Eyewear (Free subscription) | yesterday
The 80s seems to have produced an endless supply of clever and often pleasingly eccentric pop, much of which has been revisiting us this year, twenty years after that decade ended. There's a new Moyet Best Of just out for instance. And since the year began new albums from Simple Minds , Depeche Mode and Echo and the Bunnymen , to simply name three of the major bands of the time - each of which made...
Towleroad (Free subscription) | 23/11/2009
MODERN TONIC The editors of Modern Tonic present a weekly music update here on Towleroad. The rest of the week, they scan the pop culture landscape for movie, TV, book and Web recommendations in their daily email. TODAY’S FEATURED NEW...
The Morning News (Free subscription) | 23/11/2009
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Contactmusic Ltd (Free subscription) | 23/11/2009
Will Young wowed London fans with a greatest hits set on Saturday (21.11.09).The 'Hopes and Fears' hitmaker performed a career-spanning list of tracks at the...
Film Experience Blog (Free subscription) | 20/11/2009
. JA from MNPP here, doing the 2001 thing , briefly noting a flick from the year that left a bit of an impression on lil' ol' me. Yes, Richard Kelly's Donnie Darko . I can and have - seriously I have, click here to see - list a bunch of reasons why I believe this movie's too cool for school, but it really, the essence, it all boils down you see to that delightful line uttered there above. Sometimes...
Tomorrow Museum (Free subscription) | 19/11/2009
Why Gears of War, an Xbox 360 game uses Gary Jules’s Tears for Fears cover in its commercial (via.)
THE CULTURE OF ME (Free subscription) | 17/11/2009
New Romantic futurists from Manchester, this three-piece called Performance do their best posturing and pumping with tunes that instantly rave up the likes of forebearers like Visage, Tears For Fears or the entire audience from The Blitz in the very...
News Scotsman (Free subscription) | 17/11/2009
THIS decade began with Dido as the biggest British female recording artist, but it ends with that crucial position filled by not one but several far more interesting women per
Band Weblogs (Free subscription) | 16/11/2009
Taken from their highly anticipated debut album, 'Youth Games' the infectious new single from Montreal rockers The Mission District is released December 7, 2009. "Just Don't Feel The Same" combines the bands love of 80's electro pop and brilliantly crafted lyrics to create a pop rock masterpiece! Watch the video.
a few drops of liquid sunshine (Free subscription) | 16/11/2009
okayokay I’ve loved Placebo (although admittedly not Post-Punk, but glorious and at times, Melancholic) ever since... god knows when...I KNOW! SSX3 for PS2...the soundtrack featuring what? Oh yes...The Bitter End by Placebo...and I have loved them, and their amazing lead singer and guitarist ever since...their new drummer isn't bad either ;P but that aside... I’ve loved Joy Division ever...
Poems, stories and other rubbish! (Free subscription) | 14/11/2009
There are violins, A living thing, A little Sting In outer space with double bass! A full orchestra, some soloists - And in addition - a classical pianist! All on this tiny appliance. What brilliant science! Angel wings; Beatles sing; All Four Seasons. (For many reasons) It's Raining Men amid Cats and Dogs! A one in ten with Punk and Mods! And Baby don't think twice included on this petite device....
THE GOODNESS (Free subscription) | 14/11/2009
Norway's King of Beard has stepped in to record the centennial edition of Fact's superb mix series, apparently going the "influences" route; who'd have thought Hall & Oates would be among them? Also, here's another reminder for his gig with Prins Thomas, Horse Meat Disco and others at London's Corsica Studios on the 28th of this month. Get your infos here . 1. Joe Byrd & The Field...
BlogNetNews.com/Iowa (Free subscription) | 13/11/2009
Crank the Tears for Fears because we’re rolling out a Weekend Update. As we know… everybody wants to rule the World… So let’s get to some updates.. random as always… DID MCKINLEY JUST CALL THE CULVER ADMINISTRATION STUPID? Um. He just might have… [...]
Boston Herald (Free subscription) | 12/11/2009
If you ever thought that Don Henley thinks too much, his show at the Citi Wang Theatre on Wednesday confirmed it. There was a giant clock onstage, the passage of time was...
Largehearted Boy (Free subscription) | 12/11/2009
In the Book Notes series, authors create and discuss a music playlist that relates in some way to their recently published book. Joshua Gaylord's debut novel, Hummingbirds, caused Kirkus reviews to call him "an impressive new voice in American...
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