Look for these albums to be reviewed on here in the coming months:
Band – Title– Release
The Thermals – Now We Can See – April 7, 2009
Sufjan Stevens – Rub Rabbit Run – October 6, 2009
Julian Casablancas – Phrazes for the Young – September 2009
Stellastarr – Civilized – July 7, 2009
The Raveonettes – In and Out of Control – October 6, 2009
Cotton Jones – Paranoid Cocoon – January 27, 2009
Muse – The Resistance – September 14, 2009
Mission of Burma – The Sound, The Speed, The Light – October 6, 2009
Lupe Fiasco – Lasers – December 2009
King Khan & BBQ Show – Invisible Girl – November 2009
Kasabian – West Ryder Pauper Lunatic Asylum – June 6, 2009
The Horrors – Primary Colours – May 4, 2009
Franz Ferdinand – Tonight: Franz Ferdinand – January 26, 2009
Editors – In This Light and On This Evening – October 12, 2009
Regina Spektor – Far – June 23, 2009
Devendra Banhart – What Will We Be – October 2009
Alec Ounsworth – Mo Beauty – October 20, 2009
Almighty Defenders – Almighty Defenders – November 2009
Comments: You’re going be like “whoa this is Wavves” (or better yet an incredibly unpolished No Age influenced trio) while listening. There’s really nothing revolutionary going on on this album besides a lot of experimenting with guitars and drum beats that scream, intentionally or otherwise, lo-fi surf-punk. Somewhere and somehow, at least on some of the songs, sense can be made. Noise rock making sense! That’s the No Age comparison. Most of the tracks don’t have an overly catchy flair — they are more like sophisticated jams. So say, for instance, you went to a Talbot Tagora concert for the first time without ever listening to them before. You’re going to have a good time rocking out. And if you have listened to them before, you are going to have a bitch of a time deciphering songs. Admittedly I got a little bored with this after a while. I kind of just wanted to change it up and get my noise fix from the Losing Feeling EP…or the Talking Heads (alphabetically next on my playlist).
Grade: 8.3 (I haven’t done this yet, but I have to take off .5 points because it lacks originality to a sad point.)
…Is a song that I’ve never heard of! Fuck yeah! Pitchfork must have decided that it would be extremely underground to make a hip-hop Outkast song the best of the 2000s. “B.O.B” better than “My Girls”? Seriously? And b.t.w “Hey Ya!” is totally better. The list of 500 songs is filled with a lot of mainstream shit. Most of the list is disgusting. Like #7 “Get Your Freak On” by Missy Elliot. Somehow that song is more deserving than “Idioteque,” which is a great song, no doubt, but probably isn’t any more deserving than “Reckoner” or “The National Anthem.”‘ And you know what? I’m not even going to link to this piece of shit.
Kombo.com
The new Slim model of the PlayStation 3 was announced just yesterday, and already it appears that Sony is ready to bundle it up with a new game– at least in its homeland of Japan, anyway.
Andriasang reports that Sony is teaming with Namco Bandai to offer a limited edition package which includes the new model of PS3 and the upcoming title, Kidou Senshi Gundam Senki…
The bundle is dated for a release on September 3rd, which just so happens to be the release date of both the PS3 Slim and the stand-alone version of the game in question. The package will run about ¥38,359, whereas the console costs ¥29,980 and the game is ¥8,329. As it turns out, it would be just a little cheaper just to buy the two separately.
$299. Now I know…I should have waited three years.
NEW YORK (CNNMoney.com) — The $3 billion Cash for Clunkers program will shut down on Monday, the government said Thursday.
Dealers must submit any pending Clunker deals, including any necessary paperwork, by 8 p.m. ET Monday.
“It’s been a thrill to be part of the best economic news story in America,” said Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood. “Now we are working toward an orderly wind down of this very popular program.”
Officials decided to wind down the program, which Congress passed to spur flagging auto sales, after determining that it would soon run out of money.
Why put an end to this when the government can just spend spend spend it’s way out of turmoil.
Merinews
American immigration officials denied that the actor had been formally held, but Indians condemned what they called “humiliating” treatment given to Khan, a Muslim who is well-loved in a largely Hindu country. One Cabinet minister suggested a “tit-for-tat” policy toward Americans travelling to India.
Angry fans in the northern city of Allahabad shouted anti-US slogans and burned an American flag.
Khan said he was detained on Friday by US immigration officials at Newark Liberty International Airport in New Jersey because his name came up on a computer alert list.
The actor is in the US to promote “My Name is Khan”, a new film about racial profiling of Muslims after the Sept 11, 2001, attacks.
The story was front-page news in India, where the ability to avoid being frisked at airports is seen as a status symbol. Politicians, sports celebrities and film stars often claim VIP status to avoid security checks.
Ooops, wrong King Khan. I was hoping for another Black Lips type incident except no safe escape.
MSNBC
HOUSTON – An obese inmate in Texas has been charged after officials learned he had a gun hidden in his rolls of fat.
George Vera, 25, was charged with possession of a firearm in a correctional facility after he told a guard at the Harris County Jail about the unloaded 9mm pistol.
The Houston Chronicle reported Thursday that Vera was originally arrested on charges of selling illegal copies of compact discs.
The 500-pound man was searched during his arrest and again at a city jail and the county jail, but officers never found the weapon.
Vera admitted having the gun during a shower break at the county jail.
This qualifies for Ryan Suh’s “What is this World Turning into?”
Kids Like You & Me (KLYAM) 