Record Store Day is coming up this Saturday, and stores around town have been preparing for the epic event in a variety of ways. The exclusive release list is huge, but so far, most stores aren’t confirming or denying their inventory. The owner of Twist & Shout Records, Paul Epstein,…
Before there was Lesbian Spider-Queens of Mars, there was Wizard of Wor, but nobody remembers that game, so instead we all get to smirk about what may end up being the best game title of year. It’s hard not to have a knee-jerk reaction to a title that includes the…
We’re not going to lie and tell you we haven’t been spending an unhealthy amount of time at the newly opened 1UP recently, because we have, and we’re not ashamed of it at all. So when we saw this flier for the mythical Magic Cyclops arcade cabinet, we couldn’t help…
If most authors leave an unfinished novel lying around, it doesn’t really mean anything. It’s usually unfinished because at best it’s crap and at worst, unreadable. There have been exceptions: Kafka left behind The Castle, Chaucer left The Canterbury Tales unfinished, and Mark Twain’s Mysterious Stranger was pieced together from…
As far as we’re concerned, there is nothing more awesome than dragons. Sure, they’re often portrayed poorly by high fantasy nerds hell-bent on making everything inaccessible and overtly nerdy, but no matter how you cut it, dragons are breathtaking creatures that need better name recognition. Good thing we’ve got two…
Chamber pop is one of those rare musical forms that doesn’t seem like it should work in the indie scene. After all, it takes a small army just to get the sound right, but Dark Dark Dark is up to the challenge. The Minneapolis sextet hasn’t been shy about putting…
At first listen, Cave Singers doesn’t sound like a band that came out of the ashes of Pretty Girls Make Graves, Hint Hint or Cobra High. But considering that it features Derek Fudesco, who made a name for himself in the whiskey-swigging garage-rock band Murder City Devils before doing time…
Jack White has been a busy bee lately, producing records for Loretta Lynn, Wanda Jackson and now, Jerry Lee Lewis. We’re starting to get the feeling he might view himself as a sort of Rick Rubin-type character, but instead of making older musicians darker and more introspective, he’s just making…
April is here, which means we’ve got weird weather that causes us to question what on earth we should be wearing at any given point. We blame April specifically for the jeans/flip-flops phenomenon that ruins our mental state on a yearly basis. Thankfully, there are plenty of indoor activities to…
Think back to your teenage years. Chances are, if you were like any of us, you spent the majority of your time listening to music, reading the liner notes through and through and playing air guitar half-naked in your room. Doesn’t sound that depressing? But a recent study in Pediatrics…
Spike and Mike’s Sick and Twisted Animation Festival is a well-known powerhouse in the gross-out short film arena, which is why when it’s here in town this weekend you won’t want to miss it. If you’re not really certain what to expect, or if you happened to miss it when…
The James Joyce estate is well known for its nearly-impossible-to-break hold on the copyright of his works. Case in point, 22 years ago Kate Bush asked to use a soliloquy from Ulysses in one of her songs and was denied. Most people would just give up, but she didn’t. Now,…
Spike and Mike’s Sick & Twisted Festival of Animation has been impressing, enlightening and grossing out audiences for 21 years, but that doesn’t mean it has run out of steam. While the early days of the festival were marked by the talents of Bill Plympton, Mike Judge, Matt Stone and…
This week’s browser game isn’t really much of a game in a traditional sense, it’s more of an experience. Okay, that sounds really stupid and you can punch us for saying it, but there isn’t a better way to describe Osada. Maybe you could call it an interactive music video,…
Brian Hoffman and Cause Medic Ink have given us two amazing fliers this week, one for the Sin Desires Marie reunion show and another for the Snake Rattle Rattle Snake show on Tuesday, April 12, but the Sin Desires Marie one trumps the SRRS one just barely, mostly because it…
If you happen to be an agoraphobic dance-music fan, then chances are you live a fairly miserable life spinning records to an audience of cats and catching up on all the big DJs and parties by living vicariously through the Internet…
Generally speaking, when a celebrity writes a book, we shrug and feel sorry for everyone who purchases it. That’s because celebrity books are usually egocentric cash-ins trying to make it seem like these characters on TV are less one-dimensional than we think. That said, Tina Fey’s book might not be…
LCD Soundsystem just closed its doors on nearly a decade of music, going out with a bang in New York this past weekend. As another indie-heavyweight bites the dust, it got us thinking about what LCD Soundsystem did while it was around. It’s easy to toss the project off as…
On Tuesday, Amazon surprised everyone by introducing Amazon Cloud Drive. Everyone was literally surprised, including the record labels, consumers, journalists — nobody had a clue this was coming. In case you’ve missed it, Amazon Cloud Drive is an online file locker where you can store your files, including your audio…
While you might want to spend your day pulling pranks on your coworkers, that doesn’t mean you don’t still have a full weekend ahead of you. It’s okay if you spent all your money on whoopee cushions (we did), because since its First Friday, there are tons of events to…
If you’re curious what you might be getting yourself into attending Boards for Kids this weekend, we’ve got a preview of some of the decks. You should be able to start scoping them out around 6 p.m. tomorrow evening, but the decks don’t actually go on sale until 8 p.m…
If you’ve been itching to learn how to record your music yourself or you just want to hone your skills a bit, here’s your chance. Next month, as part of FoCoMX, music producer John Alagia (Herbie Hancock, Paul Simon, Ben Folds) will be hosting a free workshop for budding engineers…
