Black Lips - "Short Fuse"
First single fromt their new album.
Friday, February 27, 2009
Thursday, February 26, 2009
VOTD (Throwback Thursday): Dashboard Confessional - "Saints and Sailors"
Dashboard Confessional - "Saints and Sailors"
Wednesday, February 25, 2009
I've Started A Band!
Not really, but the newest internet viral sensation is to make your own band/album cover. Here is mine....
My band is named: Vision Guided Robotic Systems
Album is named: I Myself Deny It
To find out how to make your own go HERE.
Here is a second one I did:
Tuesday, February 24, 2009
Video Of The Day: B.O.B - "Generation Lost"
B.O.B - "Generation Lost"
I guess B.O.B used all of his music video money the label gave him on his first video.
Monday, February 23, 2009
TV On The Radio(head)
Radiohead is overrated
There. I said it. Get over it. Radiohead is basically a one hit wonder. "Creep" is good, that's it. Sorry music nerds, it's the truth. You probably think I'm insane, but I will try to explain to you why I feel this way....and what it has to do with TV On The Radio.
Some bands are only liked by fans because they're mainstream with out being "mainstream". Radiohead's music is on the radio and Radiohead is in the news, but you never really see them do interviews so they're "mysterious". A Radiohead fan can mold the band into whatever they want them to be because they don't know much about them.
There is also a very slim chance members of Radiohead are going to get caught doing something awful in the tabloids. So fans will never have to worry about having to explain to friends why their favorite band is doing blow with Tila Tequilla on the cover of US Weekly. Fans never have to worry about Radiohead losing credibility. This point is especially big for hipsters. They love feeling/being pretentious. It would be hard to justify liking Radiohead if they just performed a duet with Miley Cyrus on the MTV Music Awards.
Liking Radiohead will also gain you instant music credibility. If you are asked "what are some bands you listen to" and you answer "Radiohead" you are perceived to know "good music". The reason for this is because no one will admit that Radiohead's music isn't that great. Because everyone is afraid to admit that they don't really "get" Radiohead it has just become accepted over time that they are good, and no one can be convinced other wise.
Why am i writing a post to tell you all this? The newest member in the overrated band Hall Of Fame is TV On The Radio. Their latest album Dear Science, was hailed as one of the best albums of last year by numerous publications. I've listened to the album. I've even listened to their first album.
I don't get it!
I realized this upon seeing TV On The Radio on SNL a couple weeks ago. They were awful. You can watch the performances HERE. I know they have claimed that they had sound problems but I don't believe it. You know who else had sound problems on SNL....Ashlee Simpson, and everyone wanted her to give up music for the rest of her life. Not even making music, people wanted her to even stop listening to music. People tried to ban her from experiencing music, they only wanted her to feel for vibrations like a deaf person. Brutal.
So, congrats TV On The Radio, you are now weird enough that people automatically just claim your amazing because they don't want to be the only one to say "I don't get it".
Plus people(READ: white people) won't say black people who play instruments aren't good. How many of your friends like The Roots? How many of your friends actually have any of their albums or could name more than two Roots songs? Exactly.
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