Tuesday, November 11, 2008

Book (Title) of the Year

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The dudes behind the net's hebreonostalgia-cum-vinyl records board Reboot Stereophonic are releasing "And You Shall Know Us by the ...
Sunday, November 09, 2008

New Yorkers trying to save historic Tin Pan Alley

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A group of New Yorkers is fighting to save Tin Pan Alley , the half-dozen row houses where iconic American songs were born. The four-story, ...
Tuesday, October 28, 2008

Oh joy!

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Remember when MTV used to play music videos? Apparently, so do they. And they're cataloguing them at http://www.mtvmusic.com/ with plen...
Friday, October 24, 2008

Notorious M.O.V.

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I can't say I've been following news of the film's production, which probably explains why I'm so impressed by the look and ...
Tuesday, October 21, 2008

Vote for Cool Typefaces and Tri-Chromatic Graphics

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Gender-ambiguous MC Yogi gives us this mellow cut - too idealist, perhaps - but certainly well done.
Friday, October 17, 2008

Christmas on Mars

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Everyone's phavorite phreaks have done it again! The Flaming Lips homage to Ed Wood , Adam Jones and who knows who else, hits theaters ...
Thursday, October 16, 2008

Literally 80's, Take Two

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Further to last Wednesday 's post, Daveyboy links us to another literal-lyric 80's hit. If this becomes the next lame YouTube trend...
Tuesday, October 14, 2008

Cash does King

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JFonz linked us to this rare clip of Johnny Cash rocking his best Elvis impersonation. And I thought they were chums. Embedded video from C...
Wednesday, October 08, 2008

Take On Me, Literally

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the A-Ha vid gets the literal lyrics treatment. awesome.
Tuesday, October 07, 2008

Barack-a-Rock!

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Join Andrew Bird , Fiery Furnaces , Les Savy Fav and many more for this debate-watching-slash-comedy-and-music-enjoying fest in W'burg....
Tuesday, September 16, 2008

The Brand that Won't Die

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I swear, Napster is like that bald dude from Mad Max Beyond Thunderdome - no matter how many times it gets run over by a post-apocalyptic wa...
Friday, August 29, 2008

FYI, RATM at the DNC

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Zack and Co. rocked a Denver show on Tuesday and led a march for Iraq Veterans Against the War to the Pepsi Center and the DNC .
Monday, August 25, 2008

McCain loves the Gasolina

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I'm bugging. If this is not some type of publicity stunt, I just don't know what's what. Yesterday, Reggaeton star Daddy Yankee...
Tuesday, August 19, 2008

The Feeding Frenzy Continues

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And down goes Muxtape , the latest target of the RIAA's sweeping crackdowns on internet radio "piracy."
Monday, August 18, 2008

"More Bass"

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Legendary record producer and Rock n Roll Hall of Fame inductee Jerry Wexler died this past Friday, after decades of working a muse with a w...

Farewell to the King (of Free Net Radio)

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Buckling under the weight of the Internet radio royalty hike that SoundExchange pushed through last July, Pandora may pull its own plug soo...
Friday, August 15, 2008

Break out the pocket protectors

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Math-rockers Battles are free-showing it at Summerstage this Saturday . Joined by more art-rock/fart-rock/smart-rock bands Black Dice and...
Thursday, August 14, 2008

Get to Half Steppin'

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Living rap legend Big Daddy Kane - hopefully not yet relying on one - drops some old playa knowledge (for FREE) tonight at Marcus Garvey Pa...
Wednesday, August 13, 2008

Here's to Hoping the Rain Holds Off

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Tomorrow night, dreamo-rockers Blonde Redhead play a FREE outdoor gig at Hudson River Park (Pier 54), backed up by the Liberty Helicopter or...
Saturday, August 09, 2008

Barack Rocks

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Friday, August 08, 2008

MySpace.com - Shush (Debut EP out Monday 5th May!) - London, UK - Rock / Pop - www.myspace.com/shushsound

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MySpace.com - Shush (Debut EP out Monday 5th May!) - London, UK - Rock / Pop - www.myspace.com/shushsound

Another Weekend, Another Pool Party

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JellyNYC keeps churning out great free shows at McCarren Pool . This Sunday, catch country-blues by way of Brooklyn with Langhorne Slim (h...
Friday, August 01, 2008

Labia Aquilus Solutum!

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For those of us who can't afford tix to the sure-to-be-most-freshest Rock the Bells this weekend, Black Lips are performing a free gig ...
Thursday, July 31, 2008

Reggin, please!

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One of my favorite rappers, Nas , appeared on the Colbert Report last week to discuss the new album and his ongoing feud with Papa Bear hims...
Wednesday, July 30, 2008

Twones

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Twones is a music service and a new way to store, organize, find & share music played all over the web (i.e. YouTube, Myspace, Last.fm,...
Monday, July 28, 2008

Rush's star power?

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Missed them on the Colbert Report last week, but here's a clip of the band playing their own "Tom Sawyer" on Rock Band... and...
Friday, July 25, 2008

eMusic Diggs Deeper

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from Ars Technica : eMusic has introduced new social features to its DRM-free, subscription-based music store that leverage media and artist...
Tuesday, July 22, 2008

Naughty by the River

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Has it really been 15 years since "Hip Hop Hooray" ? Man, forget how old you are and head down to Queensbridge Park tonight for a...
Friday, July 18, 2008

Sweet Siren's Call

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Ah, the smell of Coney Island whitefish. The sweat of 8,000 dirty hipsters. The lack of adequate Port-O-Pottyage. What better way to spend...
Wednesday, July 16, 2008

Pure Jeanius

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Will's homegirl Jean Grae (w/ 9th Wonder ) is releasing a new album with 4 different very familiar album covers. And 2dopeboyz is righ...
Tuesday, July 15, 2008

House of Cards

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Radiohead (who play 2 nights of the All Points West fest in Aug) release their impressive vid for "House of Cards," employing dat...
Friday, July 11, 2008

The Rivers Deliver

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Ahh, summer's in full swing and that means great free music shows all over the city, including the always surprising River to River Fest...