| Have you ever thought to yourself, "Kanye's great and all, but I wish he could be paired up with someone whose lyrics sound like a high school freshman is singing them off the cuff?" Well congratulations -- the Kanye West / Chris Martin collaboration has arrived. (Hypem.com) R.I.P. Hilly Kristal, founded of C.B.G.B. Brooklyn Vegan has a phenomenal assortment of mp3s from The Ramones, Talking Heads, Blondie and the lot to honor the individual who was not, in fact, one of Billy Crystal's Catskills pseudonyms. Is there anything more indie than a new Band of Horses track called "Is There A Ghost?" Maybe if it was called "Is there a Ghost of a Wolf?" (The Modern Music) Eardrums brings us three tracks from Swedish electro-poppers If There Is Something. Electro-poppers is a word, right? Not just something served at Music Applebee's? For some reason, in the back of my mind, I keep thinking Oasis died in a plane crash eight years ago and I'm surprised whenever I see material of theirs dated after 2000. (Ain't Superstitious But...) |