From this week’s schedule of Final Four-related events in Atlanta. Now, we know that it’s celebrating a basketball tournament, but how can you have a musical celebration of “the Coke side of life” without the MisShapes? More »
As Consumer Guide creator Robert Christgau once noted, there is so much recorded media coming forth every day, the idea that one would be able to listen to all of it is physically impossible. So we’ve taken the sage advice of gonzo rock writer Richard Meltzer to heart. Meltzer, ever the curmudgeon, considered promo albums precious commodities–provided you didn’t break the shrinkwrap on ’em, as doing so reduced their resale value. After the click-through, SXSW outlaw Andy Beta judges four new albums without even cracking open their covers.
Today’s entry in cranky old-person music that you can dance to comes from the Euro duo Mikrofisch, whose frowny emoticon at the state of the indie-rock nation, “The Kids Are All Shite,” has a bargain-basement beat and a pretty neat zinger derived from twisting an Arctic Monkeys chorus into a tight… More »
Not sure how we missed this, but apparently Tracks–the failed precursor to Paste that folded in 2005–was re-launched in blog form on January 14th, and then seemingly de-launched just two weeks later. More »
Welcome to another edition of Track Marks, in which your Idolators perform an autopsy on the latest band burning up the MP3-blogger charts. Artist: YACHTHometown: Portland, Ore.Album: I Believe In You. More »
Today’s exercise in lousy rebranding comes from a press release unearthed by Philebrity: With the launch of The Fillmore Philadelphia and The Fillmore New York at Irving Plaza, which opens its doors on April 11th, Live Nation hopes to establish a live music brand to complement its 11 House of… More »
– Diddy claims that he can go for up to 30 hours at a time. When will he stop sampling Sting? [MSNBC] – Black Eyed Peas member Taboo was busted outside of L.A. after he wrecked his car and was found with less than an ounce of both weed and talent. More »
“Kryptonite,” the first single from R&B singer Mario’s upcoming Go album, is absolutely coconuts: Much like Omarion’s “Ice Box”, it’s a girl-i’m-so-sorry plea with zero restraint and a sputtering backing track that’s all but begging for multiple remixies. More »
Semi-infamous for being one of Kurt Cobain’s favorite bands, Glasgow’s Eugenius never had got a fair shake here in the states: Not only did frontman Eugene Kelly have to live up to the expectations of Nirvana fans–most of whom probably weren’t expecting the group to be so bright and fuzzy–but he… More »
Welcome to Idolator’s American Idolatry, our look at the parade of starmaking that is American Idol. In honor of Sanjaya’s seven ponytails and the high artist overlap between the singers (Gwen Stefani, apparently, only listened to the Police and Donna Summer growing up), we’ve tweaked our normal format a bit. After the click-through, our look at the seven biggest showdowns from last night.
