Oh dear oh dear. If Bon Jovi wrote a song about the American version of Maxim, it would certainly include the line “you give hacks a bad name”. Why? Well, said rag has been forced to say a great big sorry to The Black Crowes after it reviewed and rated their latest LP Warpaint. So. Did they give it a needless kicking? Worse than that, they managed to review it without having even listened to the it. Oh dear oh dear oh dear. Warpaint is the Crowes’ first rekkid in seven years, and Maxim gave it a 2.5 star rating. What set alarm bells off in Camp Crowe was the fact that there were no promo copies of the album released. Nor was it available on the net anywhere. The Black Crowes blasted the review on their website, stating: “Incredulously, the magazine gave the album a two-and-a-half star rating, although neither the writer nor the editor could have heard more than one song - the single ‘Goodbye Daughters of the Revolution.’” Their manager went further, stating that Maxim was “a disgrace to the arts, journalism, critics, the publication itself and the public.”
Read over for Maxim’s response, and five reviews of albums I’ve never heard.
This is pretty cool. Roisin Murphy performed a few songs outside a church in London’s Covent Garden the other day. Just like with bloody Tegan and Sara, I missed it, despite working round the corner. PLEASE CAN SOMEBODY PLEASE EMAIL ME WHEN STUFF LIKE THIS IS GOING ON IN FUTURE PLEASE.
This is Roisin doing “You Know Me Better”.
Why should I put the Yeah Yeah Yeahs up on My Chemical Toilet? Well, really, there’s no good reason not to. Karen O & Co are one of the few bands you can really put your trust in and this track, ‘Down Boy’, performed on The Late Show with Dave Letterman is as good a performance as you could hope for. If you haven’t already, go and buy all of their LPs and the fantastic EP ‘Is Is’.
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Posted by
mofgimmers on
Wednesday February 27th, 2008 at
12:09 pm
Now, it’s not a huge surprise that Michael Jackson is going to lose Neverland. Ever since that documentary that showed him blithely blowing thousands of dollars on paintings and vases that he’s probably never even looked at again, it’s kind of been a matter of time.
However, to call him a “former popstar”, as NDTVMusic.com do in this report? There’s something kind of heartbreaking in that. I mean, don’t give up on him yet! Will.i.am still believes in him!
And if you’re a rabid MJ fan, listen - don’t bother leaving your enraged comments at the end of this post. Maybe spend your time and energy thinking up ways to try and raise the $24,525,906.61 your hero needs by March 19th. Otherwise he might just be coming to crash on your couch.
Posted by
Stuart Waterman on
Wednesday February 27th, 2008 at
11:45 am
Catchy post title, eh? God bless corporate sponsorship. I remember the days when it would have been “Best New Band At The Brats”, you know. Anyway. 2008’s Shockwaves NME Awards take place tomorrow night, providing a notional alternative to The Brits’ cosy choices of who’s moving and shaking this music world of ours. And while people are always going to whine about NME’s take on things, and the narrow outlook of its readership, it does at least allow the next generation of, well, Brits winners a chance to justify the hype that’s been spewed out on their behalf over the last year or so.
Clearly Arctic Monkeys are going to drunkenly stumble off with most of the gongs, so I’m going to look at the nominees for Best New Band supported by BBC Radio 1, previous winners of which have included such established sorts as the aforementioned Monkeys and superstar dullards Coldplay. And don’t worry, the terrifyingly dangerous young man above isn’t nominated for anything.
Click through for literally everything you need to know about the nominees…
What the hell would we do without the internet, eh? I mean, with no cybertubes I’d need your address to send you this post after writing it on paper, for one thing - and I’m not sure it would be worth the postage cost, to be honest.
Another thing the internet is good for - thanks to coveringthemouse.com - is providing you with a very comprehensive collection of Disney cover versions. They’ve got the lot. “I Wanna Be Like You”, as performed by Los Lobos? And also as performed by Smashmouth? And also as performed by, er, Voodoo Glow Skulls? Got those.
Ah, you’re looking for “Supercalifragilisticexpialidocious” as covered by punk snots The Vandals? Step right in.
You get the idea. See what else they’ve got by checking out their site.
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Posted by
Stuart Waterman on
Tuesday February 26th, 2008 at
2:23 pm
Hello reader. Come in. Make yourself at home. Sit down. NOT THERE. Put your feet up. Now, allow me to put a few new music videos in front of your pretty little eyes. Don’t move. Tell you what, I’ll just lightly apply these restraints to your wrists. There. Now, on with the show!
1. Guillemots - “Get Over It”
I wasn’t overly keen on The Guillemots’ first album, unlike a lot of folk. Just wasn’t my cup of tea. Then there was the suspicion - possibly unique to me - that they smelled like damp dogs. Well now they’ve had a scrub and some haircuts, and added some electronic elements to their sound, all of which is likely to dismay parts of their fanbase. Ho hum.
[video: polydor] Click over for new vids from The Kooks and Supergrass!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!1
Not many people know this, but when I was young (very young) I was a house DJ. I was ten years old and cajoled into playing at a buncha illegal raves out in the Northern sticks around 1990. So when we got a new category called Rave Digging, I could barely contain my glee. Why? I wanted to share acid monster ‘Humanoid’ by Stakker. Now, Stakker may look like a one-hitter, but it’s actually the monicker for the fabulous Future Sound of London. So, you get off on the 303 abuse and I’ll recall thousands of sweaty ravers going mad to this while I received my payment of a bottle of pop and a variety bag of crisps. Child slave labour never tasted so good.
[video: Nouveauxromo]
Posted by
mofgimmers on
Tuesday February 26th, 2008 at
12:02 pm
There’s no getting away from it. Richard Thompson is not a cool-looking man. However, it’s almost criminal that Thompson is so unknown throughout Britain. I mean, he’s the Brit folk equivalent to Jimi Hendrix! He’s one of the true survivors of the 60s and is still knocking around and performing his own works, as well as those from legendary psychedelic folkies, Fairport Convention.
Of course, I’m not chattering on about Richard Thompson for no reason. No, the news is that he’s announced that he’ll play a special one-off solo show in London in May, notably at London’s Royal Festival Hall on May 24. For those still interested, special guest at the concert will be singer Mary Gauthier. Tickets and more details about the event are available from: www.southbankcentre.co.uk. Click over for an ace Fairport Convention video.
Right, this is a new category for My Chemical Toilet - but I’ll be honest, I’m not sure how long it will last. It might literally be too painful to endure. If Taxicab Classics is designed to revisit those songs you’re slightly ashamed to like, Niteclub Nitemares is a look back at the days when, having finally fake I.D’d your way into the local sticky-floored nightspot, you’d then be faced with the kind of dance-pop that made you want to run straight back out again. You know the kind of thing - songs that would send certain types mental with glee, but tended to send you to the bar for another ill-advised bottle of Mad Dog.
Obviously, the memories likely to be stirred up by these travesties may become too much, so we’ll take this one post at a time, OK? If you can bear to face T-Spoon’s “Sex On The Beach”, click over :(
Oh dear oh dear. If Bon Jovi wrote a song about the American version of Maxim, it would certainly include the line “you give hacks a bad name”. Why? Well, said rag has been forced to say a great big sorry to The Black Crowes after it reviewed and rated their latest LP Warpaint. So. Did they give it a needless kicking? Worse than that, they managed to review it without having even listened to the it. Oh dear oh dear oh dear.![[Post to Twitter]](../../../../../wp-content/plugins/tweet-this/icons/tt-twitter-micro3.png "tt twitter micro3 photo"){kind=icon}
Catchy post title, eh? God bless corporate sponsorship. I remember the days when it would have been “Best New Band At The Brats”, you know. Anyway.
What the hell would we do without the internet, eh? I mean, with no cybertubes I’d need your address to send you this post after writing it on paper, for one thing - and I’m not sure it would be worth the postage cost, to be honest.
There’s no getting away from it. Richard Thompson is not a cool-looking man. However, it’s almost criminal that Thompson is so unknown throughout Britain. I mean, he’s the Brit folk equivalent to Jimi Hendrix! He’s one of the true survivors of the 60s and is still knocking around and performing his own works, as well as those from legendary psychedelic folkies, Fairport Convention.
Right, this is a new category for My Chemical Toilet - but I’ll be honest, I’m not sure how long it will last. It might literally be too painful to endure. If 
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