Anyone who’s ever written about music and is not employed by, say, Billboard or Rolling Stone can appreciate The A.V. Club’s priceless list of The Worst Band Names of 2007. There’s no telling what horrors lurk behind such hideous monikers as The Color Fred, Comanche Abortion, The Pleasures of Merely Circulating, Chevy Metal or Cobra […]

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A: Your tin roof; rusted.

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Fat Cat recording artists The Twilight Sad — whose Fourteen Autumns and Fifteen Winters was my favorite debut of 2007 — spoke recently with The Scotsman about their success in The States and how, curiously, it has outshined the response in their native Scotland: “Last year was huge for the Twilight Sad — who come […]

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I’m a total sucker for remixes. Always have been. I know what you’re thinking. Yes, most of them do indeed suck. I’m going to try and bring the ones that suck less. Some might not even be half bad. We’ll see. To start things off, here’s a Diplo remix of Spoon’s Don’t You Evah. I […]

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Insert witty comment -> here. (via the Slut)

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Since he can’t score a hit these days no matter what transparent stunt he pulls, alleged kid-toucher Michael Jackson is resorting to re-recording his old hits with current flashes in the pan in hopes that he might get the money train a-rolling again. Neverland is looking pretty sad these days. Fergie, Will.I.Am. and Kanye West […]

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“Record-label woes, lineup changes, trouble at home, and an alluring new bass player on the road: a diary of a rock ‘n’ roll divorce from the founder of Luna.” A very personal excerpt in Vogue from Dean Wareham’s new book Black Postcards. (pity it isn’t parenthetically titled “I shagged Jem and you have another eyelid”) […]

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