SuperChrist video

The Smashing Pumpkins have created a Myspace-exclusive music video for their unreleased song “SuperChrist.” The song is set to appear on a special Guitar Center compilation, which will be sold at select Guitar Center locations starting March 1. The compilation will feature music from employee bands. Click here for the music video.

Sasquatch Lineup

The Pacific Northwest music festival, which takes place May 24-26, announced its lineup for this year:

R.E.M. / The Cure / The Flaming Lips U.F.O. Show / Death Cab For Cutie / Modest Mouse / M.I.A. / Flight Of The Conchords / Rodrigo Y Gabriela / Michael Franti & Spearhead / The Breeders / Built To Spill / The Hives / Tegan & Sara / Ghostland Observatory / Ozomatli / The New Pornographers / Blue Scholars / The National / The Kooks / Stephen Malkmus & The Jicks / Cold War Kids / Beirut / Rogue Wave / Okkervil River / Fleet Foxes / Kinski / Mates of State / Sera Cahoone / Crudo (featuring Mike Patton & Dan The Automator) / Battles / Destroyer / Dyme Def / The Blakes / Pela / Jamie Lidell / The Cops / Dengue Fever / Siberian / Say Hi / White Rabbits / David Bazan / The Little Ones / “Awesome” / Dead Confederate / The Heavenly States / 65daysofstatic / Grand Archives / Vince Mira with the Roy Kay Trio / Joshua Morrison / Throw Me The Statue / J. Tillman / The Shaky Hands / Thao Nguyen with the Get Down Stay Down / Matt Costa / The Cave Singers

That’s a sick lineup, if I do say so myself. Sometimes I wish that I were from a cool state like Washington.

65daysofstatic!

All Points West is awful.

Amplive remixes In Rainbows

..and it’s free.

You may remember that Amplive decided to remix In Rainbows without consulting Radiohead and got hit with a cease and desist. Radiohead realized that this was very un-Radiohead of them and the whole 8-track album is available here. It features vocals by Too $hort, MC Zumbi of Zion I, Chali2na of Jurassic 5, Codany Holiday, and Del The Funky Homosapien.

Amplive – Rainydayz Remixes

edit: Upon one listen, Video Tapez, Nudez and Faustz are pretty good.

Pitchfork is clever at times. Are they too clever?

Always one to push the boundaries of music criticism, Pitchfork has given the new British Sea Power album Do You Like Rock Music? the dreaded “U.2.” In other words, on their infamous 1-10 rating scale, Pitchfork decided to slot BSP’s new offering somewhere between “Echo and the Bunnymen” and “New Order.” I think. Who knows?

What’s next? Is the new Raveonettes album going to receive a “Velvet.Underground,” or was that so 2003? Does this signal that we can start a new scale that features a letter and a number, such as B.34 or GC.161? I mean, anything is possible now. Down with 1-10 rating index hegemony. Down the slippery slope we go!

I think the most important thing to note is that, amid the tumult of this crazy world of ours, with sup-prime lending meltdowns and Super Bowl upsets, we could always look to that one beacon of constancy — the P4k rating scale. Sure, it was arbitrary and always wrong, objectively, but at least it was consistently arbitrary (and consistently funny).

It’s a sad day, indeed.

Bonnaroo!

This year’s Bonnaroo festival lineup has been announced. Headliners include Pearl Jam, Metallica, Jack Johnson, and Kanye West. Don’t forget the usual suspects like My Morning Jacket, Allman Bros. Band, Willie Nelson, and the Raconteurs, because they’ll be there, too, along with buzz bands Vampire Weekend, Black Kids, and MGMT.

Personally, I’d go to see Death Cab, Sigur Ros, Mastodon, Minus the Bear, and Battles. Oh, and Metallica.

Question: What’s up with Jack Johnson headlining all these festivals? Did he become legit or something?