FEIST: 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…
Read MoreXTC, PERE UBU, THE ONLY ONES AND BLONDIE are among the acts featured in in a photo exhibit of classic punks by Rebel Rebelle.SUPER FURRY ANIMALS should have their seventh album, Love…
Read MoreREVENGE OF THE SITH — I.S.U. EDITION: Pate site member doc loch (and if you know how to play Match Game with “Loch —-,” you may know who that is), noticed a…
Read MoreTHE WEEKEND STARTS HERE:FRIDAY TIME-WASTER: Yo La Tengo: Prisoners of Love — the hipster's version of the classic “Breakout.” And a nice way for Matador Records to promote the band's retrospective collection.THE…
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