Coachella is already the most fashionable of the summer festivals by virtue of its proximity to Los Angeles, so this year the NYT ran with the glam, taking a bagful of high fashion garments and draping them on a bunch... CONTINUE READING INDIE ROCKERS PLAY DRESS-UP FOR THE NEW YORK TIMES»
Posted on July 17, 2009 (23 comments)
Tags: Ariel Pink | Beirut | Brandon Flowers | Coachella | Conor Oberst | Friendly Fires | Gang Gang Dance | Girl Talk | Ida Maria | Jenny Lewis | Lykke Li | Morrissey | No Age | Public Enemy | Robert Smith | Rye Rye | The Cure | The Killers | The Kills | Vivian Girls
In a Kanye-locked post, the Godlike Genius clarifies calling Radiohead's In Rainbows strategy, aka "marketing ruse," an "idiot plan," taking a moment to address the "idiot critics": "I AM NOT CONFUSING 'ARTISTIC VALUE' WITH 'COMMERCIAL VALUE' ... MERELY QUESTIONING THE... CONTINUE READING ROBERT SMITH CLARIFIES RADIOHEAD COMMENT»
Posted on March 2, 2009 (18 comments)
Tags: Black Lips | Radiohead | Rain Machine | Robert Smith | The Cure
As promised, the Cure's emo-friendly Hypnagogic States EP -- complete with remixes of those LP13 pre-release singles by 30 Seconds To Mars, AFI, 65 Days Of Static, and Fall Out Boy -- is out. The royalties will benefit The International... CONTINUE READING THE CURE'S EMO EP RELEASED, ROBERT SMITH GETS EMO ABOUT IT»
Posted on September 15, 2008 (12 comments)
Tags: Kanye West | Robert Smith | SXSW | The Cure | The Decemberists
