What? Well, it’s less of a mind-fuck when you find out that Nuno Bettencourt was also the guitarist for the ultra-cheesy 80’s hair metal band Extreme. Granted, Extreme rolled in a higher sphere of cheese than Journey ever did, but the pairing isn’t completely bizarre. The fact that Buttencourt is also in a band with […]

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I can’t complain a bit. Well, no “Peanuts”, but other than that…it’s a flawless set. And according to the veritable stable of credibility, the USA Today, the band made a no frills comeback: “Sting, Stewart Copeland and Andy Summers made their reunion a tribute to the muscular but intricate minimalism on which their chemistry was […]

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Joe Jackson has dabbled in every whim of his fancy from classical to new age to jazz to salsa, but it’s the rock on his legendary Look Sharp! record for which he will be remembered best. Why it takes these people so damn long to figure this stuff out astounds me. I know the self-important, […]

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The two remaining members of The Cult have signed a deal with Roadrunner records. Score? I guess the stint with The Doors of the 21st Century didn’t pan out for Ian Astbury? Or maybe it did, and this is the prize. Play lame, grave-rolling reunion with dregs of obsolete band and you get to sign […]

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Here’s the video: [kml_flashembed movie=”http://youtube.com/v/F3U_sVIIJqs” width=”425″ height=”350″ wmode=”transparent” /] When I saw Lily Allen back in March in Atlanta she did an acoustic version of “Heart of Glass” as one of her encores. She actually did a bunch of covers because she only has one record (The Kooks, Keane), but this one in particular was […]

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If anybody needs a vacation, it’s The Strokes. Man, those guys churn out some records. I mean, since 2001 they’ve put out three complete LP’s- none of that EP slackness. That’s an average of one record for every two years that have passed, which is no small feat in today’s competitive marketplace. And it’s not […]

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[kml_flashembed movie=”http://youtube.com/v/CcXCaXz0GbU” width=”425″ height=”350″ wmode=”transparent” /] QOTSA has launched a mini-site to preview it’s new record, Era Vulgaris, due out June 12. The site streams a few new tracks and has a game to gain exclusive content. Everything I’ve heard so far sounds pretty rocking (like the first single, “Sick Sick Sick”), but I do […]

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