Given all of the bad things to happen in 2020, PeteHatesMusic emerging from its year-plus slumber is just another lump of coal in the 2020 stocking. Besides endless meetings consisting of “You’re on mute!”, “Can you see my screen?”, and...
Twitter: @PeteHatesMusic New Year’s Resolution for 2018: Blog at least twice a month. Life gets busy, and travelling for the past 2 months has meant 0 blog posts (ignore the months before that please…). I’ll make it up to you...
As I put away my rubber rain boots and pull out my summer dresses, I’m reminded that I am a man who doesn’t wear dresses, and that I should also probably make a new playlist. We see the return of...
I was on a roll of sorts, making a few posts a week. I had even started another killer playlist. Then the Leafs started playing well, and free time went into watching them. Then St. Patrick’s Day and it’s weekend...
Coldplay have a new album (May 19). Coldplay will be on Saturday Night Live (May 3). Coldplay will air a Ghost Stories one-hour special on NBC (May 18). Coldplay will be on your fuckin’ cereal boxes soon enough (hopefully never)....
This week, there was a question about a Roc-a-fella artist who signs a certain ghetto anthem. A poor contestant heard the word “anthem” and went down the wrong path (via Stereogum). Check it out below. There have been a slew...
Yes, This is True: Fleet Foxes’ Robin Pecknold to Write Soundtrack for LOLcats Movie The phenomenon known as LOLcats will be hitting the big screens – that’s the first weird part of this story. The movie, supposedly titled The Internet...
J. Tillman, ex-Fleet Foxes drummer, now has a second video to compliment his first post-Fleet Foxes video. Using the Father John Misty stage name, Josh Tillman will release his first solo album, Fear Fun, on May 1. Not only does...
Fleet Foxes front man Robin Pecknold has a new demo. The work in progress is called Olivia, In A Separate Bed, and is a depressing song about reflecting on touring and how he chooses to get his love (hint: mail...
Was Neil Young Working on a new iPod with Steve Jobs? Neil Young notorious liar claims he was working on a new iPod with Apple co-founder, the late Steve Jobs (via Guardian). “Steve Jobs was a pioneer of digital music,...
Arcade Fire were recently on Austin City Limits, and were followed by a split bill of Fleet Foxes and Joanna Newsom this past weekend. If you were out on Saturday night, drinking yourself into oblivion then you should’ve joined me...
A Fleet Fox No More – Drummer J. Tillman Quits Fleet Foxes drummer J. Tillman has decided to leave indie folk rock fame and go it on his own, and has left Fleet Foxes (via Spinner). He made the announcement...
Much like the preview we ran for Arcade Fire’s appearance on Austin City Limits, this time we bring you Fleet Foxes. They will be appearing on this Saturday’s (Jan. 21) episode, as will Joanne Newsom. Watch a sneak peak and...
The Best Selling Vinyl Record in 2011 Was…. 2011 was the year of Adele – she dominated the sales charts, the radio, and my fantasies nightmares. But did she have the number one selling vinyl album in 2011? I’ll kill...
Yesterday, we listed our top songs of 2011. Amazingly, the Jingle Cats missed out on the top honour. But they have a chance to redeem themselves in today’s post – PeteHatesMusic’s Albums of 2011 (spoiler alert: they do not redeem...
