Twenty-six years after debuting her epic modern opera United States: Part I-IV, Laurie Anderson returned to the Brooklyn Academy of Music last night to launch the venue's Next Stage Campaign. The legendary avant-garde performance artist curated the evening with performances... CONTINUE READING LAURIE ANDERSON & FRIENDS (DIRTY PROJECTORS, BRIGHTBLACK MORNING LIGHT) @ BAM 1/21/09»
Posted on January 22, 2009 in (1 comments)
Tags: Arturo O'Farrill | Brightblack Morning Light | Dirty Projectors | James Hall Worship And Praise | Laurie Anderson | Nona Hendryx | Poor Baby Bree | Sarah Michelson | Ted Leo
Okay, so this morning's 'Gum Drop probably wasn't the most exciting email most of you received this morning, but that new New Amsterdam's track is a sweet treat. And so is this week's giveaway. Maybe you have everything Bob Dylan... CONTINUE READING THE 'GUM DROP GIVEAWAY #7»
Posted on October 10, 2007 in (0 comments)
Tags: Bob Dylan | Helado Negro | James Hall Worship And Praise | M. Ward | The New Amsterdams
Anyone with a blog and an email inbox has seen the raves for Luke Temple from indie titans like Sufjan Stevens and Ben Gibbard, glistening so brightly that you nearly need to turn away and run from the ostentation. That'd... CONTINUE READING NEW LUKE TEMPLE - "FAMILY VACATION"»
Posted on October 5, 2007 in , (4 comments)
Tags: James Hall Worship And Praise | Luke Temple | Nona Hendryx | Zooey Deschanel
Interiordesign.net invites you into the crib of Kanye West, the man who'll "never return to MTV." In the pictorial tour, photographer Art Gray captures a side of 'Ye you've never seen before: the man loves his pop art, his shopping... CONTINUE READING KANYE WEST'S INTERIOR DECORATING: A LOT LIKE HIS SAMPLING STYLE»
Posted on September 10, 2007 (17 comments)
Tags: James Hall Worship And Praise | Kanye West | Ra Ra Riot
Dan Meth's put together a lovingly animated tribute to the viral blips and YouTube dweebs that've, in aggregate, decreased US worker productivity ten-fold. We're talking the dramatic chipmunk, LonelyGirl, racist Kramer, Little Superstar, Tay, and I Like Turtles boy, all... CONTINUE READING INTERNET PEOPLE: THE CARTOON»
Posted on September 7, 2007 in (5 comments)
Tags: James Hall Worship And Praise | Ra Ra Riot
Between Peter Gabriel's shocking ways and fellow fifty-something Englishman Mark Knopfler forthcoming monkey business, we're starting to pity our poor primate friends. Mark works his smooth baritone storytelling and slinky guitar on "Punish The Monkey" and "True Love Will Never... CONTINUE READING NEW MARK KNOPFLER - "PUNISH THE MONKEY" AND "TRUE LOVE WILL NEVER FADE"»
Posted on August 20, 2007 (13 comments)
Tags: Dire Straits | James Hall Worship And Praise | Mark Knopfler
Whenever we hear Dashboard Confessional yowler Chris Carrabba do his achy breaky, we wonder, just slightly, how much his diehards overlap with the kids, say, screaming 'bout early-period Oberst. No? See if you can get what we're saying when you... CONTINUE READING NEW DASHBOARD CONFESSIONAL - "THICK AS THIEVES"»
Posted on August 17, 2007 (15 comments)
Tags: Dashboard Confessional | James Hall Worship And Praise
Every week, we dig in the archives for videos that we find noteworthy, memorable, or just unbelievably stupid. And then, Jon McMillan breaks 'em down for you. This week: six-plus minutes in the seventh circle of hell with Brian, Howie, Nick, AJ and that other guy.
CONTINUE READING VIDEO HANGOVER: BACKSTREET BOYS - "EVERYBODY (BACKSTREET'S BACK)"»
Posted on August 14, 2007 in , (23 comments)
Tags: Final Fantasy | James Hall Worship And Praise | The National
The political folk-punk turned quasi-political mainstream pop-punkers have been getting shit from diehards for singing to a major label, but it's 2007, kids, and we see no reason to stop listening to New Wave in all its silly, catchy glory.... CONTINUE READING NEW AGAINST ME! VIDEO - "THRASH UNREAL"»
Posted on August 13, 2007 in (18 comments)
Tags: Against Me! | Final Fantasy | James Hall Worship And Praise | Nico Muhly
Easy to forget that Pete Doherty actually makes music between stints in rehab and fights with Kate Moss, so we thought it'd be nice to check in with his post-Libs pop/punk outfit Babyshambles, seeing as LP#2 Shotter's Nation is slated... CONTINUE READING NEW BABYSHAMBLES - "DELIVERY"»
Posted on August 10, 2007 (9 comments)
Tags: Babyshambles | Doves | Grizzly Bear | James Hall Worship And Praise | Pete Doherty
Broadband pop culture network, blah, blah, blah... Sorry, PC only.Surreal Life 5 Watch the entire episode now before Sunday's premiere. Janice and Omarosa don't play nice. Big surprise is Balki is a huge pervert. No one's too excited about Jose.... CONTINUE READING CELEBREALITY ON VSPOT»
Posted on July 7, 2005 (20 comments)
Tags: Entourage | James Hall Worship And Praise | Weezer
Earlier this week, Nike apologized for ripping off Minor Threat artwork in its new promo campaign. There's a hilarious collection at ILX of user-submitted album covers Photoshopped to include corporate sponsorships. Some of Stereogum's faves... Check 'em... CONTINUE READING CLAP YOUR HANDS SAY YEAH ... THE CLAPPER™»
Posted on July 1, 2005 (12 comments)
Tags: Clap Your Hands Say Yeah | Feist | James Hall Worship And Praise | Psychedelic Furs | Stephen Colbert
Damn. For a sec I thought that was a giant Cheeto. (Via Cityrag.)... CONTINUE READING BRITNEY EATS SHRIMP»
Posted on March 24, 2005 (46 comments)
Tags: Dane Cook | Franz Ferdinand | James Hall Worship And Praise | Steve Carell
Apropos of mystery video #10, Nick sent this fun mashup my way: Compact Risk - "Drop It Like It's Huey" (MP3 Removed) Yes folks, that's Snoop's "Drop It" VS Huey Lewis' "Power Of Love." Heavy. More on Compact Risk here.... CONTINUE READING SNOOPY LEWIS»
Posted on February 24, 2005 (15 comments)
Tags: Animal Collective | Good Morning America | James Hall Worship And Praise | Stephen Colbert
First, thanks for this! Here are some things you might find interesting: Beloved alt-country forefathers The Jayhawks officially called it quits today. Stereogum always liked this tune: The Jayhawks - "Waiting For The Sun" The Gates for cats. Fader's got... CONTINUE READING RANDOM LINKS (PARIS HILTON FREE EDITION)»
Posted on February 22, 2005 (26 comments)
Tags: Clap Your Hands Say Yeah | James Hall Worship And Praise | Lollapalooza
Me neither. But apparently it's leaked and it's awesome. Anyone got details?... CONTINUE READING HAVE YOU HEARD THE NEW SPOON ALBUM?»
Posted on February 17, 2005 (31 comments)
Tags: James Hall Worship And Praise | Peter Bjorn And John
