Phawker (Free subscription) | 7 hours ago
Now playing on Phawker Radio! Spinto band play First Unitarian on October 17th. OFFICIAL BIO: It’s been 3 years since The Spinto Band burst onto the rock world with their infectious indie-pop masterworks on Nice and Nicely [...]
kansascity.com (Free subscription) | yesterday
Barack Obama likes to give himself star billing for his role in enacting ethics reforms in Illinois a decade ago, but he didn't act alone.
This Is This (Free subscription) | yesterday
Not another post about me, no. Arf. But I have to chip in with my 79p to say a few words about Itunes’s Genius feature. What is basically does is creates a playlist around one song. It does this using the vast database at Apple which contains information about the song, then matches it to another [...]
Monday Morning Quarterback (Free subscription) | yesterday
You have got to admire the man’s stoicism. You really do. After all, his team is imploding into a steaming pile of dung with jock straps, and yet he soldiers on. He remains focused on the task at hand. He continues to bravely soldier on. Think I’m talking about Tyrone Willingham? F*ck that! I’m talking [...]
USA Today (Free subscription) | 03/10/2008
Tourists and city dwellers strolling the technicolored streets of New York's Times Square tonight will witness an event unprecedented ...
Off the Kuff (Free subscription) | 03/10/2008
For my next Genius playlist, I went more mainstream, with Joe Jackson's "Steppin' Out" as the seed song. That wasn't...
PR News Wire (Free subscription) | 03/10/2008
NEW YORK, Oct. 3 /PRNewswire/ -- Award winning photojournalist, James Nachtwey, revealed today the disease XDR-TB as the subject of his TED Prize Wish photography slideshow project. Nachtwey is premiering the culmination of his year long wish project with an eight page spread in TIME magazine, a gathering of global activists and leaders, outdoor screenings around the world and on the Internet at in...
The Yellow Stereo (Free subscription) | 03/10/2008
Although it’s been suggested that I see way WAY too many concerts, I rarely get the chance to actually post as many reviews as I’d like up here on The Yellow Stereo. This is what happens when one doesn’t work by a computer. My editor at DCist was picking on me for seeing such a [...]
The Independent (Free subscription) | 03/10/2008
Where are you? In an airport in Port Elizabeth, at gate five, waiting to board a flight to Cape Town with my band and crew. We're in the middle of a short South African tour.
Brooklyn Vegan (Free subscription) | 01/10/2008
by Black Bubblegum DOWNLOAD: Iran - "Buddy" (MP3 premiere) Iran has nothing in common with The Muslims.... I mean, except for the fact that the two (bands) are playing the Narnack showcase together with Lee "Scratch" Perry during CMJ at...
Stereogum (Free subscription) | 01/10/2008
As the American economy continues to implode and whimper, it's somehow comforting (not really) to know Ratatat are keeping their LP3 video budget as low as the Stock Market. The NYC duo's recycled and added warped Paul Simon and Chevy Chase's "Call Me Al" for " Flynn " and recycled war movie imagery in " Mirando ." This time around ABBA get the nip and tuck treatment, the danceable "Shempi" providing...
prefix (Free subscription) | 01/10/2008
Ratatat are getting pretty good at using video editing software: the video for “Shempi” does some deconstructive work of an Abba video in the same vein as the Paul Simon ...
Brooklyn Vegan (Free subscription) | 01/10/2008
Nas is playing Hammerstein Ballroom on December 26th. Tickets are now on presale. Password = HOT97 Oasis tickets are still on presale. Password = Supernova. Venue = MSG. Stellastarr* are playing five shows at Pianos in December. All five...
The Democratic Daily (Free subscription) | 01/10/2008
The Caucus reports: The Piano Man and the Boss are putting on a show for Obama. Billy Joel and Bruce Springsteen will do a benefit concert for Senator Barack Obama’s campaign and the Democratic National Committee next month at the Hammerstein Ballroom in New York City on Oct. 16. Mr. Obama will be appearing on stage as [...]
Brooklyn Vegan (Free subscription) | 01/10/2008
photos by Kyle Dean Reinford Conor Oberst and the Mystic Valley Band played the Austin City Limits festival over the weekend and they're currently making their way east towards NYC where they'll play two shows at Terminal 5 in November....
