The folks behind Lollapalooza officially unveiled the lineup for this year’s fest (that’s right - no more letter guessing) Tuesday morning. And it looks like someone’s been reading Pitchfork. The lineup is jam packed with indie bands. Many of those acts have received the greatest[...]
Posts Tagged ‘Arts’
April 2nd, 2010 - 1:24 am § in True/Slant
In defense of music criticism
Steve Almond wrote a little diatribe raging against music criticism for The Boston Globe a couple weeks ago. I say “little” because his argument is just that: Weak, narrow-minded, short-sighted… All of these things and more. For an author/journalist whose work I’ve enjoyed w[...]
November 16th, 2009 - 12:08 pm § in True/Slant
'New' album by 'The Beatles' surfaces
There is a new, unheard album by The Beatles out there. And “James Richards” wants to spread it to everyone [via The Daily Swarm]: On Sept. 9, 2009 I experienced something that I still am having trouble believing happened to me. I came into the possession of a cassette tape containing a [...]
October 19th, 2009 - 11:45 am § in True/Slant
Kanye West & Spike Jonze – We Were Once A Fairytale
Kanye West is back, back to being an artiste of merit, back from the depths of hell he was cast in after a disastrous VMAs appearance, back from South Park cracks and autotune-haters’ smacks. Or something like that. MTV reported that the short-film collaboration between Where The Wild Things A[...]
October 13th, 2009 - 1:26 am § in True/Slant
Peter Bagge's 'Hate' coming to Fox TV?
Fantagraphics Books reported one of the more curious potential TV pilots in recent years: Our own Peter Bagge has a development deal with FOX for THE BRADLEYS and the network has just ordered a pilot. For folks not familiar with Peter Bagge or The Bradleys, well, suffice to say the man is a legen[...]