Today's headlines...
Arcade Flameout? Blog-World Darlings Hit Sophomore Slump In Bigger Than The Sound (MTV.com)
The Money Shot: Of course, no one seemed to notice this in the heady days of 2004-2005, when both the Arcade Fire and Bloc Party — plus acts like the Arctic Monkeys and Clap Your Hands Say Yeah — rode waves of "blog buzz" into the mainstream. Back then, the quick-to-pick foibles of the hype machine were lauded as revolutionary, and authors of blogs from here to Helsinki were being touted as tastemakers. Composing breathless odes to undiscovered bands became less of a hobby and more of an honest-to-goodness job (you could get paid for sitting around in your underwear and writing about the Hong Kong!) — a job that thousands were interested in landing. And shouting the loudest was the easiest way to be heard through the crowds.
Mouse on Marr: Yank rockers give Modest welcome to Brit guitar star (Boston Herald)
MS: "Johnny added a lot to the band and I’m not taking that away from him," said Brock. "But Johnny gets a lot of credit for the guitar parts that Eric and I play and it’s frustrating. I understand why he gets the credit, because he’s f------ great, but I’m not in danger of getting credit for parts that he wrote. It’s kind of been assumed that all the guitar on the record is Johnny. I guess that’s OK. We know what we did."
40 Songs That Changed The World (Rolling Stone)
MS: 24. Blitzkrieg Bop - The Ramones
The Detroit Cobras: Hangover, Beethoven (Harp)
MS: Though still resurrecting and sexing up classic rock and R&B tunes with gusto comparable to a pubescent Rat Fink in a whorehouse, compared to Baby the Cobras are a little quieter, almost restrained. Nagy agrees and disagrees. “I don’t think we were trying to show restraint. As time goes on and we get it together—you’re gonna get better, a little more sophisticated. Well, let’s say grown-up. ‘Sophisticated’ doesn’t make any sense with us or our music.”
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