The Modern Age

Jasper pointed me out to an excellent post that he did today about the release of a remastered edition of The Henchmen’s album Hentch-Forth along with the four tracks off their “Some Other Guy” 7″ and an alternate take of “Psycho Daisies”…all on (get this!) some newfangled technology they call “compact disc” on Italy [...]

NAME: Coconut Records
HOMETOWN: US
WEBSITE: www.youngbabyrecords.com/

The first US gig of past TMA “Band of the Day”, The Holloways is not tonight as you might have thought…it was last night at a TVT Record showcase at Lakeside Lounge in the East Village. Whoooppps!
But no fret mes amis, if last night was any indication, their show tonight at Mercury Lounge should be [...]

So on Friday night, in the midst of falling asleep (I’m old, it happens) in that fancy-pants bar right next to the Luna Lounge’s new location in Brooklyn, I found out from Ben from the Robbers on High Street that Albert Hammond Jr. is on the same label as they are–James Iha’s New Line imprint, [...]

NAME: Scatteredtrees
HOMETOWN: Chicago, IL
WEBSITE: www.scatteredtrees.com

Everyone’s favorite America’s Next Top Model alumni, super model blogger Elyse Sewell, recently met up with her boyfriend Marty Crandall of The Shins on their tour stops in Seattle and Vancouver. In a blog entry this week, Elyse answers a reader’s question regarding this photo:

“But what happens if a Shin has to poop in the [...]

NAME: Ida Maria
HOMETOWN: Stockholm, Sweden via Nesna, Norway
WEBSITE: http://www11.nrk.no/urort/user/?id=3009

Photo by Knut Aserud

NAME: Au Revoir Simone
HOMETOWN: Brooklyn, NYC
WEBSITE: http://www.aurevoirsimone.com

I love this cover!

NAME: Fionn Regan
HOMETOWN: Dublin, Ireland
WEBSITE: http://www.fionnregan.com/

In a article about indie music lovers who happen to be black, published on January 28th on NYTimes.com, included the following passage:
There is even a new word for black fans of indie rock: “blipster,” which was added to UrbanDictionary .com last summer, defined as “a person who is black and also can be stereotyped by [...]