The Modern Age

Can you believe that Pete Doherty had absolutely nothing to do with the most shocking moment of last week’s NME Awards? (I’m sure everyone was disappointed he didn’t go ahead with smashing his guitar during Babyshambles‘ performance of “Albion.”
Anyway Cribs frontman Ryan Jarman decided to throw himself onto the Kaiser Chiefs’ table while accepting Franz [...]

Romeo DJ jilted on air
POPULAR DJ Steffan La Touche was today the most embarrassed man in Coventry after proposing live on air in front of thousands of listeners.
Online Video Goes Mainstream, Sparking an Industry Land Grab
Start-Ups Such as Brightcove Challenge Google, Yahoo; A Problem for Old Media
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According to WWD, San Francisco-based publisher Tom Hartle may not have sealed the deal with purchasing SPIN quite yet, but that hasn’t stopped him from quietly offering jobs to fill up his magazine.
Word is that Hartle is looking to tap former Blender editor in chief Andy Pemberton for the top position at the mag and [...]

Ouch! I was just reading an interview with the Yeah Yeah Yeahs from The Guardian, and the writer Lynsey Hansley contextualized the YYY’s place in modern rock by commenting on two of my other favorite American rock bands:
In the three years since Fever to Tell’s release, their New York counterparts the Strokes have released two [...]

Hooray! Tonight’s show so much better. People were clapping and cheering. It was all great, except for that one guy who kept screaming “MACHINE!” That was awesome when Karen said, “This next song is called ‘Machine’,” and then I’m sure the guy got all excited and then she said, “No, I’m just kidding. We’re not [...]

What, Me Worry? New 007 Looses Front Teeth
BIFF! 007 Craig loses two front teeth in first fight scene BASH! The baddie who whacked him was only a henchman
The Cinematics
Band from Glasgow
NBC Reclaims ‘Saturday Night’ Video
Don’t go looking for the "Lazy Sunday" video from [...]

Ah, you know me…I’ll post anything just as long as I get to say “Glaswegian”! I was reading Don’t Waste the Pretty and saw this photo of The Cinematics and was immediately…interested. The lead singer is so cute! And the video for “Break” isn’t bad either. It features Chris (aka “The Dude with the Glasses”) [...]

Yes, Jack Johnson covered the White Stripes song “My Doorbell” on Jo Whiley’s Live Lounge last week. Next week Dave Matthews Band covers Wolfmother.
DOWNLOAD: “My Doorbell” by Jack Johnson (cover of White Stripes)

Now that I’ve gotten some sleep, I can stay awake at my computer long enough to tell you the details of the two Yeah Yeah Yeahs shows I’ve been to this week.
The first show, as you already know, was in New Jersey at the tiny little 200-person venue Maxwell’s. When the tickets for all 3 [...]

Hi everyone. I’m going to come out and say it. You should officially not be allowed to come to tomorrow night’s Yeah Yeah Yeahs show at the Bowery Ballroom if you are not willing to do one of the following: clap, yell, “wooh!”, dance, stomp your feet, smile, jump up and down, throw your hands [...]