[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7rZbekliVcA[/youtube] This is, without a doubt, one of the most ridiculous freestyle raps you will ever hear. Listen through all the way to the end – it’s the best part. Kyzer Sozay on MySpace
Todd Haynes could not have chosen a more apt title for his Bob Dylan tribute film, I’m Not There. Dylan is not often found within the two hours and 25 minutes of the film: not in the character’s names, not in the soundtrack (the songs are covers), and only occasionally in the plot. As an...
[youtube]http://youtube.com/watch?v=s6vohX4HV10[/youtube] It’s awfully hypocritical that after Ben Bridwell’s insufferable ranting about being famous for only “the Funeral,” — or, more specifically, people at certain shows only interested in “the Funeral,” same ballpark — Band of Horses allowed it to be used in a 2008 Ford Edge commercial. Remember this? Here’s the key excerpt: But then...
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...
I’ve written before about my love for Mark Ronson’s album, Version – and this is your chance to win a copy for yourself in the very first T-Sides Contest. How, you ask? Here’s how: Can you identify the songs covered on Version? E-mail as many of the original song titles/artists as you can to taylor@t-sides.com...
In the midst of the Black Kids’ over-hype meltdown, Idolator blasted the notion of “blogger-friendly hooks” as if such things don’t exist. But, if you reflect on the recent rise and fall of bloggerly hyped bands over the last two years, a rather clear sound/style emerges – bands like Tapes n’ Tapes and Voxtrot et...
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...
It was difficult to walk into the world-premiere of Sufjan Stevens’ “symphonic and cinematic exploration” of the Brooklyn-Queens Expressway without feeling the foreboding sense that something musically important was going to happen. Lofty expectations would be the death of nearly any other modern indie performer, but Stevens – who’s previously announced such infamous knee-buckling goals...
I love emo+beer=busted career (who also does charts for the Times! way to be modern, NYT), but he’s got a new challenger. The graphs aren’t as pretty, but they make me laugh like a little girl. These two should team up.
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...
October gets nick-named “Rocktober” for reason – ’tis the season for concerts. I attended at least two a week, making it hard to find time to write about all them as soon as I would have liked to. Here are quick rundowns of the latest happenings. Fog, Torche & Jesu @ Blender Theater, Saturday, Oct....
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...
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