Archive for September 22nd, 2011
Exclusive Stream: Spank Rock’s Rowdy New Album
September 22nd, 2011
Click to listen to Spank Rock's 'Everything Is Boring And Everyone Is A Fucking Liar' Spank Rock's second album Everything is Boring and Everyone is a Fucking Liar finds the Baltimore rapper exploring fresh new sounds and beats while retaining the rowdy sexy party-rap vibe of his 2006 debut The new disc...
Exclusive Download: Still Corners’ ‘Into the Trees’
September 22nd, 2011
Click to listen to Still Corners' 'Into The Trees' With a sound that's rooted in deep reverb-drenched psychedelia it seems only appropriate that Still Corners would point to key influences from earlier generations But for "Into the Trees" the first single from the band's upcoming Sub Pop debut Creatures of an...
Exclusive Song Premiere: Chickenfoot’s ‘Three and a Half Letters’
September 22nd, 2011
Click to listen to Chickenfoot's 'Three and a Half Letters' When frontman Sammy Hagar set out to write material for Chickenfoot’s upcoming new release Chickenfoot III the once-fired frontman of Van Halen got some help from an untapped resource – the unemployed "I received a letter from an Iraq vet who...
Beatles Anti-Segregation Contract Sells For $23K
September 22nd, 2011
A contract revealing that the Beatles refused to perform in front of segregated audiences in the United States has sold for $23033 at an auction in Los Angeles well over the $3000 to $5000 expected by the auction house Photos Rare Beatles PicturesThe document which was signed by the band's...
The Olivia Tremor Control Bring the Old Magic Back
September 22nd, 2011
Nothing quite compares to an Olivia Tremor Control show That's what those who got to see the Athens Georgia psych-pop group before their 2000 breakup often say – and it's doubly true now that they've reunited for a tour that came to New York's Le Poisson Rouge last night ...
‘X Factor’ Recap: Tweens, Hard Luck Stories and a Freak or Two
September 22nd, 2011
Let's get the American Idol comparisons out of the way up front First of all the age restriction for contestants is vastly expanded on X-Factor everyone from low-end tweens and Rascal-scooting grandmoms is welcome here as opposed to just 15-to-28 year olds Also entirely possible a Jabbawockeez incident Well not...
Usher Accused of Plagiarism
September 22nd, 2011
Usher is being accused of plagiarism by a songwriter who claims the singer's 2004 Number One hit "Burn" rips off one of his own compositions Last month a California federal judge found that there was sufficient evidence to suggest that Usher and co-producer Jermaine Dupri had access to complainant Ernest...