Pretending Life Is Like A Song (Free subscription) | 20/11/2008
I don’t think I’ve watched Pretty in Pink for twenty years but I think, if pushed, that it’s probably my favourite of these 80s teen movies. I know I’ve seen The Breakfast Club more often and I know, as well, that this interest now has come from the fact that I’m going to be teaching [...]
Tiny Mix Tapes (Free subscription) | 17/11/2008
The extroverted first half of the album goes well. On opener “Atomic Heels,” Curtis takes on self-involved apathetic types: “ You say ‘let them go on fighting I guess/ As long as there’s some place left to visit’/ You’re thinking about all the jobs that you could retire from.” Thems fightin’ words. The tunes follow in line: the band convert their droning riffage into sharp verse/chorus/verse songs,...
Busy Gamer News (Free subscription) | 01/11/2008
Here's what you can find that's new on Xbox Live Marketplace this week: Arcade: Are Your Smarter Than a 5th Grader ($15) and Penny Arcade Adventures Episode 2 ($15), plus Marble Blast Ultra Marble It Up! (free) level with achievement...
Busy Gamer News (Free subscription) | 01/11/2008
This week, the PlayStation Store features these newest additions: Siren: Blood Curse is on sale for one week only ($30, or $11 per chapter bundle) Civilization Revolution Artifact/Wonder Packs ($3.75 each) Guitar Hero: World Tour track "No Rain" by Blind...
Eurogamer (Free subscription) | 31/10/2008
Demos of those, and add-ons for others.
Loot Ninja (Free subscription) | 28/10/2008
All types of different melodies will be blasting your eardrums this week with Rock Band DLC. Seven tracks in total will be hitting the Xbox 360 tomorrow and the PS3 on Thursday. Siouxsie and the Banshees Pack - 440 MSP ($5.49) “Hong Kong Garden” - 160 MSP ($1.99) “The Killing Jar” - 160 MSP ($1.99) “Kiss Them For Me” [...]
Punknews.org (Free subscription) | 26/10/2008
Blink-182 's "Dammit" along with a trio of songs from Souxsie & the Banshees will be added to Rock Band 2 next week. Other tracks in the selection come from the Psychedelic Furs and Silversun Pickups. The full list of songs includes: Siouxsie and the Banshees - "Hong Kong Garden," Siouxsie and the Banshees - "The Killing Jar." Siouxsie and the Banshees - "Kiss Them For Me," Blink-182 - "Dammit," The...
scissorkick (Free subscription) | 20/10/2008
Quick post before I take off for California for work. This one come courtesy of Roger O’Donnell, former keyboardist for The Cure, The Psychedelic Furs, Thompson Twins and more. Beautiful and subtle record performed almost entirely on one instrument - the moog synthesizer. An accomplished player, O’Donnells advantage is perspective — having played with some [...]
PopWreckoning (Free subscription) | 07/10/2008
Juliana Hatfield just completed a promo tour behind her new (10th!) album, How to Walk Away, as well as her new book, When I Grow up: A Memoir. How to Walk Away contains some of her best work, especially “This Lonely Love,” which features her singing with Richard Butler of the Psychedelic Furs. In an age [...]
kenneth in the (212) (Free subscription) | 01/10/2008
In a lot of ways, the Psychedelic Furs are the Rodney Dangerfield of my music collection. I own and love all their albums, and have seen them in concert twice -- two of the best shows I've ever seen. Yet for some reason, I rarely cite them as one of my "favorite bands ever," a term I (admittedly) use rather loosely. (Hey, it's not my fault Blondie, Bananarama and the Go-Go's are still around!) It wasn't...
A.V. Club (Free subscription) | 02/09/2008
Juliana Hatfield once said that happy lyrics don'tcome naturally to her, and her slick, mellow eighth album offers little tocontradict that...
Seattle Post-Intelligencer (Free subscription) | 19/08/2008
Juliana Hatfield is well within her comfort zone on "How to Walk Away," her second album for self-started record label Ye Olde Records.
RegnYouth Archives (Free subscription) | 16/08/2008
After the punk revolution in the late seventies, an endless number of bands inspired by the DIY spirit and raw sound of punk were formed. Many of these bands forged into more experimental territory (instead of replicating the sound of the Sex Pistols), taking cues from a range of artists and styles, such as Roxy [...]
Band Weblogs (Free subscription) | 14/08/2008
AOL Spinner is proud to present the EXCLUSIVE premiere of Juliana Hatfield's "This Lonely Love" music video. "This Lonely Love," her new album's lead single, features Richard Butler (The Psychedelic Furs) on vocals ...
prefixmag.com (Free subscription) | 10/08/2008
Saying an artist has remained true to himself or herself over the years is cliched, but it definitely seems to fit for Juliana Hatfield, more so than for some of her contemporaries. She's never gone putrid pop like Liz Phair, or drifted into treacly holiday music like Aimee Mann. So here we find Hatfield releasing her tenth solo album on, appropriately enough, her own label, Ye Olde. Hatfield has always...
