Jack does what he can to ease Meg’s anxiety…
The White Stripes have cancelled their fall tour. It seems drummer / fake-sibling Meg is suffering from “acute anxiety”. No word yet on whether or how they will deal with this situation moving forward. Ticketholders are being offered full refunds for these shows in support of their [...]
Tag Archives: indie rock
Music News: White Stripes Cancel US Tour!
Wednesday, September 12, 2007
Music News: This Weeks New Releases
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 [...]
Music Review: Super Furry Animals Do The Rare Welsh Bit
Wednesday, September 5, 2007
Super Furry Animals: Insert Slestacks Joke HereSuper Furry Animals have been Wales top musical export since 1996 and the height of britpop. While many of their contemporaries have faded away they keep plugging along. Their latest, Hey Venus!, features more songwriting input than usual from the entire band and a return to the more varied [...]
Music Review : Liars – Liars : Not The Reissue of a Jim Carrey Soundtrack
Thursday, August 30, 2007
Liars: “Ahhh we had some good times with those shirts didn’t we fellas…”
Liars have seemed to run the full pendulous gamut of critical opinion since their 2001 debut album They Threw Us in a Trench and Stuck a Monument On Top garnered rave reviews for their prescient dance punk Gang Of Four meets Sonic Youth [...]
Music Review: Stars new album bigger, but is it better?
Tuesday, August 28, 2007
Stars: Avril Lavigne wants her tie back
The Canadian band Stars had a major artistic breakthrough with 2004’s Set Yourself on Fire. For their follow-up, In Our Bedroom after the War they have come down with a major case of Summer sequel-itis. Like something out of the Die Hard franchise they have taken all the things [...]