• Blur Pulls of of Big Day Out...Randomly

    We knew a guy back in the day that broke up with his girlfriend via Facebook. Not even a message, just changed his relationship status and let her figure it out. We gave him crap for months on end, and it was well-deserved. Blur may be in for similar treatment from concert organizers and Australian fans after they pulled out of Auckland's Big Day Out Festival by posting a message on their own Facebook page. Essentially, concert organizers found out at the same time we did.
  • Whole Foods Capitalized on Vinyl Trend by Offering 12-Inch Records of Daft Punk, The Rolling Stones, and More

    Whole Foods is already the hip place to buy food that's free of cruelty and genetic modification. So the question from a business perspective become, what products does the company try to stock next to appeal to its average customer. The answer seems to be vinyl records. Whole Foods announced this week that it would be stocking a select number of 12-inch LPs in a trial run at five of its California locations.
  • Yeah Yeah Yeahs' Karen O Records For Spike Jonze Movie 'Her,' but Arcade Fire Already Credited for Scoring Film

    Spike Jonze and Yeah Yeah Yeahs fans will be doubly to find out that frontwoman Karen O will be participating in the upcoming film "Her." The trailer features two songs involving Karen: The first is "Skeletons," a song from the band's 2009 album "It's Blitz!" The second wasn't identified until Monday, and it seems to be an original written by the vocalist specifically for the movie. The title is "The Moon Song."
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