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Is Indie Journalism Dead?

By Skwerl, 2/02/10

A plucky journaliste over at Paste Magazine recently penned a silly editorial (to be the February cover story), asking the age-old question: Is Indie Dead? An official Antiquiet rebuttal has been published by Flavorpill, yet we wanted to respond a little more directly here. Full Article »

Great response Skwerl !! Totally well written and true.... Love how you label Johnny Cash "Live at Folsom Prison" as a first [...]
 
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Women ruled the night at the 52nd Annual Grammy Awards, with Beyoncé and Taylor Swift leading the pack at Los Angeles’ Staples Center last night amid a flurry of bizarre collaborations. This time, however, Kanye kept his fat mouth shut. Full Article »

Is there any way to modify a Grammy trophy into a bong? Because that the would be the only good thing about them.
 
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Jane’s Addiction fansite xiola.org reports that original Guns N’ Roses bassist Duff McKagan is the mysterious new writing partner and bassist for Jane’s Addiction. As we reported earlier this month, Original Jane’s bassist Eric Avery is out, once again, due to… the usual. Full Article »

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The Builders And The Butchers have a new live album out, entitled Where The Roots All Grow. It’s only $10, and comes with video of the complete performance. Check out this clip if you’re not already sold, or if you haven’t yet heard of this great band from Portland. Full Article »

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To dismiss the music of Johnny Cash is to admit that you have no soul. To question the motives of supervisor and producer Rick Rubin is to blaspheme. Yet while we could never do either of those things, we’d be lying to you if we called Cash’s second posthumous studio album essential. Full Article »

Rick Rubin never puts his name on a bad record.
 
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From our friends over at Consequence Of Sound comes a new video from the Yeah Yeah Yeahs, for the track Skeletons from last year’s It’s Blitz. Check it out. Full Article »

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Editorials > Miscellaneous

This Summer, Titans Will Merge

By Skwerl, 1/26/10

The U.S. Justice Department has approved the merging of Ticketmaster Entertainment and Live Nation. The new company, to be called Live Nation Entertainment, represents a sort of live entertainment Voltron with a hand in virtually every segment of the business. But we’re not going to cry about it. Full Article »

The trouble starts when they charge 75 bucks for nosebleed seats.
 
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Radiohead’s benefit concert for Haiti was held last night at the Henry Fonda Theater in Los Angeles, raising over half a million dollars for the obliterated island nation. They also played a new song. Wanna see it? Full Article »

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