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Neil Young has announced plans for an extensive fall North American concert tour, according to a report published at NME.com. The tour begins October 14 in St. Paul and wraps on December 15 at New York’s Madison Square Garden. Opening the shows will be Death Cab For Cutie, Wilco, and Everest ... read more |
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In case you’re Tom Hanks (3) in the Saturday Night Live Mr. Short Term Memory sketches or just new to the magic of Cinema Blend Music, I’ll give you a little run down of how this article works. I was at Lollapalooza all weekend. You probably weren’t. Therefore, since I’m an affable sort of guy, I’ll fill you in about all the goings on ... read more |
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Finally, she offered me entrance, if I’d sign in, state my intended purpose, and agree to be chaperoned, all of which were unreasonable requests considering I had no real agenda and both the paper trail and escort could expose my plans of drunken carousing ... read more |
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Welcome to the CB Music Friday Flash, where our weekly mission is to bring you the music headlines as you head out into the weekend, and our motto as always is, ladies, show em’ if you know em’ ... read more |
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This Saturday, Vampire Weekend became the newest indie act to cancel scheduled concert dates in order to appear on the long running show.
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Last year, one of my roommates got really into Heroes. Every Monday night, I’d come home to Brain, sitting on the couch, munching on spicy hot wings and mumbling “that damn Sylar.” I never got it. Then again, I loathe superheroes, which probably doesn’t place me within a stone’s throw of the target audience. Things are looking up, though. Producers are preparing to release an accompanying soundtrack to the series, and I can get on board with that ... read more |
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Like a cheerleader dating the overweight, funny guy, Wilco has bailed on the quirky, moderately attractive city of Charleston, South Carolina and shacked up with the more desirable football player, Saturday Night Live, in this case. The abrupt cancellation comes just five days before the scheduled gig, but don’t worry, Charleston, Wilco has vowed to hook you up with a pity slow dance ... read more |
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I realized that it was Wilco’s lyrics that had sucked me in, not so long before. Not because I thought Jeff Tweedy’s lyrics were overly well written—in fact, they’re frequently a wad of drivel—but because they are filled with basic imagery that anyone could relate to. They suck you in with universal concepts like love and nostalgic reminders of past times. It is these lyrics (coupled with an inert anger that Yankee Hotel Foxtrot could make people feel special without being overly special), upon closer inspection, that became why I, not so subtly, but rather passionately, began to loathe Wilco ... read more |
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