In 1997, the Almighty Redd Kross released Show World, our favorite album of all time. Ever. By anybody. Then they went away. And now they’re back. FREAK OUT, EVERYBODY! NEW REDD KROSS IS HERE AND IT’S FAN-FUCKING-TASTIC! Researching The Blues will be out August 7th on Merge Records. Pre-order the CD and LP here.
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Redd Kross – Researching The Blues
May 24, 2012Robin Gibb: 1949-2012
May 20, 2012This just sucks. The Bee Gees were genius. Seriously. And now we’re down to one… which, given their amazing harmonies, is just offensive. R.I.P., Robin.
Live from New York, it’s the BTRNR Mick Jagger/SNL Live Blog!
May 19, 2012Given that this site has resembled a cross between an obituary section and an actual morgue over the last few months, we’re gonna shake things up. We’re already full of steak and bourbon, so why waste all that wonderful mojo on texts with our fellow Stones-geek friends when we can text the whole fucking world? [...]
Adios, WFNX: They Made Growing Up In Eastern Massachusetts Exponentially Less Boring
May 16, 2012News broke today that WFNX, a Boston radio institution over the last three decades, will be going off the air tomorrow at 7 PM. Rumor has it they’ll be switching over to a Spanish-language format (didn’t D.C.’s WHFS do the same thing a few years ago?). Naturally, they were bought up by Clear Channel. Without [...]
Donald “Duck” Dunn, 1941-2012: He Turned Goat Piss Into Gasoline
May 13, 2012Donald “Duck” Dunn, bassist for Booker T. & the MGs, the Mar-Keys, the Stax house band, the Blues Brothers, and session man extraordinaire, died in his sleep last night in Tokyo after playing two shows with his musical compadre of 50 years, Steve Cropper. Duck was one of the key architects of modern soul music, [...]
“I’m gonna die gonna die one day ’cause I’m goin’ and goin’ and goin’ this way” R.I.P., Adam Yauch
May 4, 2012The impact these guys had on this 15 year old male in 1987 was incalculable and still resonates today with both our Brooklyn address and penchant for canned beer. Adam Yauch, dead at 47 from cancer. What a gutpunch. M.C. for what I AM and do the A is for Adam and the lyrics; true [...]
