It always feels like a foreign rock band needs to win a bunch of music awards in their own country before they can grab more of a foothold in the United States. 2011 was no different as New Zealand indie quintet The Naked And Famous seemingly dominated indie rock stations toward year’s end while almost sweeping its native music awards. … Continue reading…The Naked And Famous – Passive Me, Aggressive You (2011)
TMZ posted an article about Lady Gaga under the headline: “Cheerios: Lady Gaga’s Naked O-Face Is O-Kay With Us”. On WeSmirch, writing something similar was PerezHilton and HuffPost. The Huffington Post keeps in good company. … Continue reading…The Huffington Post Keeps In Good Company
The segment was called “Last Chance Kitchen” and was a web-only featurette. I searched it on Yahoo! (or Bing), and the image above shows the top searches. Microsoft’s Bing swiped the top result of “last chance kitchen” from Bravo.tv (with the supposedly original streaming video) and instead tried to direct users to its own Videos page. … Continue reading…Bing Swipes “Last Chance Kitchen” Top Search From Bravo
While there shouldn’t be any doubt, Coachella is definitely the winner (at least according to Google Trends). See graph above for the comparison between it and the other four heavyweights: Bonnaroo, Lollapalooza, South by Southwest, Treasure Island Music Festival. … Continue reading…Coachella Festival Is The Most Popular American Music Festival