Subject: Hall & Oates

• Fun Fun in the Ssion

  April 6, 2007

• We Built This Tigercity After the '80s

  December 7, 2007

• '80s Nostalgia

  June 4, 2009

• Merry XXXMas

  December 20, 2001

• The Download: New Hush Now MP3s

  It's not surprising when self-proclaimed shoegazers list My Bloody Valentine as an influence, but it's hard not to raise an eyebrow when Hall & Oates gets tossed into the same mix. Boston's Hush Now issued its self-titled debut last October, but has recently decided to give it away for free. From the band's MySpace page: "So, what do a van, a priest, and Queen have in common? They all added up to one momentous night that lead to the birth of The Hush Now. It was a dark and stormy night in Lo

  February 5, 2009

• Mark Eitzel

  October 13, 2005

• Tonight: We Built this Tigercity at the Brick (Now with MP3!)

  In lieu of having its own Hall & Oates and Wang Chung-inspired band, Kansas City seems to have adopted Tigercity as one of its native sons. The Brooklyn band draws a dedicated crowd of KC kids who dress up to get down to the band's smooth, yacht-humpin', ultra-sexy, falsetto funk. There's really no equal around today (maybe Chromeo or MGMT) when it comes to updating the feathery vibes laid down by the Doobie Brothers, Prince, and Roxy Music. But Tigercity is no mere novelty act - their songs are

  March 26, 2009

• Studies in Crap and Teen Beat Magazine Kill the Video Star

  Each Thursday, your Crap Archivist brings you the finest in forgotten and bewildering crap culled from area basements, thrift stores, estate sales and flea markets. I do this for one reason: Knowledge is power. Teen Beat Video Rock Stars Magazine Author: Probably whoever it was who first used the words "monetize" and "youth culture" in the same sentence. Date: Fall, 1983 Discovered at: Willie Aames' garage sale. The Cover Promises: Michael Jackson has been pinned down like a frog in Biol

  April 2, 2009

• The Download

  Me First and the Gimme Gimmes

  June 19, 2008

• Noel Wave

  December 20, 2007

• Tigercity

  November 8, 2007

• Ripper Offer

  Gregg Gillis doesn’t see what all the fuss is about.

  October 4, 2007

• Ahoy, Mates

  Michael Jones McKean sets sail at Grand Arts.

  September 21, 2006

• The Blacklist

  A seminal slab of anthemic clichés for deciphering the eclectic music critic.

  January 27, 2005

• On the Down-Low

  Shovel away all that Usher, Prince and Lil Jon you've been jamming and dig this year's buried black-music treasures.

  December 30, 2004

• Mother Knows Best

  We dismantle U2's How to Dismantle an Atomic Bomb with a little help from Mom.

  November 18, 2004

• A Thin Line ...

  Introducing the most hated men in rock (besides Sting).

  September 9, 2004

• Hall and Oates

  Wednesday, September 1, at Verizon Amphitheater.

  August 26, 2004

• Roll Out

  The Prairie Dogg finds the dirt on Playboy, Popeyes chicken and Harry Potter with Ludacris.

  February 19, 2004

• Death Cab for Cutie

  Transatlanticism (Barsuk)

  January 8, 2004

• Death Cab for Cutie

  Tuesday, October 7, at the Granada.

  October 2, 2003

• Suburban Struggle

  The Vandals’ Joe Escalante sees a bit of himself in the KC/Lawrence band mi6.

  July 5, 2001

• Visionary futurist versus pop defect

  After three decades immersed in pop music, Todd Rundgren is still one of the genre's most cutting-edge artists -- even if the freedom offered by technological advances does come with a hitch.

  June 1, 2000

• Tonight: "Summer Breeze" Yacht Rock Tribute at the Record Bar

  Between the years 2005 and 2008, the masterful, low-budget viral video series Yacht Rock, made by a bunch of 20-something dudes out in California, had music geeks glued to their Channel 101 bookmark hoping for a new episode like farmers praying for rain for their thirsty crops. Beginning with episode 1 -- in which the collaboration between Kenny Loggins and Michael McDonald that birthed "What a Fool Believes" is parodized and the term "yacht rock" is defined by host "Hollywood" Steve Huey as the

  May 1, 2009

• New releases, Tuesday, October 13

  Really -- does anyone need a four-disc Hall & Oates box set? Evidently, as Do What You Want, Be What You Are: The Music of Daryl Hall & John Oates sees release today. It has live performances, 16 unreleased tracks, all the hits, and a book with track-by-track breakdowns from the duo. For a box set, it's actually pretty decently priced, although if you're like most people, there is really no need whatsoever for that much Hall & Oates. A greatest hits will do just fine. ​Bob Dylan release

  October 13, 2009

• Every Halloween Show Your Little Heart Desires

  In what we hope is the master list for your Halloween shenanigans, there's a lot to get through. For one thing, since the holiday falls on a Saturday, some folks are getting it started a little early Friday night. ​For instance, Fourth of July is at the Eighth Street Taproom (801 New Hampshire in Lawrence) Friday night with Sultan Sea. As you can see from the flier (by Pre Sense Form and Zaguar Collages, featuring the sexy Brendan Hangauer from last year's Halloween), costumes are not onl

  October 29, 2009

• Video: Hall & Oates On the Cleveland Show

  This video is not for fans of Family Guy, American Dad, or the Cleveland Show. This short from CollegeHumor pretty much sums up the output of Seth MacFarlane over the past decade: See more funny videos and funny pictures at CollegeHumor. That said, as scattershot as the man's approach is, he's bound to hit every once in a while. Such is the case of Hall & Oates in a scene from this weekend's episode. And now you've seen the good part and can go back to watching Time Warp episodes on DVD, whic

  November 20, 2009

• LL Cool J, satanist: Studies in Crap presents Dancing With Demons

  Each Thursday, your Crap Archivist brings you the finest in forgotten and bewildering crap culled from basements, thrift stores, estate sales and flea markets. I do this for one reason: Knowledge is power.​ Dancing With Demons: The Music's Real Master Author: Jeff Godwin Date: 1998 Publisher: Chick Publications Discovered at: Brookside estate sale The Cover Promises: Best Burning Man ever! Representative Quotes: "Homosexuality and Satanism are the two main reasons y

  February 4, 2010