Spears: “Guys don’t let me blackout again…oh wait, cool album name alert!” This will probably be neither the first nor last time that the words “Britney Spears” and “blackout” have appeared in a sentence. But how often has it happened in connection with a new album? Sadly Blackout (the album) is not a concept album [...]
“Dang it! I thought Marquee Moon was in row three…” Check out this cool game : How’s that short-term memory music geek? Can you match the album covers in time? This was designed by a good friend of mine so show the love!
PJ Harvey: Missing guitar, pants, several meals… This weeks new releases take a decidedly grey tone with acts that boomers love. To wit: Bruce Springsteen and The E Street Band’s Magic returns Broooooce and Sil from The Sopranos plus Conan O’Brien’s bandleader and the guy from those mid-80′s Jackson Browne videos (not Darryl Hannah — [...]
Billboard, the bible of the music biz, reports today that R.E.M. will likely unleash their next album, produced by Jackknife Lee, in the spring of 2008 and that the band is being coy about the sound. See the full article here . I took Mike Mills’ advice and did a search on YouTube for their [...]
Rilo Kiley — someone didn’t get the memo re: white It’s a measure of what a good chart year this has been for indie rock when career-high debuts by both M.I.A. and New Pornographers can be described as disappointing. However in the wake of Top 5 albums from The Shins and Modest mouse and a [...]
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