THE WEEKEND STARTS HERE:MISSION OF BURMA: Roger Miller talks briefly to Billboard about the reunited band's upcoming album and documentary DVD. Clint Conley talks more about them in a nifty article about…
Read MoreTHE SOUNDS frontwoman Maja Ivarsson says, “I don't want to be compared to Blondie all the time, but I can absolutely see why people do it.” You may too, if you stream…
Read MoreTHE PIPETTES talk about girl groups, popularity, their new label and recording their debut album with Wears The Trousers. And it's another excuse for me to urge you to listen to a…
Read MoreTHE POSIES have a lot of cool stuff including MP3s of live acoustic Hollies and Kinks covers up on their website. Ken King and the Pavloviches and I saw them play acoustic and…
Read MoreJENNY LEWIS, in the midst of an international tour, tells Manchester online her solo album was inspired by Laura Nyro and the Sun Records sound. You can hear a couple of examples…
Read MoreTHE WEEKEND STARTS HERE:FRIDAY TIMEWASTER: Keep Katie Quiet by catching the crazy pills, or she will fall into the clutches of Xenu!CATFISH HAVEN: It may be some comment on the Internet Age…
Read MoreSID 'N' SUSIE: We can probably be glad that Matthew Sweet and Susanna Hoffs didn't know that Duran Duran, Rush and (soon) Def Leppard have done covers albums, as they might have…
Read MoreTHE WHITE STRIPES are getting sued by Jim Diamond — the co-producer of their debut album and a mixer on De Stijl — who claims he played a pivotal role in creating…
Read MoreFLAMING LIPS: Though the band's latest album has its share of politics, frontman Wayne Coyne has his priorities: ''People will say, 'Wayne, are you interested in politics?' I say, 'Not as interested…
Read MoreSONIC YOUTH: We already heard that Kim Gordon and Thurston Moore would appear in the season finale of Gilmore Girls, but now comes word that Joe Pernice, Yo La Tengo, Sparks, Mary…
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