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Album Review: Run Dan Run ‘Basic Mechanics’

I sure wish I could write about every great band that sends me an album. When I got Dan Run Dan’s Basic Mechanics for review a month ago I did a quick Google search and realized they are already getting some blog love. I figured I’d leave it alone and concentrate my efforts on those […]

Oscar 2008 Winners

Best Picture
“Atonement”
“Juno”
“Michael Clayton”
- “No Country for Old Men” WINNER
“There Will Be Blood”
Actor
George Clooney, “Michael Clayton”
- Daniel Day-Lewis, “There Will Be Blood” WINNER
Johnny Depp, “Sweeney Todd the Demon Barber of Fleet Street”
Tommy Lee Jones, “In the Valley of Elah”
Viggo Mortensen, “Eastern Promises”
Actress
Cate Blanchett, “Elizabeth: The Golden Age”
Julie Christie, “Away From Her”
- Marion Cotillard, “La Vie en […]

The Plugg Inbox: If You Loved Juno, You’ll Love…

We get hundreds of press releases on a daily basis to our inbox. We love the music and the press agents and labels are sending us, truly awesome stuff, but it’s really hard writing about each and every cool band. So I wanted to share some quick notes with you guys while I listen to […]

Feb. 20th: Sons and Daughters Live Video Webcast from Amsterdam

The nice guys at Fabchannel just sent me an email reminding me to tune in to their live webcast from Amsterdam of the Sons and Daughters live concert. I wrote a post about Fabchannel back in the day. Since then it’s become one of the leading online music concert websites streaming many new full concerts […]

The Mountain Goats: Heretic Pride

Release Date - February 19th
The Mountain Goats are back, and don’t disappoint.  The songs are tight, timeless and Darnielle’s narratives (through his familiar nasally delivery) are heartfelt and earnest.  The band’s passion is evident in this recording and I frequently found myself nodding my head saying, “Hell ya, that’s how it’s done”.  Heretic Pride is […]

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