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The Nightmare Before Christmas Revisited By Various Alt And Indie Rockers

Get ready goths and Evanescence fans, Tim Burton's The Nightmare Before Christmas is celebrating its fifteenth anniversary. As part of the spooky fanfare, Billboard reports that Walt Disney Records is putting out Nightmare Revisited, a collection of covers, re-recordings, and...  CONTINUE READING THE NIGHTMARE BEFORE CHRISTMAS REVISITED BY VARIOUS ALT AND INDIE ROCKERS»

Posted on August 13, 2008 (15 comments)
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Sigur Rós @ Museum Of Modern Art, NYC 6/17/08

Sigur Rós were great last night. That's an understatement, but I'm not sure if there's much left to say about where this band stands right now, in relation to themselves or any other musical act. The show was held...  CONTINUE READING SIGUR RóS @ MUSEUM OF MODERN ART, NYC 6/17/08»

Posted on June 18, 2008 in (4 comments)
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Bonnaroo: Five Reasons You Need To See Sigur Rós This Year

They (i.e. Barbara Streisand) say people who need people are the luckiest people. But you know who really are the luckiest people? People who have a ticket to see Sigur Rós this summer. It's not that I haven't seen...  CONTINUE READING BONNAROO: FIVE REASONS YOU NEED TO SEE SIGUR RóS THIS YEAR»

Posted on June 16, 2008 in (26 comments)
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New amiina Video (feat. Lee Hazlewood) - "Hilli (At The Top Of The World)"

Realizing, depending on where you're standing, this could also be Lee Hazlewood featuring amiina. Regardless, it's a gorgeous, cooing spoken dream piece about a a sunless island, a volcano, snow eating, and some girl with a gift, wandering. When those...  CONTINUE READING NEW AMIINA VIDEO (FEAT. LEE HAZLEWOOD) - "HILLI (AT THE TOP OF THE WORLD)"»

Posted on November 9, 2007 in (1 comments)
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New amiina - "Lóri"

You probably already know that nobody bows a saw quite like the lovely Icelandic ladies of amiina. The Reykjavik quartet have a special place in our hearts, 'cause the last three times we've seen 'em, Sigur Rós took the stage...  CONTINUE READING NEW AMIINA - "LóRI"»

Posted on June 22, 2007 in (2 comments)
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