Archive for November 4th, 2009

This Is It [Film Review]

Film: This Is It Genre: Documentary Rating: PG Stories in the news preceding Michael Jackson’s death may have given him a reputation he in no way deserves. He was, and forever will be, the King of Pop. This movie is the purest example of how he should be remembered. It is not surprising that this […]

Liars confirm new album

Courtesy: Pitchfork Well, that didn’t take long. On Monday, we reported that experimental psych trio Liars had launched Thesisterworld.com, a mysterious new website. And this morning, the band has come right out and announced that yes, a new album is coming, and, yes, it’s called Sisterworld. The band’s fifth studio LP is due early next […]

Radiohead to be included in new Peter Gabriel

Courtesy of Tiny Mixtapes As the woozy North African-core, power-folk, trance-hop, whatever-the-fuck ambient outro track of “2009” seamlessly crossfades into the global-glitch, holler-hush, Christian-grind, rock-boom-bap rave-up track that is “2010,” one thing is infinitely clear: no one knows what the fuck music sounds like anymore. Seriously. It’s like a goddamn Jefferson Airplane song up in […]

Jackson tops charts with ‘This Is It’

Courtesy: Daniel Kreps, Rolling Stone The Big News: The King of Pop resumed his spot at the top of the charts this week. The soundtrack to Michael Jackson’s concert rehearsal documentary This Is It sold 373,000 copies to cruise to Number One on the Billboard Top 200. Jackson albums like Number Ones and Thriller have […]

Jack White rejects Slash

Courtesy: Pitchfork Jack White and Slash may both be indisputable modern rock guitar heroes, but a possible collaboration between the two was recently nixed by White, according to a MusicRadar interview with Slash. (Via NME.) “I wanted to get Jack White to sing on something, but he didn’t want to sing,” said Slash. “He said, […]

THE ALMOST LIVE CHAT TOMORROW (11/4)

In light of the recent release, Monster Monster from The Almost, the band will be holding a live chat on AP.net to talk about their new album. Tune in tomorrow (11/4) at 8:00 PM EST to find out more about what’s been happening with the band. The Almost is currently in the midst of their […]