We randomly checked out the Walkmen and Kaiser Chiefs show at the Showbox last night, mostly in the dark about their work. Although we had seen the Walkmen live once before, we couldnt remember if they had made much of an impression. During the opening, a friend summed up their sound as "like the Strokes except not irritating." That's a good enough summary although we'd swap out the Strokes with Rod Stewart, who Walkmen lead singer Hamilton Leithauser sounds exactly like and if you don't agree then fuck you. more ›

Okay, we're bummed we didn't get Slint tickets for Saturday night. If you did, we hate you and would like to point out we'll undoubtedly be having a great time watching Mansquito on the SciFi Network at 9pm. We are sure watching a show about a half-man/half-mosquito is way better than seeing a legendary indie band take the stage after years apart. As an aside, we wish we were in the pitch meeting for 'Mansquito,' much like we wish we were in the meeting about the show 'Blind Justice.' "See he's a cop and he's blind, so we'll call the show 'Blind Justice!'" more ›