Here is the Cochella Lineup for 2009. Enjoy. Friday, April 17th * A Place To Bury Strangers * Alberta Cross * Bajofondo * Beirut * Buraka Som Sistema * Cage the Elephant * Conor Oberst and the Mystic Valley Band * Craze and Klever * Crystal Castles * Dear and the Headlights * Felix da […]
Apropos of nothing except for the fact that I love Superdrag and can’t wait for the new album, Industry Giants, to come out on March 17th, here is a video to “Destination Ursa Major”, one of my favorite cuts by one of my favorite bands. Enjoy the mighty splendor of Superdrag.
Robert Plant and Alison Krauss Raising Sand Grammy Winner for Record of the Year 2008 Record Of The Year “Please Read The Letter” Robert Plant & Alison Krauss T Bone Burnett, producer; Mike Piersante, engineer/mixer Album Of The Year Raising Sand Robert Plant & Alison Krauss T Bone Burnett, producer; Mike Piersante, engineer/mixer; Gavin Lurssen, […]
Super Deluxe Edition (2-disc set plus DVD, 4 LPs and replica cassette in linen-covered, slip-cased clamshell box): · Disc 1: original Ten tracklisting digitally remastered (original mix) · Disc 2: original Ten tracklisting digitally remastered and remixed by Brendan O’Brien, plus six bonus tracks: “Brother,†“Just a Girl,†“State of Love and Trust,†“Breath and […]
The ad campaign for this year’s Grammy Awards is pretty stellar! It features Grammy nominated artists and the songs that influenced them. Here are two of my favorite nominees this year: Thom Yorke and Lil’ Wayne. Enjoy.
2008 is so over. Okay, now what? For the Pretentious Record Store Guy and music lover, 2009 brings with it an infinite number of new possibilities and, of course, new music and bands to listen to and fall in love with. Lucky, for you, Pitchfork magazine put out their guide for the upcoming Winter 2009 […]
1) Pink Floyd Ummagumma [LIVE] 2) The Beatles Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band 3) The Clash London Calling 4) Led Zeppelin I 5) Oasis Definitely Maybe
The Stills Oceans Will Rise Q-Tip The Renaissance The Walkmen You & Me Blitzen Trapper Furr TV On The Radio Dear Science Okkervil River The Stand Ins Ryan Adams Cardinology Oasis Dig Out Your Soul Little Joy S/T Bloc Party Intimacy Conor Oberst S/T The Anniversary Devil on Our Side Ben Folds Way to Normal […]
1) Pearl Jam – Vs. 2) Pearl Jam – Ten 3) Pearl Jam – Vitalogy (Original Version) 4) Pearl Jam – Yield 5) Pearl Jam – Lost Dogs
The Stills Oceans Will Rise Q-Tip The Renaissance The Walkmen You & Me Blitzen Trapper Furr TV On The Radio Dear Science Okkervil River The Stand Ins Ryan Adams Cardinology Oasis Dig Out Your Soul Little Joy S/T Bloc Party Intimacy Conor Oberst S/T The Anniversary Devil on Our Side Ben Folds Way to Normal […]
Q-Tip just came out with an amazing album last Tuesday called The Renaissance. Yeah, it’s Q-Tip so you know it’s the heat, but way back in 2002, he had a solo record that was about to drop called Kamaal the Abstract. Apparently it was way too crazy for the record label so they shelved it. […]
Chinese Democracy will finally arrive! Long delayed and highly anticipated (in the 90s and early 2000s), Guns N’ Roses (or whatever passes for Axl Rose and company’s rotating bandmates these days) opus nearly 15 years in the making is finally hitting stores a month from today. The bad news is that the CD is a […]
How did you spend your summer? Pretentious Record Store Guy spent his holed up in a cabin in Minnesota writing new material for his upcoming album that may or may not be released depending on how the legal situation stacks up with his former band mates, road crew, roadies, former manager and the Swedish model […]
The Verve Forth In 1997, The Verve finally broke through and reached the worldwide success that they had been dreaming of with their third album Urban Hymns. They toured in support of the album for the next year and half and then promptly broke up in 1999 due to internal strife among some of the […]
As if this Tuesday couldn’t get any better… THE REPLACEMENTS’ SIRE REISSUES TIM 1. “Hold My Life” 2. “I’ll Buy” 3. “Kiss Me On The Bus” 4. “Dose Of Thunder” 5. “Waitress In The Sky” 6. “Swingin Party” 7. “Bastards Of Young” 8. “Lay It Down Clown” 9. “Left Of The Dial” 10. “Little Mascara” […]
