Ted Leo funny Bottled In Cork video
Ted Leo And The Pharmacists - "Bottled In Cork" (Official Video) from Ted Leo and the PharmacistsI’m a big fan of Tom Scharpling; who not only hosts the best show on earth, he is also screen writer in...
View ArticleFree Summer Rock Concert in Union County New Jersey
Lots of great bands playing the Union Country Music Festival this year in 2010. Nice mix of headliners like Spoon and supporting bands playing the stages like: The Zombies, Ok Go!, Jesse Malin, Soul...
View ArticleShellac of North America to Rock Brooklyn USA
Back in the day I played bass in this little loud indie rock band from New Brunswick, NJ called Bubblegum Thunder. Above is photo of Albini's basement where we recorded a record and a 7" to acetate...
View ArticleReintroduction to Frank Black Francis
Right before The Pixies fall tour begins you can catch Mr. Frank Black Francis play live. He has more twists to his personality one would argue than a unrelenting vine, this is clear, the man behind...
View ArticleNew Interpol and dark muses from The 1980's
Words do not communicate knowledge in the way they should. Lets all thank Satan there is temptation (music) even if the words don't make any sense or their melodies paint the ether via soundscapes and...
View ArticleHarmonious bec the future of Her Strange Dreams
ALBUM REVIEW: Harmonious bec from Japan's record Her Strange Dreams is a winner. All the comparisons are true amongst the light sprinkling of traditional instrumentation. Her Strange Dreams is brought...
View ArticleHeavy Night Terror dreams by Helms Alee
ALBUM REVIEW:Helms Alee Night Terror. I love heavy music that fills space like the absence of white that fills the nights sky between the stars. Sure I'm totally catching up to this band thru the...
View ArticleOk Go This Too Shall Pass - Smarty Music Video
I hate most music videos with a passion but this one is intensely nerdy and craftily creative. "This Too Shall Pass" - Rube Goldberg Machine by Ok Go. Sorry I missed them at the union county music fest...
View ArticleSuperchunk Digging for Something by some oldsters
SINGLE REVIEW: Superchunk's Digging for Something off of Majesty Shredding. Love this song it's like a long lost friend who got drunk at the bar and then found their way back wearing the same cloths...
View ArticleHenry & Glenn Danzig Forever are lovers
ZINE COMIC REVIEW:Henry & Glenn Forever is no Boiled Angel or Judy Blume but it is pretty funny I will admit. I could not resist the premise of a couple 90's indie superstars being wrung through...
View ArticleChristian Vander speaks Kobaian from Magma
WEIRD JAZZ MUSIC: ATTAHK(1978) and UDU WUDU(1976) are just two titles from records put forth by French composer and drummer Christian Vander in his group Magma. This music is sung in language called...
View ArticleDreamy Music for Librarians
One of the weirder set of folks I follow on twitter are these wacky librarians who have anonymously aggregated themselves and who let you inside their very bizarre lives. Follow them on my librarians...
View ArticleFake Matador 21 Las Vegas, NV Set-List 1
SET 1: The Guest MC is Mr. Rick Sanchez & I am right there in the front row inbibing beers and peeing in-between the bands(not literally between them). Sometimes maybe in a cup. Thankfully the live...
View ArticleBirthday Boy by Ween
COVERS: This is probably one of my favorite Ween songs, ok in the top 10 but it's a perfect little Bob Marleyesque ditty. I've seen Chris Hartford cover it really well what seems like 15 years ago at...
View ArticleJohn Peel says listen to some music
"To be free you have to speak another language" -Henry Rollins from Get in the VanJOHN PEEL DAY!: I did not know there was such a thing as a International John Peel Day so thanks Ted Cogswell. The...
View ArticleTen songs about the future and aliens
Homemade Spacecraft from Luke Geissbuhler on Vimeo.Today is 10.10.2010: Here is what earth looks like from an alien's point of view. ok this father and son duo with small team of enthusiasts figured...
View Article60ish Surf Music
I'm not a huge fanatic of Surf Music genre but there are a bunch of great bands that have kept this type of homage alive to 60's nostalgia, drive-in movies and the Hawaiian shirt. Ok a lot of images...
View ArticleHot Wax by Grant Hart
(Photo from Aviso'Hara tours pics circa 2001, 40 watt Athens, GA - Grant and his bag-o-money. Note can of PBR in my hands. Was part of our pay... Get the rest of this Grant Hart Music Review pm the...
View Article2 Minutes of Silence to remember dead Soldiers
I think this could be considered a ode to John Cage's thoughts on Silence. Where on UK's Remembrance Sunday for us all to think about all the troops who have lost their lives in idiotic wars. The Goal...
View ArticleThe Big Takeover by Jack Rabid - A Super Fan
Dear CMJ Friends, here's the one guy who has had the honor of drinking with Joe Strummer, seeing the music industry implode and basically keeping one of the most in depth music magazines alive for the...
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