Looking Forward & Looking Back: T-Sides is Two Years Old!
Amazingly enough, we’ve reached the two-year mark here at T-Sides. I say amazingly because as any avid blog reader/writer will tell you, blogs — and music blogs in particular — tend to have a short shelf life. After many unsuccessful brainstorms and attempts, T-Sides will not, in any foreseeable future, be implementing any sort of...
Welcome, 2008 & PopDose!
Now that I’m done with 2007, it’s time to turn our attention towards 2008, which I’ve sorely neglected for these past two weeks, though not out of spite. With the start of 2008 came the start of PopDose, a smart, uninhibited blog about all things pop culture and even a few things not. There’s a...
Ike Turner: 1931-2007
AP – Musician Ike Turner Dies at 79 Ike Turner & The Kings of Rhythm: “Getting Nasty” (download) The man was seriously dehumanized, and I don’t know enough about all of it to say much on that subject, but he wrote some damn fine music. Today, let’s remember him for it.
New Destroyer: “Foam Hands”
There’s no denying it. T-Sides drinks the Dan “Destroyer” Bejar kool-aid. So imagine my surprise when I discovered that there’s a new Destroyer track floating around the internet that I hadn’t heard! Destoyer: “Foam Hands” (download) I hate to say it, but this track makes me a tiny bit nervous. It’s not quite as exciting...
Lost MP3 of the Week: “Dream Scream”
This news is so old it has grand-children, but bear with me here, because I promise I have something to add to it. Death Cab for Cutie is recording, and on his blog, Chris Walla described it thusly: The DCfC record is in full swing; we’re six songs in. Thus far it’s pretty weird, and...
Hey! Nielsen and Billboard.com Best Music Blog Contest
I’m proud to announce that T-Sides has been nominated for the Best Music Blog Contest hosted by Nielsen and Billboard. There’s a long list of stellar nominees, but this is the first time T-Sides has been nominated for something, so it’s a note-worthy event. To cast a vote for T-Sides, register (don’t worry, you can...
New Hello, Blue Roses: “Shadow Falls” and “Hello, Blue Roses”
There are about half a dozen other things I should be writing about in order to preserve one of the key elements of journalism: timeliness – however, I’ve become mildly obsessed with Dan Bejar since last year, so I can’t keep myself from jumping all over this. Hello, Blue Roses is the pairing of Dan...
New Saul Williams: The Inevitable Rise and Liberation of Niggy Tardust
At this EXACT moment in time, I’m listening to the new Saul Williams album, The Inevitable Rise and Liberation of Niggy Tardust, out today (which is fortuitous timing when you consider this). Williams collaborated with Trent Reznor of NIN on this release and they’re releasing it Radiohead/Public Enemy-style: you can either download the album for...
Two Gallants: Daytrotter Session #2
T-Sides favorites Two Gallants stopped by the Daytrotter studio for a second time, this time to record “The Deader,” “Despite What You’ve Been Told,” “The Hand That Held Me Down” and “Trembling of the Rose.” All available for listening and downloading here, and Daytrotter’s Sean Moeller wrote a rather odd but very good piece on...
Lost MP3 of the Week: “Escape (The Pina Colada Song)”
From Ananova.com: A Bosnian couple are getting divorced after finding out they had been secretly chatting each other up online under fake names. Sana Klaric, 27, and husband Adnan, 32, from Zenica, poured out their hearts to each other over their marriage troubles, and both felt they had found their real soul mate. The couple...
Goodbye, Astroland?
Astroland closed for the summer this weekend – and quite possibly forever. I’ve spent a lot of time at Coney Island over the past year and a half, so if it does indeed shut its doors forever, I’ll greatly miss it. Death Cab For Cutie: “Coney Island” (download) Death Cab For Cutie: “Coney Island (Alternate)”...
Another Great Voice is Quieted.
Pavarotti did a lot of pop projects – some better than others. Though they may not have been very successful from a critical standpoint, I like the idea of mixing classical audiences with pop audiences, exposing them to each other. It reminds me of the Wordless Music Series. There’s too much needless disdain between the...
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