Chromeo Will Give You Bonefied Scrubbin

New Death Cab For Cutie Video - Grapevine Fires

Mudslides, fires, earthquakes, yup pretty much sums up my time in California.

Grapevine Fires

Street Art

Taken to the streets, art by Roadsworth.


Quite literally street art the work of Roadsworth is the subtle manipulation of the environment that take something you see everyday and manipulates it. The political statements of his work can not be denied. In our car heavy consumer culture he seeks to find a balance and a place for the pedestrian. From his website:

Roadsworth began painting the streets of Montreal in the fall of 2001. Initially motivated by a desire for more bike paths in the city and a questioning of "car culture" in general, he continued to develop a language around street markings and other elements of the urban landscape using a primarily stencil based technique. In the fall of 2004, Roadsworth was arrested for his nocturnal activities and charged with 53 counts of mischief. Despite the threat of heavy fines and a criminal record he received a relatively lenient sentence which he attributes in part to the public support he received subsequent to his arrest. Since that time, Roadsworth has received various commissions for his work and continues to be active in both visual art and music.

The Coen Brothers Call Out The Theory Of Clean Coal

The creators of Fargo, No Country For Old Men and The Big Lebowski give their take on clean coal technology.

Kim Ki O

This is more proof that the high end bass sound of Joy Division and New Order member Peter Hook is considered bad ass all over the world. Kim Ki O are a duo from Istanbul, Turkey that make dark synth-pop.

New The Big Pink Video - Velvet

New To Me

Young Widows - Old Skin
This is from the Louisville trios second album of post hardcore fist pumpers.

Rachel Ray SXSW Party Confrimed

The queen of "yummo" will be throwing another party at this years SXSW and this time she got indy heavyweights The Hold Steady, Ra Ra Riot and The Thermals. Plus The New York Dolls!!

Pylon Guitarist Randy Bewley, R.I.P.

Today Randy Bewley the guitarist the influential post punk band Pylon died of a heart attack he suffered while driving. Although never achieving the fame they deserved Pylon were a huge influence on fellow Athens band R.E.M. Last year DFA re released their debut album "Gyrate" and I can't recommend it enough.

The Clipse Working With Rick Rueben

A couple years ago The Clipse ended up staying at my hotel for several days because their Phoenix show was cancelled and they had some time before playing at Emo's here in Austin. Being a fan I struck up a conversation with one half of the group Malice. I ended up giving him a ride to the gym every morning and we talked about our dogs. When they checked out instead of giving a couple bucks to the valet guys they kicked down brand new pairs of Adidas, classy! As for me I got on the guest list for a great Hip Hop show. In 2007 Rick Rueben signed them to Columbia Records and now it looks like he will be working with them on the new album. Just thinking about Jay-Z's "99 Problems" or LL Cool J's "Radio" makes me excited to see what they can do over the "Bearded Ones" old school beats.

Beastie Boys Get Strange On New Record

Adam Yauch told the BBC that the Beastie's new record would be taking the group in a bizarre new direction.

"It's a combination of playing and sampling stuff as we're playing, and also sampling pretty obscure records," he said of their eighth studio LP.

On past records it's been pretty easy to spot the samples if your a big fan of old school hip hop and funk. The new record has the working title of Tadlock's glasses named after a tour bus driver who was given a pair of glasses by Elvis Presley. No release date has been announced yet but the band should finish mastering the album this week.

Classic Clip

Pat Duffy in Plan B's Questionable

I used to manage a skateboard shop in San Rafael, California. Long before I started working there Pat Duffy skated for the shop. You can see him wearing a shop t-shirt in one shot towards the end of the video. Back then Duffy was ahead of his time going bigger and being more technical than any of his peers. Then he just kinda fell off the map. Some people who know him told me that he got caught up with the partying and heavy drinking skate star lifestyle.

Robert Scissor hands

Well this makes alot of sense seeing as Edward Scissor Hands looks just like Robert Smith.

Bat For Lashes - Promo Video

This promo video featuring Bat For Lashes ravishing mastermind Natasha Khan doing pretty much the same things I did when I went to Joshua Tree: dancing around, wearing a bikini and getting in touch with the dessert.

New Depeche Mode Video - Wrong

The "Mode" will be dropping their new album on 4/20. Could this be their stoner album?

Depeche Mode - "Wrong" (official music video)

Faith No More Reunite

Right now all we know is that there is a European Tour in the works. I have fingers crossed that there will be some stateside dates as well.

Hunt For The Worst Album Cover Ever

Satellite Party - Ultra Payloaded



The only thing worse that the cover of this Perry Farrell and wife project was the music contained within. Hard to believe this is the same guy who made Nothings Shocking.

Classic Clip - Matt Hensley In H-Streets Shackle Me Not

I just love that old school street skating!

Disentegration

The Cure's gloomy masterpiece along with Jane's Addiction's Nothing Shocking were probably the two most important albums to me when I was in high school. The great thing about those two records is that 20 years later the music still stands up. Simon Gallup's bass line that starts out Fascination Street is still one of my favorite non Peter Hook bass lines in music.Disintegration was the bands eighth studio album and a return to the moody "goth" sound they helped pioneer in the early eighties. As he was approaching 30 Robert Smith began to feel nervous that he had surpassed his creative peak. This along with a return to using hallucinogenic drugs gave the album a much more dark and psychedelic sound than their last few albums. The record label felt that Disintegration was career suicide but the album went on to be their highest seller. After Wish I quit following the bands new releases and a sub par set at Coachella in 2004 left me less than eager to catch them live. Still, those early albums sound as good today as they did when I was in high school.

Lilly Allen Beefs With Perez Hilton

The British wild child and the, what the hell is Perez anyway, have been sparing through Twitter of all things. Hilton referred to Ms. Allen as an "awkward cow" and Lilly replied with a tirade about how she hates Perez. Picking a side on this one is pretty easy. Lilly Allen = cute and has made at least one good record. Perez Hilton = more proof about the dumbing down of America.

Bonus Perez Pic: