Impressive, in-depth piece on Of Montreal mastermind and resident freak Kevin Barnes over at Australia’s Wireless Bollinger. In it he discusses how anti-depressants saved his life but screwed up his marriage (thus, creating the thematic groundwork for Hissing Fauna…), his affinity for Syd Barret’s pop complexities, and his work on the next Of Montreal record, […]

[Read more →]

According to Punknews, heart on sleeve bedwetters, Thursday, are parting ways with Island records. Amicably, of course: “Everyone at IDJ has treated the band with respect and we are leaving on good terms with all our friendships still intact.” Right, right. This is all code for “we didn’t sell as many records as our shitty […]

[Read more →]

We Were Dead Before The Ship Even Sank sold 133,000 copies, topping Joss Stone and some American Idol nonsense. It’s kind of hard to wrap my head around the fact that Modest Mouse is as big as it is. With The Shins, The Arcade Fire, and Modest Mouse all selling well, the Top 200 album […]

[Read more →]

Boderline personality disorder poster woman, Sinead O’Connor has a new double album headed your way on June 26th via Koch, who has reportedly signed O’Connor for “multi-products”, whatever the hell that means. O’Connor promises her new set, entitled Theology, has “no message…no preaching.” Off to a good start, I suppose. On the bad side, she […]

[Read more →]

There’s been an arrest in the Weiland family, but this time it’s not for drugs. I know, I know. I, too, was hoping for that long overdue overdose. Anyway, Ex-Stone Temple Pilots and current Velvet Revolver frontman Scott Weiland had his clothes torched by his wife after they had a “brawl” at a luxury hotel […]

[Read more →]

[kml_flashembed movie=”http://www.youtube.com/v/aygAu1x2uQo” width=”425″ height=”350″ wmode=”transparent” /] This video isn’t out yet in the US. It’s the title track off Winehouse’s second album, which just debuted at #7 on the Billboard Top 200 album chart, making her the highest debuting British female artist in the history of the chart, which is sort of hard to believe. […]

[Read more →]

Former Smiths bassist Andy Rourke (not one of Morrissey’s favorite people since he testified in Mike Joyce’s case against the former Smiths leader for back royalties) is organizing the line-up for the Versus Cancer Benefit, taking place in Manchester, England on March 30th. Echo & the Bunnymen, Peter Hook (New Order), Noel Gallager, Paul Weller, […]

[Read more →]