The New York Times had a great two-hitter of music articles this weekend: *Jon Caramanica’s profile on Patrick Stump, mainstream rock’s “most invisible frontman,” offers some great insight into Fall Out Boy and has given me even more newfound respect for the band. Even as they flirt with tasteless arena rock, the band sure manages … [Read more…]
A countdown of the best albums of 2008, in all their colors.
Emo hits the big-time commercials… [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RxLUnfeDB0s] Although, it’s (unsurprisingly) a bit of a put on: http://answers.yahoo.com/question/index?qid=20081130152857AADe0TU
You know emo’s hit a certain cultural tipping point when unassuming ESPN writers name drop it just to get a reaction from readers. Such is this sentence by Rick Paulas, reporting on the MLB Winter Meetings: “Most of the stuff littered across the giant mess on the floor is for baseball execs (i.e. new radar … [Read more…]
The youth of Greece have been rioting…
If the thought of Jimmy Fallon filling in Conan O’Brien’s shoes was… well, the last thing you would have thought, here’s something even more absurd: The Roots will be Fallon’s house band. Ummm… what? Now Carson Daly will have to one-up Fallon. But how? Fall Out Boy perhaps?
*Emo act CalPop released their album online and their track “Missing Song” appears to actually be missing from sites like LaLa. Funniest irony to hit emo titles since Reggie and the Full Effect’s album “Promotional Copy” was accidentally given away for free at record stores. *Apparently some joke YouTube song about Mario Kart is qualified … [Read more…]
Time to take WordPress’s newly-established “QuickPress” to press with this little byte: Reuter’s reports that Stephen Edmond’s “Emo Boy” comic book will be turned into a movie with a “crucial” musical component that will be “in the tone of ‘Napoleon Dynamite’.” Read it and, yes, weep: http://www.reuters.com/article/filmNews/idUSTRE4B40RG20081205
[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GdIoFNt-BR4] I couldn’t make it halfway through that. This kid’s exhibits the kind of faux-youthful depression that Charlie Brown does, although ten times less endearing. Speaking of Charlie Brown, here’s a real treat: [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p101CHrWR7s] Happy Thanksgiving!
In quick news bites… *The Get Up Kids have a reunion show in Kansas City this Sunday. *Blake Schwarzenbach has a new band called the Thorns of Life, who will hopefully be touring soon. *The Phoenix rags on Joe Biden for his association with a certain Fall Out Boy. That’s so low it’s just sad.