Seems like there have been about 17 million retrospectives on New Order & Joy Division in the last 20 years. Substance, Permanent, The Best of New Order, International, Retro, Singles, Heart & Soul…the list goes on. Understandably so, as few bands reach the iconic status that those 4 lads from Manchester did. Even fewer survive [...]

Last time I heard from Afghan Raiders, they’d just remixed ‘Mirror Error’ by The Faint. They gave the track a nice industrial polish, but I honestly wasn’t familiar with any of their original tunes beyond that. Fixed! They’re releasing a new single called ‘Admirals Doorbell’ on iTunes today. I’m loving the b-side, called ‘Morphine Dream’. [...]

When I was running through my new release list earlier today, I managed to leave out one of the biggest releases! The Gossip are back with their first album since 2006’s Standing in the Way of Control, as well as their major label debut. Music For Men is out today in digital formats, but will [...]

Bit of a disclaimer here: I don’t drink beer. Shameful, I know, but I’ve never been able to stomach the stuff. Frankly, I’ve never been big on alcohol in general, but when I do imbibe I tend to go for the froofy stuff like Margaritas or White Russians. Well, unless we’re talking about a good [...]

Spinnerette – Spinnerette
Y’all know I’ve been touting this one for some time. Brody Dalle rocks this one all the way through, but there are some surprises in there, too.
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Spinnerette – Rebellious Palpitations

TOUR DATES:
6/24 9:00P Troubadour West Hollywood, California

Regina Spektor – Far
I absolutely fell in love with her at [...]