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corporate rock still sells

Clear Channel Gives Your Mersh Rock Correspondent A Considerate Gift

Many people find it hard to tell the great from the godawful when it comes to 21st-century mainstream rock. To help figure out which is which, here's "Corporate Rock Still Sells," where Al "GovernmentNames" Shipley examines what's good, bad, and ugly in the world of rock and roll. This time around, he celebrates the return of modern-rock radio to his home city of Baltimore with a look at the newest crop of artists to hit the rock charts, and reveals superproducer Max Martin's stealth assault on the corporate-rock airwaves. More »

10:00 AM on Thu Jun 12 2008
By Al Shipley
827 views, 12 comments

Latest by MrStarhead: Ludo have been touring around the Midwest for years and years. They've always been popular with people who are in other bands. You'd go see them in Tulsa, and half the crowd would be Tulsa groups. more »

Coachella line-up update! Hot shit! Five-words-or-less take on each new addition: Aphex Twin (ooh), Goldfrapp (yay), Kate Nash (ugh no), Serj Tankian (iffy on the solo stuff), Redd Kross (!), and Adele (eh). Okay, I'm not actually going so this news affects me not a whit, but perhaps you are and are now more excited than before? Or less? Or middling? [Billboard]

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not afraid to be servicey

Attending SXSW? A Show For You To Avoid

If you're heading to SXSW next week, color me jealous-ish. Lots of bands, good. Long lines and tons of bloggers, bad. Nonetheless, may I offer a suggestion? Unless you enjoy tedious anti-war preaching from rock stars, avoid Stubbs on the 13th. More »

2:50 PM on Mon Mar 3 2008
By Dan Gibson
1,340 views, 10 comments