And by “OK” I basically mean “not worthy of adulation, nor of an immediate channel/frequency change once one of their songs starts playing from a media outlet,” and “vaguely interested, enough to possibly buy a record by them if it’s in the Amazon MP3 discount bin.” The video for their new single “Substitution” came out today; it was on AMTV—the six-hour block of music-video programming that every person who complains about MTV’s lack of music-related content seems to forget about, perhaps because it’s on in prime getting-ready-for-work time—this morning, and it was fine enough to take me through a few minutes during the 7 a.m. hour. Not great, vaguely recognizable as a Silversun Pickups song, and a cute video. In this cultural moment of the Internet breaking out in hate-hives over and over again, I think that’s just enough for me to ask for, no? Clip after the jump. More »
MTV Unplugged is coming back to TV! Well, sort of: Come Monday, the first episode of the newly revived show, featuring throaty-voiced Briton Adele, will air on MTV’s morning video block AMTV–only it’ll air in chunks, with snippets of the six-song set as well as interviews and other backstage footage being meted out over the course of AMTV‘s six hours. In order to watch the whole thing, you’ll have to fire up your browser and huddle in front of your computer while Adele performs “Chasing Pavements” and other selections from 19. New episodes will come out monthly, with next month’s installment featuring the Silversun Pickups. More »
