Toro y Moi have either gotten really bored or are quite smitten with the UK edition of The Office. Chaz Bundick covered “Slough,” the song recently played by David Brent (acted by Ricky Gervais) in a series of online guitar tutorials. “Slough” is a Brit pop track whose name is the British town where the […]
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Toro y Moi Covered Ricky Gervais’ “Slough” and It Sounds Like David Bowie
FLASHBACK: 7 Unforgettable AOL Undercover Sessions
Earlier today news broke over Twitter that Spinner and all of AOL Music would be shutting down. First impressions were that this would be a gradual change, but tweets sent from the Spinner account (which were later deleted) said that the plug was being pulled today. Spinner Editor Dan Reilly even tweeted, “Well, we all […]
Morrissey Includes Rick Astley On Cover Of Reissued Single “The Last Of The Famous International Playboys” After Bowie Snub
We haven’t been following most of singer/songwriter Morrissey’s recent shenanigans, from his attempt to turn the Los Angeles Staples Center vegetarian for one night to his ongoing enmity with late night talk show host Jimmy Kimmel. He’s been a busy crank! But this was just too good (and too meme-y) to pass up. Pitchfork is […]
More Hints Regarding Daft Punk’s Recording And Touring Plans For 2013
Daft Punk, that enigmatic Parisian electronic duo, is putting out a new album in 2013! And they’re going to tour in support of it! And they’ll make some festival appearances! Or maybe they won’t do any of those things. Who really knows any more. One thing is for sure: the Daft Punk rumor mill continues […]
How David Bowie saved Marc Bolan’s son
In 1977, glam rock star Marc Bolan was killed in a car crash that also seriously injured his girlfriend, Gloria Jones, who had been driving the car. Their son, Rolan, was uninjured, due to his parents’ habit of of leaving him with his grandparents when they went to dinner. Though Bolan had a sizable income […]
Radiohead, David Bowie, Lily Allen Blast BBC Over 6 Music Closure Threat
When the British Broadcasting Corporation announced plans to potentially shut down 6 Music, the digital radio station they launched in 2002, people were not happy.
Blur hops on for “LEGO Rock Band”
Courtesy: Rolling Stone Many a Britpop fan in the Nineties described Blur as “adorable” — and that was before Damon Albarn and Co. were turned into LEGO versions of themselves for the upcoming music video game LEGO Rock Band. The recently reunited group’s “Song 2″ appears on the title’s in-game playlist (see the full list […]