Yesterday, we asked you to determine whether or not the semi-beloved “Everybody’s A Wenner” franchise–in which we riff on Rolling Stone‘s review section–should remain on the site. And the results, while close, proved what we’d silently feared for weeks: It’s time for it go.
But, just like Jean Grey and the Proclaimers, it will rise again–albeit in a new, revamped form.
– Marnie Stern finds music to watch QVC by. [Paper Thin Walls] – German-language covers of “Hotel California,” “It’s So Easy,” and other songs, all recorded in 1977. More »
This item from the weekly PopBitch email got our attention: Which rock star is known for liking a lot of oral attention while away on a video shoot or tour? Groupies are looking to cop a good feel this year as he’s back on tour. Hmmm. A “cop” who’s “back on tour”? More »
Well, the funny-retort quotient for the remaining weeks of American Idol has plunged, and so has the potential for a band on Tooth & Nail to get their moment in the Idol sun. Yes, Chris Sligh got the boot last night. Perhaps in anticipation of the show’s chief jokester getting kicked off, Ryan opened last night’s elimination show by coming out in a ponyhawk wig; when he flipped his head, the wig fell to the floor, where it looked sort of like a discarded mop-head.
The new Bright Eyes album, Cassadaga, isn’t out until April 9th, but it’s already sprung a leak, and certain tracks started spilling out on the Internet this morning. More »
Prefuse 73’s One Word Extinguisher is the sort of album that turns us into even worse writers than usual: How can anyone describe the music of Barcelona-based DJ and producer Guillermo Scott Herren without digressing into such nonsensical stand-bys as “blip-blop keyboards” or “slapping beats”? More »
If you’ve ever wondered what it would be like to watch White House Deputy Chief Of Staff Karl Rove flail around a stage while a badly executed rap song plays in the background, now’s your chance: At last night’s Radio and Television Correspondents’ Association dinner in D.C., Rove was briefly… More »
PICK: Mario featuring Rich Boy – Kryptonite [more info] Bright Eyes – If The Brakeman Turns My Way / Make A Plan To Love Me [more info] Elks Skiffle Group – Beep Beep Cyberbaby [more info] Mikrofisch – The Kids Are All Shite [more info] Prefuse 73 – Choking You / One Word Extinguisher [more info]… More »
Today, Apple introduced the “Complete My Album” option on the iTunes store, where shoppers who have purchased any tracks off an album are given a 99-cent-per-song credit should they decide to buy the whole thing. More »
It’s a few years old, but “Beep Beep Cyberbaby” by the Elks Skiffle Group–a band that claimed to be made up of puppets–is still as sweet a slice of synth-pop as it was when we first downloaded it from Vitaminic over a crappy dialup connection. More »
