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Wednesday, June 17

Echo Chamber: Blur's Alex James

Echo Chamber: Blur's Alex James

"There were a lot of people crying."

-- Blur bassist Alex James sums up the reaction to his reformed band's show at London's Rough Trade East on Monday. (via The Independent via The Daily Swarm)

Posted by Ryan Dombal on June 17, 2009 at 2:05 p.m.

Tags: Alex James, Blur, Echo Chamber

 

Tuesday, June 16

Echo Chamber: Black Francis

Echo Chamber: Black Francis

"I was recently quoted about the state of the music business, and I was saying it should be kind of a $5 world right now. Records and tickets should be cheap, given the overpricing of the recent years and the state of the world economy. But now, this box comes out and I feel like the biggest shithead in the world."

-- Pixies frontman Black Francis at least feels bad about charging you $495 for Minotaur. (via Wired's Underwire)

Posted by Tom Breihan on June 16, 2009 at 11:45 a.m.

Tags: Black Francis, Echo Chamber, Pixies

 

Monday, June 15

Echo Chamber: Grizzly Bear's Ed Droste

Echo Chamber: Grizzly Bear's Ed Droste

"Tweeting sort of like Tamagotchi, you can't neglect but you can't overfeed either...DELICATE BALANCE."

-- Grizzly Bear's Ed Droste likens microblogging to obsolete fake pets. (via @EdwardDroste)

Posted by Ryan Dombal on June 15, 2009 at 2:45 p.m.

Tags: Echo Chamber, Ed Droste, Grizzly Bear

 

Echo Chamber: Colin Meloy

Echo Chamber: Colin Meloy

"Every time someone calls Bonnaroo 'the Roo,' a kitten dies."

-- We hope Decemberists frontman Colin Meloy is wrong, or else a lot of cats were lost this weekend. (via @colinmeloy)

Posted by Tom Breihan on June 15, 2009 at 10:50 a.m.

Tags: Colin Meloy, Echo Chamber, The Decemberists

 

Thursday, June 11

Echo Chamber: Cedric Bixler-Zavala

Echo Chamber: Cedric Bixler-Zavala

"We've been making amends with a lot of the members and having some really good talks with them. And we’ve been trying to get our financial business in order because a lot of people have been ripping off that band really badly…as far as the business side goes. I wouldn't mind it. You know, it might happen. We just have to iron out a lot of personal things. A lot of it we've dealt with already and I've apologized for a lot of things I've said and the way it ended...we'll see what happens."

-- The Mars Volta's Cedric Bixler-Zavala, teasing us all with the possibility of an At the Drive-In reunion (Drowned in Sound via Rolling Stone)

Posted by Tom Breihan on June 11, 2009 at 3:05 p.m.

Tags: At the Drive-In, Cedric Bixler-Zavala, Echo Chamber, The Mars Volta

 

Tuesday, June 9

Echo Chamber: Be Your Own Pet

Echo Chamber: Be Your Own Pet

"The people we worked with were great, but I think there's a lot of outdated morons at major labels spending too much money on young bands. And we were fortunate enough to be one of them."

-- Former Be Your Own Pet and current Turbo Fruits guitarist Jonas Stein, reportedly still living off his advance money four years after signing to Universal. (via the Nashville Scene, via the Daily Swarm)

Posted by Tom Breihan on June 9, 2009 at 3:30 p.m.

Tags: Be Your Own Pet, Echo Chamber, Turbo Fruits

 

Echo Chamber: Aesop Rock

Echo Chamber: Aesop Rock

Photo by Sanchez and Kitahara

"so much for calling my new album 'tremolo funeral'. thanks jay-z!!!"

-- Aesop Rock continues the noble war on sound effects. (via @AesopRockWins)

Posted by Tom Breihan on June 9, 2009 at 12:05 p.m.

Tags: Aesop Rock, Echo Chamber

 

Friday, June 5

Echo Chamber: Iggy Pop

Echo Chamber: Iggy Pop

"Anyone from Smashing Pumpkins to-- what's the one with Fred Durst? There are a million billion of them and people think they're gods, man. I took great pains not to think first because the thing I can't stand is a rock star who thinks he's got brains."

-- Iggy Pop thinks that Fred Durst thinks he's got brains, apparently. (The Sun, via NME)

Posted by Ryan Dombal on June 5, 2009 at 3:35 p.m.

Tags: Echo Chamber, Iggy Pop

 

Kim Gordon Disses "The Radiohead Model"

Kim Gordon Disses "The Radiohead Model"

"It seemed really community-oriented, but it wasn't catered towards their musician brothers and sisters, who don't sell as many records as them. It makes everyone else look bad for not offering their music for whatever."

-- Sonic Youth's Kim Gordon is not a fan of Radiohead's pay-what-you-want music-selling strategy. (Please don't make us choose between Radiohead and Sonic Youth!) (via The Guardian)

Posted by Ryan Dombal on June 5, 2009 at 12:10 p.m.

Tags: Echo Chamber, Kim Gordon, Radiohead, Sonic Youth

 

Echo Chamber: Ghostface Killah

Echo Chamber: Ghostface Killah

"I ain't shoot nobody in like… since the early 90s, man."

-- Ghostface Killah, whose name suddenly looks pretty literal, explaining why his new album will be heavy on R&B. (via Unkut)

Posted by Tom Breihan on June 5, 2009 at 8 a.m.

Tags: Echo Chamber, Ghostface Killah

 

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