I think it’s interesting to see which classic bands/artists continue to reach new listeners (the great majority of Last.FM users weren’t even alive in the 1960s) so in that vein I’m creating this list of the 10 most popular bands/artists of the 1960s on the Last.FM website. Two notes: (1) I’m only considering bands/artists that [...]

The new Beastie Boys album (Hot Sauce Committee Part 2) is now available to be heard (for free) on the Beastie Boys soundcloud.com page. “Make Some Noise” is the lead single (and the only song from the album I’ve heard so far) and to my ears it sounds very much in the style of late [...]

Continuing my new picking whatever I want to do next approach to the Beatles songs series; today’s song is “Rain.” Yes, I’m really picking up steam. After waiting 9 months between “Hold Me Tight” to “And I Love Her” I’ve waited only 13 days to get to “Rain.” At this rate I may even finish [...]

Radiohead is releasing two new songs this Saturday (the 16th) on 12″ vinyl for “Record Store Day” in Europe & Japan. The songs are titled “Supercollider” and “The Butcher.” As of now there are no official plans to release these songs in other ways but they’ll certainly find their way onto the internet one way [...]

You can watch the entire last LCD Soundsystem show right here:

Instead of picking up where I left off (about 9 months ago) with my Beatles songs series, I’m going to skip ahead to “And I Love Her.” I figure it’s very unlikely that I’ll ever get to all of them, so instead of going in order (and doing a lot of early songs I don’t [...]

A list of some popular (and/or critically acclaimed) albums released (or set to be released) in 2011 that are currently available to be purchased on vinyl on Amazon: Radiohead – The King of Limbs. The vinyl version of this album is popular enough to be ranked #88 overall among Amazon’s best-selling music. The CD version [...]

Recently it has come to my attention that I seem to be in the minority among Radiohead fans when it comes to my favorite tracks from the band’s 2007 album In Rainbows. My favorite five tracks from the ten track album (not considering the bonus disc at the moment) definitely include “15 Step,” “Bodysnatchers,” “All [...]

Check out this hour long wah-wah pedal documentary titled Cry Baby: The Pedal That Rocks The World. It includes the history of the pedal (invented in 1966) and how it works. There’s lots of great interviews of guitarists who use wah wah pedals and the people who were involved with the creation of the first [...]

Thom Yorke, Burial, & Four Tet have collaborated on two new recordings and they are available on the interwebs now: “Ego” “Mirror” On my first listen; “Mirror” strikes me in particular. Pretty wicked track. I’m looking forward to hearing these tracks in full quality in the right space.