You know their big hit track “I Melt With You” from a million ’80s compilation CDs and it’s placement on the fantastic Valley Girl soundtrack, but can you name a single other song by Modern English?
Step back into the time machine with us and revisit 1982 - the year Modern English released After the Snow on [...]

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Those wack-a-doos over at MTV.com did an ADD Bio of Interpol. So, if you’ve never seen Interpol look vaguely bored while explaining the history of the band then first we assume you aren’t a music journalist and second we encourage you to get your rocks off watching this clip of exactly that, but in a [...]

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The always adorable Ben Kweller is doing a three night stand in Brooklyn this week, performing all of his albums in full. We sent mega-fan and co-worker Mary Toto out last night to get the scoop.
We were lucky enough to get into Ben Kweller’s sold-out show at Southpaw last night, the first of three nights he’s doing [...]

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We hate it when mommy and daddy fight, but when Hooky and New Order fight we absolutely can’t stand it. The posts on MySpace are flying fast and furious, but do yourself a favor and just read the lowdown on Pitchfork, as the obtuse and nonsensical fighting between older folks on MySpace is every bit as unintelligable [...]

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We’re digging this Hungarian (yes, you read that correctly) rock band. According to their MySpace they are the first Hungarian rock band signed to a U.S. record label, which is fascinating in it’s own way.
If you’re the kind of person who really liked the first Weezer album but always wished they dressed more like the [...]

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