April 25, 2005
Shake It
Posted by nerdling | April 25, 2005 08:17 AM
Every once in a while, Germans have the right idea about music. Currently too hot to hold there and in the UK, MIA is the hipest thing going on right now. If you like glitch/dance hall/hip hop of any sort, you should check her out.
What Amazon is to book buying, Indy will be to buying independent music.
Mark Lanegan has rejoined QOTSA, but God only knows how long it'll last this time.
The ever-lovable Ted Leo is back on tour, but naturally he isn't coming to LA.
Oh, and Congress passed the Camcorder-Piracy Bill last week, making it a felony to videotape a film in a movie theater, as well as toughening restrictions on online file traders.
Speaking of the law, Tom Waits is suing a Scandanavian subsidiary of GM for illegally using one of his songs in a commercial—because, as Waits said, "Commercials are an unnatural use of my work. It's like having a cow's udder sewn to the side of my face. Painful and humiliating."
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