The inaugural KANROCKSAS music festival will be held this August 5th and 6th at the Kansas Speedway in Kansas City. In addition to headliners Eminem and Muse, the two-day fest has an all-star lineup featuring The Black Keys, Kid Cudi, Girl Talk, The Flaming
Over my spring break, my friend offered me a free ticket to a Lady Gaga concert in Anaheim, California. I wasn't exactly a Lady Gaga fan- I don't really know any of her songs and I don't really know much about her at all other than the fact that she wore a meat dress to some event and caused a ruckus. But it was a free ticket to a show I had heard was a must-see. And so I went.
The
The next film by Twilight director Catherine Hardwicke, Red Riding Hood (out now!), features a song by Fever Ray, or Karin Dreijer Andersson of The Knife, titled "The Wolf," which perfectly demonstrates the dark, sexy twist on the fairy tale remake. This song is haunting, ghoulish, and even a little off-putting towards the end. Watchin
March 11, 2011 Marcy Playground - Sex and Candy
Congrats to Kyle from Westerly who was the first caller in with the correct answer. He's taking away two tickets to see New Politics and The Dirty Heads at the Met on the 9th of April!
Back in the day, there was a little alt-rock Brit-band that could that had ambition and a knack for sing-song, lovey-dovey lyricism.
Then, they got big. Real big. So big, in fact, that by their third album,
Listen: there's this guy I know. He's a real down-to-earth fellow, sharp as a revenge-minded inmate's shank and a laugh to boot, but he's straight-edge. He has trouble finding places to hang out or people to talk to, insecure as he is around drugs, alcohol, even cigs. He's a bit listless, this fellow, brilliant but as a matter of social necessity isolated. Whatever great ideas he engenders may, unbeknownst to him, have already come and gone, running the risk of reinventing the wheel. He shrugs this off, however. "Ignorance is bliss," he mutters all too often.
March 3, 2011 Today's CD Scramble was Primus - My Name is Mud
Congratulations to Melissa from Fall River who was the first person through with the right answer.
She's taking away two tickets to see Taking Back Sunday with Circa Survive at Lupo's on the 27th of April!
It has been a while since I've gone to such a fun show with such an array of talented musicians. Flogging Molly did not dissapoint in the band's set last Tuesday at Lupo's Heartbreak Hotel in Providence
Brooklyn's most fearsome indie-rock fivesome is back at it this week, kicking a new track from upcoming fourth LP Nine Types of Light into the interwebs for open listening, a bass-driven, funky ballad entitled "Will Do".
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