Thursday, June 18, 2009 at 5:01PM 
This site is here, but not quite alive. Pardon our dust while we get our shit together. Entertain yourself with awesome late 90's clipart and some music over to your right.
Tuesday, June 9, 2009 at 5:32PM in Music Biz 
I hate to make today all "Music Biz Tuesday", but this is too good not to repost. If you've missed out on any of the Pirate Bay trial drama, I'll give you a rundown. The Pirate Bay was a file sharing website that was shut down last year. Basically, the owners were found guilty and sentenced to jailtime and fined $30 million to be paid to The Man (Warner, Sony, etc). In response to the verdict, the owners, along with the young music stealing people of Sweden, managed to form the Pirate Party with the goal of copyright law reform. The party has about 40,000 members right now, enough to gain a seat in the EU Parliament. Wired.com is asking its users if one seat makes a difference. I don't know enough about European politics to answer that, but I do know that there are probably a lot of good (re: terrible) pirate jokes that could come out of this.
Tuesday, June 9, 2009 at 10:27AM in Music Biz A study posted in Billboard has found that most people purchasing records in independent music stores make their choices based on the recommendations of friends, followed by live performances.
No shit.
Wednesday, June 3, 2009 at 4:21PM in New Music 
Streaming your album before its out is the new publicly calling out leakers. Maybe? Who cares! Free music! Check out Sonic Youth's upcoming release, The Eternal, on iLike. If you're into it, you can pick it up in stores on June 9th. If you pre-order it on Sonic Youth's site, you get some MP3s right away, too.
Sonic Youth, Streams Tuesday, June 2, 2009 at 2:39PM in Tech Wanted to go to Bonnaroo but hate high costs/heat/hippies/Phish? Bonnaroo has something called Tweetaroo, so you can follow the tweets of Bonnaroo bands you care about all in one place. Of course, it's not the same as being there, but at least you can read about what Wilco is up to without having to deal with Coheed & Cambria updates.
Bonnaroo Tuesday, April 21, 2009 at 1:49AM in Videos 
When I was a kid I used to think there was a man in my closet. I would go to my parents’ room late at night and wake them up with my uncontrollable balling. My dad would slurrr, “It’s just your fucking imagination, go back to bed or I’ll beat the hell out of you. You should have been an abortion.”
My mom would take me back to bed after the verbal tirade from my father. One kiss from her and I was soundly asleep. I used to think it was a mother’s touch that helped me get back to bed, but she drank so much vodka in those days that one peck was probably the equivalent of a shot. A shot might not do much to me these days now that it takes at least 30 shots to get me "time traveling" (aka blackout drunk), but it did the trick when I was 6.
The nightmare man haunted me in my dreams, during the day, and throughout my years growing up. Sure, he was a figment of my adolescent imagination, but it was certainly scary at the time. I used to think that I could never be scared like that again, but recently I found out that I was wrong. Nowadays my dreams of puppy dogs and peppermint schnapps are interrupted by a dreaded banshee known as St. Vincent.
When I watch the video for St. Vincent's "Actor Out Of Work" I feel like she is trying to suck out my soul. When she opens her mouth it is like a thousand nails against a chalkboard. I have flashbacks sometimes where the image of St. Vincent comes into my mind and all I can do is SCREAM. It’s almost like that stupid movie “The Ring” where just watching the video will make you go insane, except unlike that movie this is actually scary.
I have a theory that St. Vincent is not just some mediocre indie rock artist, but a monster that can bleed your sanity dry. Just look at her in this video, if you dare, and tell me she does not look like some evil sorcerer that collects souls like my mother collected Potter's Vodka bottles. It's like Flashdance for MGMT fans. I shit you not, this video will fuck you up for life.
banshees, creepy uncle, stvincent, videos Tuesday, April 21, 2009 at 12:19AM in Enemies 
The deeply flawed perceptions of the troubled American hipster manifest themselves in a variety of ways. For a faction that prides itself on consuming intellectual music and defining itself from being displaced from society at large, their tendency to jump on the bandwagon of hype is sometimes astounding. Like lemmings dressed in the latest American Apparel outfits, these drones will follow the Pitchfork's of the world without hesitation to where the destination may lead.
Based on pure hype alone, you would think Bat For Lashes is the next savior of pretentiouscore. Seemingly lauded as the next Bjork meets The Beatles, Bat For Lashes is nothing more than a mediocre band with a female singer that makes indie guys with Jenny Lewis goggles drool. We’re not saying we wouldn’t hit it, she might even be less than a six drink handicap, but alas the lady’s looks do not overcompensate for vapid drivel.
Bat For Lashes is great… for elevator music. The music is pleasant enough, by no means terribly insulting, but basically the poor man's watered down Bjork or caffeine-infused Enya. This is mood music you put on to seduce a girl you meet at an Animal Collective show, its purposes otherwise as music to use if you run out of sleeping pills. Bat For Lashes is the enemy because of what they symbolize, the needless need to elevate an artist that otherwise should stay underground, six feet underground. If you can’t find music worth hyping, you aren’t looking hard enough.
batforlashes, enemies Tuesday, April 21, 2009 at 12:10AM in New Music 
There are days that seem like the jaded winds that surround detract from enjoying the once simple purity of rock n’ roll. It is easy to get caught up in the bullshit of the world that surrounds, lost in its endless trappings of hype and hyperbole. Every so often though, sometimes out of nowhere, you are hit like a semi truck by an album that reminds you why you dedicated your life to music. In these days of 2009 where the bar may be lowered and what passes as greatness may not stand up in years ahead, or past for that matter, Manchester Orchestra stand out as one of the rock bands worth noting. With a level of ambition and artful execution rare to find these days, Mean Everything To Nothing is a record worth idolizing.
It is easy to throw your arms up in the air and scream the question, “Where did rock n’ roll go?” This creative outlet was founded on that premise, a mixture of frustration over the current state of music that passes as meaningful, and that ever urgent quest to find the music that gives meaning. In the case of music that gives meaning this week, a shiny offering in the form of Manchester Orchestra at least offers the illusion of hope that great rock n’ roll music is being created out there somewhere.
Manchester Orchestra throw their hearts and influences against the wall and see what stick. Thankfully, most of the songs on Mean Everything To Nothing are clever enough to work. We’re not going to say that the band is rewriting the book here, there are little bits of My Morning Jacket, Modest Mouse, Band Of Horses, Brand New and Coheed and Cambria thrown into this melting pot of conflicted rock. If you’re willing to peel away some of those layers though, you will find a riveting and diverse outing that bleeds passion and warrants repeat listens.
Preview Mean Everything To Nothing below and see if it’s for you, we think it’s worth giving a shot.
Sunday, April 19, 2009 at 8:15AM in Enemies 
Executives at Red Bull must have been sitting around a conference room one day thinking about "clever" ways to entice "the kids" to ingest more of their urine piss of an energy drink. They heard that the kids were listening to cool rock n' roll bands like The Killers and The Black Kids and The Bloc Party and thought they should start a record label. Epic fucking fail.
Black Gold are being peddled by Red Bull as the next rock band to give you wings. The fact of the matter is, whoever signed this band must have been on a 10-day Red Bull bender and heard something that normal people would not. The band recently opened for The Hold Steady, which lord knows how many cases of free Red Bull that cost the company. Black Gold is a great band, if your idea of great is huffing airplane glue and fucking 10 year old boys. I seriously hope these guys die of a fucking Red Bull overdose. Actually, scratch that, if that happened they'd probably get so much press for dying before their time that people actually might be subjected to their bullshit music.
black gold, enemies Sunday, April 19, 2009 at 12:13AM in WW_D? 
We decided to hang out on the Nickelback message board to get a good idea of who Nickelback fans are. We are fascinated by Nickelback, and especially their Jesus inspired lead singer Chad Kroeger. Since Chad is busy on tour and being a rock star, we decided we would try and answer some questions that their fans are curious about.
Dear Chad,
I knocked up a girl and don't want the kid. What should I do?
What Chad Kroeger Would Do:
Chad Kroeger would grab a Molsen Ice. He would sit it down on the ground, and then grab a hockey stick. He would hit that alcoholic puck so hard that the bitch would puke out the fetus. Right into her woman parts. Goal! That's what they call a Canadian abortion.
Saturday, April 18, 2009 at 11:57PM in Gen Pop Eminems brother, Nathan Mathers was arrested today for drunk driving. His blood alcohol level was twice the legal limit. Now if Eminmen could only be more like his younger brother. We would all care again!
eminem Saturday, April 18, 2009 at 11:47PM in Music Biz 
Bacardi is launching it's own record label that will give away remixes and live tracks from artists that are desperate enough to brand themselves with shitty flavored rum.
Saturday, April 18, 2009 at 8:52PM in Enemies 
Breaking dancing is today's enemy. Never before has there been an artform created that expresses the deepest emotions of humanity. Break dancing is a revolution that is currently being televised in the streets all over the world. This is a movement unlike any other movement because it includes movement.
break, breakdancing, dancing, enemies