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Judging by the amount of email and DMs I’ve received, it seems important for me to post about the fact that Julian Casablancas joined Jack White and the Raconteurs onstage in Mexico City last night (November 18). The played “The Modern Age”. Julian still grabs at his lapels. Watch the video and get all the …
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Um… a weird thing for me to update on, but obviously I needed to say something. Today the NY Times published a story revealing abuse allegation by one of my favorite musicians, Ryan Adams. I’m obviously very disturbed and saddened by the stories of the women who have talked to the NYT. Although Ryan denies …
Germans must really like songs about yogurt…
Today I read something shocking: Roseland Ballroom closed down for good last night… and people are sad about it! I get it guys, we are all getting soft in our old age and love the nostalgic feelings we get thinking of our concert-going days of yore. But there is no way you will sucker me …
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Is it just me or does the cover for “Pretty Saro” (Bob Dylan’s new/old previously unreleased recording from Self Portrait) look a heckuva lot like Ryan Gosling ?
I don’t know why, but every time I see Christopher Abbott come on screen as Charlie on Girls, I can’t help wondering…”Wonder what Ezra Koenig is up to.” Whelp, now I know:
I was very happy to have Purity Ring be my first concert of 2013 at their first stop on this leg of their American tour, at the NYC show at Webster Hall. A lot has changed for the duo since the first time I saw them in 2011 at CMJ: At the start of 2012 …
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I love me some HAIM. Never has stuttering been so damn appealing:
Kinda feeling this song by English up-and-comer Charli XCX this AM:
I mean c’mon, this song, “Pilgrim” is kinda amazing: AND she’s Danish… so therefore she’s being touted as the “Danish Grimes.” But really, aren’t we all the Danish Grimes?