Better than the kiss of death, yeah?

Division Day – performers of the best Depeche Mode cover, ever – are returning this August with their sophomore album, Visitation. It will be released on Dangerbird Records on August 18th. The interesting story there is that the band were formerly part of Eenie Meenie’s roster (home to BIYL favorites Great Northern), but an apparent [...]

But Sean, it’s WEDNESDAY! Yes, I know, I’m always two steps behind…

Two of my heavy-hitters of 2009 are out in stores now: Band of Skulls’ Baby Darling Dollface Honey (don’t forget about the ticket giveaway here), and Howling Bells’ Radio Wars. Two very, very different records, so don’t go off thinking I’m recommending them for [...]

Hello hello! I’ve got another spiffy Band of Skulls contest for you. This one is local – 2 tickets for the band’s show this Saturday at Modified. Yes, I know it’s like 170 degrees right now and Modified is cramped with no air conditioning, but live a little, would ya? Maybe Kimber installed an A/C [...]

Modern Guilt Acoustic “Gamma Ray” from Beck Hansen on Vimeo.
Not the most dynamic video, is it? Just a static shot of 3 studio monitors with closeups of Beck and his backing band. But this was my favorite song off of Modern Guilt, and the acoustic version is quite nice. So it’s worth it for that, [...]

Ahhh the Mercury Prize. Supposedly the more respectable award in comparison to its commercial peers, it has also become an infuriatingly inconsistent and sometimes hilariously out of touch honor. Lest we forget, they handed out an award to M People over Pulp, Blur & The Prodigy in 1994. Then there’s the so-called Mercury Curse – [...]

As I was listening to Car Talk yesterday (yes, I’m an old man and I listen to Car Talk), I realized that I have a very conflicted and storied history with cars. On the one hand, I hate them. Absolutely detest them. Every car I’ve ever owned has been a big pain in the ass [...]