You don't need a half-wit music critic to tell you it's been a remarkable year for America, one historians will be discussing and researching for centuries to come. War, financial collapse, politics, technology: All have been dinner-table topics for many Americans. Racial barriers in 2008 were demolished by a Midwestern black man, and gender barriers were hurdled by an Arkansan and an Alaskan.Democracy has a few awesome new dance moves rolling into the Obama presidency, and it'll be a feast f
Speaking of Erykah Badu: Much like we're doing in this upcoming week's paper, Stereogum today asked some of its favorite artists of '08 to name some of their favorite artists, albums, songs, etc. of 2008, and right at the top of the list, Of Montreal frontman Kevin Barnes names New Amerykah Pt. 1 as one of his tops in the year that was. Yep, that's yet another namedrop for Badu, who's having herself a fine end-of-year when it comes to being on lists and whatnot. But down in the comments of that
Your daily dose of national music for Wednesday, March 18, 2009...50 Cent is releasing not one, but two albums this year--and he's joining Fall Out Boy on tour for selected dates. Who woulda thunk it? Hopefully he'll be able to find time to take unnecessary jabs at Rick Ross...Jessica Simpson can't seem to catch a break lately. First, she had to deal with the flack from gaining a little weight, and now she's getting booed for flubbing her lyrics at a show last Saturday, in Irvine, California. Of
Your daily dose of national music news for Monday, March 23, 2009...Eminem and Flea are among the presenters for this years Rock and Roll Hall of Fame inductees. Em will induct Run-DMC; Flea will induct Metallica.It's funny how 50 Cent likes to take jabs at easy targets like Rick Ross, but, when it comes to standing up for himself with Lil Wayne, Mr. Cent seems to just take it all in stride. Weezy took another lyrical jab at 50 on a leaked song the surfaced this past Friday. Let's see if Mr. Cen
Your daily dose of national music news for Wednesday, April 8, 2009...
Good news if you're a fan of iTunes: Apple launched a tiered pricing system yesterday and discontinued the DRM on all downloads. Which is great news for people who don't read music blogs and get their songs for free.
Free documentaries seem to be all the rage lately: Conor Oberst will release One Of My Kind for free.The documentary followed Oberst and his Mystic Valley band from its recording session to the end of&nb
