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June 2008
Weezer: Heck on Wheels
Thanks to a renewed sense of fun and a clutch of great rock songs about, um, rock -- not to mention some good ol' marital relations -- Weezer are riding high. Not literally, of course.
"Y.M.C.A." (An Oral History)
America's favorite ballpark sing-along is actually (gasp!) a disco anthem about gay sex. Or is it? On the 30th anniversary of the Village People smash, we get the full story from the folks who know best: the cowboy, the construction worker...
Anti-Emo Riots in Mexico: ¡Pánico en el Disco!
A torrent of anti-emo violence has swept through Mexico, leaving battered bodies and hateful rhetoric in its brutal wake. But why there? Why now? And when will it end?
SXSW 2008 Portrait Gallery: Bands on the Run
They came. They played. Some even conquered. Presenting a rogues' gallery from Austin, Texas' South by Southwest Music Festival.
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Spiritualized, 'Songs in A&E' (Fontana/Spaceman), Ellen Allien, 'Sool' (Bpitch Control), Sean Garrett, 'Turbo 919' (Bet I Penned It Music/Interscope), Al Green, 'Lay It Down' (Blue Note), Animal Collective, 'Water Curses' (Domino), The BellRays, 'Hard Sweet and Sticky' (Anodyne), The Black Angels, 'Directions to See a Ghost' (Light in the Attic), Blue Scholars, "Butter&Gun$' (Massline/Rawkus), Bun-B, 'II Trill' (Rap-a-Lot/Asylum), Lil Mama, 'Voice of the Young People' (Jive/Zomba), T Bone Burnett, 'Tooth of Crime' (Nonesuch), Kira Lynn Cain, 'The Ideal Hunter' (Evangeline), Curumin, 'JapanPopShow' (Quannum), Cut Copy, 'In Ghost Colours' (Modular), The Dresden Dolls, 'No, Virginia' (Roadrunner), The Duke Spirit, 'Neptune' (Shangri-La), Jakob Dylan, 'Seeing Things' (Columbia/Starbucks Entertainment), Elbow, 'The Seldom Seen Kid' (Fiction/Geffen), Fern Knight, 'Fern Knight' (VHF), Robert Forster, 'The Evangelist' (Yep Roc), The Raconteurs, 'Consolers of the Lonely' (Third Man/Warner Bros.), French Kicks, 'Swimming' (Vagrant), Get Cape. Wear Cape. Fly, 'Searching for the Hows and Whys' (Atlantic), Scarlett Johansson, 'Anywhere I Lay My Head' (ATCO), Kassin+2, 'Futurismo' (Luaka Bop), Lykke Li, 'Little Bit EP' (LL), Santogold, 'Santogold' (Downtown/Lizard King), My Morning Jacket, 'Evil Urges' (ATO), Islands, 'Arm's Way' (Anti-), Mates of State, 'Re-Arrange Us' (Barsuk) , Midnight Juggernauts, 'Dystopia' (Astralwerks) , Mr. Gnome, 'Deliver This Creature' (El Marko) , Mudhoney, 'The Lucky Ones' (Sub Pop) , The Notwist, 'The Devil, You + Me' (Domino), Old 97’s, 'Blame It on Gravity' (New West) , Orchestra Baobab, 'Made in Dakar' (World Circuit/Nonesuch) , Shy Child, 'Noise Won’t Stop' (Kill Rock Stars) , The Wedding Present, 'El Rey' (Manifesto) , We Are Scientists, 'Brain Thrust Mastery' (Astralwerks) , Windsor for the Derby, 'How We Lost' (Secretly Canadian) , Joan as Police Woman, 'To Survive' (Reveal), Alanis Morissette, 'Flavors of Entanglement' (Maverick/Reprise), Hercules and Love Affair, 'Hercules and Love Affair' (Mute/DFA) , Ecstatic Sunshine, 'Way' (Cardboard)
The Silent Years - "Sharks"
The Silent Years perform "Sharks" live at Detroit's St. Andrew's Hall on 4/21. Directed by Kirk Vanderbeek. Produced by Test Pattern pictures LLC.
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