Archive for January 20, 2011

I won’t go into great detail about the new tattoo that my friend (who will remain anonymous, though his name rhymes with Thristopher Jett) recently got in a parlor in NYC’s West Village. If this was my arm, the artist that created this would be out of a job and the joint would be closed [...]

The Drums played a 45 minute set last night (January 19th) at the more intimate stage in Webster Hall (The Studio) to a crowd of 250 max (part of a benefit show for Dan Duggins).  The highlight of the night was their cover of The Supremes’ “Where Did Our Love Go”, completely hipsterdized and surprisingly [...]

Cake should be excited about topping Billboard’s 200 Albums chart this week, but that also came with some disappointing history-making news.  The 44k sales shift of “Showroom of Compassion” makes this debut the lowest sales numbers to rank at the top of the charts, according to Soundscan.   It’s a sad time for music.