Ensuring that no other band has the slightest chance of being the most talked about in 2007, Radiohead are closing the year that belonged to their record, In Rainbows, with a full pre-recorded live performance of it on NYE. From Dead Air Space:
As you may now have heard we will be broadcasting a pre-recording of [...]

While watching Todd Haynes’ sporadic, often brilliant and frequently absurd semi bio-pic, I’m Not There, I was reminded of this great list of Incomprehensible Bob Dylan Interviews the folks over at Vulture whipped up.
Call me a predictable, but my personal favourite is still Dylan telling the flabbergasted Time magazine journalist just how it really [...]

Although this has been a quiet year for The Strokes, that’s no reason for them to forget their fans! Each year TheStrokes.com usually features a Christmas themed photo of some kind with the lads sitting around a tree wearing Christmas hats with a warm and fuzzy message for the holiday season.
This year is no [...]

My Favourite Albums of 2007 in Haiku Format - 5ish to 1ish

White Stripes – Icky Thump
Pearly king and queen
Are not really bro and sis
that would be icky.

Radiohead – In Rainbows
How much should I pay?
no, it’s really up to you
90 for Discbox.

Arcade Fire – Neon Bible
Stay after the show
because they like totally
play in the foyer.

Panda Bear [...]

My Favourite Albums of 2007 in Haiku Format - 10ish to 6ish

Black Lips – Good Bad Not Evil
Acid moustache rock
is good, not bad or evil
pissed on Wolfmother.

Ryan Adams – Easy Tiger
Three albums a year?
easy tiger – one’s ample
doesn’t turn on lights

LCD Soundsystem – Sound of Silver
Sound of Silver is
playing at my house, my house.
Who saw [...]

Yes, it’s that time of year, folks - the inevitable ‘Favourite Albums of the Year’ list. The blog tradition that’s harder to avoid than both Judd Apatow’s and Cloverfield’s viral marketing combined.
Being both indecisive and a fan of Haikus, the only fitting way I saw myself publishing my favourite recordings of 2007 was [...]

Those snooty yet lovable film elitists over at Director File have chosen their Ten Best Music Videos of 2007. Sure, the selection is awful fancy with their “widescreen ratios” and “Mise-en-scène”, but the choice of finalists begs the obvious question: Where is “Chocolate Rain”?
**I move away from computer and the whole Tay Zonday thing to [...]

As we’re too cheap to attend the Black Lips’ show tonight at the Oxford Art Factory, it’s only fitting that we publish an equally cheap post: an embedded video for their holy war rocker, “Veni Vidi Vici”.
That’s right gang - you won’t find witty, anecdotal accounts from the concert here! Just a Super 8 video [...]

Let’s kick off the inevitable ‘12MC end of year list’-list, with my personal favourite piece of fan art created this year:

Simply titled “Star Weez”, *MumblingIdiot’s jocular recreation of Weezer’s iconic 1994 debut album depicts what truly happens when dorks collide, no matter what galaxy they’re from.
Rivers Cuomo - Lemonade.mp3

Last night while surfing (do people still use this term?) the usual mp3 blogs and file sharing websites as I tend to do at ungodly hours, my heart skipped a little when the cursor came across Rivers Cuomo - Alone - The Home Recordings of Rivers Cuomo. Since Rivers used to give this shit out [...]

It’s only fitting that on the exact same day I was able to purchase to the trio of White Stripes/Beck collaboration tunes from the Conquest single (Thank you iTunes US Store), I was also able to witness Jack’s portrayal of Elvis Presley in the upcoming Class of Apatow Reunion, Walk Hard: The Dewey Cox Story [...]

Director Wes Anderson’s soundtracks have always appeared to be very calculated. From early jangly British Invasion rockers to Folky cult favourites, the Director’s song choices are as deliberate and idiosyncratic as his slow motion tracking shots. There are moments present in of all of Anderson’s films where it’s as though parts of the script were [...]