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A ramble through the mind of the Pogues' poet (Philadelphia Daily News)
"He knew he was totally mediocre; he was a measly old poet, Wordsworth, and never made it at anything like Coleridge," Shane MacGowan said, adding, "He had really bad teeth."
March 15: More Baby Love (Carroll County Online)
She reportedly named her new son Pax, which means peace in Latin. Beautiful.
East Village icon Jesse Malin returns home (The Village Voice)
East Village icon Jesse Malin returns for some inspiration, and gives it right back
Online Exclusive: SAindiefest off to a slow start (San Antonio Express-News)
It's a helluva way to rack up credit card debt. SA Indie Music Fest ? San Antonio's first relatively large-scale SXSW-style festival ? took about $35,000 to stage.
Monday Mayhem: Ted Leo and the Pharmacists offer students a cure (Stanford Da...
A welcome bout of warm weather gave the evening the appearance of summer, and the crowd likewise reflected this seasonal change with a mixture of shorts and skirts amongst the Stanford sweatshirts and collared shirts.
Plus, a sidebar detailing some of the label's essential releases. (Riverfront...
For all the early punks' Year Zero rhetoric about destroying the music business, most of them were pretty serious music scholars. John Lydon, we now know, was a huge fan of Can and Hawkwind; Joe Strummer's first band was the pub-rockish 101ers; and you were more likely to hear dub reggae than punk ...
'Sandinista! Project' CD Taps Smithereens, Camper Van Beethoven, Amy Rigby, W...
Features The Smithereens, Camper Van Beethoven, Jon Langford & Sally Timms, Amy Rigby, Katrina Leskanich (Waves), Wreckless Eric, Willie Nile, Matthew Ryan, Stew, Sex Clark Five, Sid Griffin & Coal Porters and many more; profits to benefit two Clash-backed charities.
'The Sandinista! Project' Pays Tribute to One of Rock's Most Complex and Ambi...
2-CD set honoring the epic Clash release to be issued May 1 on 00:02:59 Records. Features The Smithereens, Camper Van Beethoven, Jon Langford & Sally Timms, Amy Rigby, Katrina Leskanich (Waves), Wreckless Eric, Willie Nile, Matthew Ryan, Stew, Sex Clark Five, Sid Griffin & Coal Porters and many more; profits to benefit two Clash-backed charities. (PRWeb Feb 28, 2007)
Thoughts on Rock and Roll in the Seventies-Punk and Power Pop (Part I) (Blogc...
Much like garage rock, power pop is one of the most fluid and hard to define genres in music. No one has yet to really define it. That may be because like punk and its early, forebear glam-rock, both of which have more slightly tangible boundaries, power pop is part of rock and roll?s third generation. That is to say it came of age in the seventies, a very confusing and musically messy decade. ...
A fetching blend of down tempo pop theatrics and rhythmic seduction. (IGN Music)
February 20, 2007 - Hands down Damon Albarn is the most prolific and chameleonic holdover from the post modern Brit Pop invasion. While his arch rivals in Oasis have more or less remained on the same sonic path, Albarn has shifted from his tenure in Blur to explore film scores ( Ravenous ), ethnomusicality ( Mali Music ), the outer fringes of trip-hop (Gorillaz), and now makes a foray into reggae ...