F*ck*d Up w/ Ezra Koenig, "Someone's Gonna Die Tonight" and "Parents"
We've got more video from the 12-hour F*ck*d Up show from this past October. In the above video, Vampire Weekend's Ezra Koenig performs "Someone's Gonna Die Tonight" by the legendary Oi band Blitz, as well as "Parents" by the Descendants. After the jump, check out F*ck*d Up's take on Black Flag classic "Nervous Breakdown."
In the latest installment of John Norris Interviews... our intrepid reporter ventures to the far off lands of Brooklyn to talk to the reverb-punk gals in Vivian Girls. John talks to the trio about the scarce availability of their early recordings, the facts and fictions of being in an all-gal band and much more.
Taylor Swift recently sat down with MTV News to discuss her new album, as well as various other matters of the heart and mind. Taylor-Tay, bringing the juxtaposition hard with a black turtleneck cropping her insane and intimidating blond locks, takes some veiled shots at her Prince-Charming-who-wasn't (aka Joe Jonas Put on Blast Chapter XXIII), and talks about her love of writing songs ... a love seemingly equaled only by dating and getting dumped by sleepy-eyed virgin pop icons and then blowing up their spot on MySpace.
Swift says that she would love for one of her songs to be used as the hook to a hip-hop song. According to the twang prodigy, "something people would not be expecting at all." Thus ruining the surprise factor of a blitzkrieg Plies/Tay Swift collabo, seeing as how we actually are expecting it now. Which makes this dreamer a little sad. "Love Story (A Gal & A Goon Remix)" sounded promising.
Check out this live interview and performance footage from the 12-hour F*ck*d Up show last month, featuring appearances from Moby, Vivian Girls, Ezra Koenig (Vampire Weekend), Tim Harrington (Les Savy Fav) and John Joseph (Cro-Mags) and, of course, F*ck*d Up. The above video is a mini-documentary about the day-and-night-long event. Check out more performances after the jump.
In the latest installment of John Norris Interviews ... our intrepid reporter talks to the electro-rock duo Ratatat. The group, made up of Mike Stroud and Evan Mast, talk about their recent touring, their recording set-up and their affection for analogue instruments like Mellotrons and harpsichords.
So we (and by we, we mean Rhapsody and the fine folks over at Matador Records) had a little get together the other day. Canadian hardcore-punk believers F*ck*d Up played, on and off, for 12 hours straight, getting by with a little help from their friends. In between their own chaotic, raucous sets, F*ck*d Up served as the house band for guests like Ezra Koenig of Vampire Weekend, Tim Harrington of Les Savy Fav, the Vivian Girls, John Joseph of the Cro-Mags, J Mascis, Moby and more, all of whom provided mosh-pit-inciting covers of punk and hardcore classics from the likes of Wire, the Ramones and the Descendents. Enjoy a little taste of the proceedings in the video above and check out a photo gallery of the event after the jump. We've got much more to come from the show (including video interviews and performance footage), so stay tuned.
Every year on the last weekend of September, 400,000 people crowd into 13 blocks of San Francisco's South of Market neighborhood to take part in the annual Folsom Street Fair. To date, this non-profit leather/fetish festival has raised over $3.5 million dollars for local and national charities. This year marked the 25th anniversary of the Folsom Street Fair and Rhapsody was there to talk to a few of the performers, female electro up-and-comers Von Iva, and the Grammy nominated Shiny Toy Guns.
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In the latest installment of John Norris Interviews... John talks to the Brooklyn-via-Philadelphia-and-Michigan duo, High Places. Rob Barber and Mary Pearson talk about their early days, their unique recording set up and their quirky D.I.Y. electronic pop.
Keri Hilson is like, "I have America's toughest job." That's not a direct quote, but I bet when people text message her and say, "What's good, Keri?" she says, "I have America's toughest job." Keri Hilson is a songwriter, which in and of itself, is like being an ice trucker (creatively speaking). You're sliding all over the place, trying to keep things straight and trying to deliver on deadline (I can't believe I threaded the needle on that simile). Never one to duck a challenge, Hilson has compounded the already daunting task of writing songs by making Britney Spears sound chemically balanced and making Diddy sound like he has a heart.
