Night Marchers Rise!

If you were left broken hearted by the dual breakup of Rocket from the Crypt and Hot Snakes in 2005, don't kill yourself yet. Speedo's rounded up a (somewhat) new group of dudes to carry on. Hot Snake, Gar Wood is in the fold and ex Delta 72 dude, Jason Kourkounis …

It's True, Someone's Been Breeding Some Champions

New Scissors, Cat Swallow, and Handcuff Killa.

Those are the titles of tracks one through three on the Royal Bangs soon to be released (May 2008) debut from Audio Eagle. It's poppy, it's forthright and from the get go, We Breed Champions is not fucking around. …

A Letter to Michael Murphy

Barack Obama-detail, 2008 Wood, Paint, Steel & Light
Portrait of the presidential candidate rendered with the shadows cast by 6,400 2" nails.

I wrote the following text to Michael Murphy in reaction to seeing his newest work, a detail of which appears above. The …

January New Release Battle Royale

Music is a competition. Don't let anyone tell you different. Hence these January releases must duke it out in the squared circle for the new release battle royale. It's also a really easy/lazy way for me to review a bunch of music without putting much effort in it. …

New Del Song

You know I love Del the Funky Homosapien. What a delight then, to find out that Pitchfork posted the first song from the new record to be released on Def Jux on March 11th. Lucky for you and me, Del didn't lose any of his wit or weirdness in the long-ass 7 years since …

New Del Song

You know I love Del the Funky Homosapien. What a delight then, to find out that Pitchfork posted the first song from the new record to be released on Def Jux on March 11th. Lucky for you and me, Del didn't lose any of his wit or weirdness in the long-ass 7 years since …

Black Key tour. Avet Brothers video. Breeders tour.

The Black Keys will be releasing a new album on the April Fool's day, that by all accounts will be like nothing like they've ever done. They have also announced tour dates starting in March and you know those tickets are going fast so buy them soon. Here's the Pitchfork …

Black Key tour. Avett Brothers video. Breeders tour.

The Black Keys will be releasing a new album on the April Fool's day, that by all accounts will be like nothing like they've ever done. They have also announced tour dates starting in March and you know those tickets are going fast so buy them soon. Here's the Pitchfork …

It's Global!

This is the link to a collection of images featuring various types of street art from the world, man.



The guys also added this link to a shit ton more images.
(Edit: March 26, 2008)

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aka

?!

What looks like larry the cable guy, wears a yarmulke disguised as a baseball cap, and plays a 3-string guitar better than you can do just about anything?

It's Seasick Steve.

Can I get an O-M-F-G here or what?

Aught 8. One more ought that ought not be forgot

This is a month old, but the Breeders finally confirmed a new record. This will be their (her?) first release since 2002. You can check out a new song from the record at their website. The song combines the slow thoughtfulness of Title TK and the dreaminess of Last …

Top songs of 2007.

In no particular order here are my 20 Favorite Songs of 2007

Pesto's at 8 by Beth in Battle Mode....Please jump up and down! Stream at myspace

The Harbor is Yours by Aesop Rock....Gravel funk.
Listen

Marina by Julius Airwave....Pretty Beautiful.
Listen

Kid on My Shoulders by …

Top 10 Records of 2007

It's true, I like stuff, too.

I'm not interested in making a properly hierarchical list of my favorites. I'll just mention a few things I found extra interesting or that got me especially excited over the past year-ish- not necessarily created during the year, but appreciated during the year.

My Favorite Stuff from 2007

I don't like it when people say "Best of 2007" etc. Like they would know. Nobody listened to everything. So this is more like "best of what i heard in 2007." Not such a bad year for music, really. Several albums were serious contenders for best of the year. In …

Why is it so Honorable to mention things?

Some things make it to the top, and some stop right before they get there. Now, while some people seem to think that it is honorable to mention those that just missed the cut, I'm pretty sure that I remember reading in high school that "second place is just the first to …

Del moves to Def Jux

Def Jux announced recently that they would be releasing Del the Funky Homosapien's (myspace) first solo record in 8 (7 depending on the source) years. The record will be almost entirely produced and written by Del save for a few "key assists" from producers J-Zone, KU …

Cadence Weapon.

I just listened to (and downloaded) a new song over at the Cadence Weapon myspace, and it has given me an excuse to take a long overdue look at his 2006 debut, Breaking Kayfabe.....and yes I'll be renaming the blog to "Every Single Canadian Artist that I Can Possibly …

Classic Rock?

Reading Ben's entry about Jethro Tull got me thinking. I'm sure I've
liked a few bands and been afraid to tell people about it, but more
often I get accused of pretending to not like something that is
universally admired. For instance, my absolute detestation of Led

Random Jamdom

Soon , I will have a proper job....then I will by records...then you will get proper record reviews. Till that day arrives here are a few songs that make my ever-growing ears happy.

I found this song while stumbling around the myspace-verse looking for some …