This year's top holiday duet doesn't feature Mariah Carey or Will Ferrell. It's
Rodney the Mailman [local news] and
Andrew WK [original], live from the Chicago offices of the Onion AV Club in their Holiday Undercover project.
In typical Andrew WK style, a slightly...
different version is also available.
But this is not Rodney's first appearance -- nor are these covers few and far between.
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posted by Madamina
on Dec 22, 2010 -
3 comments
November 13, 2001: Musical unknown Andrew W.K.
(Previously 1, 2) releases his debut album "I Get Wet." It is a simple rock record of power chords and unabashed, un-ironic party music -- exemplified perfectly both by its first song, "
It's Time To Party," or its lead single, "
Party Hard" -- released during a month of American
depression,
paranoia, and
insincerity that borders on nihilism. The album finds mainstream success,
selling over 30K copies in its first three weeks, with songs from the record
appearing in commercials, movies, and television shows, not to mention heavy rotation on MTV and awesome appearances on
Conan and
Saturday Night Live. [more inside]
posted by Damn That Television
on Dec 30, 2009 -
355 comments
Punkcast is a long running series of videos of live underground music in NYC shot by
Joly MacFie. Each video is usually one song. The Internet Archive hosts
its videos and offers downloads in a variety of formats. MacFie also has a
YouTube channel with
480 videos and a video podcast
[iTunes link, feedburner link]. Here are a few bands that caught my fancy:
The Icicles and The Besties, The Slits (
1,
2 ),
Andrew W. K., Oneida (
1,
2),
The Long Blondes,
The Gossip,
Acid Mothers Temple & Cosmic Inferno,
Art Brut,
Be Your Own Pet,
Cansei de Ser Sexy,
Lesbians on Ecstasy,
The Fall,
Fred Frith,
Rose Melberg and Jennifer O'Connor,
The Horrors,
The Homosexuals,
Bat for Lashes,
Radio 4 and Teddybears,
Kimya Dawson and Tiny Masters of Today,
Yeah Yeah Yeahs and
Nikki Sudden.
posted by Kattullus
on Dec 25, 2008 -
12 comments
Inspired by the staccato brilliance of political bitch-fest The McLaughlin Group, rocker Andrew W.K. has composed a
song (direct mp3) based on a particularly scattered exchange. Here he is
explaining the process on the public radio show "Fair Game." The song has already sponsored a
video tribute.
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posted by jtajta
on Mar 11, 2008 -
19 comments
For the last year, the Vice TV program
Soft Focus has presented an assortment of
"discussions about art, culture, politics, personal history, personal feelings, fashion, and the like" with a series of noteworthy musicians. Host Ian Svenonius manages to wrangle dialogue with of some of the music world's most colorful and idiosyncratic characters: The Fall's
Mark E. Smith, My Bloody Valentine's
Kevin Shields, The Happy Mondays'
Shaun Ryder, Crass'
Penny Rimbaud, Throbbing Gristle/Psychic TV's
Genesis P. Orridge, Cat Power's
Chan Marshall, Thee Headcoats'
Billy Childish, The Specials'
Terry Hall,
Andrew WK, Fugazi's
Ian Mackaye, and Palace/Bonnie 'Prince' Billy's
Will Oldham.
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posted by item
on Jan 27, 2008 -
21 comments
Weird Paul Petroskey has been writing songs for 15 years, and has a lo-fi catalog rivaling Lou Barlow (over 400 songs). While everyone else is
arguing who the savior of rock is (Andrew W.K.? Please....), I argue that Weird Paul is the savior of music itself. Pop culture classics such as "Piece of Meat in the Tang" and "Please Don't Break My Atari" are available for download
here. Listen and enjoy.
posted by emptybowl
on Apr 9, 2002 -
7 comments
A savior for my generation, finally (?) ANDREW W K = grunge - whining + innocence + rocking out something frightening + lust for life + humour + lots and lots of energy. Also keep in mind that I hate popular music. I think he's incredibly cool, and by incredibly cool I mean totally sweet. Anyway, my take is insignificant - what do
you people think of this kid?? The cure for the Linkin' Park disease? The aural Creed ointment??
posted by Settle
on Mar 25, 2002 -
62 comments
