Archive for the ‘Music’ Category

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The British Invasion - Beatles Remastered CDs in stores 09.09.09

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 Includes:
-Hard black glossy lift […]

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Top Five Most Overrated Records of All Time

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

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Top Five Records of 2009 (2nd Quarter)

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

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Who’s Going to Moonwalk Now?

Say what you will about Michael Jackson, but the man could dance like nobody’s business.

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Smashing Magazine’s 35 Beautiful Album Covers

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, but at […]

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Dylan on Dylan

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 […]

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Art Brut vs. Satan vs. Frank Black vs. Pretentious Record Store Guy

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 […]

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Top Five Records of 2009 (So Far)

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

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Del the Funky Homosapien’s Puts Newest Album Online For Free

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 The […]

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Nine Inch Nails versus Timbaland

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 the dark side
even closer (featuring justin timberlake and […]

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Rolling Stone Spring Music Preview

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 […]

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Radiohead Limited Edition Deluxe Reissues

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 […]

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Pitchfork’s New Look Website

Look who’s got a new website!
Check out Pitchfork’s new look site here.
New cleaner design.  Same pretentious attitude.  Enjoy.

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Because Mid-Winter is the Best Time to Think About Summer Festivals pt. 3

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!

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Because Mid-Winter is the Best Time to Think About Summer Festivals pt. 2

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 […]

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