We’ve got this whole thing going where we’ve noticed that certain segments of the indie rock upper echelons don’t give any props to the Silverlake scene. We’re here to shed some light - it’s not all good but it’s not all cheeseballs either.
We’ve had our eyes on this band Gliss for a few years now [...]

Filed under: new music | 1 Comment »

That’s right, the new Gnarls Barkley video opens with Justin Timberlake, who we happen to know also guests on the album. And then goes into what American Bandstand should have been like - a dirty dance party full of neon clothes and Cee-Lo.
The video was directed by Happy. Yeah, you try Googling that. We found out Happy [...]

Filed under: new music | 5 Comments »

When we had Hot Chip here and asked them various ridiculous questions, we had to ask them about something we read in either Blender or Spin or one of those about their new album - the band described it as a mix of a Prince record and black metal.
So we were wondering: can you put [...]

Filed under: band footage | No Comments »

Our pals over at mtvU have launched have launched a new underground hip hop show called The Lab that we think you might be interested in watching. It’s hosted by the legendary Pete Rock and while some of the videos are a little wtf (Amanda Diva?) it also had great new stuff from Big Noid, [...]

Filed under: new music | No Comments »

Just kidding, that’s not even remotely what she says. The two sat down with MTV News to talk about “The Other Boleyn Sister” but we couldn’t resist asking about ScarJo’s upcoming Tom Waits cover album. Not much in the way of news nuggets get revealed, but Portman does say Johansson sounds a bit like Nina [...]

Filed under: celebrity picks | 4 Comments »