Idolator

Each week, dozens of songs and albums from up-and-coming (or just plain unknown) bands debut on the pop charts. Some of these bands will never be heard from again; some may become the next little thing. That's why every two weeks Chuck Eddy will be exploring the world beyond the Billboard 200, where he'll look for diamonds in the MySpace rough. This week, his roster of up-and-comers includes a bleep-happy Norwegian rapper, the self-proclaimed godfather of Hungarian gangsta music, a grouchy Californian MC, and a band that has already branched into food-related merchandising. More »

So Boris Yeltsin is dead (this is merely a technicality, as Yeltsin was officially declared "pickled" in 1998). This can only be bad news for Springfield, Missouri indie-pop band Someone Still Loves You Boris Yeltsin, who will now have to spend the rest of the week opening their live shows with a little "weird, huh?" monologue, as well as fielding calls from confused CNN reporters. It just goes to show that you should never, ever name your band after an actual public figure, because once that person dies, you're going to have forever defensively explain your band's entire history (which, frankly, nobody wants to hear in the first place). And so we ask the following bands to take today's lesson to heart, and quickly change their name before it's too late: More »