At the end of the seventies music was perched on the edge of the great fragmentation that would take hold in the eighties and especially the nineties – punk, funk, disco, pop all rubbed shoulders along with the first stirrings of hip-hop. It’s also the year Sony’s Walkman would hit the market, revolutionizing the way [...]
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Friday, November 30, 2007
Cool kids like this aren’t just made by accident you know…
Thanks to POS(AS) pal Andrea for alerting me to the pint size turntable terrors below. It’s tough to raise your kids hip — you run the risk of turning out investment bankers or Republican committee chairpersons. I bet their parents dress like Regis and Kelly [...]
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 the [...]
Monday, September 10, 2007
Black Francis: “Uh hello…the elevators stuck…”
Al Queda aren’t the only ones banking on September 11th to get some attention with a new release. This week sees a plethora, headlined by the much hyped Blur Versus Oasis 1995-esque matchup that is 50 Cent Vs. Kanye West (in this scenario 50 is the more popular but inevitably [...]
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Also tagged 50 cent, Alt-rock, ani difranco, Black Francis, black lips, britpop, Frank Black, indie rock, kanye west, music news, new releases, Noah Mallin, rap, The good life
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Thursday, September 6, 2007
Purporting to be Chinese food delivery guys, Warped Tour stars Notorious MSG have to be seen to be believed. Check out their website .
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