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Death+Taxes Video: Woods Live At Northside Festival

Colin Jones :: Monday, June 28th, 2010 5:30 pm

On Friday, Brooklyn-based Woods performed at The Music Hall of Williamsburg with Real Estate for Northside Festival. Both bands brought out their jam hats and threw down some extended performances. Death + Taxes caught some video of Woods’ performance.

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Landon Donovan Fathers Love Child: In Other Breaking News, Rich and Famous Professional Athletes Can’t Keep It In Their Pants

Elisabeth Dickson :: Monday, June 28th, 2010 4:30 pm

In the wake of the U.S. soccer team’s soul-crushing loss to Ghana this weekend, star forward Landon Donovan can console himself with the news that he may or may not be a baby daddy: a British woman has named Donovan as the father of her unborn child. Donovan, who has been separated from wife Bianca Kajilich since last July, would not confirm or deny siring the English fetus, saying in an interview with Sports Illustrated that “if I need to take responsibility, then I will provide the appropriate support.” MORE »

Paul, The Psychic Octopus Predicts German Victory Over England

Nick Nicoludis :: Monday, June 28th, 2010 3:45 pm

Pretty much every country on earth (except the U.S.) has intricate rituals dedicated to cheering on their soccer (or football) teams. They have ornate chants, costumes and are willing to die for their teams-or at least get pass-out drunk for them. The Germans have their own rituals, which apparently involve a psychic cephalopod named Paul. See a video of Paul’s prediction techniques after the jump. MORE »

Free Music Monday: Download Of Montreal and Woods

Colin Jones :: Monday, June 28th, 2010 3:40 pm

It’s Monday, which means some free music coming your way. It has been a busy week with Northside Festival happening here in NYC, of Montreal releasing the first track off of False Priest and Woods releasing their first music video. Today we feature the Of Montreal track, “Coquet Coquette,” Woods “I Was Gone,” and their video for “Death Rattle. Enjoy some hot fresh and free music. MORE »

90s Rock Legends: Where Are They Now?

Amy Dupcak :: Monday, June 28th, 2010 3:30 pm

The early-to-mid ’90s were pretty golden in terms of rock music. Now, over a decade later, the grungers have grown up, lost some hair, and have either moved on to other projects or are attempting to pick up the pieces of their old bands. Something of a revival seems to be stirring in the air, but it’s not all as blissfully angsty as it used to be. Read on for what some ’90s rockers have been up to, good and bad…. MORE »

Vince Neil hires LiLo as PR rep

Jasmine Belassie :: Monday, June 28th, 2010 3:15 pm

Motley Crue’s former front man, Vince Neil, has hired Lindsay Lohan to look after his PR. MORE »

This is Gonna be Big

Chelsea Fisher :: Monday, June 28th, 2010 2:45 pm

“Huge,” A new show on ABC family features biggens Nikki Blonsky of “Hairspray,” and Hayley Hasselhoff, David Hasselhoff’s plus-size daughter.

The show was developed by none other than Winnie Holzman, who created “My So Called Life” the short-lived nineties drama about how hard it is to be thin, alternative, and down right good looking. “Huge” is about pretty much the exact opposite: Being overweight and well, plainly, not Jared Leto or Claire Danes. MORE »

Northside Festival: Elvis Perkins In Dearland

Colin Jones :: Monday, June 28th, 2010 2:44 pm

Elvis Perkins is a strange amalgamation. He takes each of his folky, little ballads and turns them on their heads with samba, latin and spanish influences. What sounded like a heart wrenching tune on an album can suddenly switch to a jaunt that puts some kick into the hips.

Each time I have seen him with Elvis Perkins in Dearland it has been on blindly hot afternoons. In the Newtown Barge Park on Sunday the crowd was languid and soggy in the midday heat when Perkins strolled onto the stage with a “good evening.” Pulling right into a spanish downbeat influenced tune he introduced the mood of the afternoon-unpredictability. Sometimes he would weave between roughly interpreted rockabilly on the new cut “Stop, Drop, Rock and Roll” and simply anguished folk ballads like “Stay, Zombie, Stay. It was one jerk after another between genre’s and motifs with musicians wildly slamming a bass drum like a marching reveler and victorious horns blaring towards the end of the set. MORE »

Oilcane Threat #1: Tropical Storm Alex

Nick Nicoludis :: Monday, June 28th, 2010 2:30 pm

A little over 6 weeks ago, I wrote on the potential effects a hurricane could have on the seemingly endless supply of oil floating around in the Gulf of Mexico. Obviously a massive Katrina-like storm would wash thousands, or possibly millions of gallons of oil onto the shores of Louisiana, Mississippi or Texas. Although this year’s first massive storm system-Hurricane Alex-isn’t predicted to touch the oil spill, it raises concerns about what the hell we’re going to do if a giant storm travels over the spill and reaches US soil. MORE »

France Should Lay Off The Noriega

Andrew Belonsky :: Monday, June 28th, 2010 2:30 pm

Drug icon and tyrannical General Manuel Noriega finds himself back in the spotlight, thanks to a French court’s decision to extradite the former Panamanian dictator and put him on trial for laundering some drug money.

If convicted, the 72-year old, who just ended a 20-year prison stint here in the U.S., could face 10 years in the Parisian penal system. Sure, that sounds like a good idea, except that it’s a complete miscarriage of justice that hampers Panama’s ability to move beyond their nightmarish past.
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My Morning Jacket: Carl Broemel To Release Solo Album

Robin Bacior :: Monday, June 28th, 2010 2:15 pm

My Morning Jacket guitarist/saxophonist Carl Broemel has recently announced he’ll be releasing his own solo album on August 31, All Birds Say. With the debut still months away, the album is already being praised for Broemel’s insightful lyrical mastery, unwinding lengthy strings of poetic, objective verse.

“A lot of the songs are really just me talking to myself, trying to make sense of things in my head,” Broemel was quoted saying in a recent press release. MORE »

Jennifer Capriati Overdoses on Tennis

Carmel Lobello :: Monday, June 28th, 2010 1:30 pm

Jennifer Capriati, the 34-year-old tennis superstar, landed in a hospital in Riviera Beach, FL this morning, from an apparent drug overdose.

Once ranked the number one competitor in the world, and the winner of three slams and an Olympic gold, she’s clearly experienced the tremendous highs and crushing lows unique to the pro-athlete or pop-star drug-addict. This life-pattern of come-ups and come-downs perfectly follows the heart wrenching mood swings of a tennis match, in which you either win or loose at least 90 times before the game is over.

More than any other sport, tennis seems to be psychologically rigged to breed drug addicts, and officially rigged to keep them out of trouble. If tennis were a mental illness (and for many it is), it would have to be manic depression. MORE »

Facebook Movie: The Social Network

Jasmine Belassie :: Monday, June 28th, 2010 1:15 pm

“You don’t get to 500 million friends without making a few enemies”

It seems we’re in for clichés and mundane banality with the new Facebook movie, creatively named The Social Network which hits theaters this October. As always the highlights of the movie are given away in the teaser trailer, with Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg being described as a “punk” and “traitor” — I can just taste the tension…can’t you? MORE »

Let Me Taste Your Tears, Chris Brown. Oh, The Tears of Unfathomable Sadness: Chris Brown Breaks Down at BET Awards

Elisabeth Dickson :: Monday, June 28th, 2010 1:14 pm

After a flawlessly executed moonwalk, Chris Brown broke down during a Michael Jackson tribute medley at the BET Awards last night. Brown, who pled guilty last year to a 2009 felony assault charge on ex-girlfriend Rihanna, started convulsing into sobs during the opening bars of “Man in the Mirror,” prompting many viewers to wonder what Chris Brown’s tears taste like (my guess is top notes of Axe body spray followed by a savory hint of bullshit). MORE »

Watch: Northside Festival, Titus Andronicus

Andrew Limbong :: Monday, June 28th, 2010 12:45 pm

There’s something to be said about the type of person that a state like New Jersey breeds. There’s the obvious stereotype that’s been proliferated by the Jersey Shore crew, but then there’s also the underdog archetype that New Jersey does so well. Upholding the tradition of Americana-inspired rock n’ roll from New Jersey, of which Bruce Springsteen is God, punk rockers Titus Andronicus showed on Saturday that they’ve got the chops to be the best thing New Jersey has produced since the Boss himself. Continue reading to watch. MORE »