The Modern Age

Dear Whole Foods at Union Square,
Upon a recent visit to your store, the store soundtrack consisted of Bright Eyes and Rufus Wainwright. I was half expecting Antony and the Johnsons to come on next. Frankly, that music was bringing me down. Can you please stop making it feel like I was shopping in Other Music? [...]

The Federline baby-making process has once again worked. The Star reports that Britney is officially preggers. Link from Brooklyn Vegan.

We were extremely busy at work today (err…) but we still had time to procure a slew of links for you to read.
Oh, and some recent sightings: New Lindsay Lohan movie was shooting on Ludlow last night, huge rain machine making it pour down as if “from the heavens.” Audrey just saw Sondre [...]

If anyone knows what Web site/special deals that will get us to LAX from NYC very cheaply (read: under 300 bucks) for July, please drop a line at: cali @ themodernage.org. Thanks.

Do you have that all-too-common fantasy of getting the most awesome bands in the world to play in your very own home? Well Ben Brown just lived that dream by hosting a Idlewild, Bloc Party, and Maximo Park triple-threat concert…in his living room, by his hot tub, etc. The police were called. The rock continued. [...]

Epiphone has decided to issue the “Elitist Nick Valensi Riviera P-94” as part of its line of vintage-inspired guitars. Nick plays an original Epiphone Riviera P-94. Look for it at a rich kid high school Battle of the Bands near you. Link from Golden Fiddle.

Yes, it turned Spring this week and yes, we’ve already got bug bites.

One of the tumultuous British groups around, Razorlight, undergo group therapy for the Observer Music Monthly…and no one gets hurt.

Just when the New York Times has finally stopped writing about Garage Rock they start writing about Bedroom Rock. Yes, that’s right, journalists can now weasel their way into the homes of their favorite troubadors in the name of “news.”
The article features Moby, Keren Ann (who has caught Conor Oberst-itis–a.k.a: overexposure–appearing in two Sunday Times [...]

There’s been a slew of former/current bloggers writing for “real” publications in the last few months, and we just wanted to give a shout out to our peeps: We spied bylines by Jason Productshop and Karen Plus One in the April issue of Interview and Nick Catchdubs brings home the cover story bacon with a [...]