The Modern Age

The sophomore album by British rockers The Kooks is now out in stores.
I took a few spins of the album today and was all in all impressed. As readers of this site will recall, I absolutely adore the Kooks, so I had high expectations (and a little trepidation) for the new album.

Although some of the [...]

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…is melting my MIND. The herky-jerky stop-and-go motion is a little difficult to watch. Now I know what it’s like to have epilepsy.

Surely his new tunes about leprechauns and “writing the hits” will be storming the charts in the near future:
Don’t Comb The Leprechaun from Ryan Adams on Vimeo.
Ryan looks charmingly preppy in his argyle sweater while singing about macaroni and cheese and Wilco in designer clothes:
Writing the Hits with Stupid from Ryan Adams on Vimeo.

In the early 2000s one of my guilty pleasure songs was “Teenage Dirtbag” by Wheatus. I recently got nostalgic and Googled the song name which lead me to finding this absolutely horrendous version of the song by British pop girl group Girls Aloud. Witness the horror:

There’s no way any of those people have ever listened [...]

I have often been accused of having incurable Anglophilia, but IT’S JUST NOT TRUE, OK? I actually have Scotophilia, which is the obsession with Scottish people. Am I to be held negatively responsible for their hot accents?
Anyhoo, on Sunday the 2008 Empire Awards were held in London, and TMA favorite, James McAvoy won for Best [...]

Check out the latest installment of the Basement Tapes for exclusive performances of the now Seattle-based indie rock fave, Say Hi (aka- the artist formerly known as “Say Hi to Your Mom”). (The 16-year-old kid down the hall who loves robots, rainbows, and being scared of bullies will be eating this shiz UP!)

Features some videos, [...]

When you watch ads for the new Fox television show starring Parker Posey, “The Return of Jezebel James“, you might recognize one of the tunes playing–”Coco” by New York band Stellastarr*.

Apparently the character that “Six Feet Under” star Lauren Ambrose plays is Parker Posey’s (Sarah) sister–a wacky, carefree spirit named “Coco”–so the marketing department went [...]

The boys from NYC hit the big time with a performance on this weekend’s Saturday Night Live, hosted by Amy Adams. They played their MTV TRL hit, “A-Punk” as well as “M79″. Video below:
“A-Punk”

“M79″

Outro

The skit where Amy Poehler does Christian from Project Runway was hilarious! (Tranny! Hot Mess! Fiiiieeerrrce!) Amy Adams does a GREAT [...]

TMA favorite St. Vincent (aka Annie Clark) will be ripping it up at the Bowery Ballroom tonight at a sold out show.
See ya there!
UPDATE: It’s official, St. Vincent can do no wrong. Annie let loose by wearing a charming sleeveless black trapeze dress and let her naturally curly “Tina, diva” hair do its thang, making [...]