Lady Gaga was nominated for 13 awards, won 8 out of 16 of them because let’s face it, “Telephone” and “Bad Romance” were basically awesome, and now, apparently, has blue hair.
Vampire Weekend preformed a live cover of Springsteen’s “I’m Goin’ Down” at a show in Vancouver on Saturday. If I had to pick a perfect band to cover Springsteen, Vampire Weekend would not be on the list: Vampire Weekend is upbeat but sad and sings about punctuation. Adjectives good enough to describe Springsteen (most of the time) have not yet been invented. Nevertheless: the combination of the two is pretty great.
The video for Janelle Monáe’s “Cold War” was released yesterday morning, and is, except for the sanitarium motif, basically the exact opposite of “Tightrope.” It features a close-up on Monáe, who lip-syncs the song in one take after undressing. According to director Wendy Morgan in Pitchfork, “The ‘Cold War’ music video was filmed in the…Read More
Abbey Road is one of the most famous recording studios across the universe. And according to the Financial Times yesterday, EMI Group Ltd. is giving the studio a ticket to ride, in order to reduce leftover debt from a 2007 buy-out. While EMI has made no reply to reports of the sale, the studio is…Read More
I don’t know what I’m more annoyed with: the fact that Bono’s recent op-ed column was even considered for publication in the New York Times; the fact that in said column, Bono advocates for a new age of paternalistic Internet service providers; or the fact that U2 hasn’t released a decent album since 1991. Maybe…Read More
Getting abducted from a Russian bathhouse, being forced to drink imported vodka and dancing in sparkling, flame-shooting lingerie – you know, a typical Tuesday – has never looked so good. N.B.: I may be writing a culture studies paper on this. I’ve always wanted to use the phrase “writhing in latex” in an academic context.
Felicia Day has a music video out for her online web series, The Guild. The awesomeness needs to speak for itself.