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tell me something good

"Walking On A Dream," But Not Much Else

Although Jess stole my "tell me what I should be listening to" concept a few weeks ago, I'm going to reclaim it today after realizing that I've essentially been listening to one album (Year of the Gentleman) and one song (Empire of the Sun's "Walking On A Dream", above), and not much else, this month. I'm not sure I've missed too much in October, but here's your chance to promote whatever you're excited about. If you don't have anything, maybe Empire of the Sun will work for you too. [Official site]

3:00 PM on Fri Oct 31 2008
By Dan Gibson
308 views, 17 comments

Latest by the rich girls are weeping: Woah, I clearly need more Australian music in my life. more »

phone home

What's Your Headphone History?

I'm going to guess that this blog's audience is primarily creative-class desk jockeys who make the days go by faster with their headphones. Let me then ask you about your headphones themselves. What do you require? How big or small? Earbuds or on-ear? Long flexible curly cord or tiny thin strap? And what about your history with them generally? My own goes something like this. More »

8:53 AM on Wed Oct 29 2008
By Michaelangelo Matos
710 views, 19 comments

tell me something good

In Which I Give You The Power To Plan My Evening

It would appear that everyone in the music business has decided to defer to Axl Rose and not make any news today, so I've spent the last hour or so trying to figure out who I'm going to see during my own personal CMJ Day One. (See, last night I saw this awesome act called The Insides Of My Eyelids—they performed for 11 1/2 hours straight, and had all these whacked-out conceptual pieces about the protagonist, who looked a lot like me, wearing wide-brimmed ceramic hats while trying not to embarrass herself in front of people she wanted to impress. Fun times!) I'm working off the official schedule, although I'll probably peruse some no-badge-required listings on the subway downtown. Here are five acts I'm interested in tonight—feel free to add your own recommendations! More »

5:00 PM on Wed Oct 22 2008
By Maura Johnston
334 views, 11 comments

Latest by mike a: I haven't see enough of this Insides of My Eyelids act lately. I've only seen five- or six-hour performances as they're constantly being upstaged by support acts Work and My Two Very Young Kids. more »

somethin 4 the weekend

In Which We Invite You To Put Your Deepest Thoughts In Our Box


What a weird week, right? Economic chaos, global disorder, the return of Eminem, that awkward Justin Timberlake clip about voting with your genitalia. Anyway, my brain is somewhat fried after all of it, so I figured I'd give this week's weekend thread over to all of you, for whatever reason you see fit. Feel free to use this space for song recommendations, concertgoing suggestions, indulgent flights of nostalgia, treatises on whether "I've Had The Time Of My Life" is the best or worst song of all time, or even editorially directed complaints. (Ooh, am I asking for it or what?) See you Monday! [YouTube]

7:00 PM on Fri Oct 17 2008
By Maura Johnston
449 views, 23 comments

Latest by Halfwit: @Clevertrousers: Thank you for giving me my new favorite thing ever. more »

tell me something good

Songs: You Downloaded 'Em, Now Tell Us About 'Em


Hi! So. Having spent half the year in a "no blog" zone, I've kind of lost track of that beast known as (semi-)popular music. (Seriously, I think the last new album I bought in a real live record store was the Portishead CD.) (Also I'm broke, like everyone else.) With that in mind, I've jacked Dan's audience participation bit in order to ask you, the Idolator readership, to tell me one (newish) song I should check out to make the work day go faster. There are no restrictions on genre (tho I'm cool on contempo Xtian pop), artist (new or old), or level of related hype (even if you think they might end up getting a loldogz review six months from now). Links to MySpace sites or other places we can sample said artistes appreciated, though I guess we all know how to use Google at this point. Ready? GO.

12:00 PM on Mon Oct 6 2008
By Jess Harvell
629 views, 31 comments

Latest by brandonsoderberg: Anything from that Glen Campbell album of covers, the track with the KISS-esque breakdown on that KRALLICE album, "Addiction" by Ryan Leslie...that might be it? more »

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Your Chance To Provide The Content Around Here


I don't mean to be totally evil, but I am hoping that the horror of the above Joss Stone/John Legend rendition of the Chaka Khan and Rufus classic that categorizes this post will motivate you to share what you've been listening to these days. The more localized and less likely to have appeared on Sirius' Blog Radio at some point, the better; Chris N., for example, always uses these threads to present us some gems from the Nashville area, which I appreciate.

4:00 PM on Fri Sep 5 2008
By Dan Gibson
341 views, 25 comments

Latest by ImmaculateMisconception: Sex Ghost! (Yup, with exclamation point.) Ridiculous electro-dance duo from Michigan. I highly recommend the song "Wolf Knife," which is based on a true story about how the female half of the duo bought the male half of the duo a more »

we get letters

A Reader Writes: Can You Help Construct Her Evacuation Playlist?

An Idolator reader who lives in New Orleans wrote in with what she admits is an odd request for help from the site's commenter braintrust: Can you help her select music for her possible hurricane-enforced evacuation from her hometown, which may happen as soon as tomorrow? Her request after the jump. More »

11:30 AM on Thu Aug 28 2008
By Maura Johnston
573 views, 37 comments

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Time For Us To Take A Moment And Give You The Microphone


Because the comment gallery here is a collection of musical tastemakers without parallel, we like to ask you about the music we might be missing from time to time. Note: The last installment of this particular feature led to at least one expensive import purchase on my part, so while my ears thank you in advance, my wallet might not.

3:15 PM on Fri Jun 27 2008
By Dan Gibson
458 views, 22 comments

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Your Opinions, We Care A Lot


Despite the fact that we occasionally want to slap some of you around, we're thankful for our comment section's refined tastes and willingness to actually pay for music once in a while. Take a moment to stop perusing our posts for grammatical errors and recommend something you're listening to lately. Since some bands can't afford to fill the tank to tour out our way these days, music from your local area would be a delightful bonus.

3:00 PM on Fri Jun 6 2008
By Dan Gibson
495 views, 44 comments

Latest by rimesparse: The Long Sea from good ol' Milwaukee: [www.last.fm] Late posting...hopefully some people still see this! more »

Open-Ish Thread The post on Insound's tip jar has inspired me to conduct a brief, almost anti-scientific survey: What was the last piece of music you paid for, and when did you buy it? I will start by saying that I closed out my birthday six days ago with a mini-spree at Virgin, where I bought the new Cyndi Lauper album, Usher's Here I Stand, the Foxboro Hot Tubs record, Free Kitten's Inherit, the Kills' Midnight Boom, a Siobhan Donaghy picture-disc 12" for "Don't Give It Up," and Janet Jackson's Control (seriously, how had I not owned it all this time?). I also got the Portishead live DVD because it was $10 and it has the videos for "Sour Times," "All Mine," etc. Your turn!

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