Though they were Akron/Family’s opening act, the queenly quartet that is Warpaint played to a crowd of their own hard-won loyal subjects last Wednesday at Music Hall of Williamsburg. Evidence of this was the crust of barely legal teenage boys adhering to the front of the stage like barnacles hoping against hope that their favorite [...]

Something about the look in Alison Goldfrapp’s eyes tells me she is serious. Don’t mess with the quiet ones with the crazy eyes. It’s sage advice learned the hard way  – you’ll thank me later.
oh oh oh I’ve got a rocket/oh oh oh you’re going on it/oh oh oh you’re never coming back

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It’s about goddamn time. I’ve long wondered why the socially autistic genius that is Billy Corgan stood by Courtney Love for as long as he did. The lead singer of Hole is just that — a veritable black hole devoid of talent and self-awareness. Corgan in an interview with Rolling Stone referred to Love as [...]

San Fran artist Myles Cooper’s song “Gonna Find Boyfriends Today” is the perfect soundtrack for this first springlike day as you troll for singles in Central Park (just remember in any game of grab-ass there must be two willing participants otherwise you’re a frotteur — look it up). The vid is a Jim Henson acid [...]

“French-American band” (whatever that means) Hold Your Horses has an uh-mazing video for their track “70 Million.” There are 30 works of art in this thing. If you’re looking to add a little variety to your Vednesday then invite some of your most (or least) learned amateur art appreciators over for a bacchanalian bout of [...]

This really appeals to the white trash in me (you can take the girl outta Florida but you cannot take the Florida outta the girl). Also making the track more palatable is the fact that it sounds more like co-writer Billy Corgan’s work than Courtney Bat-Sh*t-Nuts Love (double plus). Fun Factoid: Billy Corgan is responsible [...]

Jack White is one of the most prolific artists of the millennium; so when his wife, Karen Elson, announced she was recording a solo album did anyone really expect him to sit on his laurels while she chartered the castaway-ridden waters of model-cum-pop songstress. I don’t THINK so. Entonces, here is a little jewel to [...]

Enjoy Rachel Roy’s charming short film directed by Jennifer Venditti for her new eponymously named Rachel line of clothing featuring Chris Garneau’s “Fireflies” as the fitting soundtrack. The film is complete kitsch hitting every wistful fantastical note in the book. Enjoy.

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It’s 5 o’clock and quitting time!!! Run don’t walk to the Bedford L stop where Freelance Whales are paying homage to their humble beginnings by playing a free show in the SUBWAY!!!!! Does MTA know about this (did I really just think/type that… f*ck the MTA). Also, enjoy Generator 2nd Floor (via I Guess I’m [...]

Go Team Gay! Add another player to the team. Up to bat, Vampi Weeker’s keyboardist, Rostam Batmanglij. OUT Batter Batter OUT! He’s so cute… like take him home in your pocket and admire him on your shelf cute. In an interview with Out magazine he is quoted with saying he hopes to inject “homosexual perspective” [...]

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Last night I went to the dress rehearsal for this show and may I say what a treat! Sonic Youth, Justin Bond, Scissor Sisters, and Klaus Voorman joined Sean and Yoko on stage performing renditions of Loco Yoko’s work. The line-up is even more impressive tonight! The highlight of the evening pour moi was Sean’s [...]

So the four name wonder that is Miles Benjamin Anthony Robinson is playing tonight at Glasslands in Williamsburg opening for Kyp Malone’s (TV on the Radio) side project Rain Machine. If you don’t know about MBAR educate yourself by listening this little ditty entitled Woodfriend, my personal fave. Robinson has an evocative story telling style [...]

Happy Love Day indeed. Help celebrate VD by sharing this vid with your valentine; it’s sure to rev their engines. Our favorite up and comers Sleigh Bells provided the soundtrack to James Lima’s Happy Love Day short film for Love Magazine featuring 6 supermodels wearing knickers and thigh highs, oh my, and little else (be [...]

Diplo announced via Mad Decent’s blog that Major Lazer is dropping an EP in April featuring a track remixed by Thom Yorke. His announcement also confirmed M.I.A.’s involvement on the “Sound of Siren” track that Pitchfork leaked Tuesday.
Check out the track list – via Mad Decent
WHOA *EDIT* TRACKLISTING!!!
Sound of Siren (ft MIA and busy signal)
Good [...]

A picture is supposed to be worth a thousand words… so some keywords you’d probably glean from the short story concerning the picture of Ebony Bones above are: kaleidoscopic colors, humor, MAC cosmetics, 8 Minute Abs, and Josephine Baker. But pictures have always been fibbers and what with the advent of Photoshop, they’re down right [...]

Listen to dancehall artist Busy Signal’s Sound of Siren (via Pitchfork) purportedly featuring M.I.A.? It sounds like her with a heavy dose of the auto-tune. No matter, though; the track is pretty hot. Enjoy.

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The mud-fest that is Bonnaroo is around the corner and it’s line-up has been announced. Tickets are on sale as of noon today. Get them while they last http://www.bonnaroo.com
Line-up Bonnaroo 2010
Phoenix
Weezer
Flaming Lips covering Dark Side of the Moon
OK Go
Jeff Beck
John Fogerty
Medeski Martin & Wood
Chromeo w/ guest Daryl Hall
Punch Brothers
The Avett Brothers
Cross Canadian Ragweed
Isis
311
Baroness
Blues Traveler
Bassnectar
Neon Indian
Black [...]

Attention culture vultures: Prokofiev, the only very recently lauded Soviet composer (and mah fave), has been dead for 57 years, however, tonight at Carnegie Hall a few newly discovered works will be performed, chief amongst them Music for Athletic Exercise, a composition commissioned for a huge athletic pageant on the Red Square in Moscow in [...]

Joining the Yeasayer tour is a good gig if you can get it. E to the X POSURE. So… props to Javelin; they officially announced the April dates they will be opening for Yeasayer. If you are desperate to see the two bands then keep hitting refresh on Craig’s List for tickets to their sold [...]