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Visionquest's Footprintz Talks Soft Cell and Sunburns at the Shelborne Pool Party

Photo by Camille LambMaurice Benjamin, Seth Troxler, and Addy Weitzman of Visionquest.​Maurice Benjamin and Addy Weitzman are a Montreal-based band called Footprintz, one of several groups currently signed to the Visionquest label. They've been friends for a number of years. And thanks to a few ch ... More >>

MP3: Kissy Sell Out - "Harriet"; Miami Date at LIV September 8

​Unlike many of his "MySpace generation" peers -- the words from his press materials, not ours -- English phenom Kissy Sell Out has refused to move on to new flavors like tropical disco or funk or house. Instead, he's instead stuck to his bass-bombing electro guns, mostly on a series of ... More >>

Top Ten Thursdays: The Top Ten Songs From John Hughes Soundtracks

​As a baby of the '80s (well, I was actually born in '78), John Hughes' films played an important role in entertaining and, in all likelihood, shaping me. VHS copies of Vacation, Christmas Vacation, The Great Outdoors, Planes, Trains & Automobiles, Uncle Buck, Ferris Bueller's Day Off and Mr. ... More >>

Rotations

​As a baby of the '80s (well, I was actually born in '78), John Hughes' films played an important role in entertaining and, in all likelihood, shaping me. VHS copies of Vacation, Christmas Vacation, The Great Outdoors, Planes, Trains & Automobiles, Uncle Buck, Ferris Bueller's Day Off and Mr. ... More >>

That Was Then. This Is...Then

​As a baby of the '80s (well, I was actually born in '78), John Hughes' films played an important role in entertaining and, in all likelihood, shaping me. VHS copies of Vacation, Christmas Vacation, The Great Outdoors, Planes, Trains & Automobiles, Uncle Buck, Ferris Bueller's Day Off and Mr. ... More >>

Sex & Cars & Rock & Roll

I entered the Rolling Stone Rock & Roll Bowl on a whim. How'd I do? Just call me Johnny Ca$h.