News

Watchmen watch?

I was Tumblr-ing around when I came across a mini-review of the Watchmen. Though this person couldn’t reveal the details, he/she did mention that it’s an awesome movie, even better than what he/she expected. The interesting bit of his/her entry was, this person mentioned the trailer did not do justice to the movie. Ah, the […]

Review

Album Reviews

Album reviews from the month of June 2008

Knowledge

Ska

Pre-reggae skankin’

Detonate

Vampire Weekend

A mixture of boldly intelligent lyrics, West African guitar jangling and indie rock jingling, Vampire Weekend is bloody good stuff

Detonate

Late Of The Pier

Roxy Music meets Klaxons

Features

Interview: Caroline Lufkin

Okinawa-born Japanese-American musician. Caroline Lufkin maybe small in stature but she had already wowed critics and listeners with her debut album, Murmurs released by renowned indie label Temporary Residence. Thanks to Soundscape Records, musos here had the good fortune to catch her brand of whimsical dream pop at her sold-out show at KLPac—an extra show […]

Detonate

The Wombats

Lead single ‘Let’s Dance To Joy Division’ off their debut A Guide to Love, Loss and Desperation has since catapulted this distinctly non-Aussie, non-furry band to fame

News

like a germ down with a cold

[youtube]2pPCkhYMQgY[/youtube] A viral video about viral videos and other assorted Internet phenomenon that have changed our lives inexplicably in little ways. (Bonding over Star Wars Kid. Getting laid to the sounds of OK Go’s treadmill video. Using sneezing baby panda to pick up chicks) We love the Internet. How the hell did people ever survive […]

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what the…?! pt. 8: bumper edition

Okay, so today I’m going to hit you with a whole barrage of odds and ends (and they’re pretty odd from start to end, phwoar) that I’ve scoured from all across the great digital divide. Enjoy: Mickey Avalon is an extremely out-of-left-field hip hop artist whose portfolio of musical works are of such dubious merit […]

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next on the knowledge: trip hop!

I’m not going to school you all that much on how trip hop came to be; I trust you’ve already picked up February’s copy of JUICE and have thoroughly consumed this month’s edition of The Knowledge by musical sage of the ages Matt Armitage. (If you haven’t gotten your copy yet, why I oughta…) Suffice […]