Beck is all “I see you jacked my look Michael Cera…” Many reviews of the new two-disc Deluxe Edition of Beck’s 1996 opus Odelay have seemed to include an obligatory Kurt Cobain compare-and-contrast alt-stars of the 90s moment. The standard trope is that Kurt was too raw and full of feeling and fellow blonde skinny [...]
Nada Surf ‘s Matthew Caws This week’s new releases are headed by Hot Chip, who take their Beta Band-as-imagined-by-LCD Soundsystem electronic indie rock into poppier realms with Made in The Dark. Here’s the first single, “Ready for the Floor”: Bob Mould, Ex- Husker Du -ster and Sugar frontguy and former writer for the World Wrestling [...]
Plenty of ink has been spilled already, including here, on older man candy Scarlett Johansson’s upcoming Tom Waits cover song opus, which will also include one new song. Now indie pixie Zooey Deschanel is prepping to finally release her collab with M. Ward, Volume 1, under the band name She and Him. Unlike Scarlett’s record, [...]
Mr. Rhys, Mr. Bip, and a DeLorean Super Furry Animals frontman and Welsh wunderkind Gruff Rhys is collaborating with Los Angeles producer Boom Bip under the name Neon Neon. Their album, due out next month, is called Stainless Style and is apparently inspired by the life of auto impressario and would-be coke dealer John DeLorean. [...]
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