The Modern Age

Check out the NME’s Glastonbury pictures… Ed Harcourt, Ash, Coldplay.. so far…
Ikara Colt pay tribute to The Who bassist, John Entwistle, at Glasto.

Ria, this one is for you. The laugh of the day is provided by the NME… for calling Chris Martin a “sharp-suited sex totem.” Right. Ok. Anyone have the [...]

From Audrey, Ed Harcourt’s electric piano just died.

In modern-day tragedies, Coldplay’s cover art for Rush of Blood to the Head. Yeah, we don’t get this one either. I really don’t know why they consistently have the ugliest artwork for their singles/albums. The spining globe thingy for Parachutes was ok… but… I give up.

Things are a-changin’ for our friends at Cherry Jam in London… from the Rough Trade Nite list:

Rough Nite will move to a new permanent slot on ALTERNATE TUESDAYS starting with Jeffrey Lewis on August 6th.
As of this date Rough Nite will return to it’s original early format with doors open at 6pm and bands starting [...]

Sean Elder doesn’t see the recent power-shifts at Rolling Stone as a sign of re-birth. Instead, it’s like keeping the ol’ geezer on life-support. Elder gets rapped up in the name game and pleads for someone to put Rolling Stone out of its own misery, claiming the tarnishing of the magazine’s impressive reputation [...]