the culture of methe culture of mei'm what you would consider an obsessive consumer of pop music. i write about pop culture with opinions and without any objectivity in mind. i buy music with the money i should spend on food. my name is that dude jeff and this is the culture of me. 
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Emerging: heartbeeps
2008-05-06 23:10:00 There is never enough room on the shelf for lo-fi bedroom rock. Things that instantly make the culture of me remember how in love we are with Alien Lanes make us smile. Even when we don't press stop on the...
Video: Interpol - "Rest My Chemistry" (Blip Boutique's visual tribute)
2008-05-06 21:02:00 It's really a sad state of affairs when our memory is jogged by an animation-based video of how much we didn't like Interpol 's last record. We're not alone, we know, but the disc had such a small impact on our... More About: Video , Visual , Chemistry , Rest
mp-FREE: tracks from Head of Femur's Great Plains
2008-05-06 18:13:00 (photo by Maggie Pedersen) Like us, you may have missed the release of Great Plains , the newest album from the sneaky bastards in Head of Femur, when it dropped in March. The record saw the band massively strip down its... More About: Free , Tracks
mp-FREE: new Radio Dept. - "Freddie and the Trojan Horse"
2008-05-06 03:56:00 Straight from the band: "It?s time ? once again and more clearly than before ? to show our standpoint. ?Freddie and the Trojan Horse ? is about the untruthfulness of the Swedish right-wing government and how the leading party seized power... More About: Radio , Free
Photos: Rated X fifth anniversary debauchery
2008-05-05 19:38:00 Ha! Fooled you. These pics are PG-13 at best y'all. You know we don't put up nudes and shit like that. Not our style. In fact, we had a healthy conversation with Zachary Palmer at the party and he said... More About: Photos , Anniversary , Rated X
Santogold talks to The Guardian + new remix from Bud Lite(?)
2008-05-05 18:31:00 Her majesty is now sitting in a cafe, lipstick off, stunna shades in bag, discussing the (pop) art of turning herself into an icon before she's even a household name. "You have to be a finished product now even when... More About: Guardian , Remix , Lite , The Guardian
mp-FREE: Electrochris "Run For Your Life" mixtape
2008-05-05 18:09:00 It's absolutely astonishing how much talent is pooled together in NYC. We're not saying that because we live here and are total fanboys of our great five boroughs or anything (though both of those things are unequivocally true), but because... More About: Life , Free , Mixtape
Tours: NME's New Noise tour with Crystal Castles
2008-05-05 01:48:00 Crystal Castles , Friendly Fires, Team Waterpolo and White Lies are running around, ready to destroy. The four groups are part of the much-anticipated "New Noise " tour, brought to you by NME (and Live Nation), which is meant to be a... More About: Tours , Tour , Crystal
mp-FREE: Neon Coyote vs. Big Tymers - "Undisputable"
2008-05-04 00:48:00 (photo by Cash Money) We don't think we need to do any convincing of you guys about how highly we think of Neon Coyote . They're tested. And we're one of the sets of people who wait with baited breath for... More About: Free
Emerging: Love Motel
2008-05-03 23:48:00 P.S. we totally fucking love this photograph We are totally willing to look past certain transgressions made by bands/groups/artists if the music they create lives up to/past that mark. One of these such mistakes (in our opinion, obviously) is that... More About: Love , Motel
Photos: Supreme Trading May 2
2008-05-03 21:37:00 We realized last night that it's hard being a deejay when you roll up into a place with a set in mind and kids keep coming up to you asking to have their favorite jams played. We think it's kind... More About: Photos , Trading , Supreme
News: Ima Robot detail goodies + new member announcement
2008-05-02 23:10:00 After dropping Monument to the Masses in 2006, the boys in Ima Robot have kept busy, touring, recording, and, er, MySpace-ing. And with that in mind, they've put out word in the last 72 hours of a few just-developed items,... More About: News , Announcement , Goodies
Photos: Fresh Arrest, April 30
2008-05-02 21:42:00 Okay, so, apparently this party got to epicly hot shit levels directly after the culture of me left Happy Ending. What the fuck? Balls to that. Big up to Sweatshop Labor for sure. Come find us tonight at Supreme Trading... More About: Photos , April , Arrest , Fresh
Live: Be Your Own Pet added to the line-ups of Leeds and Reading
2008-05-02 19:18:00 (photo by Stefano Giovannini) This news follows the nearly semester-long jaunt the band has been on, sharing the stage with She Wants Revenge and The Virgins. At Leeds and Reading , the band will play to probably their biggest crowds yet,... More About: Live , Line
Video: Robyn performs on David Letterman
2008-05-02 18:16:00 So, maybe we still can't get over the fact that we've seen ads recently that herald Sweden's most long-standing export to music by using terminology that includes keywords like "Perez Hilton" or whatever, but if she hasn't won over America... More About: Video , David Letterman , David , Letterman , Robyn
NPR digs on These New Puritans
2008-05-01 20:16:00 The UK four-piece band are the site's artist of the day. Also, the new single "Swords of Truth" is out now. Pick it up. The group is on tour throughout Europe as we are typing this. These New Puritans ' members... More About: These New Puritans
Video: No Age rock a vegan supermarket
2008-05-01 18:55:00 Only VICE would think to do something like invade Food Fight, a vegan supermarket, pushing the aisles against the wall and then have Dean and Randy play to about three dozen(?) kids. Intense. No Age plays Bowery Ballroom on May... More About: Video , Rock , Vegan , Supermarket
Video: Busta Rhymes featuring Linkin Park - "We Made It"
2008-05-01 00:44:00 Seriously, we have nothing to say about this. A little piece of us has broken off and died. We can't take any more of this literally-earthquaking abuse. What the fuck Linkin Park and Busta? The end has no end. (mp3)... More About: Video , Busta Rhymes , Made
Live: Kidz in the Hall CD release party at S.O.B.'s
2008-04-30 23:31:00 Another Chicago throwback hip hop group is burning us bare on playlists as of late, and they go by Kidz in the Hall . The UPenn graduates are releasing their sophomore record, The In Crowd, and will be celebrating the release... More About: Party , Live , Release , Kidz in the Hall
mp-FREE: Immukization (Athens DJ) takes on Biz Markie + Shirley Ellis's jum
2008-04-30 19:06:00 This cat who calls himself Immukization (what?) won't leave the mash-up genre alone. The Athens , GA tweaker sent us an email a bit ago today with an old track he worked on. It rips up "Just A Friend" and pops... More About: Free , Shirley
Video: Panda Bear's stop-motion extravaganza on La Blogotheque
2008-04-30 18:17:00 "Comfy in Nautica" in stop-motion is probably the greatest thing to happen to "Comfy in Nautica" since all of those "Panda Bear is merely a rip of Brian Wilson" references. The video podcast series "Piticlips" from La Blogotheque is, simply,... More About: Video , Stop Motion , Stop , Motion
News: Goes Cube tours; records; is awesome.
2008-04-30 17:50:00 So that's how they come up with their song numbers? Bowling scores? So, you all totally know already that the dudes of epicly awesome and wonderfully loud Goes Cube played great sets at SXSW and then did a show at... More About: News , Tours , Awesome , Records
mp-FREE: Bulimiatron remixes The Beach Boys' "Louie Louie"
2008-04-29 22:58:00 And it's ridiculous. For serious. This shit is crazy and we can't get it out of our heads. Much like the original. Bulimiatron is official. Bliptastic. (mp3) Bulimiatron vs. The Beach Boys - Louie Louie Godspeed! More About: Free , Remixes
Emerging: Bella Noir
2008-04-29 20:23:00 Somewhere between the dark new wave of a band like Electrelane (R.I.P.) and the pop sensibilities of The Long Blondes lies an opening to fill. New York's Bella Noir is stepping up. The batch of songs the band has created...
Web: Sign o' the Times
2008-04-29 19:14:00 Quite possibly the greatest thing to happen to the web version of The New York Times is the fact that they need to have advertisers. We mean, need. All obviousness when considering how the physical versions of media are dying... More About: Sign , The Times
mp-FREE: Neon Coyote vs. M.I.A - "Jimmy"
2008-04-29 18:12:00 Seriously? Neon Coyote will not leave us alone. For real. These Brooklyn kids just keep on ripping, without worry. Gone are the Bollywood vibes of Maya's original banger and in their stead, the boys pop in what could be the... More About: Free , Jimmy
News: Black Kids give details of next single
2008-04-29 17:46:00 Jacksonville's most rhythmic young'ns, Black Kids , sent out a message via MySpace this morning, giving away all of the details you and us need to know about their next single, off of their self-titled debut (debut meaning "with label backing")... More About: News , Give , Single
Web: Jarvis Cocker does vLES?
2008-04-29 03:24:00 Apparently, this is not hardcore. Sorry, we couldn't help ourselves. Anyway, this coming Wednesday, April 30 at 3pm EST sharp, Jarvis Cocker will make an appearance (albeit in ridiculous avatar-style) on the social networking site vLES. That's right, the bespectacled,...
Video: Kid Sister takes you on a night out
2008-04-28 21:42:00 The Chi town hottie (go ahead, say something to the contrary, we dare you) was in Boston for a bit and shot some video where she stops by radio stations, hotel lobbies, talks about a three-compartment make-up kit and just... More About: Video , Night , Sister , Kid Sister
News: Morrissey pays cash to prove he hates racism. A lot of cash.
More articles from this author:2008-04-28 18:45:00 According to the Guardian, Stephen made the decision to front almost £30,000 (which at this point in time comes in somewhere around 156 million US dollars...at least that's what we think it is) for the Love Music Hate Racism festival... More About: News , Cash , Pays , Morrissey 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7 |
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