From the monthly archives:

July 2009

The Pains of Being Pure At Heart live in Los Angeles

July 21, 2009

It’s amazing what a plug on the Urban Outfitters website AND the prime time slot on The CW can do for a band. Needless to say, The Echo was filled to the brim Monday night as The Pains of Being Pure At Heart returned to LA to kick off their summer tour. It was nice to see such a turn [...]

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Mercury Prize nominees announced: La Roux, Bat for Lashes, Friendly Fires, more

July 21, 2009

Nominees for the annual Mercury Prize were announced this morning. The award recognizes achievement in music from the British Isles (it includes Ireland, not just the UK) and is one of the least predictable of its class. Recent winners include Elbow, Klaxons, and Arctic Monkeys, but there’s no guarantee another band will take home the [...]

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Kid Sister’s Ultraviolet and Kid Sister’s Dream Date

July 20, 2009

Everyone has been drooling all over themselves to break the news that Kid Sister‘s debut album, Ultraviolet, will finally be coming out. But until we see that baby on the shelves, we won’t get hung up on any “release dates.” Instead, we’d like to compare the to-be-released album with the was-going-to-be-released version from last year. [...]

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Kaskade’s plane detours to Iceland; Beastie Boys cancel tour, offer new track; Kazaa returns; Pink Floyd goes to the moon

July 20, 2009

Kaskade posted this picture on Twitter this morning of his plane in an emergency landing, but it never caught the attention of the international newsmedia. A United flight from London’s Heathrow to Chicago’s O’Hare had to touch down in Iceland this afternoon after it caught on fire. It’s unknown (but doubtful) if there are any [...]

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Colin Munroe is the Unsung Hero, with a mixtape and hot collabo

July 20, 2009

Colin Munroe is the epitomie of (North) American reinvention. Once a folk-pop singer songwriter from Toronto, Munroe covered Kanye’s “Flashing Lights” and has since been inducted into the storied halls of white boy hip hop hook-singers. Those early acoustic tracks have been scrubbed from his MySpace, but Munroe is certainly more than a hook singer [...]

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Jeffree Star eats rice and chicken just like everyone else

July 20, 2009

Jeffree Star isn’t the kind of guy you’d expect to see eating fried chicken on a picnic table. In fact, it doesn’t look like he ever eats at all. So when he sits down for a nosh, it’s probably the most hilarious moment of this tour video, made for MySpace by Jeffree and Co whilst [...]

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Amanda Blank and Karen O about to become BFFs

July 20, 2009

Amanda Blank will join the Yeah Yeah Yeahs on a fistful of dates later this summer just before Blank’s long-awaited debut is released. This is the first time Blank will be performing with an artist outside the family that she has been collaborating with (Santigold, Spank Rock, N.A.S.A., etc). With all the attention Blank’s album, [...]

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Weekend Anthem: Bears vs Fires

July 17, 2009

Teddybears have been busy backing up Robyn, covorting in headgear, and getting their tracks hella licensed. Now they’re out of the woods with a new single, “Get Mama a House.” It sounds almost like they’re making fun of people who take care of dear old mom. It’s a fun synthy jammer with those Teddybears baritones [...]

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