You can tell right off the bat that Oakland’s Kreayshawn is gonna be a very polarizing artist. First off, she’s a white female rapper — that’s two strikes out the gate; you’re not gonna invite a lot of love from either hip hop purists or haters. Second, her look couldn’t be more painfully hipster if […]
30
Jun
Bitch you ain't no Barbie, I see you work at Arby's...
10
May
One of Boston's greatest return after a quarter century
It’s been 24 long years for fans of The Cars, one of America’s most important New Wave bands of the 80s. Today, May 10th, The Cars release their brand new album, Move Like This, on Hear Music/Concord Music Group. Produced by Garret “Jacknife” Lee (Bloc Party, U2, REM, The Hives, Weezer) and The Cars, the […]
6
May
A couple minutes with one of our favorite bands on Earth
I’m just gonna say it: Noah & the Whale’s debut album, Peaceful, the World Lays Me Down, is one of my favorite albums of the decade. No shame, no caveats, no qualifiers. Not only is it an emotionally candid album (sometimes painfully so), with some of singer/songwriter Charlie Fink’s most personal lyrics, but it is […]
29
Apr
Elegiacal indie confessions from Alpharetta, Georgia
There’s no shaking the undeniable catchiness of Manchester Orchestra, the Alpharetta, Georgia band whose elegiacal “Simple Math” has taken over college radio. At first listen one could brush it off as a very capably written indie pop song, and you wouldn’t be wrong. But at second and third listens the track becomes an earworm, and […]
27
Apr
Scottish Highlands rarest whisky offering ever at $3,600 a bottle
Esteemed Scottish Highlands distillery Glenmorangie will soon release its rarest expression yet — the Pride 1981. The most expensive single malt ever created by Glenmorangie, only 1,000 bottles will be tapped at a price of $3,600 a bottle (€2750.). Glenmorangie Master Distiller Dr. Bill Lumsden matured the whisky in the finest oak casks for 18 […]
21
Oct
Doo wop-xylophone-tribal surf rock from Japan, naturally
The Suzan are one of those bands that resist categorization like the Mujahideen resist foreign invaders. You start off with a quartet of punk-inspired Japanese girls, throw in some doo wop melodies, xylophone and tribal drums, and finish it off with surf guitar and a smattering of playful electronic lines — voila, The Suzan. The […]
What do you get when you mix Jeff Wayne’s seminal 1978 version of The War of the Worlds with the wobbly bassiness that is dubstep? Dutch producer erwtenpeller wanted to know, so he created this top notch mixtape. Hot diggity. Richard Burton, Phil Lynott and David Essex narrate the H.G. Wells’ classic, with instrumentals by […]
