Amy Winehouse, who has teetered on the brink of Pete Doherty since her break-through album Back in Black made her an international household name back in 2007, has been relatively headline free as of late. Her vacation from the music industry is a ballsy move, especially in an era of such fleeting consumption that bands are forgotten almost as quickly as they are built up. Winehouse’s antics may have elevated her status to being immune to the gnat-sized attention spans of today’s flickering cultural shifts. There are rumors, though, that her next album will finally surface early in 2011, but I’ll believe that when I see it. In the meantime, Winehouse has lent her fashion sense to English streetwear design house, Fred Perry, which will be releasing an Amy Winehouse line in the coming months. Winehouse has long been known to don the Fred Perry label, often pairing their tailored polo shirts with her patented pencil skirts.

The campaign to bribe Weezer into breaking up for $10 million is so funny because it’s probably how all 852,000 people who bought Pinkerton actually feel. Weezer has been a big bag of suck for the last 10 years. 10 years. That’s a long time to disappoint your fans, repeatedly. I tried to get on board with the so-called Green album back in 2000, but in hindsight it’s a complete mess. And everything since has just been beyond awful. Rivers Cuomo surely to God knows this. It’s amazing how important ex-bassist Matt Sharpe seems now in retrospect. Cuomo is a shameless opportunist, sacrificing the Weezer brand for catastrophic, toe-dipping forays into rap and cheese. For a guy who once hid from his famous rock star alter-ego because he got a few bad reviews, Cuomo sure has developed thick skin. The dork rock schtick lost its appeal so long ago that Weezer’s pandering to the outcast culture and teenage angst borders on just pure creepiness. You can just see the crazy behind Cuomo’s expressionless eyes. And the whole Hurley debacle just adds fuel to the fire. The band had to backpedal when guitarist Brian Bell admitted that the Hurley clothing line paid for the newest Weezer album called, um, Hurley. Weezer’s attempt to divert attention from its whoring relationship with surf clothes? Pretend that Hurley is all about the dude from Lost. Because nobody will see through that.

As some of you may know Sigur rós have spent the decade since they were thrust into the spotlight saying ‘no’ to their music being used in advertising. Yes, they’ve done movies, TV and given music to charity “synchs” (as it is called when you “synchronise” music to picture), but despite rumours to the contrary they have never allowed their music to be used to sell anything. And they get asked A Lot. Sometimes they get asked, say ‘no’ and then a few months later an ad will suddenly appear that sounds strangely familiar.

Via: sigur rós – homage or fromage?.

“An intern from a nearby radio station wanders over on in his cigarette break, watches the awkwardness unfold. “Who are the band?” he asks. “Belle and Sebastian,” I reply, and he splutters, pulls his hooded top up over his head and blushes crimson. “Fuck,” he says, “that’s the most embarrassing thing I’ve ever said.”

via The Guardian.

Not as good as I was hoping, but the time-lapse helps.

A new video from Blonde Redhead directed by Timothy Saccenti (via)

While both halves of The Drawer are still having trouble reconciling the fact that this is the same band that birthed the brilliant In an Expression of the Inexpressible, this half has been enjoying the new album.

Sigh.