2010: Artists of my year

I put the emphasis on my because these aren’t going to appear on anyone else’s run-down of 2010. Or two out of three anyway – the artists of my year actually have a lot in common, but release dates aren’t one of them. Not that there wasn’t enough good music out in 2010. It’s been [...]

100b’s News-ish Round-Up

If you just woke up out of one of them soap-opera comas and missed a whole week, look no further! This is the post for you to get back on top of what’s going on in the music world. Well, as long as it was compelling enough for me to bother mentioning it. In case [...]

New Band Day: Royal Bangs

You know how hot people tend to travel in packs? Well, the same goes for hot bands. In honor of our upcoming 100best post, we bring you Tennessee’s own Royal Bangs. They released their debut We Breed Champions themselves in 2006, but – here’s where this month’s 100best band comes in – Patrick Carney checked [...]

100b’s News-ish Roundup

Is it more embarrassing to be a good rapper but a horrible actor, or a bad rapper but a good actor in a movie about a rap legend? I’m thinking the latter, which is why it’s a good thing they went with an actual rapper to play Biggie Smalls in the upcoming feature Notorious. Jamal [...]

100best: Bean’s Picks For 2006

  15. The Long Blondes, Someone To Drive You Home         essential tracks: “Giddy Stratospheres”, “Swallow Tattoo” We’d all been waiting for The Long Blondes’ debut album for so long, it was beginning to feel like it would never get to us. But, even though we’d all heard a lot of the [...]

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