The Concept
Lollapalooza downloads from Sleater Kinney and Sonic Youth. Looks like Lolla was tons o' fun, and yes, I am jealous that they had better weather than Pitchfork.
Will Zach Braff go two for two with his indietastic soundtrack compilations? His new one looks fairly promising (Turin Brakes!) but at least Braff has the good mind to just say no to Nickleback.
So apparently Hawthrone Heights aren't a bunch of racist douchebags, it's their label that was sprouting all that "down with hip hop" rhetoric. So the band is suing their label, Victory Records. Also worth noting in the article, HH has made over $10 million in revenue for the label behind this record but still have not recouped! Jeezy Creezy.
DJ Shadow tours everywhere but DC. Boo! Hiss!
Add Secret Machines to the list of bands avoiding DC on their next tour, although after hearing their new album, maybe that's not a bad thing. It must work better live, because it sounds pretty lifeless on CD.
Anyone have the Mew album? It's next on my "to buy" list. I think I'll buy the MP3 version so I don't have to look at the awful cover art. Who approved that? Seriously.
I want to go! I 've never heard them play "December," although it was on the set list for the gig I saw them play in 1993. Sadly, they didn't play it. Bandwagonesque is easily in my Top 10 Records Ever list. Best.
This makes me want to buy a Macbook, but I keep telling myself to wait for version 2.0.
Related: Steve Jobs unveils the Mac Pro.
it's crazy how different the weather was just one week later. it was 80-85 and clear skies this past weekend in Chicago. Zero humidity..
I have the Mew EP, so I'll try to bring it to iPod Jukebox tonight. I just have to find it. All of my CDs are in piles in the corner since I moved things around.