CAT POWER has a new album, The Greatest coming in January. Recorded at legendary Ardent Studios with a raft of longtime TN sidemen, you can legally download an MP3 of the title…
Read MoreTHE ARCTIC MONKEYS' Lauren Laverne worries that if “I Bet You Look Good on The Dancefloor” is too big a smash, the band could become a one-hit wonder.THE DECLINE AND FALL OF…
Read MoreMY MORNING JACKET and KATHLEEN EDWARDS: Monday night's gig at Washington, DC's 9:30 Club was streaming from NPR. I don't know if NPR will have the gig available for on-demand streaming today,…
Read MoreHAPPY COLUMBUS DAY to those of you who don't consider his discovery of the West to be the original sin. IF YOU MISSED Friday's exclusive review of Elizabethtown, be sure to keep…
Read MoreTHE WEEKEND STARTS HERE…… IN ELIZABETHTOWN, which opened the 41st Chicago International Film Festival. The movie started late, after Roger Ebert interviewed Susan Sarandon and director Cameron Crowe, so this will be…
Read MoreKATIE HOLMES KNOCKED UP! The question on everyone's lips: Who is the father?THE NEW PORNOGRAPHERS: A.C. Newman thinks it's not a supergroup as much as a “benevolent dictatorship.”BOB MOULD talks to EQ…
Read MoreTHE MAGIC NUMBERS were SPIN magazine's band of the day yesterday, with streaming audio and video.MICK JAGGER denies reports that his girlfriend, stylist L'Wren Scott, is trying to rehab the Rolling Stones'…
Read MoreMICK JAGGER'S GIRLFRIEND has been nicknamed the “new Yoko Ono” for to get them to tidy up their appearance and live a healthier lifestyle on their world tour. Jerry Hall is enjoying…
Read MoreSHARON JONES AND THE DAP-KINGS: Though my weekend schedule was in flux, I was able to scurry down to the Double Door (where Barry Jive and the Uptown Five played at the…
Read MoreTHE WEEKEND STARTS HERE:FRIDAY TIMEWASTER: Puzzle your way through a round of Ray-Ray.THE MAGIC NUMBERS' album gets a US release Tuesday but you can stream it wih a nifty Flash player today.…
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