The Band is one of the more user-friendly fan sites I have come across. What I appreciate most is the (unadvertised)
chord charts. They are not always right but they are often not wrong. Subtle, theatrical chromaticism, your name is
Mozart Robbie Robertson.
posted by St Urbain's Horseman
on Oct 26, 2007 -
16 comments
The Manual (How To Have a Number One - The Easy Way). Both light-hearted and thorough, the Timelords, aka the KLF, wrote this tongue-in-cheek manual in 1988 following their own novelty pop No. 1 "
Doctorin' the Tardis". "If you are already a musician stop playing your instrument. Even better, sell the junk. It will become clearer later on but just take our word for it for the time being." Oh and apparently have lots of tea on hand.
posted by yeti
on Jul 12, 2007 -
35 comments
The End of the Anti-Hit List? "And with that, the Anti-Hit List is retiring, at least for the foreseeable future."
John Sakamoto's Alternate Top 10 (AKA
The Anti-Hit List) was one of the best top ten music lists on the net. It was short and sweet and a great way to discover b-sides, covers and alternate versions of songs from a wide variety of artists. And to think, it all started back on
March 12, 1996.
posted by boost ventilator
on Jul 31, 2002 -
4 comments
For the first time in forty years,
there is not a single UK act on the Billboard top 100 singles chart. A lot of people argue that it's because manfactured crap is interchangable, so there's no need to import it, but plenty of American artists still make it in the UK, so I'm inclined to believe there's something else at work here. Any ideas as to what that something might be?
posted by aaron
on Apr 24, 2002 -
71 comments
Hometown band makes good. Albuquerque band The Shins release an album on Sub Pop. (I absolutely recommend their song
New Slang, a sweet poppy ballad.) Maybe this is so exciting because it's not every day a bunch of kids you've seen a trillion times get to be ON THE CHARTS. What bands have come from your hometown and made it big? (more inside)
posted by sugarfish
on Jul 7, 2001 -
60 comments