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"Fun fact: Rainn Wilson (AKA Dwight Schrute from NBC's The Office) came up with the album name Raditude. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-mZgiEXtias"
  Jason

Weezer “Secret Show” Announcement, Raditude Preview

Published October 19th, 2009 by Karen
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Weezer is the latest big name act to join in on the surreptitious scene.

(LISTEN: Weezer Raditude Preview for the Hopelessly Impatient)

With a new album, Raditude, due November 3, the band has confirmed that it will play a so-called secret show 10/21 at Continue reading »

New Paul McCartney Music a Psychedelic Mess–Thank Goodness!

Published January 13th, 2009 by Karen

Paul McCartney is a fireman. Or, at least he’s part of the two-man band, the Fireman.
An odd pairing, the Fireman finds McCartney teamed up with Youth, a producer/performer best-known for his time as a member of punk/industrial noise-outfit Killing Joke.

But is it really as weird as it seems? Or is it the best work of McCartney’s post-Beatles career?

While the duo seems like an odd match on paper, on record the collaborations have resulted in what is easily the most exciting (and, unfortunately, most overlooked) output of McCartney’s post-Beatles career.

The third and latest offering from the Fireman, Electric Arguments, announces itself as a free-flowing exercise in sonic experimentation from the get-go—even the title, culled from an Allen Ginsberg work, alludes to the album’s wandering vibe. Continue reading »