It’s man against beast with a hint of Mexican salsa in Diane Martel’s video for The White Stripes’ new single, “Conquest”. Jack, at his most natural-born-actor-best yet takes on one angry bull in an arena full of redneck spectators and a very bored looking (yet seemingly fully-recovered) Meg.
At an obvious lyrical-cue, Jack has a change [...]

Greetings fellow faithful 12MC’ers! You may have noticed that things have been a little quiet around the 12th Major precinct of the blogosphere (aka this blog) - and that’s because we’re in the middle of relocating our offices (ie: my computer) to our brand spanking new Head Quarters (ie: my new apartment)!
That’s right, for once, [...]

Proving that he’s still alright for an old guy, Paul McCartney has once again come up with another corker of a video. Mums everywhere will be fanning themselves after sitting though this clever little clip for what I believe is the best song on his recent Starbucks hit, Memory Almost Full. And who knew he [...]

After much huffing puffing, the correct and final tracklist for Rivers Cuomo’s Alone Home Demo Compilation has made its debut on Universal Music’s Japanese website . Kawaii!!!!!!!!! ^_^

Alone - The Home Recordings of Rivers Cuomo
1. “Ooh”
2. “The World We Love So Much” (Gregg Alexander cover)
3. “Lemonade”
4. “The Bomb” (Ice Cube cover)
5. “Buddy Holly”
6. “Chess”
7. “Longtime [...]

Who’s that shabby looking fellow with the scraggly beard and the wild look in his eyes? Why, it’s Liam Finn! Sure, he may look like he’s about to stop and ask you for a dollar, but the truth is Liam is just another one of the many talented musicians opting for the current “dirty-old-bearded-man” look [...]

Radiohead and their manager Bryce Edge were recently interviewed for Columbia University’s Columbia Spectator - a publication coincidentally aimed at the demographic best suited for the band’s radical ‘it’s up to you’ In Rainbows’ payment-scheme: poor students. The full article will be published soon, but the always-one-step-aheader’s from atease have an exclusive preview:
In Rainbows will [...]

Maybe fanboy dreams do come true? So I was wrong in assuming that The White Stripes’ “special collaborator” would be Jack’s BFF Bob Dylan (instead it was some scientist called Beck), but I was certainly on the right track.
Longtime friend of Jack White and bassist for Steppin’ In It, Dominic Suchyta, shed some light [...]

Remember last week I was telling you all how The White Stripes recorded three brand-spankin’-new songs with a “special collaborator”? Remember how I had hoped with all of my fan boy heart that “special collaborator” roughly translated as being none other than Mr. Bob Dylan? Well you can scratch that dream theory completely off, because [...]

Even though Craig Nicholls should have spent last weekend finalising any last minute packing before jet-setting to LA this week to record The Vines’ Number 4 Record with Producer Rob Schnapf, he managed to find the time to drop into Sydney Entertainment Centre on Sunday night to belt out a cover of The Beatles’ White [...]

iTunes/iPod Album Artwork completists all over the world can finally breathe a sigh of relief, because the next time you stumble across an In Rainbows tune while on a crazy shuffle binge, your lonely 160 kbps mp3 file can now be accompanied by some much needed official pictorial representation!
That’s right kids, the official Stanley Donwood [...]

After a slew of music videos featuring an ensemble cast of England’s finest B-grade actors, the Arctic Monkeys have chosen to “star” in their latest music video, “Teddy Picker”. The first time we ever saw the pimply lads appear in their own videos was for their smash hit single “I Bet That You Look Good [...]

And you thought that Radiohead were done with the ol’ information superhighway? Well of course they weren’t - we are talking about Radiohead here.
As if releasing a record exclusively online wasn’t enough, Radiohead have followed up the well-publicised In Rainbows affair by revisiting the wonderfully sporadic and generally low-quality world of webcasts. The last time [...]