Congrats to Darcy and the Secret Society on a well-earned Grammy nomination for the superb Infernal Machines.
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Abbey Lincoln, R.I.P.
The post below about Rob's immortalization was somewhat embarrassing for me, as I actually own the album in that "compact disc" format your grandparents may have told you about, but.
BBC 6 Music has been saved from closure.
Scott already covered the awful news, but if anyone is worth a follow-up post, it's Alex Chilton. Like most of my contemporaries, I came to admire Alex Chilton through his.
Kate McGarrigle, 1946-2010. Definitely a great one.
The Guardian published the NME's list of the best 50 albums of the last decade a few days ago, and I've been meaning to comment. The Strokes are over-rated -- they were highly derivative, rather like Beck was highly derivative ten years prior. My favorite...
Pitchfork brings the snark:For a while now, Tom Waits has been threatening to drop a live album document of his 2008 Glitter and Doom tour on us. And today, Waits'.
I'm a bit late to the game on this one. Paul beat me to the punch, and got in the obviously good quip in the process. I blame the time.
I see that fresh off a richly-deserved win in the coveted Worst Lyrics of 2008 competition ("You look so much cuter/With something in your mouth") (although, actually, I might vote.