Music
Campus Cred: Still Putting The Pros Before Hoes
Street: You were previously known as Leviathan and now you go by Satellite Heights. What is the significance of this name change? Zach Williamson: We didn’t get enough girls with Leviathan. Street: Since you’ve done this before, we’re gonna ask you to step it up.
Defibrillator: Deerhoof
Deerhoof Milk Man 2004 Maybe it’s their San Francisco sensibility that makes Deerhoof’s harshest moments sound soothing.
Riding The Lightning
The joy of Of Montreal used to be found in the fact that they didn’t take themselves seriously. Their unashamedly upbeat, poppy style was complemented by inane lyrics and simple song constructs, forming the ultimate peppy guilty pleasure music.
Phila Phunk Punk
Brown Recluse Sings www.myspace.com/brownreclusesings If the members of Belle and Sebastian dropped acid with the guys from Elephant 6 somewhere before the turn of the century, the result would be the music of Brown Recluse Sings.
Man Vs. Machine
Since their 2006 release Ten Silver Drops, The Secret Machines have gone through a thorough process of renewal.
Defibrillator: The Libertines, "Up the Bracket" (2002)
By the time I entered high school, I was already months into the greatest love affair of my lifetime.
What Became of The Likely Lads?
The new millennium ushered in an awkward moment for British music. After 2000, most of the bands that epitomized '90s Britain were not producing new material.
Don't Let The Mirage Fool You
Oasis doesn’t release bad albums. Their work spans a range from good to great, and the band’s immense talent is almost always obvious in their tightly woven, upbeat pop-rock records.
Not The Change We Need
As a white Jewish boy from Boston, I’m an unlikely candidate to review West Coast rapper Murs’s latest release, Murs for President.
Tokyo Experience
Japanese indie rocker Shugo Tokumaru is a virtual unknown in the States. This, however, has not stopped him from creating album after album of endearing, upbeat indie pop-rock (for which he records almost every instrument by himself, at home on his laptop). He has even started to gain a following that includes the likes of Animal Collective and Jens Lekman. The release of Exit can only cause his fanbase to broaden.
The Best Defense Is A Good Offense
If San-X (one of the leading manufacturers of cute Japanese merchandise... think Hello Kitty, et al) sponsored a basketball team, their warm-up anthem would be “Basket Ball Get Your Groove Back” from Deerhoof’s new album, Offend Maggie.
The Defibrillator
Bubba Sparxxx Deliverance 2003 Bubba Sparxxx never gets much respect, and ditties like “Ms. New Booty” didn't help his cause.
Campus Cred: Don't Call Them Old Timers
Street: Would you say your life compares more to The Eagles’ “Life in the Fast Lane” or Mos Def’s “Sex, Love & Money?” Steve Waye: I’ll go with “Sex, Love & Money.” Because we’re sexy and people love us… and we’re money. Street: How much do drugs or alcohol influence your sounProxy-Connection: keep-alive Cache-Control: max-age=0 Your shows? Eric Karlan: Alcohol plays an instrumental role in each of our shows because if the audience isn’t plastered, we don’t sound nearly as good. Steve: It’s like spinach for Popeye. Street: At what point in your career do you plan on going to rehab? Steve: I’ve been in and out many times. Ben Miller: On the wagon, off the wagon… Street: If Beethoven were alive what he would say about your music?
.and You Will Know Us by the Trail of Paper Stacks Cash Money
Adversity helps spark creative fires and Paper Trail, the sixth studio album from T.I., is ample evidence of this.
Sly as a Fox
Street: You've been touring for a while. What's your favorite kind of venue to play? Casey Wescott: There are some clubs that are very small, that are set up like sort of a dance.
The Other Side of the Curtain
Fullerton, Calif.'s Cold War Kids have always been eccentric. Their sophomore LP, however, takes bizarre to a whole new level.
Defibrillator
Captain Audio Luxury or Whether it is Better to be Loved than Feared 2000 For every Neutral Milk Hotel and Of Montreal, there's another innovative group that remains so overlooked even Pitchfork won't give their work the recognition it deserves.
Give Me LIBERTY Or Give Me Death (CAB)
The 2008 version of MTV's 2004 "Vote or Die" campaign - the "Ultimate College Bowl" - was unveiled to the masses for the first time on TRL.
The Defibrillator
Prince and the Revolution Purple Rain 1984 Even accounting for that awkward period in which he was only "The Artist Formerly Known As," Prince has the most incredible staying power of any artist of his generation.
