Curbed LA (Free subscription) | 06/11/2009
"Like most Angelenos, Eddie Solisis pissed about the traffic on the 101. Unlike most Angelenos, Eddie Solis writes songs about being pissed about the traffic on the 101." The LA Weekly has a profile of the It’s Casual, a punk band that sings songs about Solisis' frustration with commuting (sample lyrics: “Los Angeles! There’s too many people! I want them to go away!”)...
New Musical Express (Free subscription) | 05/11/2009
Former Black Flag frontman set for spoken word tour in January
Punknews.org (Free subscription) | 04/11/2009
Henry Rollins has announced a UK tour set for early 2010. As the year wraps up, the musician, actor and commentator will be heading to China, Indonesia, Sri Lanka and India and is currently staring in the FX show "Sons Of Anarchy."
Noise Pollution (Free subscription) | 04/11/2009
All Iggy It's official! Iggy pop is a living legend (but we knew that already). The heavy hitters and major players of the rock music industry all gathered together last night at the Park Lane Hotel in London to celebrate the winners of the Marshall Classic Rock Roll Of Honour Awards 2009.Here are the nominations and here are the winners . Iggy Pop was named as 'Living Legend' , with Chrissie Hynde...
Miami Herald (Free subscription) | 03/11/2009
When Adam Arkin signed on for "Sons of Anarchy," he didn't have reservations about his role as a slick white separatist or the FX drama's dark heart.
Loot Ninja (Free subscription) | 03/11/2009
While at the Eurogamer Expo this past weekend I sat in on the Quantic Dream developer session lead by David Cage, writer and director of Heavy Rain. I have already stated that I have huge expectations (and love) for Heavy Rain in my demo impressions, but here I will dive in a little more to what we [...]
All About Jazz (Free subscription) | 03/11/2009
While Oliver Weindling's Babel label has recorded some of Britain's most lyrical and mellifluous artists, including vocalist {{Christine Tobin = 12747}}, guitarist Phil Robson and the post-bop mutationist band Polar Bear, it has also, true to its name, championed some of the country's most iconoclastic noise-jazz outfits, notably {{Acoustic Ladyland = 17184}} and Led Bib...
Sound of the City (Free subscription) | 02/11/2009
As harsh as 2009 has been for celebrity deaths, it's been an even harsher year for Internet-based fake celebrity deaths. As of June, the real-to-fake death ratio has approached one-to-two:...
wordslikepictures (Free subscription) | 31/10/2009
tonight I am going to have an amazing night with my best friends Hana and Jess. I am promising myself. Prim (my favourite shop in the world) has expanded it's premises to a cute place just down the road from the previous shop they were in, and now apparently have a basement too! How exciting. It makes me really happy when small independant businesses grow and expand, especially during a recession....
Word Magazine blogs (Free subscription) | 29/10/2009
In the Lefsetz Letter Hollywood scenemaker Rodney Bingenheimer, talking of the exorbitant $60 price charged to leave your car in the privileged parking area at the U2 concerts in L.A., says "Parking has ruined rock and roll." What else has ruined rock and roll?
3:AM Magazine (Free subscription) | 27/10/2009
Hardcore gigs took play in church halls and community halls. And crucially, perhaps for the first time in the modern history of British rock music, it took place away from the major cities and instead its strongholds were in places like Durham, Guisborough, Wigan, Exeter and Bradford - towns battered by Thatcherism which had little else on offer to its young. There was no security, no door policy,...
All About Jazz (Free subscription) | 25/10/2009
This interview is part of the book project under your skin which includes Interviews with: David Murray, Ornette Coleman, Chuck D - Public Enemy, Taj Mahal, Yusef Lateef, Melvin Gibbs, Bob James, Malika Zarra, Zap Mama, Les Nubians, Lydia Lunch, Lee "Scratch Perry", Maria Joao, Henry Rollins, Rhond...
3:AM Magazine (Free subscription) | 24/10/2009
Friday November 20th, 7.30pm Upstairs at The Wheatsheaf, 25 Rathbone Place, London W1 Literary event deviser and curator (for Barbican Film), magazine writer and Associate Literary Editor of Nude magazine Jay Clifton will be interviewing American writer Susan Compo about the whole spectrum of her career, including her days as the editor of the early 80s LA [...]
Blog Town, PDX (Free subscription) | 23/10/2009
Jared Castaldi Few images, punk or otherwise, are as lasting as Black Flag's "The Bars" logo. The simplistic and stark design created by Raymond Pettibon has long since outlasted the band and is a favorite tattoo for those who enjoy getting punk band logos permanently inked into their skin. Stewart Ebersole is one of those people, and now he has launched Barred For Life , a website devoted...
i guess i'm floating (Free subscription) | 23/10/2009
Earlier this week, The Flaming Lips continued their quest in promoting Embryonic by stopping off at KCRW for a great recording session. They played a rare track, utilized studio personnel as recordable participants, and bounced ear-first into Pink Floyd . If there were a blacklist for bands who are notoriously difficult to (successfully) cover, Pink Floyd would most certainly be on it. Yet, the Lips...
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