Ryan's unadulterated idolization of the Gallaghers is rubbing off on him in all the wrong ways. Unless you're a hot beef-craving blogger (nullus?) who scours the web for this sort of stuff, in which case nevermind, Ryan you're doing great.... CONTINUE READING RYAN ADAMS DISSES R.E.M., THE KILLERS, NOT OASIS»
Posted on November 19, 2008 in Where's The Beef? (17 comments)
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R.E.M. |
Ryan Adams |
The Killers
Following up on the eye-popping, Hot Rocks-y psychedelics of "The Shock Of The Lightning"'s video, Oasis dig into their Soul to procure another conceptual clip, this time for the John Lennon spoken-word sampling "I'm Outta Time." Liam takes sole writing... CONTINUE READING NEW OASIS VIDEO - "I'M OUTTA TIME"»
Posted on November 5, 2008 in Video (4 comments)
Tags: Oasis
Fresh off the release of Dig Out Your Soul, Oasis are making sure no one ever sneaks up on stage to topple Noel/make Liam do a Frasier impression ever again: The Gallaghers closed out the BBC's five-day 2008 Electric Proms... CONTINUE READING OASIS AND CHOIR CLOSE OUT ELECTRIC PROMS»
Posted on October 27, 2008 in Video (3 comments)
Tags: Oasis
Last month we brought you +/- 's "Snowblind," a dusky, exhilarating track from the Brooklyn trio's forthcoming forth album Xs On Your Eyes (10/21, Absolutely Kosher). In this week's Drop, we offered "Reeling In The Years" (not "Reelin' In The... CONTINUE READING THE 'GUM DROP LIX: HEAR NEW +/- {PLUS/MINUS}, WIN AN OASIS BOX SET»
Posted on October 15, 2008 in Giveaway, MP3 (2 comments)
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Plus Minus
Pushing Noel off a stage in Toronto might bruise the erstwhile Oasis mouthpiece's ribs (maybe even his spirits) and cause the band to cancel a show or two, but nothing can stop the slow procession toward a new Oasis album.... CONTINUE READING PREMATURE EVALUATION: OASIS - DIG OUT YOUR SOUL»
Posted on September 26, 2008 in Premature Evaluation (81 comments)
Tags: Oasis
Rivers and company are out on tour supporting that much blogged Red Album, and they're raking it in arena-style. (Tonight they'll be at MSG proper. I'll be there, hoping they play Pinkerton front-to-back. Shh, I know.) The Village Voice (via... CONTINUE READING WEEZER COVER OASIS, ARE PSYCHED ABOUT THEIR TOUR REVENUE»
Posted on September 24, 2008 in Video (14 comments)
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Weezer
So much went down in NYC this weekend. There was that one thing that happened where a few of the world's leading financial institutions collapsed, forcing well heeled and overcompensated investment bankers to vacate their Manhattan offices while sending the... CONTINUE READING NYC BUSKERS PREMIERE NEW OASIS SONGS»
Posted on September 15, 2008 in Video (7 comments)
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Oasis |
World Tribe
That's right Terminal 5 ticketholders, time to secure your refund. You can thank the crazed Canadian stage-crasher who brought Noel to his knees (and bruised his ribs) the other day for the show's cancellation, but there's still a chance to... CONTINUE READING OASIS CANCEL NYC SHOW, PREMIERE NEW SONGS ON ITS STREETS INSTEAD»
Posted on September 11, 2008 (7 comments)
Tags: Oasis
The Boston-area may be freshly mourning the loss of Tom Brady for the NFL season, but when Ryan Adams came through town with his Cardinals, he performed a pair of new songs "Sinking Ship" and "The Color of Pain" at... CONTINUE READING RYAN ADAMS PERFORMS NEW SONGS IN BOSTON, SENDS HIS BEST WISHES TO NOEL FOR "A SPEEDY RECOVERY"»
Posted on September 9, 2008 in MP3 (12 comments)
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Ryan Adams
I knew you guys were fired up about Noel's slag on Radiohead, but whoa. This weekend Oasis played Toronto's Virgin Fest, where a minute into "Morning Glory" a crowd member crashed the stage and checked the elder Gallagher in the... CONTINUE READING OASIS ATTACKED ONSTAGE AT TORONTO VIRGIN FESTIVAL»
Posted on September 8, 2008 in Video (74 comments)
Tags: Oasis
I know this will shock your lightning, but said Opinion is rather negative. Since blasting Radiohead is currently en vogue, and three makes a trend, here's this bit via Details: They're [Radiohead] middle-class boys worrying about pushing an envelope somewhere,... CONTINUE READING OASIS HAVE AN OPINION ON RADIOHEAD'S POLITICS»
Posted on September 5, 2008 in Where's The Beef? (70 comments)
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Radiohead |
Ryan Adams
Well, the ones that the Cardinals are opening, anyway. Foggy is back, and Ry's got some pro tips on his upcoming shows with the Gallaghers, along with a warning that his new stage setup will make you poop. Check it.... CONTINUE READING RYAN ADAMS ON HOW TO HAVE FUN AT AN OASIS SHOW»
Posted on August 21, 2008 (11 comments)
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Ryan Adams
As far as strategies for sustained relevance go, Noel Gallagher's chronic case of verbal diarrhea is cheap and obvious. But occasionally the shit talking stench is so bad, (we try but) we can't help but talk about it. This other... CONTINUE READING NEW OASIS VIDEO - "THE SHOCK OF THE LIGHTNING"»
Posted on August 19, 2008 in Video (16 comments)
Tags: Oasis
Got room for more beef? It is a statistical fact that one of every three music flame wars involves Noel Gallagher. In support of this postulate, please enjoy Mark Ronson's retort to Noel's "learn three chords ... and go write... CONTINUE READING MARK RONSON FEELS THE NEED TO RESPOND TO NOEL GALLAGHER»
Posted on August 18, 2008 in Where's The Beef? (8 comments)
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Noel Gallagher |
Oasis
"Love is a magical mystery." Ya know, like the tour. Just when it looked like Oasis were pulling off from extracting £s of flesh from the Beatles back catalogue, they're not. The Noel-fronted, moody and swirly first cut from Dig... CONTINUE READING NEW OASIS - "SHOCK OF THE LIGHTNING"»
Posted on August 15, 2008 (37 comments)
Tags: Oasis
I love it when you guys send polite tips on Wednesday nights. "Falling Down" debuted in Chem Bros Remix form earlier in the summer. This stripped mix is the version on the forthcoming Dig Out Your Soul. I'm more familiar... CONTINUE READING NEW OASIS - "FALLING DOWN"»
Posted on August 13, 2008 in Album Art (54 comments)
Tags: Oasis
At the start of their NY Times play list, Hold Steady are described as pairing "classic rock instrumentals with lyrics that recount tales of lust and murder," which makes them sound much more extreme than they actually are. If you'd... CONTINUE READING THE HOLD STEADY LOVE OASIS, SORT OF»
Posted on July 28, 2008 (25 comments)
Tags: Oasis |
The Hold Steady
Last night Jay-Z kicked off his Glastonbury headline set with what we hope will be the final word in this ongoing Oasis feud. A few months back, Noel Gallagher claimed it was "wrong" to feature hip-hop at the fest. Jay-Z... CONTINUE READING JAY-Z COVERS "WONDERWALL" AT GLASTONBURY»
Posted on June 29, 2008 in Video (99 comments)
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Glastonbury |
Jay-Z |
Oasis
As we mentioned, Jay-Z's playing overseas festivals this summer ... like, for another instance, headlining Glastonbury. Noel Gallagher, for one, doesn't think a hip-hop artist should be playing the top Saturday night slot because it screws with the history and... CONTINUE READING JAY-Z RESPONDS TO NOEL'S OPINION THAT HAVING RAPPERS AT GLASTONBURY IS "WRONG"»
Posted on May 14, 2008 in Where's The Beef? (92 comments)
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Noel Gallagher |
Oasis
Six months ago Liam Gallagher railed against the "Radiohead model" of album distribution, saying Oasis would give their new music away "over my dead body." Today, Liam Gallagher died. Three demo MP3s from Oasis's recording sessions for their seventh album... CONTINUE READING NEW OASIS DEMOS - "NOTHIN' ON ME" / "I WANNA LIVE A DREAM (IN MY RECORD MACHINE)" / "STOP THE CLOCKS"»
Posted on May 6, 2008 (30 comments)
Tags: Oasis
Paul Weller needs no introduction, but maybe his ninth solo album does. The ex-Jam and Style Councilor's releasing 22 Dreams 7/22 on Yep Roc. The 21-track, 70-minute shaggy-dog epic cycles soul, rock, folk, jazz, spoken word, Moog weirdness, etc. That's... CONTINUE READING THE 'GUM DROP VOLUME XXXV: HEAR NEW PAUL WELLER, WIN A GUITAR»
Posted on April 30, 2008 in Giveaway, MP3 (3 comments)
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Paul Weller
There are a lot of "Wonderwall" covers in this world, but we think the new Brad Mehldau Trio version's the longest. And maybe the jazziest. It's from the Trio's new live album Live, out now on Nonesuch, which is why... CONTINUE READING BRAD MEHLDAU TRIO ADD TO THE "WONDERWALL" COVER CANON, RYAN ADAMS TO TOUR WITH THE GUYS WHO FIRST RECORDED THAT SONG»
Posted on April 10, 2008 in MP3, Tour Dates (1 comments)
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Oasis |
Ryan Adams
Folks might be decking the halls and all that, but it's always the season for giving when it come to the 'Gum Drop. This week ex-Lowercase, Alaska!, New Folk Implosion player and Yeah Yeah Yeahs touring guitarist Imaad Wasif dropped... CONTINUE READING THE 'GUM DROP VOLUME XVII: HEAR NEW IMAAD WASIF, WIN A ZUNE AND LOTS OF OASIS»
Posted on December 19, 2007 in Giveaway (0 comments)
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Oasis
As we already knew, not everyone's into Radiohead's it's-really-up-to-you approach to In Rainbows. But now Lily Allen's got something to say about it. Via Channel 4:Lily Allen has branded Radiohead "arrogant" for giving fans the chance to download their new... CONTINUE READING LILY ALLEN, OASIS, GENE SIMMONS BLAST "RADIOHEAD MODEL"»
Posted on November 15, 2007 in Where's The Beef? (49 comments)
Tags: Gene Simmons |
Kiss |
Lily Allen |
Oasis |
Radiohead
People's head spun when Radiohead announced their little experiment in the tip jar release model, and although terms and details of a proper CD release remain to be seen, the past week's been a parade of major label artists (sort... CONTINUE READING GOOD NEWS FOR PEOPLE WHO LIKE BAD NEWS (FOR RECORD LABELS): MADONNA LEAVES WARNER FOR LIVE NATION»
Posted on October 11, 2007 (17 comments)
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Madonna |
Nine Inch Nails |
Oasis |
Radiohead
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