This past weekend, yoga enthusiasts and dance music fans convened in Squaw Valley, in breathtaking North Lake Tahoe, California, to enjoy each other’s company and be at one with nature. It’s called the Wanderlust Festival, a celebration of peace, music, and yoga that is in its second year. My friends and I piled into my [...]
Thomas Pridgen, Grammy winning ex Mars Volta drummer has a new outfit. T-Shirt...not so much.
There is something about Susan Seidelman that people in the “film community” fail to notice–not just that she’s fucking brilliant, but that she has a rare quality few of her contemporaries possess: The ability to create films that are pointed and eloquent without use of a monumental budget. Then there’s the need people have to [...]
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Posted on 02 September 2010
When great bands break up, the results usually aren’t this much fun. From the ashes of The Matches came Maniac, igniting like a wildfire of creativity. (Yay, wordplay!) When I drove from LA to San Francisco for The Matches’ final concert at the Fillmore in August 2009, it was not without a heavy heart. I [...] Continue Reading
Posted on 02 September 2010
Linkin Park released another new song, Wretches and Kings, which is off of the upcoming A Thousand Suns. Check it out: If that link gets taken down, click here to listen to the track over at NoiseCreep. This song is…weird. From the homage to Public Enemy’s Bring the Noise that begins Mike Shinoda’s MC duties [...] Continue Reading
Posted on 01 September 2010
Birds of Tokyo just released their third full-length album, the self-titled Birds of Tokyo. Hailing from Perth, Australia, this is a band that I’m sure you have never heard of (if you’re from the USA, at least). I wouldn’t have ever have heard about them either had I not gone to see Hot Leg perform [...] Continue Reading
Posted on 01 September 2010
When you think of Ray LaMontagne, you tend to hear only his voice. It’s easy to understand why. Deep, raspy, strong, delicate, wavering. All at once. Through much of his musical career, there’s hardly been reason to pair it with a full band rocking or rolling behind it. It’s an instrument in and of itself. [...] Continue Reading
Posted on 01 September 2010
The Scissor Sisters have no problem finding their audience, regardless of how utterly campy they are. Even the album cover of Night Work sets a new precedent for just how much the members of Scissor Sisters don’t give a fuck about decorum or “taste.” Exhibiting a clenched ass with pants tighter than anything Jim Morrison [...] Continue Reading
Posted on 31 August 2010
For whatever reason (most likely the rather grumpy mood I’ve been in for the last two days), obnoxious and abrasive noise seemed quite an appealing topic for this week’s list. So if blaring loud and aggressive music or even avant-garde gibberish to annoy those around you is your thing, by all means read on. As [...] Continue Reading
Posted on 30 August 2010
If you aren’t aware of Pokemon, then you’re further out of the loop than I am, and I’m talking about something that seems as if it hasn’t been relevant in years. But as social networking has become the most important thing ever, the metaphor that Pokemon has so profoundly explored becomes more and more impressive. [...] Continue Reading
Posted on 27 August 2010
Jamiroquai, the funk/soul/jazz/pop/dance/electronic/everything band that broke out into the mainstream world in 1997 with the song (and video) Virtual Insanity, just released their new single, White Knuckle Ride, the first single off of the group’s upcoming album Rock Dust Light Star, which is due out on November 10th. Here’s the song: Obviously, it’s the same [...] Continue Reading