I might as well just re-christen this ‘The Twilight Blog’ since I seem to be rabidly gobbling up anything related to it. Well, that might be a wee bit of an overreaction as this is only the second Twilight-related post I can recall, but it’s only been a day since the first one. I don’t [...]

I hate to waive my ‘I totally liked this before they were popular’ card, but I have it in hand and just can’t seem to resist. Oh sure, I only hopped onto the Band of Skulls train back in June, but there were a lot more empty seats back then. Now, the whole car’s full [...]

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 [...]

KCRW are one of the few remaining radio stations that actually tout music outside the strictly profitable realms of pop & hip-hop, so any time they send out an announcement I’m usually more than happy to spread the word. You have to support the things you love, or else you’ll lose them (that works for [...]

And we have our winners!
Congrats to Olive for winning the Magic Wands gear & Ekko for winning the BoS swag!
Magic Wands – Black Magic
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Band of Skulls – Blood
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Just a quick reminder, today is the last day I’ll be accepting email entries for the Band of Skulls 10-inch AA single and t-shirt.
It’s also the last day I’ll be accepting entries for the Magic Wands giveaway. I actually haven’t received *any* entries for Magic Wands, which was something of a shocker. I’ve had a [...]