Recently, I read an interview on Pitchforkmedia.Com with an artist whose music I had not even heard (something I NEVER do). That artist was Marnie Stern, the new indie rocker girl who’s got indie rock dudes a-flutter from Silverlake to Williamsburg.
Mere days after being called on the carpet by The Boss for scalping its own tickets, TICKETMASTER has thrown down an a$$hole trump card and merged with live music artist/management/venue conglomerate LIVE NATION. Clearly oblivious to the meaning of anti-trust, monopoly, or evil, our beloved Congress will probably let this past. Despite charging THREE SEPARATE […]
LIL’ WAYNE dropped the Top Ten List for Letterman (last night?)… Lil’ Wayne presents Letterman’s Top 10 List [2009]Uploaded by lilwayneTV thanks to NadSyde for the heads up…
PITCHFORKmedia.com reports that M.I.A. will perform for the Grammys ON HER DUE DATE, February 8th! I’ve always thought of her as the ulitmate badass since seeing her from the very back of a sardine-can-packed gig at The ECHO, but still… D A M N! Her recent interview on The TAVIS SMILEY show charmed me so much that […]
This song is from their Sun Giant EP and was also recently performed on Saturday Night Live:
Last night, Katie Couric’s “All Access Grammy Special” aired. Even the idea of the former Today Show host/Skeletor impersonator Katie Couric chatting with Weezy F. Baby couldn’t distract me from L O S T, so I recorded that ish. XXL did me one better my enocding the whole thang and here it is: Ms.FakeSunshine interviewing […]
Austin, TX legends (and now 2009 Grammy Nominees!) GRUPO FANTASMA will be performing in Hollywood Friday, Feb. 6th at The KNITTING FACTORY. Grupo Fantasma is always a guaranteed good time and they are sure to get the asses of typically-lame LA audiences shakin’. How much, you ask? A mere 10-spot, or $12 if you get […]
This Cam’ron track, “I Hate My Job,” isn’t exactly top-shelf Dipset fire, but having been in the job market for weeks now, I appreciate his melancholy take on the whole crappy process…
Little Boots will be performing at Cinespace tonight for ‘DIM MAK Tuesdays’ and manana at SPACELAND. Tix for Spaceland are now only available @ the door. Both shows may be packed-to-the-soldout-gills, but if you wanna hit Cinespace tonight, RSVP to partyline@dimmak.com and you’ll get in for $5 before 11pm. The DIM MAK site says an […]
Pitchforkmedia.com has a nice interview with LITTLE BOOTS and also posts upcoming TOUR DATES…she’s doing two dates in Los Angeles to start things off!
If you’re trying to grasp the phenomenon called ANIMAL COLLECTIVE that is causing mania in the independent music scene, I can offer this guidance: The mandatory KEXP Song-of-the-Day Podcast recently featured their song ‘My Girls’ ; download it for FREE Must-bookmark music blog STEREOGUM has free MP3’s of highlights from recent performances at the Grand and Bowery […]
I had heard of, but never listened to M.C. CHRIS until Dirt put me onto a song of his called “Fett’s Vette” which was not what I was expecting at all. I was expecting some back-packer-type hip hop but M.C. Chris is something…else. http://www.mcchris.com/ http://www.myspace.com/mcchris Fett’s Vette (live, I believe…) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QRhnw1gFuDA