4chan’s latest prank has seemingly obligated horrifying pop sensation Justin Bieber to a tour of North Korea. It seems the Beebs held a Twitter contest for fans to vote on the country the mop-headed terror should visit – predictably, 4chan got their foot in the door and skewed the results towards their venue of choice – namely North Korea. Of [...]

I was discussing SLC Punk with friends last night and subsequently have spent a good part of the morning reminiscing about the music of my youth. I was born at just the right time to enjoy the big second wave of punk rock, namely the hardcore punk scene, which was a great refuge for a pissed-off teenager mired in the [...]

Two of my favorite bands – Jellyfish, with their song ‘Joining a Fan Club’,  and the cover by Japanese pop-rock duo Puffy (or Puffy Amiyumi, if you prefer).

I’ve blogged about The Peanuts before, but here’s another gem – it’s the Mothra twins belting out the swing classic Boogie Woogie Bugle Boy. Fantastic!

This is one of those posts that emerges from noodling around on YouTube when I should be working. I watched the awesome rock-doc ANVIL: THE STORY OF ANVIL at a friend’s house over Christmas (do check it it out if you get a chance – it’s amazing…) and have been adding Anvil videos to my YouTube faves ever since. Today [...]

So there I was, playing Dance Dance Revolution X, and I find myself grooving on this great New Wave song called “Synthesized” by some band called The Epoxies. And I wonder, how the heck did I miss this band back in the ’80s?

Here’s a nice 2 am YouTube discovery – Acid Android (aka Yukihiro, the drummer from L’Arc-en-Ciel) with guest vocalist Toni Halliday (Curve). L’Arc-en-Ciel is J-pop at its’ best, and Curve is one of my all-time favorite bands – so I was stoked to come across this. For the curious, here’s Curve in their prime – ‘Missing Link’  and ‘Superblaster’ from [...]