After all the impotent posturing in modern rock music, hearing a band for once back its chic style with actual substance comes as quite a turn-on. When a group looks as cool as The Raveonettes, an equally impressive sound equates to a sinfully good album.
It's that time of year again when Hollywood pats itself on the back for a job well done on a bunch of films that came out in fall or winter, ignoring great films that came out earlier in the year like "Zodiac." While I care very little about the Oscars in general (let's be honest here: a silly little statue of a naked gold man means nothing), here are my picks for the show on Sunday.
How far would you go to see one of your favorite groups from the '90s reunited in concert? For me, the answer was New Jersey.
The days of the bronzed, buff beefcake as the male body ideal may be over.
So you're single and it's Valentine's Day. The love of your life isn't returning your phone calls, text messages or threatening carrier-pigeon communiqués, so why not rekindle your love affair with cinema?
Valentine's Day has arrived, and couples and single hopefuls alike face the task of figuring out what to wear on that special night.
Although the Butler Plaza Barnes & Noble tried to take the guesswork out of securing appropriate lovey-dovey literature by amassing the "best" of its collection on one table, the final selections were pretty far off - or right on target, depending on your sense of humor.
What's in a name? For Gainesville band Oh Fortuna, everything.
The English foursome British Sea Power's third release "Do You Like Rock Music?" opens with the ominous mantra, "we're all in it."
Whatever your opinion is of Valentine's Day, everyone can agree that men and women view the holiday differently.
Whether you like it or not, Michael Jackson's "Thriller" is the most popular album of all time.
The accident left her horribly mangled.
There comes a point in every fashionable college student's life when you look in the closet and just think, "blah."
Lately, I've been thinking: do sex and romance ever co-exist?
In indie rock, there's a time-tested tradition of tacking tongue-in-cheek titles onto unassuming works.
Good news for TV fans. The writer's strike is looking like there's an end in sight. According to a person familiar with the talks, significant progress has been made and a deal announcement could occur within in the week.
So this is what Ivy League indie rock sounds like? And it's not mired by snobbishness and elitism?
In 1840, presidential candidate William Henry Harrison blew up the charts with the still-bangin' political anthem "Tippecanoe and Tyler Too." A twelve verse-long indictment of his opponent Martin Van Buren, the song probably had all of the novel appeal a Crazy Frog jam would generate today.
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