tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-89329492009-11-25T18:21:15.462-08:00advance copyit's like learning a new languagekenyonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11893708819189346422noreply@blogger.comBlogger840125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8932949.post-89818065392272218542009-11-22T09:28:00.001-08:002009-11-25T18:21:15.604-08:00The Car (1977) "The car, he's in here!" HE! i love you car. You are so smart you were able to get inside that guy's garage. You are so much a better actor than those losers. Yes, Ronny "the ground was hallowed" Cox and James Brolin, who plays cat and mouse with a car from the depths of hell, while allowing his dumb girlfriend to get mauled by the car. Check out those sweet maneuvers by the car. kenyonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11893708819189346422noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8932949.post-64427568457867522092009-11-14T09:10:00.000-08:002009-11-14T09:29:16.987-08:00Maps: Turning the Mind (Mute)release: October 20, 2009style: celestial electronic popsimilar: M83, Project Skyward[rating: ***] The follow up to the debut We Can Create, Maps' Turning the Mind makes the obligatory leap in production from bedroom recording to studio, with Tim Holmes of Death in Vegas turning the knobs. While it doesn't have the same breathtaking effect of Create, this is a calm kenyonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11893708819189346422noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8932949.post-15465806113945489392009-11-11T08:18:00.000-08:002009-11-11T08:28:00.486-08:00Elefant > new tune + video.Wowzer, it's not another song about a GIRL. oh wait....no, it's about a girl again. Some west coast dates later this month. New York date in January. Third album out eventually. See my interview with the drummer HERE. -Kenyonkenyonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11893708819189346422noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8932949.post-51335280510663563182009-11-10T06:42:00.000-08:002009-11-09T18:50:05.226-08:00The Bravery > new tunesStir the Blood, the third album from the Bravery is out December 1, 2009. This is an unusual release date, seeing as how proper albums never come out between Thanksgiving and New Year's Day. But now that we got mp3s and junk, who cares?! The gloomy second single "The Spectator, " which follows the teaser "Slow Poison," is subdued compared to the rocking first album (one of kenyonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11893708819189346422noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8932949.post-75102443884079911532009-11-06T16:23:00.000-08:002009-11-14T16:38:10.234-08:00The Fourth Kind (2009) [rating: **] Unless you need to look at this as a case study on case studies for alien abductions, the Fourth Kind is best to be avoided as a movie with entertainment value. Being very interested in alien life and anything related to it, i was anxious for some "disturbing" images. But instead I was rolling my eyes regularly for at least the first 30 minutes, during cliche kenyonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11893708819189346422noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8932949.post-71113628116693092532009-10-25T16:42:00.000-07:002009-10-25T17:34:47.258-07:00they trip us upa place to bury strangersinterview by kenyon hopkinThe Brooklyn-based A Place to Bury Strangers has been jack-hammering a post-punk wall of noise-pop, while accomplishing the dream of opening for some of its biggest influences and bigger named peers- Jesus and Mary Chain, Black Rebel Motorcycle Club and Brian Jonestown Massacre. Their new album Exploding Head just hit the public kenyonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11893708819189346422noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8932949.post-13247379468451654672009-10-20T17:30:00.001-07:002009-10-20T17:30:59.273-07:00The Sky Drops - "Stone White"Taken from their summer 2009 debut full length release, guitarist Rob Montejo (formerly of Smashing Orange, who were a lesser-known, American shoegaze/dreampop band in the 1990s) and drummer Monika Bullette channel the moods of early BJM, Dirty on Purpose and Yo La Tengo. The video is clips from the Prelinger Archives (you know, those old misguided educational films).kenyonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11893708819189346422noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8932949.post-66867858126864086692009-10-17T11:29:00.000-07:002009-10-17T11:39:02.379-07:00Lost Kisses: My Life is Sad & Funny DVD (Silber) Crudely drawn comics can have a charm or even a message. As long as that message makes sense, isn't an inside joke, and actually makes you think. Using the most simplistic stick figures possible, Brian John Mitchell--who conviently has the same initials as Brian Jonestown Massacre--offers 10 self-examining teen angsty stories involving death, moralkenyonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11893708819189346422noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8932949.post-19580888248862632342009-10-15T17:20:00.000-07:002009-10-15T17:30:34.214-07:00movies left for dead.this has nothing to do with halloween coming soon. i do this all year round, suckerrrr!------------------------------Blood Sucking Freaks (1976) Misleading title and cover--there is only one freak that does any sucking and it's only one scene. The original title was actually The Incredible Torture Show, which makes hella more sense. Hella hella hella. BSF is a gorey S&M kenyonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11893708819189346422noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8932949.post-32331084581320010982009-10-10T14:14:00.000-07:002009-10-10T14:18:05.706-07:00Jawbox to play on Late Night With Jimmy Fallon on December 8, 2009.Holy cow, Jawbox, who released the killer-riffed "Savory" from For Your Own Special Sweetheart in 1994, will be seeing a reissue of that album November 24 and will be on Late Night With Jimmy Fallon on December 8. And they will play "Savory." This will be the band's first performance of any kind in 12 years, although we can bet kenyonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11893708819189346422noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8932949.post-20888573055404364942009-10-07T11:56:00.000-07:002009-10-07T12:01:17.634-07:00Casxio: new video + CMJ junkme cannot wait to spin this at the clubs! a neato transgender transfusion of Scissor Sisters, La Roux, MGMT and disco-era MJ.Dates with the nite aka CMJ junkOctober 7 - The Shore - Hermosa Beach, CAOctober 18 - Cinespace - Official Release PartyOctober 20 - Piano's - Music Slut CMJ Party158 Ludlow St. NY 10002(Casxio @ 6:00pm)October 21 - Southpaw - The Rumble CMJ kenyonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11893708819189346422noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8932949.post-59775852063194815732009-09-23T08:40:00.000-07:002009-09-23T08:46:45.473-07:00The Flaming Lips "I Can Be A Frog"This is an odd choice to release as a "single" or a video. It's short (more like an interlude or teaser) and wacky and the human-produced animal sounds are annoying. But it IS the Flaming Lips, afterall. New album out next month.kenyonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11893708819189346422noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8932949.post-54276950237496808592009-09-16T09:59:00.000-07:002009-09-16T10:06:01.381-07:00Sally Shapiro : new video: "Miracle" Sally Shapiro "Miracle" from the album "My Guilty Pleasure" from Paper Bag Records on Vimeo.surreal drama!kenyonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11893708819189346422noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8932949.post-85168320940145818672009-09-16T08:45:00.000-07:002009-09-16T08:51:24.669-07:00Lymbyc Systym : new track + albumMush records is gonna blop the next full-length from Lymbyc System (Jared and Michael Bell) on November 3, 2009. Very futuristic. The first cut made public from new album Shutter Release follows their previous magical instrumental indie rock. The duo is living separately in Brooklyn and Austin, but are on tour this month with the Books. Shutter Release was mixed kenyonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11893708819189346422noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8932949.post-89394635976989852032009-09-07T19:11:00.000-07:002009-09-07T19:18:08.407-07:00DD/MM/YYYY - new tunes + tour datesAfter a few months of being put-off by the absurd band name, this Toronto, Canada act catapulted themselves in front of me, and i was like, whoaaaa, CASSETTE. The jagged left-field experimental rock band is giving us a U.S release of its third album, Black Square, which is gonna be put to the test September 15 via digital and CASSETTE format. Radddd. After kenyonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11893708819189346422noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8932949.post-51427534929730347852009-09-06T08:29:00.000-07:002009-09-06T08:38:39.561-07:00Lou Barlow - new tunes + tour. Goodnight Unknown out October 5, four years since his last solo album and following the Dinosaur Jr reunion."Don't Apologize" from Goodnight Unknown.Lou Barlow and the Missingmen dates with the nite.10/02 - Cambridge, MA @ Middle East10/03 - Cambridge, MA @ Middle East10/04 - Clifton Park, NY @ Northern Lights10/06 - New York, NY @ Mercury Lounge10/07 - New Haven, kenyonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11893708819189346422noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8932949.post-63217925952991582792009-09-02T07:29:00.000-07:002009-09-02T07:35:57.922-07:00Raveonettes new tunes...ALREADY! and EW gets to post it? blech.The dreamy "Last Dance" is HERE.Quickly following Lust Lust Lust is the fourth record, In and Out of Control, out October 6.Dates with the nite-10/02/09 AUSTIN, TX THE PARISH10/03/09 AUSTIN, TX AUSTIN CITY LIMITS10/14/09 NEW YORK, NY WEBSTER HALL10/15/09 BALTIMORE, MD OTTOBAR10/16/09 WASHINGTON, DC 9:30 CLUB10/17/09 PHILADELPHIA, PA kenyonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11893708819189346422noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8932949.post-6901769478915869852009-08-29T08:45:00.001-07:002009-08-29T08:47:59.638-07:00Noel quits Oasis! awesome!from Oasisnet.com: "It's with some sadness and great relief to tell you that I quit Oasis tonight. People will write and say what they like, but I simply could not go on working with Liam a day longer."kenyonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11893708819189346422noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8932949.post-33595016221520918392009-08-26T12:03:00.000-07:002009-08-26T12:08:37.436-07:00REVOLTING COCKS to tour North America for the first time since the late 1980s. Band will release Sex-O MiXXX-O in late September, a collection of remixes from their 2009 album Sex-O Olympic-O.Holy crapes, the deliberately offensive RevCo has been re-charged by industrial metal icon Al Jourgensen and co. after Jourgensen ended Ministry this year. Jim Rose will host the shows, plus openers kenyonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11893708819189346422noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8932949.post-20684492077225167892009-08-22T10:49:00.000-07:002009-08-22T10:50:19.717-07:00kenyonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11893708819189346422noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8932949.post-57502411007720185492009-08-16T10:29:00.000-07:002009-08-16T10:35:11.575-07:00movies left for deadHeadless Eyes (1972) [rating: *] Weirdo artist tries to steel a girl's money. After she gouges his eye out with a spoon, he is now obsessed with doing the same to random victims. He takes the eyes and then does creative things with them, like putting them in ice cubes. Headless Eyes is terribly made with many pointless, dragging scenes, but considering this is from the early kenyonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11893708819189346422noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8932949.post-34897415230859885182009-08-12T10:05:00.000-07:002009-09-09T07:50:32.361-07:00Piney Gir--i prefer calling her Pony Girl--is in London making cupcakes and knitting twee with country. And by country, i mean old school original country like Patsy Cline, especially for the butter-churning "Of All the Wonderful Things." With help from backing band the Age of Reason, Piney Gir is supporting her new album The Yearling, which is released next month. It includes first focus song "kenyonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11893708819189346422noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8932949.post-8656740557112370172009-08-09T16:23:00.000-07:002009-08-09T16:38:35.683-07:00Embedded video from CNN Video"...leave some time to wander around." That's all we SEE here is people wandering around! Girl, i'll show you something AWESOME. Farrell with Leann Rimes killed the respect right there. Or is that his wife? I...I can't tell them apart. If you need to see Perry and wife Etty for sure, there's this new single/video just released and it's a strong candidate for worst kenyonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11893708819189346422noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8932949.post-75378728623809681762009-08-08T13:27:00.000-07:002009-08-08T13:51:52.358-07:00WWE Smackdown/ECWat Nassau Coliseum, Long Island.August 4, 2009. Aired on NY Channel 9 August 7.matches included: jeff hardy vs CM punk (2.5 matches), christian vs tommy dreamer (extreme rules), rey mysterio vs mike knox, john morrison vs smaller guy from the stupid hart dynasty, mike knox vs dolf ziggler vs finlay vs r-truth (fatal 4-way for championship match at summer slam), chris jericho vs kenyonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11893708819189346422noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8932949.post-84493509706026574932009-08-05T07:58:00.000-07:002009-08-05T08:22:08.494-07:00Sunset Rubdown dates with the nite.10/16/09 New York, NY - Manhattan Center Grand Ballroom10/17/09 Baltimore, MD - Sonar10/18/09 Columbus, OH - The Summit10/19/09 Chicago, IL - Logan Square Auditorium10/20/09 Madison, WI - High Noon Saloon10/21/09 St. Louis, MO - Off Broadway Nightclub10/22/09 Denver, CO - Bluebird Theater10/24/09 Salt Lake City, UT - Urban Lounge10/26/09 San Francisco, CA - kenyonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11893708819189346422noreply@blogger.com0