TOP 25 ONE-HIT WONDERS OF THE NINETIES, courtesy of Glide magazine, via Stereogum. Anyone who saw Trip Shakespeare play their first gig outside the Twin Cities at the M-Shop has to have…
Read MoreFEIST: Leslie Feist is profiled in the Boston Globe. Asked about her genre-bending solo disc, Feist says, ''Willie Nelson is country, but is he really? He's a great jazz guitarist and writes…
Read MoreTHE WEEKEND STARTS HERE: REVENGE OF THE SITH: As some of you learned, I attended the advance screening Thursday night. There will be no spoilers in this first part of my review;…
Read MoreFEIST: The Mpls/St. Paul City Pages says Leslie Feist's Let It Die is “make-out music for the whole family,” though I think that's meant as a compliment.BEATLE PAUL, BONO, GREGG ALLMAN and…
Read MoreSTONES ROLL: Mick Jagger, fellow Lord of the Undead Keith Richards, Charlie Watts and Ron Wood announced their tour plans with an early-bird special at the Julliard school. The tour will begin…
Read MoreTHE REV. BONO: Jim DeRogatis found U2's first of four concerts in Chicago “every bit as phony, bombastic and manipulative as a Britney Spears concert, the Republican National Convention or a televangelist's…
Read MoreTHE FLAMING LIPS are tackling “Bohemian Rhapsody” for a Queen tribute disc. I hope that doesn't put percussionist Steve Drozd back on the horse.CBGB AND TALKING HEADS: Stereogum links to a site…
Read MoreTHE WEEKEND (AND NO PANTS DAY) STARTS HERE:I AM 8-BIT: Fort 90 has a slew of photos from the opening of an art exhibit based on classic videogames.FRIDAY TIME-WASTER DELUXE: A classic…
Read MoreHEY, IF YOU DIDN'T VISIT WEDNESDAY, be sure to keep scrolling down for Sharon Jones and the Dap Kings!CREAM is playing those reunion gigs at London’s Royal Albert Hall.SUPER FURRY ANIMALS made…
Read MoreSHARON JONES AND THE DAP KINGS! My one-word review of Naturally would be, “Whoa!” My two-word review would be, “Holy Crap!” My three-word review would be, “Oh. My. God.” Naturally came out…
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