I’m going to start all this by saying Coney Island is ridiculously cool. I respect your opinion, so disagree if you’d like, but just know you’re wrong. The place is one big survivor of a locale, caught years in the past and loving every second of it. On its rickety boardwalk, there are family owned… Continue reading Prepare yourself for KR’s thoughts on the Siren Music Festival
In Case You Missed It: Week In Review
You were still rewatching old Michael Jackson music videos, huh? I know, it’s very unfortunate and he was talented blahblah. But come on! It’s been SO LONG. Like, two weeks or something. Look, just because you’re wearing a glittery black glove on one hand doesn’t mean you can’t check out Knox Road with the other!… Continue reading In Case You Missed It: Week In Review
Muse wants you to find the golden ticket
According to NME, Muse has launched a “global treasure hunt” that will lead fans to piece together the band’s new song “United States of Eurasia” bit by bit, to be finished presumably long after The Resistance is released on September 14th. It’s all too ludicrous and worthless to paraphrase, so here’s a blockquote: Muse have… Continue reading Muse wants you to find the golden ticket
It’s A Musical! Friday
So I have a tendency to check record label websites quite often for new music that I may have missed. And one of my favorite labels is Morr Music, which rarely fails to bring gorgeous electronic pop. Point being, I was browsing Morr recently and found It’s A Musical! And upon first listen to “The… Continue reading It’s A Musical! Friday
Breaking news: Michael Jackson’s hair catches fire 25 years ago
Apparently those pesky journalists or whoever down at Who Gives a Shit, Inc. found some unreleased footage of Michael Jackson cooking his hair on the set of a Pepsi ad he was shooting in 1984. The pyrotechnics shot off too early in the take, and one dazzling flash of light later he was on fire… Continue reading Breaking news: Michael Jackson’s hair catches fire 25 years ago
The Emmys continue to be a mixed bag of relevancy
The 2009 Emmy nominations are out you guys! Not those stupid daytime ones, I’m talkin’ PRIMETIME TELEVISION. Like the kind not always on the computer (huh?). Like you may or may not have expected, the nominations are part great, part awful and part confusing. Highlights!! 30 Rock got 22 nominations! As it should. Tangiers the lion is weeping with… Continue reading The Emmys continue to be a mixed bag of relevancy
[MP3s] Your Siren Music Festival Preview
It’s Thursday, so that means the bestest, hippest, most free music festival of the summer is about to kick off. For those of you at Under A Rock University where you major in not knowing things (zinger!!), the Siren Music Festival is a one-day, two-stage, free show at Coney Island, NY. Home of people eating… Continue reading [MP3s] Your Siren Music Festival Preview
[MP3] Wheat – “Changes Is”
No, it’s not TODAY news – I know others have covered it – but I’d be remiss not to mention that Massachusetts’ Wheat have released a couple tracks from their forthcoming White Ink, Black Ink (out next Tuesday 7/21), and that I can’t get them out of my head. Especially “Changes Is”. It relies on… Continue reading [MP3] Wheat – “Changes Is”
[MP3] WHY? – “This Blackest Purse”
Yes, yes, yes. WHY? has released the first MP3 from its upcoming Eskimo Snow, due out September 22, which makes it the band’s second release in as many years. It’s as not-rap as any song the band has put out thus far, and I don’t really mind because this track is great. It’s pretty much… Continue reading [MP3] WHY? – “This Blackest Purse”
NYC Show Alert: The Grates playing Pianos tomorrow
Australia’s The Grates will be playing Pianos Residency in Manhattan (Lower East Side) TOMORROW (7/14). You may not expect them to be my cup of tea, but then consider that the trio (two girls, one guy) meshes so many different sounds together – I feel like I’m listening to the Yeah Yeah Yeah’s and Cold… Continue reading NYC Show Alert: The Grates playing Pianos tomorrow