My Bloody Valentine: “Pay what you bloody choose? Piss off!” Billboard reports that legendary shoegazing noise droners My Bloody Valentine plan on issuing their first new album since 1991′s classic Loveless via the series of tubes we like to call the Internet. Their manager Vinita Joshi refers to this as “Do(ing) a Radiohead…” though unlike Radiohead’s recent [...]
Carlos Santana: Running low on bland anglo singers… The Billboard Top 200 Chart this week chalked up a pretty lousy sales tally, with returning Boss of the chart Bruce Springsteen racking up only 77,000 sales at number 1. Jimmy Eat World snacks on number 5 with Chase This Light, which equals their chart if not [...]
Band of Horses: But dogs think they’re just bigger dogs… This week’s Billboard Top 200 sees Kid Rock’s Rock n Roll Jesus installed in the firmament at number one, knocking Bruce Springsteen to Number 2. It’s worth noting that Rock’s sales numbers were on the low end even though this is his first turn at [...]
Nas — Them’s fighten‘ words… Rapper Nas has a new album coming out, and woe to any whitefolk who dare to request it at the neighborhood record store. According to Billboard the follow-up to last year’s excellent Hip Hop is Dead will be called Nigga. Or as Billboard termed it, N*gga. No word on whether [...]
Springsteen: “Yeah I’m number one, wanna make something of it?” This week’s Billboard Top 200 sees the Boss back on top with 300,000 + units. Springsteen’s number 1 opening for Magic equals his last two albums top rankings. Fellow fogey John Fogerty comes in at 14 with Revival while emo whiners Dashboard Confessional see their [...]
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