Monthly Archives: November 2010

Film At 11: Grinderman

Nick Cave’s Grinderman just issued “Worm Tamer,” the latest single from Grinderman 2 (Anti-). It’s available as a download or on limited-edition 12-inch colored vinyl featuring exclusive remixes from UNKLE and A Place To Bury Strangers. Check out the song’s video, which was filmed in September at London’s famed RAK Studios.

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TiVo Party Tonight: Rod Stewart, Kid Cudi, Broken Bells

Ever wonder what will happen during the last five minutes of late-night TV talk shows? Here are tonight’s notable performers: The Tonight Show With Jay Leno (NBC): Rod Stewart Rod Stewart is plugging new album Fly Me To The Moon…The Great American Songbook Volume V. Late Night With Jimmy Fallon (NBC): Kid Cudi Rerun from [...]

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From The Desk Of OFF!’s Mario Rubalcaba: Skateboarding

Hardcore will never die, at least while Keith Morris is still alive and kicking. The 55-year-old Morris co-founded the legendary Black Flag with Greg Ginn before leaving the band three years later to start the equally seminal Circle Jerks with future Bad Religion guitarist Greg Hetson. That band lasted a decade, though since 1994, the [...]

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MP3 At 3PM: Modern Skirts

Modern Skirts are anything but stagnant. Having broken onto the local Athens, Ga., music scene in 2005, the Skirts quickly made a name for themselves by selling out the 40 Watt Club (one of the most famous indie venues on the East Coast) and touring nationally for two years. The band’s debut album, Catalogue Of [...]

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New Music Tuesday: Steve Wynn, Simian Mobile Disco, Sleeping In The Aviary, Surf City And More

To celebrate today’s crop of releases, here are new mp3s from the Boy Least Likely To, Jenocide, Simian Mobile Disco, Sleeping In The Aviary, Solvents, Surf City and Steve Wynn & The Miracle 3. Also, vote for your favorite of today’s new releases.

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120 Reasons To Live: Eels

Nothing did more to further the cause of Alternative Nation-building than 120 Minutes, MTV’s Sunday-night video showcase of non-mainstream acts. For nearly two decades, the program spanned musical eras from ’80s college rock to ’00s indie, with grunge, Britpop, punk, industrial, electronica and more in between. MAGNET raids the vaults to resurrect our 120 favorite [...]

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From The Desk Of OFF!’s Steven McDonald: “Love And Death”

Hardcore will never die, at least while Keith Morris is still alive and kicking. The 55-year-old Morris co-founded the legendary Black Flag with Greg Ginn before leaving the band three years later to start the equally seminal Circle Jerks with future Bad Religion guitarist Greg Hetson. That band lasted a decade, though since 1994, the [...]

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Film At 11: Of Montreal

There’s a handful of lessons that can be taken from the new video for “Famine Affair” by Of Montreal. First, (most) men love women. Secondly, (most) men also love women who love women. And while it might seem like a certain paradise if those particular men were to be suddenly surrounded by mass amounts of [...]

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TiVo Party Tonight: Michael Franti, Elvis Costello, Kate Nash, Kid Cudi

Ever wonder what will happen during the last five minutes of late-night TV talk shows? Here are tonight’s notable performers: The Late Late Show With Craig Ferguson (CBS): Michael Franti The poet, musician and human-rights activist is supporting latest album The Sound Of Sunshine. Late Night With Jimmy Fallon (NBC): Elvis Costello Rerun from November [...]

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From The Desk Of OFF!’s Dimitri Coats: My Favorite Interview Subject

Hardcore will never die, at least while Keith Morris is still alive and kicking. The 55-year-old Morris co-founded the legendary Black Flag with Greg Ginn before leaving the band three years later to start the equally seminal Circle Jerks with future Bad Religion guitarist Greg Hetson. That band lasted a decade, though since 1994, the [...]

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