Ya know, we’re going to pass on the obvious stuff like Pearl Jam, Yeah, Yeah Yeahs and Them Crooked Vultures (not to mention we’re not convinced about that they’re a good idea anyway.). Instead, let’s focus on the bands that aren’t headlining. If you’re a faithful reader of this site, most of these won’t...
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Well, actually I don’t have any highlights from Leeds and Reading yet, but we’ll post ‘em asap. In the meantime, here’s video of two concerts by two bands that we’ve been telling you about recently: The Big Pink and The XX. Highly recommended. The XX The Big Pink UPDATE: Generally the BBC and NME...
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Initially, I resisted this concept of a mid-year top ten. It seemed like a cheap concept for websites with nothing to talk about. But then I started looking at the lists onmy favorite websites and realized that none of the albums I like were getting any attention. Given that this has been the best...
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True confession: I liked the O.C.. I liked everything about it: the music, the cheesy acting, the cheesy story lines, did I mention the music? The thing is, while there weren’t future Oscar winners in the show, they were perfectly effective for what the show was. The pacing of the show and the music...
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After reviewing the entire 1000+ songs on the SXSW torrent, reading, listening and watching videos. This our list of the 10 bands you must see while at SXSW. If you’re not at SXSW, these are the bands that you should be rushing out to see. Our criteria: 1) Not a one-hit wonder. They’ve got...
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White Lies have just released their video for “Fairwell To The Fairgrounds”. At this point the only place you can see it, is on their website (http://whitelies.com) but we’ll put it up on this website as soon as it’s available. At the end of last year I picked them to put out the album...
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Stop the rumors! The list for Coachella is out (via Pitchfork)! We can finally stop speculating about a Blur/The Smiths/Pavement reunion. But surely there’s something as good or better than last years’ MBV reunion, right? Wrong! Listen to these headliners! Friday: Paul McCartney. Seriously? If you played at the Super Bowl halftime show, doesn’t...
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