Energetic ‘Sleepyhead’ video, by Passion Pit

Holy crap, check out this video by Passion Pit. Somebody finally made a video suiting enough to an amazing song that the combination reminds us of when we thought MTV was actually COOL. Boston’s Passion Pit just slapped me across the face and made me feel like summer isn’t quite over.

Top That! (or) Teen Witch The Musical!

From the same creative team that brought you “Hairspray” and “Leagally Blonde” come “Top That!” a musical stage adaptation of the camptastic 80′s movie classic “Teen Witch.”  Staring Both Hannah Montana AND Raven Simone in their Broadway debuts, this show will surely be the hot ticket this holiday season.

ARTIST WATCH LIST: JUSTIN SWABY

Justin Swaby is an artist living in Oakland. Recently I had the chance to check out his work and compile a minor biography so more people can be introduced to his work. He owns a big raft and for the interview date he took me out for an afternoon of sun bathing on Lake Merritt; [...]

It’s Almost Always Heart Magic: Of Montreal’s Skeletal Lamping P/review

Of Montreal is not the sort of band that tends to wrack up casual followers.  They are eccentric, prolific, outrageous, pretentious, and as self indulgent as they are self deprecating.  They are also, without question, one of the most important pop rock bands making music right now.

MYTHICAL BEAST: FAIRY TALES DRONE ON

<p>&nbsp;</p> <p>&nbsp;</p> All hail Mythical Beast! They are a three piece that formed in Kansas City, right now they are sweeping across the nation filling living rooms and venues with music. I highly recommend checking them out, I did last night in Oakland and the show was a lot of fun.

BARF MANIFESTO: ONE TWO THREE BLEH!

First of all, in case you don’t know who Dodie Bellamy is, Sonic Youth reference her. Second of all, Sonic Youth are fans of Dodie Bellamy’s work. OK. So I’m a huge fan of Sonic Youth and Dodie Bellamy so their friendship excites me on many levels.

AUNTS Pajama Party New York City: Get Your Dance On!

Though I am no dancer (at least by any technical terms ) myself, and although I don’t see an awe inspiring amount of dance performance in my free time, I do have a few dear friends in the dance community and try to take in as much as I can, within my budget and reason.  [...]

NATIONAL BOOK TOUR: SO MANY WAYS TO SLEEP BADLY

A momentous book launch begins tomorrow 10/8/08 for So Many Ways to Sleep Badly by Mattilda Bernstein Sycamore at 7:30 pm at City Lights. Then on Friday she leaves to go on tour for two months — following is the info, please tell your friends, enemies, friendly enemies, the people pretending to be your friends, [...]

NEW SSION VIDEO: CREDIT IN THE STRAIGHT WORLD

So art sensational band Ssion just put up a new video for their hit single “Credit in the Straight World.” Check it out, they are super fun and like I’ve said before – never boring and always glamorous. Go and buy their stuff on their site so they can keep bringing awesome live shows and [...]

YOU DECIDE: SAMUELROY vs. SAMNATION!

Samnation and Samuelroy are solo projects that are each run by a kid named Sam that lives in San Francisco. We spend numerous hours in conversation, often we discuss each others art/music/writing/whatever projects. Lately we have been discussing whether or not he should slim his act down into one concise project or maintain a larger [...]

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