Everyday is Like Sunday - Morrissey
People have called Morrissey a lot of things over the years. Stubborn, whiny, obtuse, even a racist. Nobody has called him sexually well-adjusted, however. But, as strange as it may seem, that characterization is starting to fit. His image and his music have changed noticeably since he announced a few years ago that he's no longer celibate.
Fools - The Dodos
Last year, I tried and failed to head up to Chicago for 2008's three-day Pitchfork Music Festival. The lineup was an indie rock lovers dream -- how could you expect any less from a Pitchfork.com-sponsored event? -- but I simply couldn't get it together in time to actually go. This year, I may just have to scrape the bottom of my cash barrel; while no artists have been confirmed as yet for 2009, the lineup usually includes bands that Pitchfork has been following/raving about/writing about throughout the year. Based on acts that played previous years, Pitchfork's Top 50 albums of 2008, and reviews of albums that have come out so far this year, I'm going to hypothesize the following: Fleet Foxes, Portishead, Cut Copy, M83, Deerhunter, Erykah Badu, Los Campesinos!, Santogold, Beiruit, Lykke Li, Antony and the Johnsons, Andrew Bird, Trail of Dead, Black Lips, and TV on the Radio.
Don't Speak - No Doubt
The recently reunited No Doubt has announced its summer tour dates, which includes a June 6 show at Verizon Wireless Amphitheatre in Charlotte.
Don't Speak - No Doubt
The recently reunited No Doubt has announced its summer tour dates, which includes a June 6 show at Verizon Wireless Amphitheatre in Charlotte.
Buckhead Betty - The Coathangers
Sad news hit the indie rock world today when one of it's longest running major players Touch and Go Records announced that the company was drastically reducing in size, axing its distribution arm and laying off several employees. These harsh cuts are the result of the current state of the economy making it too difficult for the label to continue operating as is.
Crack a Bottle
Was there ever any question the trio's collaboration would be anything but golden? The proof is in the 418,000 download sales for its opening week, which surpasses T.I. and Rihanna's record of 335,000 for their single, "Live Your Life." For details, numbers and more info, click here.
What Becomes an End - Kylesa
Criminal Records announced this week that they have added Savannah's Kylesa to the line-up for their pre SCION Rock Fest in-store that's taking place on Fri., Feb. 27th, the night before the festival at the Masquerade. So for anyone who's keeping a tab the lin-up for the Criminal in-store now includes Kylesa, Skeletonwitch and Atlanta's very own Withered.
Vogue - Madonna
Just yesterday it came out that Madonna was the music artist who made the most money in 2008, nearly a quarter-billion bucks, and now a nude photo of her has prompted an unnamed European to plunk down $37,500 for a photo of her nekkid. The photo session was in 1979 when she was 20. The full-frontal shot previously appeared in Playboy in '85.
Broke Down Engine - Damon Fowler Group
Tampa's (actually Brandon's) own Damon Fowler's national debut CD, Sugar Shack, makes its first appearance on the Billboard Blues Chart this week at #12.
TV Set - The Crampa
Frontman and co-founder of the legendary American horror punk band the Cramps, Lux Interior died on Wed., Feb 4th, at the Glendale Memorial Hospital in Glendale, California. Born Erick Lee Purkhiser, Lux Interior was 62 years old at the time of his death. According to a press release issued by his wife and Cramps guitarist Kristy "Poison Ivy Rorschach" Wallace, a pre-existing heart condition is attributed as the cause of death.
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