100GB of music has cover art and consistent, accurate tags, including very specific genres and composers in addition to the mainstays like artist, album, title, etc. My girlfriend, however, is […]