sonicdork.

Looks like today is the day that Apple will be handing out a $10,000 iTunes card. You can enter for free here, not sure what that will do though. You know they will only award this to someone that has actually purchased a song…. no matter what the fine print says. So keep your eyes on that countdown and buy a few Oak Ridge Boys songs when the time comes.

My pals, The Gregory Brothers, have struck gold with this song. Turtle Fence could be the best Power Pop song this year.

And speaking of the brothers Gregory.. and for those of you in the NY/NJ area…. Andrew Rose Gregory is playing at 7pm tonight at Rockwood Music Hall…for free. Highly recommended.

Axe Cop. You complete me.

hypem:

(via whitneymcn)

Gorgeous. This kind of thing gives me a funny feeling.

Happy Birthday George. You 278 year old SOB. You will live FOREVER!!!

Oh Julie Klausner. So funny. I picked this book up for my wife as part of her Valentine’s present and she blew through it, absolutely loving every dirty, funny second. Now that she’s done - it’s my turn. sonicdork is the king of second hand books. I’m really looking forward to reading all about Klausner’s filthy escapades. I can say filthy since read some of it over my wife’s shoulder on the train. I’ll give you an update when I’m done. If you’d like to read it for yourself, here’s a link.

[btw - I don’t mean filthy in a bad way at all. This might just be the best book I’ve read in quite some time.]

Oh Matador. If I could only choose one record label to support, you would be it, my friend. Merge? I’d take you to the party as well.

Hot off the presses(?) and fresh on the Matablog is a taste of what this new New Pornographers album Together is going to sound like. The track is called “Your Hands (Together)”. Together is in stores on May 4th but you can already get your pre-order on HERE.

Big Love has been fucking amazing this season. How To Make It In America is a douchey pile of shit. Indeed.

The fine folks at Matador Records have posted the first track from Ted Leo’s new album The Brutalist Bricks [in stores on March 9th and ready for CHEAP pre-order on the Matador site] called “The Mighty Sparrow”. Get it now and go ahead and put your pre-order in.

And why the hell am I watching this on Movieplex right now….. It sucks you in! Didn’t Liam Neeson win an award for this?

I remember when I graduated from high school, my band DPW took a trip to NY to record an EP (that never saw the light of day). On the trip, Dan had this soundtrack on cassette and literally tortured us with it. If you haven’t heard Justine Bateman warble through “(I Can’t Get No) Satisfaction”…you are a better man than I.

First off, thank the lord above for streaming Netflix…. let’s face it… there isn’t a good movie rental place in Jersey City, NJ, or at least one that doesn’t scare the holy shite out of me. They’re all tucked in between dirty buildings and they still have sunfaded posters up for “Batman and Robin” and the first “Fast and the Furious” film.. and for all I know… all of the films are on Betamax.

But Netflix, oh Netflix. You may not have been able to access their website this weekend, but you could still stream to your respective machines - ours being the Tivo HD. Thankfully I added Big Fan to our queue earlier this week.

First off… this film isn’t funny. Sure, it has it’s moments when you laugh a bit, but it is FAR from the comedy that most people will assume it is when they see that Patton Oswalt is the lead.

Here at sonicdork - we don’t like to give away any spoilers - we learned our lesson when we ruined Citizen Kane for you when we told you that Rosebud was a New Jersey stripper who danced at “Juicy Delights” in Bayonne…. sorry for that. It was never a sled. Look deeper, people!

Anyway, take our word for it (however much that may be worth) and check out Big Fan. Depressing as hell, but dammit…. I want to watch it again right now.

emilymphocyte:

Broken Social Scene - “World Sick”

Damn excited for the new Broken Social Scene album, Forgiveness Rock Record, to be released on May 4th. Sure. That seems like a long time to wait. Just let this gem that my sister posted tide you over.

Between this and the new Ted Leo album coming up - 2010 is shaping up to be a pretty good year - despite an extremely shitty start.

I decided this year that I would rank the top ten and then just let the rest just battle it out.

10. Actor - St. Vincent

9. Merriweather Post Pavilion - Animal Collective

8. At The Cut - Vic Chesnutt

7. Veckatimest - Grizzly Bear

6. Industry Giants - Superdrag

5. Love and Curses - Reigning Sound

4. Middle Cyclone - Neko Case

3. Zero To 99 - Boston Spaceships

2. Embryonic - The Flaming Lips

and the #1 album for 2009 according to sonicdork……..

1. Popular Songs - Yo La Tengo

Other favorites from 2009

• Wilco - Wilco (The Album)
• The Duckworth Lewis Method - The Duckworth Lewis Method
• Lady Gaga - The Fame Monster
• M. Ward - Hold Time
• Monsters Of Folk - Monsters Of Folk
• Tegan & Sara - Sainthood
• Them Crooked Vultures - Them Crooked Vultures
• A.C. Newman - Get Guilty
• Brendan Benson - My Old Familiar Friend
• eels - Hombre Lobo
• Dinosaur Jr. - Farm
• Built To Spill - There Is No Enemy
• Danger Mouse & Sparklehorse - Dark Night of the Soul
• Seven Worlds Collide - The Sun Came Out
• The Wave Pictures - Play Some Pool
• Vic Chesnutt - Skitter On Take Off
• Super Furry Animals - Dark Days/Light Years
• Sonic Youth - The Eternal
• Pugwash - Giddy
• Port O’Brien - Threadbare
• Polvo - In Prism
• Pearl Jam - Backspacer
• The Pains of Being Pure At Heart - s/t
• Lou Barlow - Goodnight Unknown
• Lee Fields and The Expressions - My World
• Julian Casablancas - Phrazes for the Young
• Joe Pernice - It Feels So Good When I Stop
• Jay Reatard - Watch Me Fall
• Jason Lytle - Yours Truly, The Commuter
• Jarvis Cocker - Further Complications
• Flight of the Conchords - I Told You I Was Freaky
• The Flaming Lips - Dark Side of the Moon
• Elvis Costello - Secret, Profane and Sugarcane
• Dirty Projectors - Bitte Orca
• The Dead Weather - Horehound
• Daniel Johnson - Is and Always Was
• Dan Auerbach - Keep It Hid
• Cymbals Eat Guitars - Why There Are Mountains
• Coconut Records - Davy
• Bruce Springsteen - Working On A Dream

Best Reissues / Live Releases / Boxed Sets

1. Keep Your Eye On The Sky - Big Star AND I Am The Cosmos (reissue) - Chris Bell
2. The Live Anthology - Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers
3. Good Evening New York - Paul McCartney (if only for the fact that I was at two of these shows!)

Happy New Year and welcome to the new decade. So here we are. Personally, I hated 2009 for many personal reasons and I am frankly happy to see the fucker go. With those feelings aside, it was still a pretty decent year for rock. Before we get to my list, how about some high points?

• Seeing Sir Paul McCartney for the first time (two shows!) at Citi Field.
• Yo La Tengo graced us with two stellar albums…..Popular Songs and Fuckbook (as Condofucks).
• Through one of the best shows on the RADIO - The Best Show on WFMU with Tom Scharpling - I discovered Reigning Sound. Where the fuck have I been?
• Springsteen finally removed “Outlaw Pete” from his setlist near the end of the year.
• My faith in The Flaming Lips was completely restored with the release of their amazing double album, Embryonic.
• Bobby Pollard released two killer albums - Planets Are Blasted and the superior Zero To 99. Damn fine year for Pollard. The only thing that could trump it in 2010 is a GBV reunion. Come on. Jump on board, Bob.

some LOWWWWW POINTS in rock, etc.

• The passing of my Dad.
• The passing of soooo many great musicians….. Vic Chesnutt. Jack Rose. Jon Guthrie. Michael Jackson? Well, I pretty much already considered him dead.
• Weezer’s Raditude. Yep. I promised a review and I couldn’t even deliver. That’s just how BAD this album was. I’ve stuck with Rivers for many years now, hoping that he had another GREAT one in him. Face it. He doesn’t. The next great thing he will release is the Deluxe Pinkerton. After that, I’m done.

Coming up next - THE LIST. Who made the cut?!?!?!?!?! Who?!?!?!

Jeff Dunham. Gone. No more racist puppets on Comedy Central?!?!?! Where will I learn comedic hate from now??? Mama’s Family reruns?