Trent Reznor not nominated for an Oscar this year

Tuesday, January 24th, 2012

Remember last year at the Academy Awards when Trent Reznor and Atticus Ross won the Oscar for Best Original Score for The Social Network? That was fun to see, wasn't it? Sadly it won't be happening again this year.
It looks like the Academy is over and done with dark, brooding, digital, industrial scores and is going back to honoring the classic sounding scores. Reznor and Ross didn't get nominated… Read More

Radiohead, White Stripes and more releasing material on Record Store Day

Tuesday, March 29th, 2011

Record Store Day is going to be a most bountiful holiday with gifts galore for music fans everywhere. Already, a ton of releases have already been posted at RecordStoreDay.com but now there are even more limited edition releases to whet your turntable's appetite. First off, up top, is the artwork for Radiohead's forthcoming release. It features two brand new songs, "The Butcher" and "Supercollider," the latter of which has been played… Read More

RiO!B episode – March 27, 2011

Monday, March 28th, 2011

Paramore headlining Warped Tour
Warped Tour line up, dates
Record Store Day releases
New music from Death Cab For Cutie… Read More

Eddie Vedder, Chris Martin on shortlist to win an Oscar

Thursday, December 16th, 2010

Award season is just around the corner and, even though tons of bloggers (myself included) will tell you how much they don't give a shit, we have to so that we have something to gripe about. We're gripers...it's how we roll.
But since all the upcoming awards are about movies, the only categories we have to make a fuss over are Best Original Song and Best Original Score. In the case of the Oscars, the shortlist of potential nominees was recently released… Read More