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Month: January 2010

Vampire Weekend is not a 'Contra'-band

January 7, 2010 / Leave a Comment

There’s a famous scene in Good Will Hunting where an arrogant Harvard student berates Ben Affleck’s Chuckie Sullivan with his in-depth historical knowledge. This is done to bully Sullivan and humiliate him in front of a couple of women Sullivan is trying to hit on. Then, in comes Matt Damon’s Will Hunting to save the … [Read more…]

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Posted in: True/Slant Tagged: Ben Affleck, Contra, Good Will Hunting, I Think Ur A Contra, indie, Ivy League, Ivy League indie, Matt Damon, Movies, music, Pop music, Sandinista, twee-pop, Vampire Weekend

Is Kanye West the new Maya Angelou?

January 4, 2010 / Leave a Comment

Will Kanye’s new album have a riff about I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings? Well, West made reference to Caged Bird author Maya Angelou today on his blog while announcing his return to the studio: IT’S FUNNY HOW SO MANY RAPPERS GET WORSE AS THEIR CAREERS STRETCH OUT BUT TRUE POETS GET BETTER.  WE … [Read more…]

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Posted in: True/Slant Tagged: hip-hop, I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings, Kanye West, Maya Angelou, music, rap

Andrew W.K. is Not a Puppet

January 4, 2010 / Leave a Comment

The ‘net’s been abuzz, questioning the verifiability of Andrew W.K.’s identity in music. Andrew recently opened up and let people know the attacks he’s suffered due to his musical evolution and identity in the pop realm: Since 2001, I have been accused of being part of a conspiracy in which I knowingly entered into a … [Read more…]

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Posted in: True/Slant Tagged: Andrew W.K., music, RockFeedbackTV

Something To Look Forward To: 2010 Music Releases

January 4, 2010 / Leave a Comment

“Gimme something to look forward to,” Britt Daniel sang on Spoon’s 2002 album, Kill The Moonlight. And with every new year, there’s a great list of upcoming releases by musicians to impatiently look forward to with every blog post on “Band A” or “Band B.” Spoon is one of those groups that’s bound to get … [Read more…]

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Posted in: True/Slant Tagged: Balmorhea, Band of Horses, Battles, Beach House, Black Francis, Britt Daniel, Broken Bells, Dinowalrus, Dr. Dog, Extra Life, Fleet Foxes, Flying Lotus, Food For Animals, Frightened Rabbit, Future Islands, Gorillaz, Gowns, Hot Chip, Imperial China, Interpol, Joie De Vivre, Juiceboxxx, Kill The Moonlight, Lairs, LCD Soundsystem, Maritime, Massive Attack, Medications, Midlake, Monument, music, New Young Pony Club, No Age, OK Go, OutKast, Ruby Suns, School of Seven Bells, Sleigh Bells, Spoon, Surfer Blood, Ted Leo & The Pharmacists, The Arcade Fire, The Dillinger Escape Plan, The Hold Steady, The Magnetic Fields, The National, The Wrens, Tigers Jaw, Toro Y Moi, Yeasayer

Soundgarden Reunites

January 1, 2010 / Leave a Comment

Happy 2010! It’s time to start off the new year with something new… Or, in this case, something old turned new. Rolling Stone has the details on the Soundgarden reunion: Soundgarden fans woke up to incredible news this New Year’s morning: the band, which split in 1997, is officially reuniting. And that’s about all the … [Read more…]

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Posted in: True/Slant Tagged: Arts and Entertainment, Audioslave, Chris Cornell, Lollapalooza, music, New Year, Pavement, Rolling Stone, Soundgarden, Spoonman, Tad, Tom Morello
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