Drive-By Truckers – The Big To-Do

March 15, 2010
Drive-By Truckers – The Big To-Do

What can I say about this band that I haven’t said before?  Nothing.  Drive-By Truckers are one of my favorite bands.  If you have been following this blog, or know me at all, you will have heard my long rants about how Patterson Hood, Mike Cooley and the now departed Jason Isbell are the...
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Found Stuff:Session – Bonnie ‘Prince’ Billy

March 15, 2010
Found Stuff:Session – Bonnie ‘Prince’ Billy

My favorite bald, extremely prolific folk-master is featured on Daytrotter today.  He performs 4 songs from various albums. Worth checking out!
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I Listen So You Don’t Have To Presents: Drive-By Truckers’ The Big To-Do Listening Party, Denver, CO

March 14, 2010
I Listen So You Don’t Have To Presents: Drive-By Truckers’ The Big To-Do Listening Party, Denver, CO

I entered a contest to host a listening party for Drive-By Truckers‘ new album, The Big To-Do, last week.  My proposition was a Winter BBQ at my buddy’s house.  He lives on a private lake in Denver.  I forgot I had entered almost as soon as I hit sent on the email with the...
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Ryan Adams Goes Metal!

March 12, 2010
Ryan Adams Goes Metal!

Last I heard Ryan Adams had married Mandy Moore and had retired from music.   Well, as far as I know he is still married to Mandy Moore, but it looks like he’s making music.  The extremely prolific singer-songwriter has just released a metal song!  I can’t tell this story better than Pitchfork, so I’ll...
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FoundStuff:Webisode – Drive-By Truckers – Birthday Boy

March 12, 2010
FoundStuff:Webisode – Drive-By Truckers – Birthday Boy

The Drive-By Truckers are going media crazy for this new album!  Listening Parties across the country, playing Letterman tonight, Facebook and Twitter updates every day, a huge tour and now a series of behind the scenes webisodes for indivdual tracks on the upcoming , The Big To-Do.  Here’s the first one for the Cooley...
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Derailed: Insane Video from Lady Gaga w/Beyoncé

March 12, 2010

Watch until at least 4:50…that’s when Beyoncé picks Gaga up from prison in the Pussy Wagon.  Ummm, yeah…just watch this for video for Telephone!  You can say a lot of things about Lady Gaga…but you can never call her boring.
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The Avett Brothers Summer Schedule includes Red Rocks!

March 11, 2010
The Avett Brothers Summer Schedule includes Red Rocks!

I keep missing The Avett Brothers when they come around.  They were just here a few months ago and I missed them.  They played Boulder and I missed them.  And now, they are playing 2 nights in Boulder and they are sold out.  Good for them for selling out 2 nights, shame on me...
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Atari Teenage Riot Reunite

March 11, 2010
Atari Teenage Riot Reunite

There are various reports coming out today that Atari Teenage Riot have reunited.  The line-up will include original members Alec Empire and Hanin Elias with late-90s member Nic Endo.  Carl Crack died in 2001 of a drug overdose.  Some are saying this is a one-off for a show in London, but others are saying...
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Just A Track: Bright Eyes – Happy Accident

March 11, 2010
Just A Track: Bright Eyes – Happy Accident

Bright Eyes is back!  Kinda.  Conor Oberst has been recording under his own name for awhile now.  He went down to Mexico and got himself a band and put away the Bright Eyes name.  This made sense since it seems that band was more an outlet for his teenage angst. Then he really grew...
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Derailed: Drake – Over

March 11, 2010
Derailed: Drake – Over

Time for the first guilty pleasure of the year…that’s right, Drake is back and according to him…‘it’s far from OVER’.  The fact that Drake was a child actor on Degrassi: The Next Generation.  The fact that he pretty much just rips off Kanye.  And the fact that this is just a stupid pop song...
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Just A Track: jj – I Know

March 11, 2010
Just A Track: jj – I Know

Another new track from jj, this one called is called I Know and is only available as a bonus-track on the vinyl version of  their new jj nº 3 LP. Other tracks from jj. The LP is available now on Secret Canadian.
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