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Bangles, case/lang/veirs/, Mogwai, Low Anthem, Bruce Hornsby, Monkey   Printer-friendly page   Send this story to someone
Friday, June 10, 2016 - 08:00 AM
Posted by: Karl

Karl

THE WEEKEND STARTS HERE:

... with THE BANGLES!  There's no better way to start than with these live takes on "Hero Takes A Fall"  and Kimberley Rew's "Goin' Down To Liverpool" for Dave in 1984. It was that sort of rawk (and the hotness of Susanna Hoffs) that got Prince to give them "Manic Monday," their first mainstream hit, from the A Different Light album, which included Jules Shear's "If She Knew What She Wants," Alex Chilton's "September Gurls," and -- inevitably -- Liam Sternberg's "Walk Like An Egyptian."  Nevertheless, their fondness for the genres of the mid-60s was still evident in their take on Simon & Garfunkel's "Hazy Shade of Winter" for the Less Than Zero soundtrack, and the psych-garage-bubblegum of "In Your Room" on the Everything album, which yielded their final No.1 hit, "Eternal Flame."  The draw from the 60s is a constant I saw them in a club, on a big stage and in a club again -- the last time was at a House of Blues, where they covered the We Five's "You Were On My Mind."  However, I'll confess that I put off featuring the band for about a bit, until the Susanna Hoffs solo cover of Bad Company's "Feel Like Makin' Love" popped back up on the Tube after an absence. That woman knows how to shake her tambourine.

CASE/LANG/VEIRS advance streams case/lang/veirs.

MOGWAI advance streams Atomic.

THE LOW ANTHEM advance streams Eyeland.

BRUCE HORNSBY & THE NOISEMAKERS advance streams Rehab Reunion.

THE CLASH AT DEMONHEAD covers Metric's "Black Sheep." I remember when Envy was Nat -- and most people hadn't heard of Brie Larsen.

PAUL McCARTNEY talks to Rolling Stone about revisiting his decades-spanning catalog, both live and in a new compilation.

THE DUKE SPIRIT's Leila Moss gives Drowned In Sound a track-by-track tour of KIN.

THE GO-BETWEENS: Ten of Their Best.

THE BEST of 2016 (So Far), according to SPIN.

NOW SHOWING: This weekend's wide releases include Warcraft, which is currently scoring 22 percent on the ol' Tomatometer; The Conjuring 2, which is scoring 67 percent; and Now You See Me 2, scoring 40 percent.

JUSTIN BIEBER got into an all-out street brawl with a guy much bigger than him Wednesday night in Cleveland.

BOBBY BROWN claims WHITNEY HOUSTON had a secret same-sex romance with her best friend and assistant, Robyn Crawford.

GINNIFER GOODWIN & JOSH DALLAS,  Snow White and Prince Charming on ABC's Once Upon a Time, have welcomed their second child.

MILEY CYRUS & LIAM HEMSWORTH are getting married on a beach? Sometime?

FULLER HOUSE may have been a network-level hit for Netflix.

THE PASSION OF THE CHRIST 2: Mel Gibson and writer Randall Wallace are working on a sequel to The Passion of the Christ that will tell the story of the resurrection of Jesus, Wallace tells THR.

A MONKEY knocked out Kenyas' power grid.

SHEEP rampage after their shepherd falls asleep.

A QUEENSLAND FROG run over by a lawnmower was airlifted to a hospital for recovery.

A SEAGULL turns orange after falling into a vat of curry.

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Jayhawks, Bon Iver, Starflyer 59, Teenage Fanclub, French Bulldogs   Printer-friendly page   Send this story to someone
Thursday, June 09, 2016 - 08:00 AM
Posted by: Karl

Karl

JOHN DOE gets "A Little Help" from Chan Marshall.

THE JAYHAWKS stopped by The Current for a chat and mini-set.

BON IVER performs at the Sydney Opera House.

STARFLYER 59 advance streams Slow.

TEENAGE FANCLUB shared "I'm In Love" on the BBC.

AGES AND AGES drop “They Want More” ahead of Something to Ruin.

CARL DOUGLAS, with the classic "Kung Fu Fighting."

THE  HOLD STEADY: Craig Finn talks to Salon about their breakthrough 2006 album Boys and Girls, and the last decade of music.

THE WHO has found a Sell Out it doesn't like.

THE 20 BEST FOLK ALBUMS, according to NME.

THE BEST OF 2016 (So Far), according to The Guardian.

AMBER HEARD's friend iO Tillett Wright is corroborating her accusations that Johnny Depp was physically abusive towards her during their 15-month marriage, without mentioning either of them.

DANIEL RADCLIFFE reveals why he probably won't see Harry Potter And The Cursed Child.

AQUAMAN director James Wan downplayed reports of a WB shakeup behind the scenes of the DC Extended Universe.

DAKOTA JOHNSON and Matthew Hitt have broken up after almost two years of dating.

BEN AFFLECK & JENNIFER GARNER aren't reconciling.

AMBER ROSE & WIZ KHALIFA celebrated their divorce Monday night at a strip club.

BRISTOL PALIN married her on-again, off-again beau, Dakota Meyer.

THERESA SALDANA, known for movies including Raging Bull and nominated for a Golden Globe for her work on TV’s The Commish, has died after an illness, according to a family member. She was 61.

PAKISTAN: A mom has been arrested after her newly married daughter was burned and fatally strangled in Pakistan's second-largest city, in an apparent "honor killing."

NORTH KOREA has restarted production of plutonium fuel, a senior U.S. State Department official said on Tuesday, showing that it plans to pursue its nuclear weapons program in defiance of international sanctions.

ISLAMIC STATE fighters withdrew from frontlines with Syrian rebel forces north of Aleppo on Wednesday as they mounted a counter attack against the jihadist group near the Turkish border, an opposition source and monitoring group said.

FRENCH BULLDOGS play with balloons.

KAYA, a German Shepherd, may be the most influential lobbyist on Capitol Hill.

A FLORIDA GATOR was found with a body in its mouth.

THE SWARM: A trailer carrying bees overturned on I-85 North in Charlotte, NC, near the Gaston-Mecklenburg county line, blocking three lanes of traffic and causing delays through the area.

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Gotobeds, Mumblr, Still Parade, All Songs, Descendants, Sleigh Bells, Siriemas   Printer-friendly page   Send this story to someone
Wednesday, June 08, 2016 - 08:00 AM
Posted by: Karl

Karl

COURTNEY BARNETT covers The Lemonheads' “Paid To Smile” on CBC Radio 2’s The Strombo Show.

GOTOBEDS advance streams Blood / Sugar / Secs / Traffic.

MUMBLR advance streams The Never Ending Get Down.

STILL PARADE advance streams Concrete Vision.

ALL SONGS CONSIDERED: New tracks from Angel Olsen, Paperhaus, and bed. highlight the latest edition.

THE DESCENDANTS return with “Victim Of Me” ahead of Hypercaffium Spazzinate.

SLEIGH BELLS are back with “Rule Number One.”

THE CREATION:  "Making Time." The same old song (but a good one).

BETH ORTON: Kidsticks and California Dreaming.

AXL ROSE is demanding that Google remove the now infamous photos of his sweaty, rounder-than-usual face from a 2010 concert now associated with the “fat Axl Rose” meme from their search engines.

AC/DC singer Brian Johnson, whose hearing issues forced him to leave during the band's Rock or Bust tour, has issued a statement on his treatment

SPEEDY ORTIZ:  Sadie Dupuis talks to Stereogum about her budding interest in astrology, which Whole Foods locations are superior to others, and her updated Song Of The Summer pick. Sadie Dupuis about her budding interest in astrology, which Whole Foods locations are superior to others, and her updated Song Of The Summer pick.

AMBER HEARD — who claims she was the victim of domestic violence by husband Johnny Depp — was herself arrested for domestic violence against her then-domestic partner, according to TMZ. Meanwhile, a computer forensic consultant claims the contents of Heard's alleged text exchange with Depp's assistant that claims to show a history of abuse was authentic.

TOM CRUISE  hasn’t seen his daughter Suri in nearly three years because the Church of Scientology forbids its members from associating with nonbelievers,according to Page Six.

NASHVILLE canceled by the alphabet network, looks to be picked up by CMT.

SACHA BARON COHEN is attached to star and produce Mandrake the Magician, an adaptation of the classic comic strip set up at Warner Bros.

CONRAD HILTON has been sentenced to two months behind bars for violating his parole.

JUDD APATOW's filmography, ranked by Vulture.

THE UNITED NATIONS: Aid workers have unearthed the remains of 12 people who they say were murdered by international peacekeepers in the Central African Republic in 2014.

EGYPT'S anti-corruption czar is to stand trial in Cairo for estimating how much endemic graft had cost his country.

A SIRIEMA mistakes a golf ball for an egg, or perhaps some shellfish.

ELECTRIC EELS can spring out of the water and administer powerful electric shocks to would-be predators. I'm working on a SyFy script now.

GENETICALLY-MODIFIED MICE may be deployed against Lyme disease in Nantucket.

THE CINCINNATI ZOO reopened its Gorilla World exhibit on Tuesday, June 7, ten days after the death of the 17-year-old gorilla Harambe. There's a new barrier in place.

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The Kills, Amy Klein, Yung, Deerhoof, Urge Overkill, Husky   Printer-friendly page   Send this story to someone
Tuesday, June 07, 2016 - 08:00 AM
Posted by: Karl

Karl

IGGY POP dropped a video for "American Valhalla."

THE KILLS performed at Apogee Studios for Morning Becomes Eclectic.

AMY KLEIN (Titus Andronicus) advance streams Fire.

YUNG advance streams A Youthful Dream.

DEERHOOF shares an “Acceptance Speech” ahead of The Magic.

URGE OVERKILL: Their killer '93 single "Sister Havana" and their even more famous cover of Neil Diamond's "Girl, You'll Be A Woman Soon" are your Twofer Tuesday.

ABBA briefly reunited for a performance at their 50th anniversary party.

THE REPLACEMENTS: Author Bob Mehr talks to The A.V. Club about Trouble Boys.

THE POSIES: Ken Stringfellow talks to the Tri-City Herald about the band's new album, Solid States. (Thx, LHB.)

WILL OLDHAM, a/k/a Bonnie "Prince" Billy, talks to Salon about his creative processes in music and film.

AMBER HEARD has had a “consultation” with renowned feminist lawyer Gloria Allred's California firm Allred Maroko Goldberg.

RICHARD SIMMONS is speaking out after his hospitalization for dehydration over the weekend. 

PACIFIC RIM 2 lands Star Wars: The Force Awakens star John Boyega for the lead role.

HILARY SWANK called off her engagement to former professional tennis player Ruben Torres. 

DAN ACKROYD was briefly hospitalized for a minor stomach ailment. Maybe he saw a test screening of the Ghostbusters reboot.

THE PLAYBOY MANSION will be bought by the next-door neighbor.

PETER SHAFFER, the British playwrightwho won an Oscar for Amadeus and wrote Equus, has died at the age of 90.

A HUSKY, blowing bubbles.

HUMAN-PIG HYBRIDS could develop into monsters with human brains.

DID A PARROT hear a murder victim's final words?

BEER FOR DOGS: The bottles may contain something better than alcohol.

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Monday, June 06, 2016 - 08:00 AM
Posted by: Karl

Karl

SHURA isn't typically my bag but the video for "What's it Gonna Be?" explicitly works the John Hughes vibe. Plus, it's the day after Ferris Buelle's Day Off.

CAR SEAT HEADREST performed live for WXPN's 16th annual Non-COMMvention.

MOON HOOCH advance streams Red Sky.

BRANDY CLARK advances streams Big Day In A Small Town.

THE POSIES do a little bit of "Black Night" before covering Chris Bell's "I Am the Cosmos."

PAUL SIMON talks to Morning Edition about Stranger to Stranger and more.

BJORK talks to The Guardian about her new VR work, nature, technology and her habits on Airbnb.

THEY'RE NOT THERE: The True Story Of The Fake Zombies, The Strangest Con In Rock History.

THE ULTIMATE WEDDING PLAYLIST contains tracks that, upon reflection, seem inappropriate.

WEEKEND BOX OFFICE: Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Out of the Shadows tops the chart with 35.2MM...but that's only a little more than half of the 2014 reboot's opening take against a 135MM budget. Even the 69.25MM worldwide total isn't looking too great here. X-Men: Apocalypse places with 22.3MM...but that's a 66 percent drop from its opening. Overseas grosses may be needed to keep the franchise going...and crossing the 400MM mark worldwide suggest they may just make it.  Me Before You shows with 18.3MM which means the teen tearjerker may see profit on the big screen, if the marketing costs were reasonable.  Alice Through The Looking Glass takes the fourth slot on a nasty 60 percent drop in its second weekend. Oof. The Angry Birds Movie rounds out the Top Five with 9.8MM on a 48 percent drop and part of the overall pattern of bad holds this weekend.

MUHAMMAD ALI, the three-time world heavyweight boxing champion who helped define his turbulent times as the most charismatic and controversial sports figure of the 20th century, died on Friday in a Phoenix-area hospital. He was 74. Author David Remnick essayed his life. Of course, I tend to remember his song.

AMBER HEARD is suing comedian Doug Stanhope, and others who have not yet been named, for defamation and intentional infliction of emotional distress, arising from his accusation thst she is "blackmailing" Johnny Depp.

RICHARD SIMMONS has been released from a Los Angeles hospital after demonstrating bizarre conduct Friday night.

JACK BLACK: Reports of his death were greatly exaggerated.

STAR WARS ROGUE ONE: An explainer on the much-commented-upon reshoots.

KARL URBAN talks to IGN about why he almost didn't return as Dr. McCoy for Star Trek Beyond, his favorite episodes, and why he's a fan of Gene Roddenberry's series.

ANTHONY HOPKINS joins the cast of Transformers 5, in case you were wondering how picky he is these days.

D-DAY: The anniversary of the invasion of Normandy is marked with five essential stories and some color footage

SYRIA: A U.S.-led coalition fighting against Islamic State in Syria air-dropped weapons to rebels in the town of Marea in northern province Aleppo on Thursday, a rebel commander and monitoring group said.

IRAQ: A 17-month U.S. effort to retrain and reunify Iraq's regular army has failed to create a large number of effective Iraqi combat units or limit the power of sectarian militias, according to current and former U.S. military and civilian officials.

A BABY MINIATURE HORSE chases a person.

DOGS IN BANDANAS: A World Record?

FOXES stand accused of damaging a doctor's brake lines, but I think we all know squirrels masterminded it.

SNAILS use just two brain cells to make decisions, just like me.

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