Avril Lavigne - Let Me Go ft. Chad Kroeger

Here it is: Canadian Culture ca. 2013:

This pairing would have been inconceivable ten years ago. Inconceivable!

Continues the trend of awkwardly jammed in product placement too (see that Avicii video I posted the other day). The first thing I did was check the record label... yup. Sony.

Hitler finds out Google Reader is shutting down

[via]

I don't normally like this meme but this one got to me. Found this video in Feedly, which I guess is my new thing.
Of all the things I do on the web, Google Reader is where I spend 99% of my time... hopefully they reconsider.

It's official: Bowie has lost his mind

No words for this album cover... when I first saw it I figured it HAD to be a joke, but it's there on his official website...

For some reason the music press is falling over themselves to praise the new song that is in fact, not very good.

I will wait for the full album to pass judgment but at this point I'm stuck between rage and apathy with a dose of bewilderment. Why on earth would he release this?

If you follow the link to his website there's an interview with the designer of the cover that is absolutely ridiculous. I guess no one says 'no' to Bowie any more.

I also find it quite telling in all of these articles I'm reading that none of the writers or commenters are pointing out what a stupid idea this is for a record cover, and that the song really isn't that good.

His voice may sound decent but he's been processed all to hell and frankly he sounds a bit ill. I really hope this isn't the way he ends his career, I'd hate for him to go down the Bob Dylan career path.

Today in awful - Willie Nelson covers Coldplay

This is a real thing, it exists. And it's horrible. Poor Willie has been pitch corrected to all hell... There is so much processing on his voice it might as well be one of those robotic screen readers. You may know that I'm not the biggest Coldplay fan in the world either, which doesn't help this compound mess.

Who thought this was a good idea?

Yecch.

Part of the guy's appeal is his folksy, natural talents. If you listen to "On the Road Again", you can hear the charm in his voice. This cover smooths out all the edges and completely neuters what made Mr. Nelson so interesting in the first place.

Zero stars.

"We were dubstep before there was dubstep,"

Hahahahahahha!!

Korn's Davis: 'We Were Dubstep Before There Was Dubstep'

An extremely lame attempt by Korn to try and make themselves relevant. The music really is terrible and you'd have to be missing a sizable chunk of your brain to enjoy this kind of garbage. This coming from a guy who had at least a mild interest in this band back in high school, when I presumably did have a sizable chunk of my brain missing.

via Hipster Runoff

Today in awful

Can you fucking believe this shit?

Henry Rollins shills for luxury cars

I heard this TV spot last night and went:
"Huh?"

Then I checked that the voice over was who I thought it was.

It's true: Henry Rollins, hardcore punk godfather, is voicing commercials for luxury cars. I guess this kind of thing shouldn't come as a surprise, considering Gang of Four recently sold a song to Microsoft.

Still, it's kind of disappointing. Reading through Mr. Rollins' bio, I noticed that he also voiced a commercial for Apple back in 1999. So, it's nothing new for him.

Maybe he owes lots of money to the government, like Nicholas Cage. It would be hard for anyone to turn down huge sums of cash to do that kind of work, but it kinda sucks that it has to be this guy.

Ugh

The Glee cast now has more Billboard 100 songs than The Beatles [AV Club]

Worst music videos of all time

Pretty awesome list here... including the Eddie Murphy/Michael Jackson collaboration that's so awful that most people have forgotten it even exists...

Worst song and video ever?

L.O.L.:

Final Placement's Shine: worst song and video ever?

Worst audio trends of the decade

5 Worst Audio Trends of the Noughties [MixBlog]

Featuring this gem: Auto-Tune Abuse in Pop Music

Worst songs of the decade

Perfect. A great article, sufficiently cynical as well.

Whoa

Cringe inducing video of Britney Spears performing... this is her "actual voice". You shouldn't believe that these pop stars can sing at the level that they do whilst running around the stage like chickens with their heads cut off, but come on...

A most unwelcome return

Run for the hills, Creed is back. And with a song pompously titled 'Overcome', no less. Here's a sample of their lyrical gems:

Don’t cry victim to me
everything we are and used to be
is buried and gone

How can that be, when they sound exactly the fucking same as before? I think Scott Stapp is taking the Jesus-resurrection thing a bit too far.

Check out the video that looks like it was shot for the money they stole from their church collection plate:



And the 'Tube commenters couldn't be any dumber.
jstryker77 writes:

All I can say is...HOLY CRAP!
I am completely blown away by the new album.
I was excited when I heard about the reunion but I wasn't expecting this great of an album...sorry I underestimated you guys!
Creed was probably the first band that I listened to religiously...and even though my taste in rock music has completely changed, Creed will always be a major inspiration and influence in my life and music.
God bless you dudes!
FREAKIN AWESOME!

The apocalypse is upon us, the end is nigh.

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In the words of David Cross, "I'd rather hear the death rattle of my only child than have to listen to that fucking shit." True say, David. True say.

Kill me now

It's not just Guitar Hero, it's Guitar Hero with a fucking Kurt Cobain avatar.



Grohl, Novoselic "dismayed" by Kurt Cobain in Guitar Hero 5

RIAA = jerks

My dad sent me these couple of articles about the another ruling against Jammie Thomas:

Jury rules against Minn. woman in download case

Analysis: $1.92M fine in music piracy case could hurt RIAA

Just goes to show that these evil fucks are willing run their entire business model into the ground, and take innocent people with them...

Alan Moore knows the score

I don't why I keep going, honestly.

I fucking hate this band with a passion, and to see them covering Dylan for the Watchmen soundtrack makes me want to gouge out my eyes and shove metal spikes into my ears. Speechless otherwise, utterly speechless. This kind of bullshit is why Alan Moore's name isn't going to be anywhere near the film.