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StaticBlog’s Live Coverage of the 53rd Annual Grammy Awards
February 13, 2011
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7:04 p.m. Welcome to the StaticBlog live coverage of the Grammys, in which LL Cool J kicks things off with a tribute to Aretha Franklin featuring five singers who, despite undeniable talent, are in no way capable of carrying out her reign if the Queen of Soul were no longer able to fulfill her governing duties.... Read More
StaticBlog live blogs the 53rd Annual Grammy Awards tonight!
February 13, 2011
Join me live at 7 p.m. CST tonight as I endure 3 1/2 hours of this year’s Grammy Awards on StaticBlog. I’ll be offering up-to-the-minute blather on winners, presenters and performers, and hoping that the Ramones get a sterling tribute tonight when the band is honored with a Lifetime Achievement Award and that... Read More
February 13, 2011
Join me live at 7 p.m. CST tonight as I endure 3 1/2 hours of this year’s Grammy Awards on StaticBlog. I’ll be offering up-to-the-minute blather on winners, presenters and performers, and hoping that the Ramones get a sterling tribute tonight when the band is honored with a Lifetime Achievement Award and that... Read More
Music Review: Cut Copy, “Zonoscope”
February 09, 2011
Rating: 90
A beautiful summer album arriving in the dead of winter, Cut Copy’s “Zonoscope” shows the Australian trio largely shelving the arresting midnight electro-rock of 2008′s “In Ghost Colours” in favor of bright, top-shelf pop. A deep romantic current flows through these 11 tracks as... Read More
February 09, 2011
Rating: 90
A beautiful summer album arriving in the dead of winter, Cut Copy’s “Zonoscope” shows the Australian trio largely shelving the arresting midnight electro-rock of 2008′s “In Ghost Colours” in favor of bright, top-shelf pop. A deep romantic current flows through these 11 tracks as... Read More
The Strokes to debut first single from “Angles” on Wednesday
February 08, 2011
“Angles,” the first Strokes album since 2006′s “First Impressions of Earth,” comes out March 22 on RCA, but the band will making its first single, “Under Cover of Darkness,” available for streaming and free download on Wednesday at www.thestrokes.com. Stereogum has a 30-second taste, and it ‘s worth... Read More
February 08, 2011
“Angles,” the first Strokes album since 2006′s “First Impressions of Earth,” comes out March 22 on RCA, but the band will making its first single, “Under Cover of Darkness,” available for streaming and free download on Wednesday at www.thestrokes.com. Stereogum has a 30-second taste, and it ‘s worth... Read More
Video of the Day: Toro Y Moi, “New Beat”
February 08, 2011
The new video from “Underneath the Pine” features an entire community being teargassed in winter, apparently for ecstatic sleep dancing and pantomiming alcohol intake. Fans of Roisin Murphy’s discotastic “Let Me Know” will recognize that this is not exactly a “New Beat,” but it’s a great one, yes?... Read More
February 08, 2011
The new video from “Underneath the Pine” features an entire community being teargassed in winter, apparently for ecstatic sleep dancing and pantomiming alcohol intake. Fans of Roisin Murphy’s discotastic “Let Me Know” will recognize that this is not exactly a “New Beat,” but it’s a great one, yes?... Read More
StaticBlog’s iPod Goes Shuffling on Feb. 8, 2011
February 08, 2011
In which StaticBlog’s trusty iPod Classic gets a workout and spits out the first 10 songs that present themselves.
1. Kanye West, “Celebration.”
2. Mayer Hawthorne, “Just Ain’t Gonna Work Out.”
3. The Sugarplastic, “Sheep.”
4. Blondie, “I Know But I Don’t Know.”
5. Ratatat,... Read More
February 08, 2011
In which StaticBlog’s trusty iPod Classic gets a workout and spits out the first 10 songs that present themselves.
1. Kanye West, “Celebration.”
2. Mayer Hawthorne, “Just Ain’t Gonna Work Out.”
3. The Sugarplastic, “Sheep.”
4. Blondie, “I Know But I Don’t Know.”
5. Ratatat,... Read More
StaticBlog’s iPod Goes Shuffling on Feb. 7, 2011
February 07, 2011
In which StaticBlog’s trusty iPod Classic gets a workout and spits out the first 10 songs that present themselves.
1. Colin Munroe, “Piano Lessons.”
2. Deerhunter, Game of Diamonds.”
3. The Beatles, “Paperback Writer.”
4. Paul Westerberg, “Love You in the Fall.”
5. Mos Def, “Roses.”... Read More
February 07, 2011
In which StaticBlog’s trusty iPod Classic gets a workout and spits out the first 10 songs that present themselves.
1. Colin Munroe, “Piano Lessons.”
2. Deerhunter, Game of Diamonds.”
3. The Beatles, “Paperback Writer.”
4. Paul Westerberg, “Love You in the Fall.”
5. Mos Def, “Roses.”... Read More
Gang of Four to perform on “The Late Show with David Letterman”
February 07, 2011
Gang of Four’s classic 1979 politico-post-punk album “Entertainment” should be in every self-respecting StaticBlog reader’s collection: not only does the album hold up better than 95 percent of 32-year-old albums — or people, for that matter — but it provided the template for much of the dance-rock that... Read More
February 07, 2011
Gang of Four’s classic 1979 politico-post-punk album “Entertainment” should be in every self-respecting StaticBlog reader’s collection: not only does the album hold up better than 95 percent of 32-year-old albums — or people, for that matter — but it provided the template for much of the dance-rock that... Read More
Video of the Day: Happy Camper, “Born With a Bothered Mind”
February 07, 2011
Manfred the Yeti should be able to navigate the great outdoors — that is, after all, what yetis do — but Manfred’s got issues with campgrounds and the implements of roughing it. Poor guy, but let’s face it — most scouting programs aren’t cool with yeti membership.
– Lang
Happy Camper - Born With A... Read More
February 07, 2011
Manfred the Yeti should be able to navigate the great outdoors — that is, after all, what yetis do — but Manfred’s got issues with campgrounds and the implements of roughing it. Poor guy, but let’s face it — most scouting programs aren’t cool with yeti membership.
– Lang
Happy Camper - Born With A... Read More
James Murphy bids farewell to LCD Soundsystem with “The Long Goodbye” at Madison Square Garden
February 07, 2011
Apparently, James Murphy is making good on his plans to unplug LCD Soundsystem, and will do so with “LCD Soundsystem: The Long Goodbye” on April 2 at New York City’s Madison Square Garden.
According to their Nasty Little Man representation, LCD will play music spanning its career, including the full-length... Read More
February 07, 2011
Apparently, James Murphy is making good on his plans to unplug LCD Soundsystem, and will do so with “LCD Soundsystem: The Long Goodbye” on April 2 at New York City’s Madison Square Garden.
According to their Nasty Little Man representation, LCD will play music spanning its career, including the full-length... Read More
Video of the Day: Those Darlins, “Be Your Bro”
February 04, 2011
Those Darlins hit it out of the park with their first video from the forthcoming album “Screws Get Loose.” As forthright statements about relationship status go, this one is blunt and beautiful.
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February 04, 2011
Those Darlins hit it out of the park with their first video from the forthcoming album “Screws Get Loose.” As forthright statements about relationship status go, this one is blunt and beautiful.
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“Mad Men” Recap: 411, “Chinese Wall”
October 11, 2010
By early September 1965, Sterling Cooper Draper Pryce is being forced into a wartime mindset, and while Don Draper is a supreme commander when he’s not hitting the Jamesons too hard, he makes two crucial mistakes late in this episode and it’s hard to imagine any of this working out on the bright side. Sure,... Read More
October 11, 2010
By early September 1965, Sterling Cooper Draper Pryce is being forced into a wartime mindset, and while Don Draper is a supreme commander when he’s not hitting the Jamesons too hard, he makes two crucial mistakes late in this episode and it’s hard to imagine any of this working out on the bright side. Sure,... Read More
Video of the Day: Crystal Castles, “Baptism”
October 08, 2010
Just a thought, but if I were ever in the same room with Alice Glass, I’d be damn sure that my carotid artery was obscured from view.
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October 08, 2010
Just a thought, but if I were ever in the same room with Alice Glass, I’d be damn sure that my carotid artery was obscured from view.
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Video of the Day: Local Natives, “Wide Eyes”
October 07, 2010
This land shark is not bringing a “candygram.
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October 07, 2010
This land shark is not bringing a “candygram.
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Video of the Day: Mumdance feat. Esser, “Don’t Forget Me Now”
October 06, 2010
Your mother always told you, “Don’t play with your food!”
All that time, she was worried that this would happen.
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October 06, 2010
Your mother always told you, “Don’t play with your food!”
All that time, she was worried that this would happen.
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Video of the Day: Corin Tucker Band, “Riley”
October 05, 2010
Surprise — The Corin Tucker Band sounds like a more straightforward, less frenetic Sleater-Kinney. Nice, but I miss the fireworks, damn it.
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October 05, 2010
Surprise — The Corin Tucker Band sounds like a more straightforward, less frenetic Sleater-Kinney. Nice, but I miss the fireworks, damn it.
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Video of the Day: Justin Timberlake, Jimmy Fallon and The Roots, “A History of Hip-Hop”
September 30, 2010
JT and JF do a pretty amazing job condensing 31 years of rap into four minutes on the Sept. 29 edition — which, by the way, featured Belle and Sebastian doing the title track for their upcoming album, “Write About Love.” StaticBlog will post as soon as it’s available.
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September 30, 2010
JT and JF do a pretty amazing job condensing 31 years of rap into four minutes on the Sept. 29 edition — which, by the way, featured Belle and Sebastian doing the title track for their upcoming album, “Write About Love.” StaticBlog will post as soon as it’s available.
Read More
“Mad Men” Recap: 410, “Hands and Knees”
September 30, 2010
With the various unravelings taking place in “Hands and Knees,” nearly every major character in “Mad Men” is facing just how tenuous success, happiness, relationships or simply the fragile balance of day-to-day life can be. The episode was a kind of chamber of horrors — everything that can go wrong,... Read More
September 30, 2010
With the various unravelings taking place in “Hands and Knees,” nearly every major character in “Mad Men” is facing just how tenuous success, happiness, relationships or simply the fragile balance of day-to-day life can be. The episode was a kind of chamber of horrors — everything that can go wrong,... Read More
Video of the Day: P—ed Jeans, “False Jesii, Part 2″
September 29, 2010
The mode of armchair art criticism I hate the most, and I hate it more than I hate many things, is the assertion that “Hell, I could do that.”
Yeah, but you didn’t. Last night, you watched an “According to Jim” rerun.
Watching “False Jesii, Part 2″ actually had me thinking “Hell, I could do... Read More
September 29, 2010
The mode of armchair art criticism I hate the most, and I hate it more than I hate many things, is the assertion that “Hell, I could do that.”
Yeah, but you didn’t. Last night, you watched an “According to Jim” rerun.
Watching “False Jesii, Part 2″ actually had me thinking “Hell, I could do... Read More
Photos: The Pretty Black Chains CD release weekend
September 29, 2010
The Pretty Black Chains caused quite the ruckus this weekend.
The Oklahoma City-based quartet performed to a sold out crowd at Cain’s Ballroom on Friday in support of The Smashing Pumpkins.
On Saturday, the band packed The Conservatory in Oklahoma City for its CD release.
Here are a few photos from the 20... Read More
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Staticblog" is a repository for the musings and harangues of Assistant Entertainment Editor George Lang, featuring indie music videos, movie news.
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