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  Next time your parents or girlfriend tell you to put away your guitar or laptop filled with stolen production software and get a real job, tell them to go f*ck themselves.  In the Semptember issue of Blender Magazine, an article highlighting the increasingly large amount of cash artists are

Producer James Ford Reveals Klaxons Album Details Producer James Ford has revealed a few details about his latest project. Ford is currently working with the Klaxons on their highly anticipated follow-up to 2007’s ‘Myths Of The Near Future‘.

I traveled down to Philadelphia Pennsylvania to see The Faint at the Trocadero theatre this past Sunday and it proved to be quite the adventure. Over the course of my 11 hour round trip journey I had to deal with copious amounts of road construction (4 miles in an hour), a failing air conditioner,

It’s that time again, boys and girls- after a month or so of digging, I present to you the latest batch of cover songs that stand out above the rest. Along the way, I was reminded of exactly why 311 should never be let near instruments or microphones ever again (their take on The Cure’s Lovesong),

I loved Modular even before they sent out this promo pack. I loved Modular the second I heard Cut Copy, Chromeo, Klaxons, Soulwax, Van She, NYPC, etc. Their label is pretty much stacked. Also, lets give it up to Scion for dishing out these promo’s and sponsoring events left and right, believe me, it’s much appreciated.

After successfully teaching myself to sleep standing up, I began training myself to hear only Outlandos d'Amour whenever "Desert Rain" comes piping over the Duane Reade PA system. It's going pretty well so far, and considering all I hear is white noise when someone says "New Rave", I'm anticipating another personal victory.

Jogging as a ‘pastime’ is so ridiculously popular these days, the footpath outside my house seems more congested than the street itself. And as the size of portable music players reaches microscopic levels, the number of jocks cranking beats as they run has duly increased to epidemic levels.

The ClipsGenre: Indie / RockFrom: CanadaI'm not sure whether Canadian five piece The Clips are afficienados of early 80s British New Wave and 21st Century Nu Rave but their new single 'Space Kidz' starts off like Department S 1981 hit 'Is Vic There' before morphing into the Klaxons 'Golden Skans' equipped with almost identical ooooooo's and ahhhh's.

I’ve kept this blog up through some tough times and it will keep on coming — now with a monthly podcast! I’ve wanted to do a Pretty Much Amazing podcast for quite a while now, but I’ve wanted it to be different than all the other podcasts.

The shortlist for the Mercury Music Prize, which will honor the album that is determined to be the best in the UK or Ireland over the last 12 months, was announced yesterday. The following artists and albums are under consideration: Adele = 19 British Sea Power = Do You Like Rock Music?