Well, we're not fans of Perez Hilton, but he does have the new video for Jenny Lewis' "See Fernando." Love the way she spoofs spy flicks. Check it out.
Also, I did a writeup on Jenny Lewis' show in Sacramento recently. She was fantastic.
The Dallas Observer sat down with her royal hotness Kim Gordon, dissecting her busy schedule, her life as a mother, and the many other things she has going on, including that band she's in-Sonic Youth.
DO: So how can you spend half of your life on the road and still be painting?
Gordon: Well, this has been a really busy spring, but generally we just tour around a record. We're not one of those bands that goes on tour for a year or something. [Thurston and I] have a daughter, and Lee has kids so, you know, I try and tour around her school schedule. We've been gone a lot this spring already, so it's hard. And I think it's actually harder for moms to leave their kids. I know some people say, "How come people don't make a big deal about asking fathers what it's like to go on the road?" It is hard for them too, but I think it's easier if you have one parent at home that's taking care of it.
Blitzen Trapper put together a very impressive video, with the band giving this explanation of how it went down. "Black River Killer" represents not only our first attempt at a fully live action video, but also a massive collaborative effort on the part of at least 120 people in and around Portland."
Canada's big music prize had it's list of ten nominees announced yesterday. The Polaris Music Prize has Great Lake Swimmers, Malajube and of course Metric as just three of the ten.
Get the rest here.
The winner announced in late September.
Internet radio has made a deal with copyright's and royalty rates. However, the rates are said to be much higher, forcing some like Pandora to make changes.
Pandora will only allow 40 hours of streaming a month, then charge you additional fees for more.
As you may have heard, MTV Unplugged is making a comeback.
One of the first bands to get stripped is Silversun Pickups. You can now watch several perfomances at MTV.
Here's one of them. A nice version of "Well Thought Out Twinkles."
After their much publicized Hollywood Bowl performance, Death Cab For Cutie dropped by Conan O'Brien to do "Little Bribes." It's a track off of their current EP, The Open Door.
Frank Black recently sat down for a lengthy interview with IGN, discussing many aspects of The Pixies. From the new, gorgeous box set Minotaur, to the future.
IGN: Is there any chance we'll see any new Pixie music?
Black: Oh my God. That is the question on the every interviewer's lips. The hell if I know. You know what would get us into the studio? If Quentin Tarantino would direct a movie and let us do the music and as a little extra carrot for us, maybe a little cameo. We've already got ideas man. We want to go to Cannes, man!
When you hear MGMT in this video covering "Voices Carry," their style definately fits the song. They stay pretty faithful to the original though.
From Bonnaroo this past weekend.
So, what did you do on your fourth of July?
It would have been cool to be invited to the White House 4th party, where Jimmy Fallon MC'd, and the Foo Fighters did six songs. ne of those six, a new track that will be a part of a greatest hits package toward the end of the year called, "Wheels."
