Music Review: Wilco - Wilco (the album)

Wilco: the album…to beat for best so far this year.

Music Review: Cheap Trick - The Latest
Cheap Trick Catches Lighting in a Bottle With “The Latest”

Dropping The Vitamin, Embracing The DISCO
June 30, 2009 in Announcements | Tags: Blog, Close, Closed, Closing, Disco, Drop, is, New, Perfume, Vitamin, What Yes, I’m afraid to say that this is a closing down post.However, if the above didn’t alert you of the situation, this should: I now have a new blog, which will be where I will be moving the complere operation to. So this is goodbye to Vitamin Drop, and hello to What is DISCO?, a new music review (No longer just Japanese, but mainly focusing on Japanese either way) blog that is, ONCE

Video of the Day: God Help the Girl, “Funny Little Frog”
This Belle and Sebastian song from The Life Pursuit gets a Dusty in Memphis treatment in this great remake from Stuart Murdoch’s latest project. Related posts:Video of the Day: God Help the Girl, “Come Monday Night”Music Review: Shelby Lynne, “Just a Little Lovin’” (Lost Highway)DVD Review: “Funny Games” Related posts: Video of the Day: God Help the Girl, “Come Monday Night” Music Review: Shelby Lynne, “Just a Little Lovin’” (Lost Highway) DVD Review: “Funny Games”

Blink 182’s Take Off Your Pants and Jacket is Not a Sell Out
by Stevie Sanchez If you’re one of those music lovers who dig fun, funky, feel-good music and likes to have their serving of green humor as well, then you would like Blink 182’s Take Off Your Pants and Jacket album. This is their fourth studio album, released on June 12, 2001. Following the success of Enema of the State and The Mark, Tom, and Travis Show, the American pop-punk band has once again hit gold with this record. It has spawned hit singles like The Rock Show, First Date, and Sta

DVD Review: Phil Kline – Around the World in a Daze
One of this era’s most fearlessly relevant composers, Phil Kline’s oeuvre ranges from the iconic moving “boombox symphony” Unsilent Night (a response to Bush I’s gulf war) to the Zippo Songs suite inspired by the words and phrases American GI’s in Vietnam inscribed on their lighters. Sonically, Kline’s work tends to be gamelanesque, upper-register textures meticulously manipulated and processed into a rippling, reverberating pool of sound. This new two-DVD set - recorded in surround soun

Changing the Face of Country Music The Way Carrie Underwood Does It
by Greg Shuey Ever since she won the much-coveted Idol crown in 2005, Carrie Underwood has enjoyed a very beautiful music career which turned her into a country music superstar. When she first sang in front of the show’s judges, she immediately earned their admiration. Her rendition of Bonnie Rait’s “I Can’t Make You Love Me” was enough to earn her a golden ticket to Hollywood and make it all the way to the finals of the hit reality show. Each week, her stellar performances propelled her to

New Found Glory’s Don’t You (Forget About Me) Cover Is A Breath of Hip and Youthful Air
New Found Glory’s cover album From the Screen to Your Stereo Part II included a version of the 1980’s hit song Don’t You (Forget About Me). The song, which was made theme of the movie The Breakfast Club, was originally recorded by the new wave band Simple Minds.

Fujifilm FinePix S2000HD
The Fuji?lm Finepix S2000HD has the look and feel of a digital SLR camera, but is aimed at those on a tighter budget needing a large zoom. The long lens – offering an amazing 15x optical zoom – and sturdy grip handle make it a chunky camera compared to compact cameras elsewhere. That said, it’s an incredibly comfortable device to hold and, with the addition of a built-in image stabiliser, this is the best option here for those looking to capture action shots without losing sharp focus. The 10