New Brand New – "At The Bottom"
Brand New placed a song off their upcoming album, Daisy, on Myspace within the last 12 hours. Here’s a YouTube link: [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FdalwKs7Puo]
Month: August 2009
Interview with Chris Leo
It’s been far too long since I last featured an interview featuring a musician that will be in the book America Is Juat A Word. Along comes Chris Leo to correct that error. Before his brother Ted Leo stole the hearts of the indie crowd in the aughts, Chris was making waves with his band … [Read more…]
Good Ole' Metro
I rarely read The Metro, the free daily rag in Boston and other US locations (and yes, “rag” is the appropriate term here). But, the following listing that I peeked at while scrolling through the paper today takes the cake: Entertainment ‘The NeverEnding Story’ Sunday and Monday Brattle Theatre 40 Brattle St., Cambridge MBTA: Red … [Read more…]
Juice Sux
I did a little write up for The Boston Phoenix this week on Jamba Juice’s blatant rip-off of Get Your War On. I’d always been a fan of David Rees and GYWO since I came across it in high school (back when I, yes, did in fact read, Rolling Stone… and yet, I knew there was something … [Read more…]
Kickstart My Rock 'N Roll Heart
I got this in the mail today: To explain, I was one of 382 folks to back record label Polyvinyl in their hopes to store/salvage 10,000 records using Kickstarter. Kickstarter is a new funding organization that helps artists, organizations, and individuals fund their various projects. It’s basically like a social networking site that allows creative … [Read more…]
The Middle Of The Grocery Line
I was milling about the grocery store today when something startled me. Hey, don’t write yourself off yet No, it wasn’t only in my head, but I certainly felt left out, as it were. Left out of why Jimmy Eat World’s “The Middle” was decided as a song meant to soundtrack the most mundane of … [Read more…]
Dear LA Times
It’s times like these when I feel like Grandpa Simpson writing to practically anyone about the most insignificant things. In any case, I wrote a little email to Christopher Hawthorne, the LA Times architecture critic who named dropped emo a little incorrectly in his review of (500) Days of Summer. No matter what you think about … [Read more…]