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Archives for 2010

30 Seconds To Mars Post “Hurricane” Video Teaser

November 23, 2010 By Bryce Jacobson Leave a Comment

30 Seconds To Mars, recently named Best Rock Band at this year’s MTV EMA’s, has just released a short clip of scenes with lead singer Jared Leto from the band’s upcoming short film for “Hurricane,” a track from the band’s latest album release, This Is War. The film, like “This Is War” and “Kings and Queens,” was directed by Bartholomew Cubbins. Check out the video clip below. [Read more…]

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My Sick Obsession: Ke$ha

November 21, 2010 By Jessica Astronaut 2 Comments

I am an avid music fan and I have been since elementary school. It took me a few years, but for many years now, I have been a proud fan of quality music. Music with substance, talent, and you know, created by driven musicians.

The only time I listen to the radio is on Saturday’s when Ira Glass takes over NPR with This American Life. I am uncertain, but convinced MTV ceased music videos and replaced them with Guidos and teen moms. My exposure to music that I do not love is very minimal.

I listen to real music, with instruments, thoughtful lyrics, and actual talent. My record collection is the anti-radio or pretty damn close to it.

Popular music is cheap, it’s a concept created by a fat man in an expensive suit. It’s overly catchy, it’s constructed by anyone other than the “singer”. It’s sexy, easy, and uses dancing as a distraction. The only requirement? Slight talent and the ability to be a puppet. Have a bangin’ body? Willing to sell it? You can be a pop star! It’s a formula.

Take a glittery alcoholic throw in a dollar sign mix in a little sex appeal and blend it with excess auto tune and glitter, voila! KE$HA is born.

The track “Tik Tok” launched Ke$ha into extreme fame. It’s loud, in your face, and hilariously bad. From the “brush my teeth with a bottle of Jack” to rhyming Mic Jagger with swagger. These are hardly lyrics. They are poorly written jokes.

The best part? Ke$ha is in on the joke. If she weren’t, her career wouldn’t be as successful. She “created” a new style of singing. It’s not singing exactly, but rather a hybrid of rapping and whining. She sounds (and probably is) perpetually under the influence. Her songs, vocal stylings, and overall demeanor, are what sells her as a product. She’s smart. She understands that she isn’t making serious music. That’s precisely why, she’s a serious artist.

It wasn’t by choice that I started listening to Ke$ha. On bad nights after the bars, my friends would say, “I feel like Ke$ha.” Instantly Animal was in the cd player, they were screaming, and I was embarrassed. Eventually I started recognizing the harmonies and soon enough, I was singing along. At first it felt shameful, but after a few listens, I knew I was a love sick crackhead.

When Ke$ha first emerged, I was an avid hater. Even as a “fan”, I still cannot put my finger on exactly what makes her so goddamn irresistible. Alone, speeding down the dark highways, I find myself slipping Animal into the cd player. I stop feeling dirty as the record wears on and through the hit songs.

Underneath the glitter, the drugs, and the ignorant lyrics, there’s a, dare I say it? Musician? Because there is. “Backstabber” is a heartfelt jam about bitchy backstabbing girls. It’s not in the typical Ke$ha styling either. She sounds like a female singing sensation. Rather than the bullshit singer she is now. The lyrics are simple, but golly, the girl has some pipes on her.

Will Ke$ha ever get over this phase and make music for the masses rather than the teenager alcoholics? Who knows. But what I do know is, “We R Who We R” is just as good, if not better than “Tik Tok”.

The line, “I’m so sick of being so serious / it’s making me delirious” explains it all. Ke$ha just wants to have fun and so do I. Don’t you? No? Okay, well we are who we are.

I am not ashamed.

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Rocky Loves Emily Post Behind The Scenes Video

November 21, 2010 By Bryce Jacobson Leave a Comment

Rocky Loves Emily have posted a behind the scenes video from the set of their “Clueless” music video. The video will be released this Monday along with their debut EP, American Dream. Check out the video below and let us know if you will be picking up their EP. [Read more…]

Filed Under: News, Videos Tagged With: Rocky Loves Emily, Tooth And Nail

Motion City Soundtrack Perform On A Different Spin With Mark Hoppus

November 18, 2010 By Bryce Jacobson Leave a Comment

Motion City Soundtrack will be performing on A Different Spin with Mark Hoppus tonight at 7/6 C. Check out a preview from the show below. [Read more…]

Filed Under: News Tagged With: Motion City Soundtrack

Travis Barker Streams “Carry It” Video

November 17, 2010 By Bryce Jacobson Leave a Comment

Travis Barker is streaming his new video for ‘Carry It” featuring Tom Morello (Rage Against The Machine) and RZA and Raekwon of the Wu Tang Clan. The song will be on Barker’s upcoming album, Give The Drummer Some, due out February 2011. Check out the video below. [Read more…]

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Paramore Stream “Playing God” Video

November 17, 2010 By Bryce Jacobson Leave a Comment

Paramore‘s new video for “Playing God” can be seen here. The song comes from the bands latest album, [itunes link=”http://itunes.apple.com/us/album/the-only-exception/id322118697?uo=4″ title=”Paramore – Brand New Eyes” text=”Brand New Eyes”], in stores now.

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The Beatles Now On iTunes

November 16, 2010 By Ben Minsky Leave a Comment

iTunes users are now available to purchase Beatles songs. Visit www.apple.com/the-beatles for more information.

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The Starting Line To Play Special AP Show

November 16, 2010 By Ben Minsky Leave a Comment

The Starting Line will be playing a show for the 25th Anniversary of Alternative Press. The show will be on 12/17/10 at the North Star Bar in Philadelphia. Ticket information can be found on the Alternative Press website.

Recently reunited pop-punk outfit the Starting Line will be playing an intimate AP 25th Anniversary show on Dec. 17 at the North Star Bar in the band’s hometown of Philadelphia””a venue TSL have never played. This will be one of only two scheduled gigs for the band this year.  Seventy-five AP subscribers (and one guest per person) will win tickets to the show.  All entries must be submitted by Dec. 8 and winners will be notified via e-mail by Dec. 10.

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Underoath/Thursday Tour Dates

November 16, 2010 By Ben Minsky Leave a Comment

Underoath will be touring with Thursday, Animals As Leaders, and A Skylit Drive. Tour dates can be see below.

Tour dates

1/20/11 – Houston, TX @ Warehouse Live
1/22/11 – Dallas, TX @ The Palladium Ballroom
1/24/11 – Albuquerque, NM @ Sunshine Theater
1/25/11 – Tempe, AZ @ Marquee Theater
1/26/11 – West Hollywood, CA @ House of Blues
1/27/11 – Anaheim, CA @ House of Blues
1/28/11 – Las Vegas, NV @ Hard Rock Cafe Las Vegas
1/29/11 – San Diego, CA @ Soma
1/30/11 – San Francisco, CA @ The Regency Ballroom
2/01/11 – Portland, OR @ Roseland Theatre
2/02/11 – Seattle, WA @ Showbox SoDo
2/03/11 – Spokane, WA @ Knitting Factory Concert House
2/04/11 – Boise, ID @ Knitting Factory Concert House
2/05/11 – Salt Lake City, UT @ In The Venue
2/06/11 – Denver, CO @ The Summit Music Hall
2/08/11 – Minneapolis, MN @ First Avenue
2/09/11 – Chicago, IL @ House of Blues
2/10/11 – Cleveland, OH @ House of Blues
2/11/11 – Buffalo, NY @ The Town Ballroom
2/12/11 – Royal Oak, MI @ Royal Oak Music Theatre
2/13/11 – Toronto, ON @ Phoenix Concert Theatre
2/14/11 – Montreal, QC @ Metropolis
2/16/11 – Pittsburg, PA @ Club Zoo
2/17/11 – New York, NY @ Terminal 5
2/18/11 – Worcester, MA @ The Palladium
2/19/11 – Philadelphia, PA @ Trocadero
2/20/11 – New Haven, CT @ Toad’s Place
2/22/11 – Washington, DC @ 9:30 Club
2/23/11 – Charlotte, NC @ Amo’s Southend
2/24/11 – Knoxville, TN @ Valarium
2/25/11- Atlanta, GA @ The Masquerade
2/26/11 – Lake Buena Vista, FL @ House of Blues
2/27/11 – Ft. Lauderdale, FL @ Revolution

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Circa Survive Tour Video

November 16, 2010 By Ben Minsky Leave a Comment

Circa Survive have released a new tour sequence video.

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