Trent Reznor goes out of his way to lambaste a German promoter, who cheaped out on a festival show Nine Inch Nails was set to headline. To its credit, the band just plugged in and played with no light show and no production. Nine Inch Nails’ shows are notorious for their extensive lighting and video […]

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As 3/4’s of art-punk aesthetes Bauhaus, Love and Rockets never quite capitalized on its potential, save the lone, unlikely top ten hit “So Alive” way back in 1989, after which the band disappeared for half a decade. And returning with the dance-oriented Hot Trip to Heaven only further alienated long-time fans. The band never quite […]

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As bad as rock stars seem to be at living, some simply refuse to die. And in the same report that, uhh, brilliantly concluded that rock stars are more likely to choke on their own vomit than, say, normal folks, it is also duly noted that since 1980: “…the number of pop stars who die within […]

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If any band needs some help (intended) in the promotional department, it’s clearly The Beatles. I mean, they’re not even on iTunes yet. So, to help (intended) usher this perennial underdog quartet’s seminal sophomore feature film into your DVD collection for the first time in this expanded format, Help! will be out October 30 via […]

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In case every biopic about every musician ever (including Amadeus) wasn’t a tell-tale sign, Reuters reports a recent study has concluded rock stars are better at dying than their pedestrian counterparts. The Centre for Public Health at Liverpool John Moores University tallied more than 100 deaths among 1,064 musicians between 1956 and 2005. Particularly interesting […]

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In the mid-90’s, britpop turned grunge on its ear. Well, in England, anyway. The Oasis vs. Blur war was unfairly represented by the press as a battle between the lager-swilling good ole boys of the working class vs. the arsty and effete privileged lads. Well, it is true on some level that Oasis appeals to the lowest common denominator, while Blur requires […]

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Granted, the first time I ever heard the name Will Oldham was as an actor. My government/economics teacher at Georgetown High School was also one of the many assistant football coaches schlepping it out on the sidelines, and while he was busy drawing up plays that never actually worked for our woefully deficient AAA team, […]

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