Big Black’s quintessential song live off the infamous Pigpile video and corresponding live album. Steve Albini introduces it sarcastically as “a song Jerry Lee Lewis wrote before he killed one of his wives.” I’ve always loved the sentiment behind this song: there’s nothing to do in this town, so let’s set it on fire. Certain […]

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The new single from The Hives is called “Tick Tick Boom” and its out digitally September 24 and physically October 10. The new album, The Black and White Album, hits stores October 8, the artwork for which adorns this post. The band is inexplicably supporting Maroon 5 on a fall tour but has plans to […]

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Another sparse and haunting acoustic cover from Jose Gonzalez, much in the vein of his famous version of The Knife’s “Heartbeat.” This time he tackles Massive Attack’s “Teardrop”, which is a daunting exercise, considering the fact that Elizabeth Fraser of the Cocteau Twins sings on the original, but he pulls it off. Highly recommended. Jose […]

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In yet more nude dude news, 220-pound Oxbow front man Eugene Robinson has finished penning his ridiculously titled idiot’s guide to extreme grappling Fight: Or, Everything You Ever Wanted To Know About Ass-Kicking But Were Afraid You’d Get Your Ass Kicked For Asking. Sounds like one of those Bertrand Russell riddles. (Although I guess it’s […]

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The film, which chronicles the (sad) lives of obsessive Morrissey fans has no release date as of yet, but it’s called Passions Just Like Mine and is currently in post-production: “The stories will be told through the eyes of the fans themselves. Audiences will be able to see first hand how obsessed these fans really […]

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It sure as shit isn’t music, obviously. And to celebrate (?) MTV is posting ominous yet brightly colored posters throughout its office hallways, asking the question: “What does the “M” stand for?” There is a meeting Monday morning for employees to find out, but in the meantime people have been defacing the posters with their best educated guesses. My […]

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Billboard is reporting Columbia Records will release Magic — the newest record from Bruce Springsteen & the E Street Band — on October 2. It represents the first studio collaboration between Springsteen & Co. since 2002’s The Rising, which was in itself their first studio album together since 1984’s Born in the U.S.A. In other […]

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