The Avett Brothers: Who are these guys?

From www.theavettbrothers.com:

There is no harmony like brotherly harmony. Something indelible in the weave of voices and play of sensibilities is stamped into the fraternal DNA and also stems from a lifetime of shared experiences. You can hear it in classic brother acts across the musical spectrum, from the Louvin Brothers to the Everly Brothers and on down the decades through the Wilson brothers (Beach Boys), the Davies brothers (Kinks), the Allman Brothers and even the Brothers Gibb (a.k.a., the Bee Gees). You can clearly hear fraternal magic at work in the songs of Scott and Seth Avett, better known as the Avett Brothers, as well.

That magic is abundantly evident on I and Love and You, the Avett Brothers’ big-label debut. Its 13 songs are delivered in a style that defies pigeonholing but might be described as a rootsy amalgam of folk, country, bluegrass, rock and pop – even a jab of punk-style dynamics here and there. Drawn by the naked honesty of their songs and the rousing intensity of their live shows, legendary producer and talent scout Rick Rubin signed the Avett Brothers – consisting of siblings Scott and Seth, plus bassist Bob Crawford - to his American Recordings label in 2008.

7 Thinly Veiled Songs about Sex

From the website Guyism:

In today’s modern world of pop music and hip hop, sex is overtly discussed with no intention of hiding the song’s true meaning under a layer of metaphors. However, go back a few decades and you’ll find plenty of artists that found creative ways to get the topic of sex onto the radio airwaves of a more repressed generation. Below are seven classic songs with a hidden meaning related to sex.

7 - Madonna – Borderline

Borderline was one of Madonna’s first hits, and created at a time when she was still a little indirect about the topic of sex. On its surface, Borderline seems like a fairly innocent song about being in love. However, it doesn’t take much reading into the lyrics to guess that being pushed over the borderline is a euphemism for having an orgasm. Evidence can be found in the following lyrics:

Stop playing with my heart, finish what you start
Won’t you set me free?
Borderline, feels like I’m going to lose my mind.

"Rated R" 10th Anniversary Re-Issue (A Must Have...)

"By the Powers Of Facebook....!" Ha ha...got my QOTSA update recently & discovered a gem - the 10th Anniversary Dee-Luxe re-issue of Rated R....! Another late summer must have, this bad boy is PACKED with extras! I can't wait! However, I can't do it jmuch ustice so I'll let the QOTSA webmaster fill y'all in....
Posted by IGA on 6/24/2010 on the QOTSA Homme site (heh heh):

ACCLAIMED QUEENS OF THE STONE AGE ALBUM RATED R REISSUED IN TWO-CD DELUXE EDITION WITH B-SIDES AND READING FESTIVAL CONCERT

“the best, most important rock album for years…No gimmicks, no postmodern guilt-trip bullshit, just punk rock space-cadet genius, Queens Of The Stone Age’s major label debut compromises nothing but still has mass appeal. The new rock royalty have come to claim their throne. Do not miss out on this.” --NME, September 2000

One of Rolling Stone’s top 100 albums of the decade, Rated R from Queens Of The Stone Age marks its 10th anniversary with the expanded, two-CD Rated R - Deluxe Edition (Interscope/UMe), released August 3, 2010. Added to the original album is a second disc with six B-sides and the band’s memorable summer 2000 Reading Festival concert--featuring nine previously unreleased songs, including live versions of Rated R’s “Feel Good Hit Of The Summer,” “The Lost Art Of Keeping A Secret,” “Better Living Through Chemistry” and “Quick And To The Pointless.”

Why We Need The Strokes Back

The following was posted by Paul Stokes on NME.com today. I was just thinking the same thing the other day...after not appreciating The Strokes all that much the first go 'round, I feel fortunate to have possibly a second chance. I hope they feel the same, because I've gotta feeling a lot of us are ready to commit...

- DJ

Lupo's Heartbreak Hotel sounds like a very Strokes kind of place. In my mind it's an off-the-beaten-track, slightly rundown establishment where the locals don't take too kindly to strangers. In reality, of course, the Providence, Rhode Island hall is a pretty hip downtown venue. Still, it's exactly where you'd have expected The Strokes to have played their last ever gig, on October 9, 2006.

That is, until now. Today Julian, Nick, Nikolia, Fab and Albert Jr are set to break their four-year duck and play their first show since touring 'First Impressions Of Earth'.

Originally the big comeback was pencilled in for Saturday (June 12) at the Isle Of Wight Festival, with the band coming out of nowhere to headline with their fellow New Yorker, Jay-Z.

However, in an echo of their earliest gigs (when they first appeared in 2001 they caused people to pay over 200 quid for touted tickets to their London Heaven show), the band are causing chaos with a string of hints on Twitter that they'll be playing at London's Dingwalls on Wednesday night (June 9) under the name Venison. I must confess, even a music hack like me is panicking about whether or not I can get in.

Rock News. Got it right here.

Iron Maiden are celebrating the start of their world tour and in advance of the release of 'The Final Frontier' by making the album track "El Dorado" available as a free download for all their fans. Frontman Bruce Dickinson says, "'El Dorado' is a preview of the forthcoming studio album. As we will be including it in the set of our Final Frontier World Tour (which opens in Dallas on June 9th) we thought it would be great to thank all our fans and get them into The Final Frontier mood by giving them this song up front of the tour and album release." Get it here.

Ryan Adams has revealed that he has written 11 new songs inspired by his recent trip to Ronnie James Dio's funeral. "11 new solo tunes came out of nowhere," Adams said. "Day after Dio's funeral they just fell out. Soft mellow acoustic jams- lots of New Orleans scenery and vibe from the trip." more

Rage Against the Machine mocked music mogul Simon Cowell with an animated skit at their free concert in London on Sunday, June 6, which was arranged to celebrate their chart victory over the reality TV show judge last year. The crowd giggled and booed as a cartoon Cowell was beamed onto the overhead screens at the concert, welcoming the band onstage with the words: "I am the supernova! If Rage had entered X Factor, they wouldn't have got past boot camp." more

Under The Table Vol. 3 - Guilty Pleasures

So, us guys were just kind of milling about here at RHT, waiting on someone to start up the coffee pot. Typical everyday stuff, you know...going over yesterdays sports scores, talking lawn care. Then Consuela, our operations manager (cleaning lady - yes, that's how we roll) saunters by, flips the switch on the coffee pot (Hanif had already loaded it last night - he's crafty like that) and asks us if we'd seen last night's American Idol. Of course, we all reply, "Hell no - we don't watch that crap!" and laugh (Dean: not so comfortably) while going over the prospects of where LeBron will be plying his trade next year. Consuela says, "Ju guys suck. Ju know ju watch dat stuff. Don't even tell me ju don't watch dat "Dancing Starsss" on de TV. Ocho Cinco? I hear ju talking 'bout him all de time." Little does she know Chad is an afterthought really after checking out the latest Cheryl Burke ensemble, but she has a point. We're guarding. Heck, we're all dudes, right? So she leaves with that know-it-all smile trailing her out of the room (watch it, you're up for evaluation in a month, chica) and we commence to dismissing the elephant in the room.

Fess up, boys...what's your musical guilty pleasure? What's that one song or artist that if it pops up on a road trip with your boys you would incredulously exclaim, "How'd that get on there? Meddling kids!" What's that one song you'd be most embarrassed to be exposed having a Tom Cruise "Risky Business" moment on? What's that cassette or 8-track you keep hidden when company is over? EZ, confident in his manhood, speaks up first...