Mercury Prize 2008 Shortlist Announced For Your Gambling Pleasure

Another year, another shortlist for the Mercury Prize, another exciting way to tap your line of credit with the bookie. 2007 belonged to Klaxons' Myths Of The Near Future, who went on to collaborate with Rihanna, so you know this... CONTINUE READING MERCURY PRIZE 2008 SHORTLIST ANNOUNCED FOR YOUR GAMBLING PLEASURE»

Bonnaroo: It's A (Photo) Wrap

The tents are collapsed, the recycling collected, the hippies headed to the showers (j/k hippies don't take showers). Bonnaroo '08 now belongs to the chemically enhanced memories of its campers, and to message boards worldwide as people bitch about... CONTINUE READING BONNAROO: IT'S A (PHOTO) WRAP»

Lily Allen & Friends Fails To Entertain

When we snoozed through a clip of the premiere of lovely Lily's BBC Three show, we offered up four points of advice to make her next installment less painful. And she listened to us! About not booking Cuba Gooding, Jr.... CONTINUE READING LILY ALLEN & FRIENDS FAILS TO ENTERTAIN»

Posted on February 21, 2008 in Video (10 comments)
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2008 Brit Awards Like 2008 Grammys, But With More Mika

Amy Winehouse and Rihanna performed, Foo Fighters and Kanye West won, and the show was "was largely free of surprises" according to AP. Sounds like the Grammys, but alas, we're talking about the Brit Awards. At least instead of will.i.am,... CONTINUE READING 2008 BRIT AWARDS LIKE 2008 GRAMMYS, BUT WITH MORE MIKA»

BBC Poll Picks 2008's Breakout Artists

The BBC conducted a poll of 150 music critics regarding the new bands they see breaking out in '08. For those of you who read the lists by British experts we posted a couple weeks ago, the top 10 shouldn't... CONTINUE READING BBC POLL PICKS 2008'S BREAKOUT ARTISTS»

British Experts Predict 2008's Breakouts

If you really had the power of foresight, and its outer limits were the ability to predict next year's breakout music artist, in this fiscal climate it'd be about as lucrative or useful as Isaac's albino-eyeballed painting-predictions about people you... CONTINUE READING BRITISH EXPERTS PREDICT 2008'S BREAKOUTS»