Recently I was interviewed by the Riverfront Times about Pretentious Record Store Guy, music, comics, vinyl life and art. Good times if you’re into that sort of thing.
Read it here: http://blogs.riverfronttimes.com/atoz/2010/07/carlos_ruiz_pretentious_record_store_guy_comic_red_rocket_7_st_louis.php
14 minutes…
“If I had to choose a rapper, my favorite MC would be me.”
- A Tribe Called Quest
Eddie Argos is one of my favorite singer and songwriters working today with his work for Art Brut and Everyone Was in the French Resistance Now. And he also does a column about comics for Playback magazine. What’s not to love, right?
So when I was asked to come up an illustration for his […]
1) Black Rebel Motorcycle Club
Beat the Devil’s Tattoo
2) Spoon
Transference
3) Broken Bells
Broken Bells
4) The Editors
In This Light & On This Evening
5a) Gorillaz
Plastic Beach
5b) Magnetic Fields
Realism
5c) Titus Andronicus
The Monitor
I love Tuesdays! Not because it’s not Monday, but because it’s always New Music Day. No matter how bad your upcoming week will be or how bad your weekend hangover has left you, all is right with the world because every Tuesday brings with it a range full of new possibilities, new favorites, […]
I do.
At least I did at first, then I got over it.
Then I hated it and after that I just became indifferent.
Then I liked them again and it’s just in time for their new CD Contra to come out.
It’s good. I like it, but I’ll get over it.
Then in a little while I’ll hate it […]
Art Brut
Art Brut vs. Satan
The Thermals
Now We Can See
Julian Plenti
Julian Plenti Is Skyscraper
Modest Mouse
No One’s First, and You’re Next
Ben Kweller
Changing Horse
Girls
The Album
XX
XX
Animal Collective
Merriweather Post Pavilion
Telekinesis!
Telekinesis!
Sonic Youth
The Eternal
White Rabbits
It’s Frightening
Mos Def
The Ecstatic
Wilco
Wilco The Album
Grizzly Bear
Veckatimest
Maximo Park
Quicken the Heart
Pearl Jam
Backspacer
Arctic Monkeys
Humbug
Monsters of Folk
Monsters of Folk
Muse
The Resistance
A.C. Newman
Get Guilty
Heartless Bastards
The Mountain
Julian Casablancas
Phrazes For […]
But you’ll love every minute of it.
Buy this record now! It features Queens of the Stone Age’s guitarist and vocalist Josh Homme, Nirvana/Foo Fighters’ Dave Grohl on drums, and Led Zeppelin’s John Paul Jones on bass. What else do you need to know?
1) Pearl Jam
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1a) Arctic Monkeys
Humbug
2) Monsters of Folk
Monsters of Folk
3) Julian Plenti
Julian Plenti Is Skyscraper
4) Modest Mouse
No One’s First, and You’re Next
5) Muse
The Resistance
The Decade in News
by Pitchfork Staff
The most important news story of the past decade doesn’t concern a specific band or genre or trend. It’s the story of how music news itself has changed. Think back to the turn of the millennium: How did you find out that your favorite band had a new album coming […]
From Rolling Stone Magazine
From Weezy and Mariah to Weezer and the Flaming Lips, some of 2009’s most anticipated albums are hitting stores this season. Big debuts from Adam Lambert and Monsters of Folk are due, along with eagerly awaited releases by Pearl Jam, Mariah Carey, 50 Cent and Shakira. Read up on 60 of the […]
Well, ladies and gentlemen, the Monsters of Folk are Jim James, Mike Mogis, Conor Oberst and M. Ward and their album drops next Tuesday, September 22nd.
Run out and pick it up on CD or on vinyl. For tour dates and to find out more, check out the Monsters of Folk website.
The wide-ranging instrumental palette […]
What did you do today?
I listened to the entire remastered Beatles catalog and then played Beatles Rock Band all day long, but first I came up with 50 All New, Brand New Cool Band Names today because my genius should not be kept to myself and lately I’ve been feeling generous, so enjoy my sharing […]
This is like opening up a bottle of awesome and then washing it all down with a side of amazing…
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