Guest: Beer talk with John Ceccatti. Topics: Beer, What’s in Beer?, Cheap Beers vs. Quality Beers, Head Soccer, Czechs LOVE beer, Todd’s Wrong Beer Info, Session Beers, Beer Flights, Philly Breweries and Bars, Jeff’s blackout in Belgium, Eating bags of Barley and Malt. Playlist: The Actual Facts, Parts & Labor, Shugo Tokumaru, Auxes, Passion Pit. [...]

Chicago-based photographer Lee Klawans just informed us that he was the man behind the iconic picture of Marnie Stern that we used for our CD review of her latest release – which led us to take a look at his other material (like the great shot of Company of Thieves at the Metro shown above). [...]

First, let me be clear about something – I am by no means an expert on contemporary R&B. It’s not that I don’t like it, just that when it comes to R&B and Soul, I tend to gravitate toward the classics. I guess that’s why I’ve always perked up when music by Javier has entered [...]

New Animal Collective Album Cover is Very Cool. Looks like it’s moving, but it’s not.

Okay, not much unearthing to do here, this video is only about three years old but I felt the need to give it some love. If you dig The Editors, Interpol, Stellastarr*, Art Brut and even The Jam, pick up A Certain Trigger, it’s one of my top records of the past few years. Here’s what I wrote it about back in 2006…

After years of onstage fistfights, drinking, drugs, backstabbing, bad-mouthing and other unsavory internecine behavior, Philly’s own The Hulihees are calling it quits. But thankfully their cash-grabbing management team persuaded them to get together for one last epic show: WHEN: Saturday, October 4th, 8-10PM WHERE: Burlap & Bean – 204 South Newtown Street, Newtown Square PA [...]

Just like the constellation that bears his name, Orion Simprini is a shining star on the New York music scene. The charismatic Simprini is the front man for the new wave band that shares his unique name: The Orion Experience. I had the pleasure of sitting down to talk to Orion at the White Rabbit, a funky and laid-back lounge on Houston Street right in the heart of the good old Lower East Side. While film clips of people like Madonna and Bill Clinton played on the clean white walls, we talked about where the Orion Experience fits into the NY music scene, the meaning of “indie cred”, and how playing on stage can be orgasmic.

Being like-minded music snobs aficionados, you’ve probably heard iTunes recently debuted its “Genius” recommendation gizmo in its latest version (8). This new functionality creates playlists from your existing iTunes library and suggests new music available at the iTunes Store (how convenient) based on the music you like. Click on an artist or song and …

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zUHQWNsnU8s[/youtube] Sorry Jersey, this is not some Eastern European Bruce impersonator, this is the real deal, America’s Boss learning some sweet-ass choreography. (Geez, it looked so natural in the video, who would have thunk it). I’m speechless yet overjoyed watching this. Thanks to the always brutal folks at Chunklet for digging up this large chunk [...]

Brian Seymour has just released some of his (and our) favorite tunes as a  package on iTunes called “Seymour Hits”. In addition to classics like “Memories of High School,” “Ruby” and “Always Leaving,” there is a new updated version of his old fave “Coffee Song” that he recorded with Stewboss in L.A. Look for …