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Bands: Jay-Z and Dr. Dre Team for New Single

News — April 10, 2010

Last week, rumors swirled around the web about an apparent new track from Jay-Z and Dr. Dre. But since the story dropped close to April 1 and, last we heard, Dre's Detox LP was pushed back to 2011, we figured it was a lame hoax at best. But …

Bands: Madball Part Ways With Drummer Jay Weinberg

News — September 21, 2010

Madball have parted ways with drummer Jay Weinberg. Speaking on the split, band frontman Freddy Cricien offered the following: “I’m letting Jay go in Canada because I just feel he doesn’t represent this band well on a character level. It would go against my own code of ethics to …

Jay Eff Kay – America: Suicide Notes Vol. 1

Review — November 26, 2007

I don't see myself as a hip-hop expert, but I think it's fair to say that the genre is pretty jaded. Mainstream rap like Chingy or Soulja Boy or whatever is on the radio now has been pegged as "good hip-hop" by the media, which means underground rappers basically have …

Jay-Z – American Gangster

Review — January 21, 2008

In the rap world of 2007, is there a more polarizing MC than Jay-Z? Chances are you'd be hard pressed to find a rapper with more disparity between his supporters and critics. With that being said, perhaps it is extremely appropriate that his latest project would be in the form …

Jay-Z – The Black Album

Review — February 29, 2004

Oh, the farewell. There are two kinds of retirement in music. The first is the graceful bow out of the spotlight, which may or may not be a good thing, depending on the artist, but always covers the band or artists's body of work in a veil of class and …

MP3s: Stream Entire Jay-Z Album

News — September 1, 2009

A full-album stream of Jay-Z's The Blueprint 3 has been made available here. The album is due out on September 11th.

MP3s: The Lippies cover Jay Reatard

News — May 7, 2021

The Lippies have shared a cover of Jay Reatard's "My Shadow" today via bandcamp, in recognition of Mental Health Awareness Month. The song was recorded in 2015 during the band's debut full-length recording session and was unreleased until 'til point. All money raised from the single will benefit the Suicide …

Obituaries: Jay Bennett (R.I.P.)

News — May 25, 2009

Jay Bennett, a former member of Wilco and solo recording artist, passed away over the weekend; Bennet was forty-five.  Cause of death has yet to be revealed.  Former Wilco cohort Jeff Tweedy made the following statement concerning the death of Bennett: We are all deeply saddened by this tragedy. We …

Records: Armon Jay's third solo LP

News — August 8, 2020

Armon Jay, who has also played with Dashboard Confessional, has announced his third solo LP, The Dark Side of Happiness, which releases on Sept. 18. The first single, "Half Life," is out now. The record was recorded at April Base studio outside of ERau Claire, WI, with Armon working …

Records: Ben Gibbard Teams With Jay Farrar For Kerouac Documentary

News — October 13, 2009

Benjamin Gibbard of Death Cab for Cutie and Jay Farrar of Son Volt have teamed up to compose twelve original songs for the upcoming feature-length documentary One Fast Move or I'm Gone: Kerouac's Big Sur.  The album is due out October 20th and features original compositions by the duo …

Records: Jay-Z Album Tracklisting

News — August 19, 2009

Jay-Z will release his new full-legnth effort, The Blueprint 3, on September 11th via Roc-A-Fella Records.  The tracklisting to the album is as follows: 1. What We Talkin' About ft. Luke Steele of Empire of the Sun 2. Thank You 3. D.O.A. (Death of Auto-Tune) 4. Run This …

Records: Stream Kanye West and Jay-Z's 'Watch The Throne'

News — August 8, 2011

The highly anticipated collaboration between Jay-Z and Kanye West, Watch The Throne, is available today on iTunes via Roc-A-Fella/Def Jam/Roc Nation. You can stream the album over at Pretty Much Amazing. Watch the Throne will see a physical release on August 12th.

Records: Tony Jay (Flowertown, April Magazine, Hectorine) shares a song

News — April 30, 2022

Described colorfully as "like a hazy memory where your favorite Sixties girl-group melody is perpetually slowed down," Tony Jay will release a new album called Hey There Flower, coming on May 6 via Mt.St.Mtn. Tony jay is the moniker of Michael Ramos (also of Flowertown, April Magazine, and Hectorine). …

TV: Eagles Of Death Metal On Jay Leno

News — January 6, 2009

Eagles of Death Metal will be appearing on The Tonight Show with Jay Leno on Friday January 9th.  The show airs at 11:35 PM (EST) on NBC.

Videos: Bad Religion's Jay Bentley Talks Politics

News — November 26, 2008

A series of videos with Bad Religion bassist Jay Bentley discussing the current political climate have been made available online. You can view them here, here, and here.

Videos: Head Automatica Appear On Jay Leno

News — December 25, 2008

Head Automatica recently found themselves to be guests on The Tonight Show with Jay Leno. But rather than appear as a musical guest, the band took part in the popular "Jay Walking" skit. You can view that here.

Videos: The Number Twelve Looks Like You - "Jay Walking Backwards" Live Video

News — June 4, 2008

A video of The Number Twelve Looks Like You performing the song "Jay Walking Backwards" live can be found online here. The video is taken from the band's upcoming live CD/DVD release, Here at the End of All Things, which is due out June 17th.