Pitchfork:Today |
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Yesterday (November 20), Germany's highest civil court ruled against Kraftwerk in a copyright suit, overturning a ruling from a Hamburg state court that established that repurposing even the smallest sample of a song counts as copyright infringement, according to an AP report.The sample in question is a two-second piece of Kraftwerk's "Metal on Metal", which German rap producer Moses Pelham (the defendant in the case) used in Sabrina Setlur's 1997 track "Nur Mir". Man, of all the samples there have been [...]
Pitchfork:Today |
5 hours ago
Every once in a while Cyndi Lauper shows up where you least expect her to. I never thought I'd be spending Christmas with her and the Hives, but here they are together on "A Christmas Duel". As previously reported, the track will be on the Hives website as a free download November 28-30 and in music stores in the UK December 1 and in the States the next day from the Orchard. As for the song itself, it sounds like they've [...]
stereogum |
5 hours ago
Blackout Beach's Skin Of Evil is a monster of an album, and not just because Carey Mercer often sounds like one while incanting his dark Bowie-on-Scott Walker woe. A month or so ago we gave you "Cloud Of Evil" from the Frog Eyes frontman's second solo offering (it follows 2004's Light Flows The Putrid Dawn). The release date was pushed back some, so please take home album closer "Astoria, Menthol Lite, Hilltop, Wave of Evil, 1982" for the time being. Like [...]
JPs Blog |
6 hours ago
Jay Reatard has release his first video for the song 'See/Saw'. It appears on his compilation "Matador Singles '08" as the opening track. The video was produced by Dell, which explains the border around the video. Watch the video below.Jay Reatard - An Ugly Death
Idolator |
6 hours ago
Guy Peellaert, the Belgian artist probably best known to rock fans as the artist behind the cover for David Bowie's Diamond Dogs, died on Monday in Paris. Peellaert was an accomplished comic strip artist who designed posters for films like Taxi Driver and Paris, Texas as well as the decidedly creepy cover for the Bowie album, which at first included visible genitalia for Bowie's man/dog. Peellaert's book with writer Nik Cohn, Rock Dreams, sold a million copies (thanks in part to [...]
Pitchfork:Today |
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Photo by Dan MonickThe sophomore long-player from slightly troubled Twin City twosome Atmosphere, 2002's God Loves Ugly, has languished in out-of-print purgatory for a good year now. All that changes January 20, when Rhymesayers issues a remastered, repackaged version of the set on CD and LP, coupled with a copy of what was originally the limited edition Sad Clown Bad Dub 4 (The GodLovesUgly Release Parties) DVD. The visual portion of the proceedings features more than two hours of performances, backstage [...]
stereogum |
6 hours ago
Twice a week, Jessica Suarez's Progress Report updates you on what your favorite bands have been doing. Or not doing. Today we check in with and share a brand new song from Texas rocker Ben Kweller.NAME: Ben KwellerPROGRESS REPORT: Changing Horses (ATO Records), in early February, recorded at Public Hi-Fi and Cedar Creek in Austin, Texas, and Smith Street Studios in Brooklyn.
PrettyMuchAmazing! |
6 hours ago
Enter to win Mass Effect, 1 Year Subscription of XBOX Live, Chromeo’s “Fancy Footwork”: 1. Leave a comment with your name and email address (in the provided fields) 2. In one sentense, tell me what your favorite XBOX video game is. PRESS RELEASE: Be Expressive, Be Social, Be Entertained Launching November 19th 2008, NXE (New Xbox Experience) connects you effortlessly to friends, family and the world’s largest online entertainment center, allowing you to play games, watch movies, and share moments on [...]
nialler9 |
6 hours ago
http://www.myspace.com/adebisishank (via Guesslist.ie) If you like this try: The Jimmy Cake in Vicar Street - this Friday Adebisi Shank Dublin album launch Podcast #10: Top Irish EPs of 2007 Marvin’s Revolt
Idolator |
6 hours ago
In the annals of popular music, certain albums stand out for their sheer percentage of hit-bound material. Michael Jackson’s Thriller is the most famous, not just because it spun off seven Top 10 singles—the first album to do so—but because the whole disc had only nine tracks. That’s a stunning 78% hit ratio. Shania Twain’s Come on Over, roughly 70% of which charted on the country and pop charts over the course of two years, is nearly as legendary. More recently, [...]
Idolator |
6 hours ago
An appeals court in Berlin has overturned a lower court's decision that producer Moses Pelham was in the wrong for sampling two seconds of Kraftwerk's "Metal on Metal" on a 1997 track. The ruling sends the case back down to a lower court, although you have to think somewhere Gregg Gillis is celebrating. The higher court stated that the amount of the song sampled was insignificant, and that the sample was used in a manner significantly different than the original track. [...]
Pitchfork:Today |
6 hours ago
Antony and the Johnsons, New Pornographers frontman A.C. Newman, No Age, Goblin Cock (featuring Pinback's Rob Crow), and Unicorns offshoot Clues lead the initial lineup charge for 2009's Noise Pop Festival, exploding all over San Francisco February 24-March 1. In addition to these early confirmations, Noise Pop will host a film festival featuring screenings of Johnny Cash at Folsom Prison and Agile Mobile Hostile: A Year with Andre Williams, a documentary about the R&B songwriter, among other movies. Good as all [...]
You Aint No Piccasso |
6 hours ago
Asthmatic Kitty’s newest signee Fol Chen seems pretty wacky based entirely on this one song I’ve heard. But hey, this song’s pretty good so they’ve got my vote. MP3: Fol Chen - Cable TV The beginning of this song makes me think that Fol Chen are almost certainly Cake fans — which is totally cool because
You Aint No Piccasso |
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I swear when I took this photo I had no idea I’d need it a month later. Now if the Morning Benders sign a ping pong endorsement, then I’ll know I’m magic. Where was I, again? Right. Ben Sollee and Daniel Martin Moore are playing the Dame on December 11 These are probably the two finest
IHEARTCOMIX! |
6 hours ago
My friend EGG FOO YOUNG's new project MICHNA just made a new video. It's comprised entirely of HI-8 tape footage he recorded from 1990-1997 around NYC. The record is out on Ghostly International. Check it out: Michna - "Triple Chrome Dipped" from Ghostly International on Vimeo. While you're at it, check out this new DIPLO interview from Fuzzy TV out of Australia...
A Closet of Curiosities |
7 hours ago
Michael Sahl/J. K. Randall - split release This LP is all about the interaction between violin and electronics. Michael Sahl's "A Mitzvah for the Dead" is on the first side and J. K. Randall's "Lyric Variations for Violin and Computer" is on the other side. Paul Zukofsky performs on violin on both pieces. About "A Mitzvah for the Dead": The word mitzvah is used in a incorrect way here, but that
Pitchfork:Today |
7 hours ago
Maybe his new labelmates Sonic Youth told him about their "free biscotti for life" cards, and he just couldn't resist. A.C. Newman, New Pornographers frontman and solo artist, will offer up his, er, take on a-ha's "Awesome 80s Dance Mix" staple (and totes great song) "Take on Me" for a Starbucks Valentine's Day-themed compilation. No word on any more release details, though one assumes as soon as the coffee cups go all seasonal red, you can cop Carl's cover and more [...]
Pitchfork:Today |
7 hours ago
Yes Man is a new Jim Carrey movie any observant person (I am hardly the first) will tell you looks a lot like another Jim Carrey movie from a few years ago. It hits theaters December 19. Carrey's co-star in the film, She & Him's Zooey Deschanel, portrays the leader of Munchausen by Proxy, a sorta-fictional band made up of Deschanel and San Francisco power trio Von Iva. We say sorta-fictional because the very real soundtrack for Yes Man features four [...]
stereogum |
7 hours ago
For a couple nights before Christmas, KROQ's putting on their Almost Acoustic Christmas event at the Gibson Ampitheater in Los Angeles. One evening's heavier (AFI, Offspring, etc.) and one's only heavy emotionally (the Cure, the Killers, Death Cab, Franz Ferdinand, Vampire Weekend), but both feature Scott Weiland: He appears with STP 12/13, by his lonesome 12/14. Hopefully he lays off the eggnog.
brooklynvegan |
7 hours ago
DP's Angel Deradoorian @ Knitting Factory (more by Ryan Muir) Tickets are still on sale for the show Dirty Projectors and Dan Deacon are playing at Brooklyn Masonic Temple on December 11th. Last year Dirty Projectors played Knitting Factory on New Years Eve, and this year they might do it again, joining the bill that we already know includes Deer Tick, Deerhoof and Akron/Family, and maybe Crystal Stilts too? Speaking of Crystal Stilts, they play their record release show at Less [...]
Certified Banger |
7 hours ago
If you’re anything like me, these dark mornings and evenings a little depressing. If you go to and come home from work in the dark and have forgotten what the sun, no matter how cloud covered, looks like then this might be for you. It’s definitely for me.The last time A-Skillz and Krafty Kuts kicked it they produced the awesomely funky ‘Tricka Technology’, a five star album if I ever heard one. This time round they’ve pretty much kept the same [...]
Puddlegum |
7 hours ago
Midlake released The Trials of Van Occupanther in 1996, having reinvented themselves from jazz roots to indie rock, and have since become one of our favorite bands. In `97 they began recording their follow-up and released a beautiful acoustic EP, Oak and Julian. Puddlegum asked Eric Pulido a few questions about Midlake’s upcoming album: Eric Pulido: “We have been hard at work all year on recording our forthcoming album, The Courage of Others. We still have a good amount to record, [...]
Rock Sellout |
7 hours ago
I found myself almost covering an album that Sean covered back in September. I figured if I didn’t remember it was being released next week, you probably didn’t either. I also have a small bit of news to add to his original entry: Every week for the next 10 weeks TBO’ll be making a track from the new album available as a FREE download. Check out this week’s track, “Hear & Believe.” The Bodies Obtained take their name from a Joy [...]
Idolator |
7 hours ago
Lucas' IMterview with an anonymous person straddling the world of Christian and indie brought up some affection for Anathallo, an act walking that same tightrope. Their first album for once-hipster-beloved label Anticon hit stores on Tuesday while I was otherwise occupied, but I'd be remiss if I didn't tell you that it's worth a listen for anyone who would like their indie folk mixed with sweet harmonies, autoharp, and a barrage of instruments usually left to orchestras. (I didn't notice any [...]
