Even though I almost died two years ago at Coachella (come to think of it, I almost die every time I go to Coachella), I'm having second thoughts about not attending this year's festivities.
Paul McCartney
Morrissey
Franz Ferdinand
Leonard Cohen
Conor Oberst
Beirut
Airborne Toxic Event
M. Ward
Crystal Castles
Girl Talk
Silversun Pickups
The Killers!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Amy Winehouse
Tv on the Radio
Band of Horses
Fleet Foxes
The Cure!!!!!!!!!!
Yeah Yeah Yeahs
Paul Weller
Antony & the Johnsons
Jenny Lewis
Paulo Nutini
Friendly Fires
Lykke Li!!!!!!!!!!!!
The Ting Tings
Felix de Housecat
Noah & the Whale
Hercules and Love Affair
Bob Mould Band
Surkin
James Morrison
Fucked Up
the Kills
Roni Size
Groove Armada
The Black Keys
Crystal Method
We Are Scientists...
"The video was conceived of and designed by Brooklyn-based illustrator Dan-ah Kim, and executed with the help of director Aaron Stewart-Ahn. For the first time Kim is directing a work of her own, collaborating with Stewart-Ahn for his technical knowledge. The pair met while working as crew on a Michel Gondry project. For Dan-ah the video was a chance to experiment with animation, which was done in camera without the aid of computers or greenscreens.
Dan-ah's illustrative works can be seen at http://www.dkim-art.com. In the past year she has shown at Thinkspace in L.A. and Giant Robot in NYC."
"I don't know why I'm coming to terms with this right now, but in the last few months…I get asked about it a lot. If I were Catholic, no one would bat an eye. …People look at me like I'm an alien when they ask about Mormonism. It's there in my music. It's always been there. It's obviously, it's, um, it's unavoidable."
New track from frYars (He's only 19!) featuring Dave Gahan of Depeche Mode. After watching the vid you'll feel like you've just dropped acid with the Manson Family. Put down the knife!
Here's an earlier vid...
Look for the album to drop sometime in March.
"I was a Hooker for Heaven in an Evil Sex Cult"
-Miriam Williams
Animal, Animal, Animal. Collective, Collective, Collective. This year already promises to be thee year for this band.
"Various forms of what might be termed "collective consciousness" in modern societies have been identified by other sociologists[who?], going from solidarity attitudes and memes to extreme behaviors like groupthink or herd behavior. It has developed as a way of describing how an entire community comes together to share similar values.This can also be termed "hive mind"." - Wikipedia
Rating Everything Else XXX XXX.
Nothing matters but that space in between the noise. You might as well fill it with something you can dance to... I'll show you my playlist if you show me yours...
"All I can ever be to you is a darkness that we knew And this regret I had to get accustomed to. Once it was so right, when we were at our high, waiting for you in the hotel at night. I knew I hadn't met my match, but every moment we could snatch, I don't know why I got so attached..." -Amy Winehouse, "Tears Dry On Their Own"
"So school is in session Get your chin off your desk Now pick up your pencil And turn over your test Use your education And take an educated guess About me..." -Ani Difranco, "Educated Guess"
"I've been looking so long at these pictures of you that i almost belive that they're real i've been living so long with my pictures of you that i almost believe that the pictures are all i can feel..." -The Cure, "Pictures of You"
"Hey I'll always wish I was with you. Hurt me. You can't kill me. Whatever you want to do. Hey I'll always wish I held your hand, and I would take away the Acid if I thought you'd understand... But I don't think you understand" -Emm Gryner, "Acid"
Pop Tarts...
"Now I grant you... I've partied." -Whitney Houston
"I always listen to 'NSYNC's Tearin' Up My Heart. It reminds me to wear a bra." -Britney Spears
"I think pop music has done more for oral intercourse than anything else that ever happened, and vice versa." -Frank Zappa
"Pop is actually my least favorite kind of music, because it lacks real depth." -Christina Aguilera
"I took a lot of them, I took a bunch of pain killers." -Eninem
Music spins me round round baby...
From all the drugs The one i like more is music From all the junks The one i need more is music From all the boys The one i take home is music From all the ladies The one i kiss is music (muah!)
Music is my boyfriend Music is my girlfriend Music is my dead end Music is my imaginary friend Music is my brother Music is my great-grand-daughter Music is my sister Music is my favorite mistress
From all the shit The one i gotta buy is music From all the jobs The one i choose is music From all the drinks The one i get drunk of music From all the bitches The one i wannabe is music
Music is my beach house Music is my hometown Music is my kingsize bed Music is where i meet my friends Music is my hot hot bath Music is my hot hot sex Music is my back rub My music is where i'd like you to touch
-CSS, "Music is My Hot Hot Sex"
What will wash up in 2009?
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