Humor
A Gift for Mom: The Mom Translator
I know my mom needs one of these. How about yours? Another great commercial from SNL.
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MP3s & Streams
Playlist: May 9th Sirius XMU Download 15
Another week, another Sirius XMU Download 15 playlist. Here’s the Download 15 for May 9nd. This is our seventh weekly installment of the playlist. Do you appreciate it? Use your manners like your momma taught […]
Festivals
Presale: Phoenix at the Spectrum Festival
Phoenix is playing The Spectrum Festival in San Francisco. I’m ever so bummed that I’ll be out of town, but all of our readers can still take advantage of today’s presale, ending at 10pm tonight. […]
Cool Stuff
Friday’s Random Rollup
How about this for a random twitter #followfriday ?Rania Al Abdullah, Queen of Jordan, joined the tweeting masses yesterday. Follow her at @QueenRania (via TechCrunch) Expenses tight? Build your own cigarbox guitar or ukulele. These […]
Videos
Live Indie Pop on a Twee Scale: SF Popfest 2009
Here at the Color Awesome, we’re all about indie pop and we love local artists and festivals. So you can imagine I’m ever so happy to tell you about the San Francisco Popfest 2009, May […]
Cool Stuff
Bunnymen’s Ocean Rain is Officially Out of This World
According to NME, Our longtime favorites Echo And The Bunnymen will be launching a copy of their seminal 1984 album ‘Ocean Rain’ into outer space: “NASA astronaut Timothy Kopra is set to take a copy […]
Cool Stuff
Daft Punk to pen soundtrack for ‘Tron 2.0’.
We’ve heard rumors off and on for the past few months, but now it’s official. Daft Punk is composing the soundtrack for Tron 2.0. For those of you too young to remember, Tron is the […]
Cool Stuff
Death Cab on CNN: “the perfect marriage of four guys”
So I’m home sick with the flu. It’s amazing what you’ll find trolling the web mindlessly for hours. Evidently Chris and Nick of Death Cab for Cutie stopped by CNN yesterday to chat about all […]
Cool Stuff
Objectified: Consuming Design
Gary Hustwit, Director of Helvetica, the documentary about typography, graphic design and global visual cultre, is at it again. His newest project, Objectified, explores industrial design and the manufactured objects we surround ourselves with on […]
Humor
A Gift for Mom: Mom Jeans
Mother’s day is Sunday. Looking for a mother’s day gift for mom? How about some mom jeans? A classic from SNL.
MP3s & Streams
Leaked: The Horrors – Primary Colors
As we reported last week, The Horrors have been taking the UK by storm. We’re also completely infatuated here at thecolorawesome. Their new album, Primary Colours, drops tomorrow in the USA and UK. Can’t wait? […]
MP3s & Streams
Playlist: May 2nd Sirius XMU Download 15
Another week, another Sirius XMU Download 15 playlist. Here’s the Download 15 for May 2nd. It’s been a busy weekend and a few listening links are still missing, but I hope to add them in […]
Featured
Stephin Merritt: Off Broadway With Coraline
Stephen Merritt can’t stand still. The amount of projects he’s principled in the last 18 years are too numerous to recollect off the top of one’s head. He’s created some of modern pop’s most memorable moments – […]
Cool Stuff
Deb Googe: Join Me For A Drink?
So you’re sitting at Six Arms on Seattle’s Capitol Hill. Fresh from a Sunday afternoon nap, ready for an IPA and some pub grub. Some girl who looks exactly like Deb Googe from My Bloody […]
Playlists
Playlist: 4.23.09 MTV2 Subterranean
For years I’ve been watching Subterranean on MTV2, and before that, the original MTV alternative/indie music video show 120 Minutes. While YouTube has lessened the impact of video shows like Subterranean, I still like to […]
Cool Stuff
The Bran Flakes: Play What You Like
I’m a huge fan of the Goodwill Dollar LP bin. You’ve seen those poor, deserted records – children’s learning LP’s, religious sermons and presidential speeches, hypnotism records to help you stop doing whatever it is […]
Design
Review: Andy Warhol Live! at the de Young Museum
Over the course of his meteoric career, Andy Warhol (1928–1987) used the medium of music to transform himself from fan, to record album designer, to producer, to celebrity night-clubber, to rock star. Warhol Live presents […]
Reviews
Review: Laurie Anderson in Conversation with Michael Azerrad
Laurie Anderson was the final guest in this year’s City Arts and Lectures “Talking Music” series. Last Fall, I bought season tickets to “Talking Music” in a valiant attempt to get myself and friends up […]
Videos
Video of the Day: The Boy Least Likely To – “When Life Gives Me Lemons I Make Lemonade”
My Bloody Valentine is playing Seattle today. I know Phil is on cloud nine. I’m really happy that I’ve finished writing my Fleet Foxes review and I’m off to see Laurie Anderson tonight. Today’s a […]
Photos
Review: Fleet Foxes at The Fox
I’m a photographer, not a writer. I’m also dyslexic. Writing more than a paragraph or two is something that takes much conscious energy and effort, not to mention proof-reading. I’m usually happy to take my […]
MP3s & Streams
Playlist: April 25th Sirius XMU Download 15
Another week, another Sirius XMU Download 15 playlist. Here’s the Download 15 for April 25th. It makes me happy to compile this playlist to share with our readers. Do you appreciate it? Use your manners […]
Videos
New Michel Gondry Video Collection: Michel Gondry 2: More Videos Before & After DVD 1
We here at The Color Awesome heart all the discs in the The Director’s Label series, which was co-owned by Gondry. Unfortunately it appears that this great series of discs has reached an end. It […]
MP3s & Streams
New To Me: The Horrors
There’s a full-on Horrors marketing blitz going on in the UK right now. They were on the cover of NME last week, their new album is released on XL next week, and you can stream […]
Cool Stuff
First Quarter Check Up
The first part of any year is pretty tough for new releases. Major artists generally don’t release much until February giving fans enough time to recoop financially from the holidays. As usual, I feel blessed […]