Author: David Medsker (Page 76 of 96)

Shhhh! Don’t tell anyone, but New Order is finished

May 12, 2007 / David Medsker

Whoops. During an interview with XM DJ Clint Boon, Peter Hook accidentally let it slip that New Order is no more.

Now, I love New Order. If I had a dollar for every time I’ve played one of their songs, I’d be a wealthy, wealthy man. But I’m glad they’re finished. Their last album, Waiting for the Siren’s Call, bored me to tears, and as I was considering bands to include for an upcoming piece on bands that should break up and bands that should get back together, New Order was near the top of my list. Gee, maybe I should use this power of suggestion in other ways. Hey, Blue October. It’s time for you to break up now. Hey, Taking Back Sunday…

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Well, of course Jeff Buckley was a Smiths fan

May 3, 2007 / David Medsker

From his forthcoming compilation So Real, Buckley sings “I Know It’s Over.” A little on the light side, but hey, it’s Jeff Buckley. What do you want from the guy?

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You heard it here first: Paul McCartney, “Ever-Present Past”

May 2, 2007 / David Medsker

Some (including our own minister of snark, Jason Thompson) have mocked Macca for releasing his new album, Memory Almost Full, on the new Hear Music label, the startup imprint co-financed by Starbucks and Concord Music Group. This writer, however, personally thinks it’s the most awesomest thing he’s seen in years. Paul McCartney, Paul freaking McCartney, is walking away from the major labels because he thinks a coffee shop would do a better job selling records than they would. Wow.

So here it is, Starbucks’ first single, “Ever-Present Past.” This definitely reminds me of an earlier Macca tune. “Press,” perhaps? You tell me.

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And now, your new music Commandments

April 26, 2007 / David Medsker

Just had this dropped in my mailbox by one Mojo Flucke, and it’s an instant contender for Single of the Year. Ladies and gentlemen, “Thou Shalt Always Kill” by Dan Le Sac vs. Scoobius Pip. God, I can hear the answer records to this one already.

Ya wanna know how emo Pete Wentz is?

April 10, 2007 / David Medsker

He’s dating Ashlee Simpson.

That is not a joke. Actually, it’s a big, big joke, but it’s a serious joke. Those tattooed kids who pretend to be “alternative”? Don’t kid yourself: what they really want is to fit in with the popular kids and bang the popular girls. It’s just like high school, with money. Okay, I take that back: the music business is supposedly junior high school with money. Hollywood is high school with money. Either way, it’s a bunch of people who will contract V.D. far, far earlier than I ever will. “Syphilis, how it started off with just a kiss…”

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