I find this list of the sales numbers for Pitchfork’s top 10 albums of 2009 quite interesting. It’s amazing to me to see how few albums a band such as Animal Collective actually sells. Merriweather Post Pavilion has only sold 131,000 copies through December 13th in the US. While they may be considered huge in [...]

I purchased a jingle to promote this blog from Your Daily Jingle. Our jingle will be the jingle of the day on January 11th and I paid $11 for it. When our jingle is posted, I’ll feature it here. What’s this all about? Well it’s the brainchild of Brian King who describes himself as a [...]

The Flaming Lips cover of Pink Floyd’s 1973 album Dark Side of the Moon will be released as a download only album on ITunes tomorrow. I’m personally boycotting buying this album because I hate ITunes. AmazonMP3 rules, and they really should have made this available there too. But I’ll still be listening to this one [...]

The Facebook campaign to get Rage Against the Machine’s “Killing in the Name” (originally released in 1992) as the “Christmas #1″ in the UK has succeeded. “Killing in the Name” sold 502,672 copies, while XFactor (some terrible reality show along the lines of American Idol – yes, it’s produced by Simon Cowell) winner Joe McElderry‘s [...]

Skinny white asexual dorks with safe Indie Rock haircuts ideal for the Pitchfork generation. These young boys are not capable of making music, but rather, pointless noise to play to their equally repulsive trust-fund Hipster girlfriends. Some members of Animal Collective attended college and experimented with drugs, or perhaps all members of the band went [...]

This is the 5th song in my continuing “Beatles Songs” series which will eventually cover all 186 original Beatles songs from 1962′s “Love Me Do” to 1970′s “I Me Mine” (the only Beatles song recorded in 1970, it was recorded on 1/3/70 by George, Paul, & Ringo. John was out of the country.) Although, admittedly, [...]

A little PSA for anyone else who does almost all of their Christmas shopping online: Time is running out, especially if you’re interested in getting free shipping (which I would assume that you are.) Some Places To Shop: Amazon.com, GuitarCenter.com, & CCMusic.com In Canada: Amazon.ca In the UK: Amazon.co.uk If you’re reading this on December [...]

I’d been considering buying the MXR Carbon Copy for some time (because I’m a bit obsessed with getting more analog in my signal chain and delay is an effect I use a lot) when I finally decided to get one this week after reading a lot of positive reviews about how much better the delay [...]

Last.FM has released their “best of 2009” top ten albums released from October 1, 2008 through November 19, 2009. The chart is is based on which albums’ songs have had the most “scrobbles.” Live albums and greatest hits compilations are not included. Here’s the top ten: #10 Kanye West – 808s and Heartbreak – 6.6 [...]

In further proof that the average American is an imbecile, Billboard has named Nickelback as the “Band of the Decade” for having more chart success during the decade than any other “group or duo.” They were 7th overall behind Eminem, Usher, Nelly, Beyonce, Alicia Keys, and 50 Cent. Quite a group isn’t it? In case [...]