Nov
27
A happy Thanksgiving to you and yours. Thank you for continuing to read these pretentious polemics–the support is much appreciated. Really, now is the time for us all to give thanks that we’re not being ruled by a gang of ascetic Pilgrims with a predilection for butter churning and ruffled shirts. After all, take a… Continue reading »
Between the listening party preview and my eventual LA Weekly review of the Kanye record, I think I’ve said my peace. As predicted, it seems to be a love-it or hate-it proposition. So now that you’ve heard it, which one is it? Download: MP3: Kanye West-”Love Lockdown” MP3: Kanye West-”Heartless”
I’d have been inclined to post on Confessions of a Would-Be Hipsters’ new compilation off blog name alone, but when I found out that the proceeds would benefit Los Angeles’ longest-running homeless shelter, The Midnight Mission, it was a no-brainer. Available for $10 digital purchase at E-Junkie, the album features exclusive original holiday songs from… Continue reading »
Sach O has been described as “like James Bond in an Octagon, with two razors.” So kid, you’ve been away at Art school for a few months now. You’ve settled into your dorm and hung up your Che Guevara flag and vintage Pixies poster; you’ve tried a few new drugs and you’ve passed at least… Continue reading »
In what might be my favorite move of the entire Bush presidency, George Bush has commuted the sentence of Refugee Camp All Star, John Forte, in the nick of time for the Ten Years-Gone-Remember Me-Version of “Ninety-Nine.” Apparently, the team of Orrin Hatch (?) and Carly Simon (??) were Forte’s most staunch advocates. Little known… Continue reading »
More excellent photos from Timothy Norris can be found in slide show form at Play. Of Montreal’s career can be cleanly cleaved into three distinct categories. Emerging as part of the second-wave of Elephant 6 bands, the first incarnation of the Kevin Barnes-fronted band recorded a handful of acoustic-skewing and schizo albums, split between tiny… Continue reading »
Nov
23
Somehow, this instant 5’9 classic slipped under the tortuous tentacles of the Internet. Off Bar Exam 2 and originally titled “Jockin’ My Fresh;” re-released under the cobbled-together comp called The Album under the name “Bad Guy.” Either way, Royce incinerates the Green Lantern beat for maybe his finest work since “Boom” (really). Between this and… Continue reading »
Nov
22
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Nj31LWPjFoc Que lastima. First the auto industry, then the massacre to Penn St, and now this–it’s been a rough week for the state of Michigan.
No introduction necessary. Q: So what brings you out to LA? A: Just business brought me out here. I have an office set up out here and we’re just out here networking and keeping our minds at peace and just working on the album, staying in the studio. I’m doing a lot of things—dealing with… Continue reading »
Stuttering to the Airport Courthouse through the steely sludge of A.M. gridlock, I considered the irony of someone selecting me for jury duty. God knows that were the law to nab me for the illegal chimpanzee knife fights I hold in my parking lot, I’d be the last person I’d want on my jury.… Continue reading »
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