So, yeah … I am now totally in love with Editors.

This is HEALTH …

They are noise, noise, noisy and I like that!

Nothing makes my head turn quicker than new Sade.

“Solider of Love” (the new album) is out on February 8th!

Zounds!

I saw Peaches at The Orange Peel and it’s taken a wee bit to recover. I knew that the show was gonna be wild going in … but I came away less shocked by tactics and more impressed by her pure showmanship. She was amazing … from crowd surfing to champagne shaking to blood spitting to multi-costume changing. Her backing band, Sweet Machine, rocked hard and matched up well with Peaches in terms of showmanship. I was so into it I actually took my shirt off when Peaches commanded us to.

Hopefully she’ll play Asheville again.

Also of note was M.E.N., the opening act. Fronted by JD Samson (of Le Tigre fame), M.E.N. performed on a great set of electronic based dance music. I wish they had played longer.

And what’s a live show without some eyecandy? I fell madly in lust with Sweet Machine‘s drummer, Mathias Brendel … handlebar moustache, fuzzy chest … and he’s German! HUBBA!

Thanks to Dr. Phibes, my new favorite album is from … 2005!
(Or 2007 if you count the delayed U.S. release.)

This is some good shit …

The big news of the week for some people is the release of “Celebration,” the mega Madonna greatest hits collection. Also, a good chunk of her video work is available with the iTunes Deluxe Video Edition or the “Celebration: The Video Collection” 2-Disc DVD. Pretty excellent, eh?

Not quite.

What’s sad about the whole affair is the “Justify My Love” video. Nearly 20 years after it’s initial release, this video is still being censored! You would think that people would have gotten over this by now … and you would think that Madonna wouldn’t have allowed the censored version to be put as part of such a big retrospective of her video work.

Who knows. Maybe she didn’t have any say so since this is Warner’s last chance to make some money off her (the set contains 2 new tracks).

Regardless the reasons …
We have to keep those evil nipples under wraps!

The new album from The Avett Brothers (“I and Love and You”) isn’t out until next week … but you can give it a listen right now at npr.org.

Peaches. Live. November 11th. The Orange Peel.

I am soooooooo gonna be there!

So, my bratty 160GB iPod Classic finally drove me up the wall last week!!!

Crash. Reload. Crash. Reload. Reload. Crash. Crash. Crash.

But thanks to the friendly folks at Best Buy (and their “6 Months/No Interest” plan), I now have a shiny new 16GB iPod Touch!

Not having ALL my music with me is gonna take some getting used to. But, I think the Wi-Fi Access and Mail Client are more than gonna make up for it.

Coming at the end of May is a Siouxsie and the Banshees 3 CD/1 DVD box set of BBC sessions, live concert tracks and TV performances. “At the BBC” is gonna be so awesome. I have already pre-ordered my copy!

Because I am seeing Mogwai (with The Twilight Sad) live tonight at the Peel!