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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
This is like opening up a bottle of awesome and then washing it all down with a side of amazing…
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
This Wednesday, August 19th, marks the official launch of Vertigo’s new crime and noir imprint– Vertigo Crime– with two new novels: Filthy Rich by Brian Azzarello and Victor Santos and Dark Entries by Ian Rankin and Werther Dell’Edera. I, for one, have been greatly anticipating the launch of Vertigo Crime because, let’s face it, every […]
1) Havana Nocturne: How the Mob Owned Cuba.and Then Lost It to the Revolution by T. J. English 2) One Minute to Midnight: Kennedy, Khrushchev, and Castro on the Brink of Nuclear War by Michael Dobbs 3) The Age of Wonder: How the Romantic Generation Discovered the Beauty and Terror of Science by Richard Holmes […]
Beauty is in the eye of the beholder. Movies that may not look great can no doubt look great and entice the casual listener to pick up matinee tickets just for a the amazing eye candy aspect of the art. In fact, that’s how most B-Movies used to do it. Ah, the beauty in design, […]
The time has finally arrived. I have what you’ve been waiting for and it is me. Well, my friends, wait no more. Here is my pound of flesh, here is my unseen glory for your rapture, here is Pretentious Record Store Guy #2. Well, it is only a preview of my latest misadventures, but beggars […]
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 […]
After months and months of hard labor, Pretentious Record Store Guy #2 is very close to becoming a reality. In honor of Cinco de Mayo, here is the cover for the second issue. Stay tuned for more updates…
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 […]
Who watches the Watchmen? Apparently lots of people, but on opening weekend. What did Pretentious Record Store Guy think of the movie adaptation of the unfilmable comic? I thought it was good, not great. Like most of the time with movies based on books, I thought the book was much, much better. But I think […]
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 […]
