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November 2009
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Rock and Roll Hall of Fame: Important Questions
In watching the HBO Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Benefit and seeing how freaking incredible the music of the past was, I am left with an important question: Who from our generation can carry on this legacy?
Who from our generation is making music good enough that it is prolific enough to transcend time to be worthy enough for the greatest honor in music?
I was betting on the Beastie Boys, but as...
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Adam Young, aka Owl City, Finds Pop Success | NY... →
What I find more interesting than the above story, is checking my favorite pundits over at Gawker, and hitting up the regular list of music blogs.
It’s interesting having worked in digital music, and understanding the net rollout and how “overnight” successes can be made, solely by using the Internet connection in your own parents’ basement, I genuinely enjoy reading...
Today Vampire Weekend digitally released their...
Hiatus = OVER
When I started this music blog, I had a LIST of bands I wanted to cover off the bat, and things I wanted to talk about. And then, well, life got into the way for the past couple of weeks. I work (err… for the next week) in the music industry in New York, and shockingly, or not, depending on how you view the artists signed to my independent label, haven’t even blogged about any of them,...
Fucked Up to Re-Record "Do They Know It's... →
Using the money they won from the Polaris Prize, Canadian hardcore band Fucked Up plans to re-record the charity single “Do They Know It’s Christmas” and raise money for lesser known charities, like Justice For The Missing.
David Cross, Vampire Weekend, Yo La Tengo, TV On The Radio, GZA, Broken Social Scene have all signed onto the project, and more artists are expected to take...
Aerosmith to Replace Singer Steven Tyler? | NME →
I saw this article and got confused, thinking, wait, it’s not April Fools Day.
I know, I know, Aerosmith is a great American rock band, but to me, in all honesty, Steven Tyler makes the band. With them sort of… out of the scene for a while (when was their last CD released?), I guess in part because of Steven Tyler’s injury, losing the iconic frontman confuses me.
Aerosmith...