It was a little over a year ago that music mega corp Live Nation decided to do some re-branding of their venues around the country by slapping the Fillmore tag on them. The first of these venues was the former Irving Plaza, which is now known as the Fillmore New York @ Irving Plaza. While we’ve dug the free apples, vintage concert posters and snazzy new paint job – Music Snobbery has some other thoughts calling it the shittiest venue in the city. Ouch!
- VH1 honors Sub Pop’s 20th birthday with a special video playlist
- Jambase gives us the skinny on the new age of funk and soul bands
- Flex your rock IQ with Rolling Stone’s new weekly Rock Quiz
- Cover Lay Down give us Folked Up Gansta Rap – you’re going to to love it
- The Cornell Sun sticks a pitchfork in P4K
- Popless examines their problem with Southern Rock
Finally, following in the footsteps of their Radiohead and R.E.M. tribute compilations, the fine folks at Stereogum decided to give the same treatment to Bjork with Enjoyed. This edition features the likes of the Liars, Dirty Projectors, and Xiu Xiu covering the Icelandic songstress. What, no Charles Barkley?
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