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Thomas Bond

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Why The Clash is still ‘the only band that matters’

By Thomas Bond

By Thomas Bond

While some musical groups fade into mere memories, that was never going to be the case with The Clash, once famously dubbed “the only band that matters.” More than two decades on from their break-up, interest in the group remains high. How high? Well, a new concert album The Clash Live at Shea Stadium was issued last month and today marks the release of “The Clash,” a 384-page book that tells the band’s story through quotes from its members.

Oasis

By Thomas Bond

Sometimes the journey is better than the destination. Take Oasis’ musical career. As hungry upstarts trying to become rock stars with their first two albums, there was no more exciting band on the planet. With stardom achieved, has there been a more boring one? Here’s the proof: Spot someone all…

The Jesus and Mary Chain

By Thomas Bond

When considering the work of The Jesus and Mary Chain, most conversations begin and end with the Scottish band’s stunning 1985 debut, Psychocandy. Fair enough. With its simple, melodic pop songs dipped in battery acid guitar feedback, the album is widely regarded as a landmark of the era. Had songwriters…

After 25 years, U2’s first concert video debuts on DVD

By Thomas Bond

By Thomas Bond U2 “Under a Blood Red Sky” and “Live at Red Rocks” CD and DVD deluxe edition (Universal) With the U2 deluxe edition CD reissue campaign underway in earnest, this eight-song live EP and concert DVD may seem just a small weigh station between landmark albums such as…

Why The Dandy Warhols still rule, OK?

By Thomas Bond

By Thomas Bond The Dandy Warhols …Earth to The Dandy Warhols… (Beat the World) The sixth studio album from The Dandy Warhols returns them to the indie fold from whence they sprang in the mid-’90s, as it’s being released on their own Beat the World label today. It’s much less…

Nick Lowe

By Thomas Bond

In the midst of his career renaissance as the silver-fox master of many musical milieus comes the 30th anniversary reissue of Nick Lowe’s debut solo album. Jesus of Cool has been restored to its original title and running order after first seeing life in the U.S. as Pure Pop for…

Get in the game at NFL Experience

By Thomas Bond

Professional football became this nation’s favorite game (sorry baseball fans) in no small part due to the marketing the National Football League has put behind it, especially in the last two decades. That hype machine is sharpened to a tight focus at the NFL Experience, the interactive fan theme park…

It’s called a “media circus” for a reason

By Thomas Bond

In the middle of a crowded Super Bowl Media Day, New York Giants rookie cornerback Darren Barnett asked, to no one in particular, “I’m I the only one that guy interviewed?” Turns out “that guy” was a bilingual puppet from Spanish language network Telemundo. Thomas BondTake a look at our…

Joe Jackson

By Thomas Bond

The first two lines on Joe Jackson’s new album are: “Hey, can you hear me now, as I fade away and lose my ground? Maybe you’d like to know what I’d have to say, if I was still around.” Are the words merely song lyrics or is ol’ Joe wryly…

Hit the links for cheap

By Thomas Bond

So you’re a football fan in town for the big game, but you don’t want to just watch a sporting event, you want to play, too. And the sport you want to play — like that of most would-be athletes — is golf. Unfortunately, you didn’t plan ahead on this…

Top 10 Reasons the Cardinals aren’t in Super Bowl XLII

By Thomas Bond

When Super Bowl XLII kicks off at University of Phoenix Stadium, one of the competing squads will be designated as the home team. Unfortunately, it won’t be the venue’s regular occupants, the Arizona Cardinals. Here’s our Top 10 reasons why… 10. The NFL’s cruel schedulers have the Cardinals facing the…

Get your Super Bowl Week events here

By Thomas Bond

By hosting Super Bowl XLII, Phoenix will become the center of the universe for football fans in the days leading up to the big game. To continue the space metaphor, we like to think of the Super Bowl as the sun with lots of related events orbiting around it. And…

Axe Riverboy

By Thomas Bond

It’s difficult enough to master the pop music idiom, let alone to do so in a second language. Frenchman Xavier Boyer has managed the impressive feat, singing in English through three strong albums with Parisian indie popsters Tahiti 80, and he continues apace with Tutu to Tango. As Axe Riverboy…