Wednesday, February 15, 2012
Friday, October 21, 2011
SEC Football Suspensions
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Tuesday, September 13, 2011
New (Kind of..) Surfer Blood
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Wednesday, August 24, 2011
American Goldwing and the Great NW
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Saturday, August 20, 2011
Tuesday, August 16, 2011
Thursday, August 11, 2011
Saturdays Surf NYC
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Thursday, June 9, 2011
Nintendo's Next System
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Wednesday, June 1, 2011
Tuesday, March 22, 2011
Happy Strokes Day
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Tuesday, March 15, 2011
1 Week Until ANGLES
The Strokes have placed Angles on full stream on their website (Click). One week from today, this new venture will be in the public's hands. As a Stroke fanboy from the get-go 10 years ago, I wait with baited breath. A four year hiatus with numerous solo acts (Albert Hammond's two albums, Fabrizio's Little Joy, Julian Casablancas - Phrazes for the Young, and Nikolai's NickleEye), the band is back together. After reading the review of 2006's First Impressions of Earth and the subsequent cover story in SPIN, I feared the worst. I was reminded of reading about the Beatles circa Abbey Road and the White Album. The boys of NYC are no Fab Four, but they were just as disjointed. Recording their parts individually with engineers and the like rarely being together as a band in the studio. Tensions were high. SPIN stated that this sounded like the last Strokes album. I agreed... While technically savvy, F.I.O.E. was a mess. Polished in many ways but in the end it seemed like lipstick on a pig. Nothing cures tensions like a lengthy Tour.... I was sure they were done. Apparently, we were wrong.
As I await Angles, I find myself back in 2005/6. Has absence made the heart grow fonder? For them? For me? For anyone? The recording process went down much like they did in '05. The band got together in the studio in NYC or in upstate NY at Hammond's place. The common theme was the lack of a lead singer. Julian was never in the studio as a creative force. In an attempt to lessen his hold on the "wheel" of the band, he stepped back. There are other creative voices at work in this group, and he let them speak. While the band laid down the tracks upstate, Julian was on tour promoting his solo debut. Later, he would step into famed Electric Ladyland studios in Manhattan to record vocal tracks that would be sent as digital files to the rest of the band. This situation had to make for a frustrating process. Lead guitarist, Nick Valensi, was the lone member without a solo effort. Did he like the idea of going rogue?
The band's original fan club started in 2001 under the guise Alone, Together (after the Is This It track). This moniker couldn't describe the state of the band any better... With the fourth album looming, Julian has his reservations.
Julian: "I mean... yes... It's a tough question because I think the whole point was that I was going to let things go so there's a bunch of stuff [on the record] I wouldn't have done."
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Monday, March 14, 2011
Death Cab for Beastie Boys
Beastie Boys - May 3
Death Cab - May 31
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Thursday, March 3, 2011
God Bless, Italy (not Galliano)
About a SHOE (CLICK HERE)
About a THREAD COUNT (CLICK HERE)
How great to see people that take such pride in their work? (work that many Americans would snub their nose at) - Bravo, J. Crew - way to step it up the past couple of years...
and a silly video or two for a laugh
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Wednesday, February 9, 2011
New PAINS of BEING PURE at HEART
POBPAH are back with the first single off next month's new album, BELONG (March 29 - Pre-order)
The Pains of Being Pure At Heart - Belong by Slumberland Records
Gone are the Robert Smith influences. They've traded "Friday I'm in Love" for "Cherub Rock". 90's alt-rock is very apparent on this track. Hmmm....
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Monday, February 7, 2011
The Strokes - Under Cover of Darkness
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