Trey Kerby’s fansite dedicated to the wardrobe of Ricky Rubio can be found at The Blowtorch. Ole! “Dirty Diana” is the only Michael Jackson song that’s not about a rat that I’ve ever actively disliked. When Number Ones was released, it was the track that I’d skip. It only has three stars in my… Continue reading »
Since 2007, The Good Doctor Zeus has operated Not A Blogger. the Internet’s premier site for Cavaliers, Wu-Tang, and Cantankerousness appreciation. There will never be a moment in my life when I won’t have the lyrics to Michael Jackson’s “Heal The World” permanently etched into the back of my eyelids. If I’m fortunate enough… Continue reading »
Over the next two days, we’ll be unleashing exactly what the word doesn’t need: more Michael Jackson tributes. First up, Douglas Martin will be starting something. Sometime during either 1987 or 1988, I was standing on a playground. Clad in a black shirt, one of those plastic fedoras that came with an old Halloween costume,… Continue reading »
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B6MHGb1sgYQ If we’re really going to go with purple as the new catch-all appellation for the ultra-violet beats bouncing out of Bristol, let’s at least acknowledge the real reason why the tag emerged: these guys must be smoking so much purple haze as to make Cam’ron seem Mennonite (no Freaky Ezekiel). Should he keep up… Continue reading »
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Britt Daniel is a musical McGyver smoker. Give him a greasy guitar line, a baby grand, a snare, and a snorkel, and watch the smoke soar. The titular single from Spoon’s new EP is wrapped with a tension tight as Asclepius’ snakes. Alfred Soto described the solo at the 1:05 minute mark, as “moving like… Continue reading »
Sach O rain fire pon chichi hipster soundbwoy bullshit. Seen. Irony: go fuck yourself. Irony protects the ridiculous and shelters stupidity from scorn and criticism. Major Lazer is a self-consciously ironic project highlighting that for every successful intermingling of global musical trends, there’s a project so offensively presumptuous and musically incompetent that it’s a testament… Continue reading »
Nick Rallo runs Whale Fight, one of Los Angeles’ finest new music blogs. He has no wooden teeth, nor has he chased Moby Dick. Though he does curate the John Asparagus Zine, which you can cop at Family and Sky Light Books, among other places. A year ago, I was up at the Echo to see… Continue reading »
When he’s not contributing to Metal Lungies, Hip-Hop is Read, or lecturing oblivious Ottowans on the meaning of Parklife, Aaron Matthews can be found at Canned Thinking. Yeah yeah, the Auteurs never completely fit into the Britpop-as-cultural movement narrative, but by mining 60s and 70s English rock, their debut New Wave divined the future of… Continue reading »
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5_n7cftdkl0 If M.J. wasn’t better than Prince, he’s the closest one. Expect a tribute to the late G.O.A.T. sometime next week. In the meantime, the second greatest music video he ever made (“Thriller” up top, obviously). The only consolation is that now Tito will finally get his chance to shine. Download MP3: Michael Jackson-”Remember the… Continue reading »
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8ZdS3hG7tfU One of these days, I’ll do a lengthy sit-down interview with Spencer Krug and discover exactly why my favorite songwriter of the last decade is the exact antithesis of what I typically gravitate towards. Maybe it’s because we’re both Alex P. Keaton aficionados? I like the sometime Wolf Parader’s singing voice, but I’d be… Continue reading »
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