Dial 9-9-9 if you really want the truth. The Beatles (Remastered Stereo Box Set) Release Date 09.09.09 The albums have been re-mastered by a dedicated team of engineers at EMI’s Abbey Road Studios in London. The result of this painstaking process is the highest fidelity the catalogue has seen since its original release. Box Set […]
1) Phil Collins Face Value 1a) Phil Collins No Jacket Required 2) Eric Clapton Slowhand 3) Simon and Garfunkel The Sound of Silence 4) Kanye West College Dropout 5) U2 The Joshua Tree
1) Telekinesis! – Telekinesis! 1a) Sonic Youth – The Eternal 2) White Rabbits – It’s Frightening 3) Mos Def – The Ecstatic 4) Wilco- Wilco The Album 5) Grizzly Bear – Veckatimest 5a) Maximo Park – Quicken the Heart
Say what you will about Michael Jackson, but the man could dance like nobody’s business.
What’s so fine about art? What is art? Well Pretentious Record Store Guy knows it when he sees it, and usually it takes the form of a beautiful album cover. Recently, Smashing Magazine did a showcase of the 35 Most Beautiful Album Covers. Now, Pretentious Record Store Guy does not agree with all their selections, […]
My band plays a different type of music than anybody else plays. We play distinctive rhythms that no other band can play. There are so many of my songs that have been rearranged at this point that I’ve lost track of them myself. We do keep the structures intact to some degree. But the dynamics […]
So Frank Black, one of my all time favorite musicians and head of one of the greatest bands ever (The Pixies, duh!) just produced the third album from one of my favorite bands of the last few years, Art Brut and it’s called Art Brut vs. Satan! What? Where do I sign up? Seriously. I […]
1) Art Brut – Art Brut vs. Satan 2) The Thermals – Now We Can See 3) Ben Kweller – Changing Horse 4) A.C. Newman – Get Guilty 5) Heartless Bastards – The Mountain
One of my favorite rappers of all time, Del the Funky Homosapien, just put his newest record online for free. If you remember correctly, his last record Eleventh Hour made my list of Pretentious Record Store Guy’s Favorite Albums of 2008. To download his newest record called Funk Man ( The Stimulus Package) by Del […]
Where’s Magoo? Who needs him when you’ve got Trent Reznor and the brand new record remixed by Timbaland. Check it out: Nine Inch Nails – Strobelight track list: intro skit everybody’s doing it (featuring chris martin, jay-z AND bono) black t-shirt pussygrinder (featuring sheryl crow) coffin on the dancefloor this rhythm is infected slide to […]
Even though Rolling Stone isn’t the magazine it once used to be, I still read it and follow it every other week when it comes out. Call me a sucker, a nostalgic dude or a glutton for punishment. Either way, they just released their Spring Music Preview in their last issue (the cover of which […]
It appears that the Ides of March are upon us. More specifically, upon great 90s bands rereleasing their cds as Limited Edition 2 CD/DVD Deluxe Editions. Following in the footsteps of Pearl Jam, Radiohead are releasing their first three albums as Special Collector’s Editions on March 24th, coincidentally the same day that Pearl Jam is […]
Look who’s got a new website! Check out Pitchfork’s new look site here. New cleaner design. Same pretentious attitude. Enjoy.
Pitchfork Music Festival 2009 Lineup Friday, July 17 Built to Spill The Jesus Lizard Yo La Tengo Tortoise Saturday, July 18 The National Pharoahe Monch The Pains of Being Pure at Heart + many more! Sunday, July 19 Grizzly Bear The Walkmen Vivian Girls + many more!
Here is the list for Bonnaroo 2009. Enjoy. * Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band * Phish (2 shows) * Beastie Boys * Nine Inch Nails * David Byrne * Wilco * Al Green * Snoop Dogg * Elvis Costello Solo * Erykah Badu * Paul Oakenfold * Ben Harper and Relentless7 * The […]
