John O, aka Diamond Rings recently did a 90 Second Egg interview with Grant Lawrence for the CBC’s Radio 3 podcast. It’s amazing the amount of personal trivia that can be crammed into 90 seconds. […]
Lio – Banana Split. (It’s French Synthpop from 1979.)
This 80’s Scottish indie gem was released in 1984 by The Wake. They sound NOTHING like New Order!
So which father is more irresponsible? The one pictured below who encourages his toddler to be thrown off the stage at an Aquabats show, (and then stage dives and almost lands on him) or the […]
Can’t wait to see Diamond Rings at Popscene SF on Thanksgiving! No advance tickets, just show up at the door at 330 Ritch Street.
This is an excellent track from the Section 25 album “From the Hip“.
Brighter was The Railway Children’s second single, released in 1987. They were originally on Factory but after success in the UK charts moved to Virgin.
According to NME, Daft Punk have announced the tracklisting of their soundtrack album for the new Tron: Legacy film. The album, the band’s first full film score, will be released on December 7th. The film […]
I was drawn in by the cool animated video, but the music was what kept me.
I’m actually a recent convert to The National. I guess they’re another one of those bands that got a bad rap among the high and mighty music press. I usually make my mind up about […]
Uh oh, it’s a new band crush. I came across Mirrors when I found out about them opening for OMD‘s upcoming tour. I instantly fell in love with the the b-side to their very good […]
YouTube pulled the latest Health video, “USA Boys.” It’s hard for me to understand how violence is OK, but a little bit of lovin? Forget about it! Luckily teh folks over at Vimeo aren’t quite […]
The Golden Filter plays Live 105’s pre-BFD party at The Mezzanine this upcoming Saturday.
I’m a sucker for tortured romance, both in film and music. I think that’s what drew me into “Forget Me Not” by Thieves Like Us.
I just heard this on a Lenscrafters commercial. I had to put on the record just to double triple check that it was actually the Hunx and his Punx version. The comments section on youtube […]
Mina has made well over 70 albums and scored as many charted singles. When most rock and roll was introduced to Italy in the late 50’s, it came in the form of bands consisting of […]
The fallout from the Iclandic volcano continues… A statement from Chapterhouse regarding the postponement of the USA tour Due to the recent volcanic activity in Iceland Chapterhouse have been forced to reschedule their upcoming tour […]
Many bands’ touring plans were delayed, deterred, diverted, or altogether canceled because of the Eyjafjallajökull volcanic eruption. One of those bands was Brooklyn synth-rockers Bear in Heaven. “Bear In Heaven was stranded in the Madrid […]
To my discerning eye, The LA Live Plaza surrounding Club Nokia looked completely schizophrenic last Thursday. To the casual observer, it appeared overrun by perky women and young girls in bedazzled mini-skirts and cowboy boots […]
SNL’ opened the show last night with a sketch dedicated to coverage of the ash caused by Eyjafjallajokull’s volcano. The airline-crippling eruption really served as a jumping off point for some great impersonations – Larry […]
Last night, Death Cab for Cutie officially started the 2010 baseball season for the pacific northwest. They helped kick off off the Seattle Mariners home opener with two classic baseball tunes: John Fogerty’s “Centerfield” and […]
Last night, Late Night with Jimmy Fallon had the honor of hosting and broadcasting The Specials first US performance in 30 years. After the original lineup broke up in 1981, several members went on to […]
Scott Lapatine and Joe Mande of Stereogum interviewed Ben Gibbard at SXSW, feigning that they mistook him for Beth Gibbons, the lead singer of Portishead. The interviewers play the situation as if they really have […]
We’ve had Kathryn Bigelow on our radar for decades. Dig into your 80’s trivia file to answer this gem. It might might not be in your Trivial Pursuit 80’s Edition but it clearly should be: […]
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