Ten Percent (Free subscription) | yesterday
A different reading of this song…a highly sensitised microphone, hooked up to a massive amp & speaker. It can pick up the slightest noise, even from far away and every signal can cause catastrophic feedback that destroys the entire system. So to survive it must be wrapped in protective, dampening insulation, making it [...]
Consequence of Sound (Free subscription) | yesterday
Watch an ear-piercing live rendition of Radiohead's "High And Dry"...
Brahsome (Free subscription) | yesterday
Okay, this is one of the sillier musical feuds I’ve ever heard of, but I feel the need to pass it along because it eventually ended up with Beck making a new song called “Harry Partch.” It’s named that because Partch is the guy who created the 43-tone scale (whatever the hell that is — I’m [...]
Vulture (Free subscription) | 19/11/2009
Of Radiohead’s many talents, their ability to garner top-rate haters is arguably the least appreciated: The list of those who have taken their shot at the throne of Yorke is as wonderfully eclectic as it is illustrious, highlighted by the Hold Steady , the Silver Jews , Kanye West , Miley Cyrus and, just this week, SPIN Magazine . So you can forgive us if we initially ignored the anti-Radiohead...
prefixmag (Free subscription) | 19/11/2009
The fine folks over at A.V. Club have posted their best-of-the-decade music list today, and at number one they've got the White Stripes' White Blood Cells. That pick is sure to start some rabble-rabble below, but it's a solid pick, backing away from the easy gimme of putting Kid A on top. Though I do take umbrage with calling White Blood Cells "true," since most of the songs are far from...
The Guardian (Free subscription) | 3 hours ago
News Corp site settles row with Merlin agency whose clients include Arctic Monkeys, Radiohead and Vampire Weekend MySpace has settled a year-long row with independent record companies with a landmark deal that will allow artists including Arctic Monkeys, Radiohead and Vampire Weekend to sell tracks on the social networking site's music service. MySpace Music launched in the US last year, recently...
badgerblog (Free subscription) | 1 hour ago
Ever had an time where you'd written off whatever you were doing and were then surprised? That was me last night. By the time the show was two-thirds over, I had resigned myself to marking tonight as the least enjoyable of the half-dozen or so shows of the Dolls/ Amanda Palmer since first seeing the Dolls in early 2004 in this tiny club in Chapel Hill: still a good show, but..the mix was off with...
Vulture (Free subscription) | 15 hours ago
How many ways is New Moon (the movie) better than New Moon (the book)? We ran the numbers , and the answer is 34. This is less a testament to the vagina-less Chris Weitz than it is a credit to Kristin Stewart's much improved demeanor and Taylor Lautner's not-at-all restless abs. Besides, the tweens of America clearly didn't care how crappy the CGI werewolves looked, they just wanted to feast their...
Consequence of Sound (Free subscription) | yesterday
New songs from Beach House and Beck? Radiohead and Joy Division covers? A slew of mp3s from some of music's top up-and-comers? It could only be this week's edition of our Friday Mixtape!
CBC Radio 3 (Free subscription) | yesterday
Watch the new Arkells tour blog. YouTube Great Lake Swimmers touring China. MySpace NPR's Monitor Mix Blog hosts roundtable discussion about the role of the record label. Fiery Furnaces STILL mad at Radiohead & Beck . Pitchfork Interpol recording session interrupted by Courtney Love . Spinner The Decemberists to release animated film. Pitchfork [Photo: Apostle of Hustle @ London Music Club, submitted...
The Inquisitr (Free subscription) | yesterday
Lily Allen has made a U-turn in her stance on music piracy. The ‘Not Fair’ singer, who launched a scathing attack on illegal file-sharing on her MySpace blog and attacked indie group Radiohead for giving their latest album away on a pay-what-you-want basis, claims she doesn’t care if people copy her albums and sell them on [...]
Pop Tarts Suck Toasted (Free subscription) | yesterday
Beck - "Harry Partch" ; The history of the musical feud dates back centuries probably, but in the last few decades it has really been the bearer of some terrific music at the hands of the hated on. This week Beck responded to all this Matt Friedberger (of The Fiery Furnaces) vs. Radiohead vs. Himself controversy with a song dedicated to late composer Harry Partch. Now that's not the same...
The Rawking Refuses to Stop! (Free subscription) | yesterday
Top recs: Jon Brion tonight, as always; Fiery Furnaces (pictured; photo by David Greenwald) and their Radiohead-hating madness at the El Rey on Saturday; Monday, the Books are playing a pretty special gig at Hollywood Forever but I’ll be at the Happy Hollows residency to catch Real Estate. The full list for the next few [...]
LondonJazz (Free subscription) | yesterday
A Led Bib set list. Ink on toilet paper, 2009. * Possibly - for whoever owns it- a collector's item already. Because, as Music Week reported yesterday Mercury Prize nominees Led Bib are joining Faber Music Media’s roster for synch. The band, whose album Sensible Shoes was nominated for the Barclaycard Mercury Prize this year, have agreed a deal with the company for film, TV and synch licensing....
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