Monthly Archives: July 2010
Built to Spill Makes an Awesome EP
Doug Martsch and Brett Nelson of TUIW favorite Built to Spill have created a side project called The Electronic Anthology who just put out an EP of Built to Spill covers that are all 80sed out. We’re talking synths, drum … Continue reading
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How I Met Your Mother Producers: Our Bad
Good news How I Met Your Mother Fans,* show creators Cater Bays and Craig Thompson have taken advantage of the CBS Press Tour to not only talk up the show’s upcoming sixth season, but also to more or less apologize … Continue reading
Review: Best Coast – Crazy For You
“Crazy For You sound[s] like a Ronnettes record, if the Ronnettes liked indie rock, smoked a lot of weed, and had a cat named Snacks.” Continue reading
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Mad Men – “Public Relations”
Mad Men starts its seasons with a slow, in-medias-res fade up. There’s usually no instigating incident to kick start the action nor is there some kind of introductory scene to summarize what the year will be about. Instead the first … Continue reading
Filed under TV Review
Weekly Best Of: Spy Movies
So yeah, we’ve been pretty bad with the “weekly” part of the title, but we decided to bring back the feature in lieu of this weekend’s premiere of Angelina Jolie’s Salt, we made a list of our favorite movies about … Continue reading
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Track Review: Land of Talk – “Swift Coin”
In advance of next month’s Cloak and Cipher, Land of Talk’s first new single, “Swift Coin,” serves a perfect introduction for a band that’s been on the verge of breaking for a couple of years. Elizabeth Powell’s multitracked voice swoons … Continue reading
Filed under Download, Music Review
TUiW Goes to the 2010 Pitchfork Music Festival
TUiW hit the 2010 Pitchfork Music Festival this past weekend, and for those that couldn’t make it out, here’s our blow by blow recap: Friday Arriving a little late at the festival, the first act I saw was Robyn, who … Continue reading
Filed under Live Review, Music Review, TUiW Goes To
Who Cancelled the Pavement Webcast: A Tangled Up In Wires Investigation
Why didn’t I ask? Why didn’t I ask? Why didn’t I ask? Continue reading
Filed under Music News, Tangled Up In Wires Investigation