Reviews
New MGMT Contest and Remix
MGMT will be performing LIVE FROM ABBEY ROAD tomorrow 08/07 @ 10PM. Click ^ to watch a performance.
It is about time we had another Cornerstone-sponsored contest around here! This time Pretty Much Amazing is giving away a lot of cool MGMT swag! I *KNOW* there are tons of MGMT fans here so listen up. I’m [...]
The Dark Knight Movie Review - Film Surpasses the Hype
We’ve been subjected to enormous amounts of hype and marketing for the Dark Knight. We’ve seen Joker scavenger hunts and one of the largest viral campaigns in advertising history and it culminates with the actual release of the movie.
Everything that’s been said is pretty much spot on. This is the first time I can remember [...]
E=MC²: Mariah vs Mimi
Really, there are two types of Mariah. There is the Mariah who warbled power ballads and insidious dance tunes throughout most of the 90s before going a bit crazy (Britney is so behind the times) and making the biggest comeback this side of Take That. Then there is Mimi Mariah, who insists on having guest [...]
So, you haven’t seen ‘No Country for Old Men’?
So, you haven’t seen No Country for Old Men? What’s your excuse? The Coen bros. have given us movies like The Big Lebowski, Fargo, Barton Fink and O Brother, Where Art Thou?, so what’s not to like about these guys?
Also, there’s bad-ass extraordinaire Javier Bardem, a Spaniard who I have seen [...]
The Hush Sound- Album Review
Unlike Panic at the Disco, their counterparts on the Fueled By Ramen label, The Hush Sound has not undergone a massive musical shift. With their third albm, Goodbye Blues, the Chicago-based band has kept much of the same sound- a rockin’ piano, infectious hooks, and the one-two punch of vocalists Greta Salpeter and Bob [...]
Simian Mobile Disco - Clock
There’s something of a comedown afoot in the world of Mr Ford. ‘Clock’ is the kind of beautiful wordless electronica Metronomy were making while SMD were bashing on their keyboards, licking the plugs and bumming Henry The Hoover. A change of pace then, but while the likes of ‘Hustler’ slammed chests with Snap!, ‘Clock’ lulls [...]
The Teenagers - Love No
Love No isn’t going to have the same impact as last year’s cult favorite, Homecoming. They’ve toned down their swearing and the plotting doesn’t have the same appeal, although it still raises a few smiles with references to an unhealthy addiction to the film Showgirls and an appeal to “stop smoking all the time”.
It’s a [...]
Chris Walla "Field Manual" Review
This review appears in this week’s Wireless Bollinger.
Chris Walla’s Field Manual has had a long gestation. The album was originally set for release a year ago, but Walla’s production of Tegan and Sara’s The Con pushed it back a whole 12 months. Then, United States Customs confiscated Walla’s hard drive at the Canadian border, further [...]
WTF is Up with: Magnetic Fields’ Distortion?
If you didn’t already know, Magnetic Fields have released their new album this month entitled Distortion. What I don’t get is why everyone is so hyped up about it. Giving it 3 well-listened spins, I can’t say this album is anything better than “just ok”. What baffles me is why Distortion is dazzling critics all [...]
The Raveonettes Are In The Building, Hopfully For Good
Like with most UK-based indie bands, us kids in ‘merka have to wait a couple months before it is released here. In the Raveonettes’ Lust Lust Lust case, we have to wait til February! Fortunately the album has surfaced in the UK (and many “file sharing” blogs *nudge nudge wink wink*), and is receiving massive [...]
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