How Deep Brain Stimulation May Change Our Musical Tastes
So what happened in this strange case? The deep brain stimulation may have altered musical preferences but scientists are not sure how. It is possible that Cash was the first song Mr. B
Trash Talk Releases 'No Peace' And Launches A Free US Tour
Anyway the album sounds like Trash Talk, menacing with raucous and furious vocals, high-energy riffs, tempestuous drumming, hardcore skate punk violence, and a transcending rage running along your spine… it delivers if you are into this genre, and my cat seems to like it, at least he didn’t run away when I started it, despite his head being close to the speakers
Co Founder Of Rap Genius Resigns After Annotating UCSB Shooter's Memoir
‘Yesterday the RapAnnotate Genius community annotated Elliot Rodger’s manifesto on News Genius. Because this tragedy is still so raw, there was internal debate as to whether this document belonged on the site at all. Ultimately we decided that it was worthy of close reading “
Are You Ready For Kanye West, Mayor Of Chicago?
Yeah, charisma is key for the job, and Kanye can give us the New Chicago because he is famous! Shepard thinks that Kanye’s lyrics and his famous quotes are good enough to prove he is the right man… does Kanye even know about this? Probably not, he was busy getting married this weekend, remember?
Toni Braxton Thinks Her Autistic Son Was God's Punishment
Later she had two sons with musician Keri Lewis, and her youngest was diagnosed with autism, and this is where everything turns foolish as she writes: ‘Is God punishing me for that abortion?’… ‘(I) believed that God’s payback was to give my son autism.’
Not With The Band: Tree Music? Really?
This one comes from the bizarro side of art-science with no other purpose than looking cool: an artist actually managed to ‘play’ slices of tree trunks just like vinyl…. or close to this! You can imagine this actually needed much more work than slicing a tree and putting it on a turntable.
Listen To Le Butcherettes’ Teresa Suarez New Song With Garbage's Shirley Manson
The track with Shirley Manson, ‘Shame, You’re All I’ve Got’ and this is quite a macabre and mysterious one. With military drums, creepy piano notes and haunting almost menacing vocals, the song moves slowly but in a very resolved and heavy manner, evoking the weird soundtrack of a gothic movie
Made In America Announces Its Los Angeles Line-Up And It Sucks!
Not only the line-up sucks big time, but the price is high: $200 for a 2-day pass and $629 for a VIP pass (against respectively $129 and $229 plus fee for the FYF fest). I wonder what you will get for these 600 bucks, champagne with Jay Z? Rather a beer I presume, because the festival is sponsored by Budweiser, a shitty beer for a shitty fest. Where is Solange when we need her?
Neko Case Reacts To A Playboy Article About Her
it didn’t go well with Neko who added: ‘And no, I didn’t read it. Wouldn’t be able to get past “Woman in..” if I had no idea who I was, which is the point; women NOT a niche market’…’ Also, I finished my period last week. Thanks for checking.’
Sharon Van Etten Reveals She Wants To Become A Therapist,… Just Not To Us
It is so hard, and it’s a really weird thing to do. I’m beginning to realize what’s more important to me, and I have a lot to think about. I had to end a ten-year relationship because it was too hard to do music and have that. I think it’s a real issue, especially for women. I hate to say it, I just feel like we have to think about having a life and having a family more.
Conor Interviews Lorde Interviews Conor,… But Not With Us
How did Lorde discover Conor exactly? Well, that was easy:’ I knew about Bright Eyes because everyone at my school was obsessed with Bright Eyes. But I didn’t really have a supergood understanding of who you were. Then my current boyfriend introduced me to you — he’s an O.G., hard-core fan, like he had a forum in 2005 for you guys.’
Against Me! Laura Jane Grace Criticizes Arcade Fire's Transgender Video
It would be the equivalent of me (a white female) writing about the story of a black man in the US, wouldn’t it be perceived as pompous and patronizing? I wouldn’t even dare of course! But the crazy part of the video is the end, the beating gives Garfield some kind of dancing superpower and he starts to dance like Jennifer Beals in the 90s classic ‘Flashdance’.
Vocal Ranges Of Famous Singers, Who's The Best?
If you sort the voices by lowest notes, Axl Rose beats Barry White, is it for real? Then you have David Bowie, Tom Waits, while Nina Simone is the first female in the list, no surprise there.
Watch Shocking Die Antwoord's New Video 'Pitbull Terrier'
The video, directed by vocalist Ninja, shows him as a real life pitbull-man, mauling people around a post-apocalyptic-looking town. Among his potential victims are two white and black catwomen and partner Yo-Landi Visser, as white as chalk, and looking creepier than ever.
Lykke Li At The Theater At The Ace Hotel, Monday May 19th 2014
Not long after a delicious and ferocious ‘Get Some’, she came back for an encore, to sing this familiar song in Swedish and the totally glorious ‘Sadness Is A Blessing’, which has to be Li’s gospel. She was holding her wounded rhythms at arm length and everyone in the room was with her
Not With The Band: How Much Appearance Matters In Music?
‘With just sound, or sound and video, novices and experts both guessed right at about the same level as chance (33% of the time), or a little less. But with silent video alone, the success rate for both was about 46–53%. The experts did no better than the novices.
Want To Book Your Fav Band? Here Are The Prices
Coldplay or Adele around $750K, Rihanna or No Doubt $500-750K, Britney Spears $500K, Keith Urban or Maroon 5 $400-600K, Foo Fighters $500K, , Kings of Leon $400-500K… Are you surprised by these numbers? I am! Dave Matthews and Bon Jovi worth the same than Bieber or Timberlake?
Led Zeppelin's 'Stairway to Heaven' May Be Plagiarism?
Led Zeppelin and Spirit played together in Detroit, Atlanta, and Seattle, and Zeppelin were even Spirit’s opening act at the Denver auditorium Arena in 1968. ‘Taurus’ was ‘such a pretty moment, and it would typically come after a big forceful number and always got a good response,
Ghost Of A Saber Tooth Tiger At The El Rey Theater, Saturday May 17th 2014
The songs exploded in a sort of ‘I-am-The-Walrus’ DNA, bathing in a Syd Barrett-inspired full instrumentation, with epic guitars – Charlotte was wearing a Zappa t-shirt – and avalanches of sweet vocal harmonies between the two. It was psychedelic but tainted by a certain time
Bleachers’ Jack Antonoff Announces 'Strange Desire' Through Craiglist?
‘strange desire’ is something that came to me a few weeks ago when i was working on the last song i wrote for the bleachers album. the lyric is, “feeling like i never was young i followed a dream and a strange desire”. it was just something that came out in a scratch vocal take off the top of my head and i didn’t realize how important it was in that moment
A Michael Jackson Hologram At The Billboard Music Awards
Hologram USA Inc, and Musion Das Hologram Ltd own rights to this kind of technology (they already did Tupac at Coachella 2 years ago) but a judge decided that this new one, a planned 3-D image of Jackson, was not violating patents held by the companies
Jack White Wants You To Have 'Just One Drink’
Jack White is always insulting the Black Keys for ripping off his sound, but what does he think he is doing with this one? But some people on Twitter were wondering if the song wasn’t some shot at Meg White’s drinking, and this could make the song interesting.
2014 FYF Fest Announces Its Line-Up
Summer has arrived in California, we had torching temperatures this week reaching the 100s in the valley, meanwhile FYF fest founder Sean Carlson dropped the line up of the festival on
The Flaming Lips Join Miley Cyrus For 'Lucy In The Sky with Diamonds'
When I heard the news I wasn’t really excited for two reasons, first, do we really need to re-record the Beatles honestly? The original is great and this new one seems to be like a lazy attempt to make some bucks off an old classic. Plus, there is the ‘With A Little Help From My Fwends’ part that I am not very found of, when the fwend is Miley Cyrus!
Was Cheating The Reason Of The Fight Between Solange And Jay Z?
Is Jay Z banging Rihanna? Probably, if you believe the rumors… I usually don’t care about rumors like this one, but I have had enough of the hip hop royal couple strutting on every red carpet around, while looking as the ultimate role models
Blinded By The Light, The First Bruce Springsteen Online Museum Opens Soon
You can browse through random things like Springsteen’s 1976 vehicle registration, 1975 car insurance, driving license, service card classified 4F showing he could not serve in Vietnam due to medical reasons, early letter from his former manager Mike Appel to William Morris Agency, terminating contract
Why Is The Black Keys' Patrick Carney Always Having A Beef With Someone?
Okay we got it, how old is he already? 34, and Bieber at 20 is still an immature spoiled kid, always in the news for some stupid driving or smoking, Carney is totally losing his time. Or is it a cry for attention? He actually did it again on Tuesday with another target this time, and although the guy is dead, this won’t be unnoticed by his millions of fans
The Jay Z And Solange Knowles' Elevator Fight,… What People Make Of It?
‘Rumors…but one states that they heard them screaming about Jay getting caught with someone by Solange. Solange told Bey whom kept her calm until they left. But Solange couldn’t. At the end you see Bey yelling at Jay. Could be a rumor though but whats being said. Sad. It just shows money still brings problems
Deap Vally At Amoeba, Tuesday May 13th 2014
On Tuesday night, the female duo was doing an in-store performance to celebrate the release of their album ‘Sistrionix’, and the store was packed when Lindsey Troy on guitar and Julie Edwards on drums took the stage to play an electrifying and totally badass set.
The Brian Jonestown Massacre At The Wiltern, Saturday May 10th 2014
I don’t know about the back of the room, but where I was, people were religiously listening rather than singing along, and may be having some marijane with that? Having the occasion to listen to many bands around, I can tell that a lot of them try to cultivate that sort of repetitive, drug-inspired psychedelic sound,
Not With The Band: The Difficulty In Being A Music Critic
Music critics will never be objective, it’s impossible, any music review is an opinion piece, and just an opinion at the end, but famous blogs and magazines all have an agenda. Time is the best critic, let’s read any review written today in 20 years and let’s have a good laugh
Cat Power Speaks… But Not With Us
I have met her and she is always herself, unpredictable and vulnerable. She talked to the Guardian and I supposed this is a summary of a long discussion? I wonder why this is presented as bullet points, what is this, a power point presentation?
Lana Del Rey Shares The Tracklist And Cover Art Of 'Ultraviolence'
I know we shouldn’t judge a book by its cover – or should we? – but I wonder whether she is using a song name generator to write the title of her songs, all this is so predictable
The Flaming Lips' Saga Continues And It Is Uglier And Uglier Each Day
It is very sad when you have appreciated the music, the original live shows, the humor and the allegedly lack of ego of a certain band and you suddenly discover that they are actually the opposite of the image they have been projecting.
Conor Oberst Shares 'Kick', Explains 'Upside Down Mountain'
‘The way I tend to work or feel creatively is normally a reaction to the last thing I’ve finished. If I do one thing for a while, my next impulse is to try and do something different.’
The Pain Of Being Pure At Heart At Amoeba, Thursday May 8th 2014, Reviewed
During their seven-song set, their sound was immediately loveable and luminous, and got more or less on the explosive side, depending on the songs. Musically they may have sounded like Belle and Sebastian covering the Cure, but I didn’t get this impression right away
Morrissey Attacked By Fans, Almost Cancels The Next Show
When it became apparent that Morrissey’s set was going to overlap with the WAS/PAWS bill, everybody really did agree that couldn’t work — even though the two venues are separated by a reasonably thick wall. Moz fans wouldn’t have been able to hear a lick of what they’d paid to see
Make Music Pasadena Announces Its Line-Up
How could you see so many in a day anyway? I always end up seeing the most popular ones, because as everyone else, I stay with what I already know. And that’s a shame because shouldn’t a free festival make me discover new bands?
Is Meet & Greet The New Revenue For Pop-Rock Stars?
What? Avril Lavigne makes her fans pay to take pictures with her? I want my nickel back! even wrote someone,.. haha, funny one, I found this very lame too, but the Guardian is totally right.
A Punky Cinco Party with The El Vez Punk Rock Revue At The Echoplex, Monday May 5th 2014
El Vez may have a few more grey hairs since last time I saw him, but the guy does more costume changes than Beyoncé and can still kick his foot higher than his head. Did I mention how talkative he was, and how nice he behaved with women?
Jack White Explains His Ultra LP
First of all, Jack White looks so stiff and pissed off at the beginning of the video, and the yellow-tied guy is handling the LP with so much precaution that this set the tone for the rest: White’s LP are some rare religious antiquities and should be venerated as such.
Ever Been Curious About The Most Popular Words In Songs Of The Past 50 Years?
A few worlds or groups of words, such as Baby, Body, Boys, Foul, Girls, Happy, Heart, Home, I love You, Kiss, Lonely, Love, Money, Rain, Sad, Sex, Sexy, Smile, We Us, Weed, often used in songs, were analyzed over five decades.
Kurt Cobain Memorial Benches Up For Sale!
How much would you pay for a pair of old moldy-rusty benches covered by graffiti? No less than 10 bucks right? The bid on two like the one above has
Meet Lulu S., Daughter of Paul Simon And Edie Brickell
‘January’ is a melancholic piano ballad, the confessional type, with a great hook and a sweet voice at the top of this, a bit like her mother’s. The happy ‘Pluto’ is a glorious little tune performed with an acoustic guitar and Lulu’s strong childish vocals. She has quite a tuneful organ, and this one reminds me of some great classic
Not With The Band: The Problem With Bands' Names
Choosing a moniker for your band is a hard thing to do, there are already so many out there that it is unavoidable some good ones are going be reused or even stolen? Is it ever acceptable to steal a name? If the band was an obscure music act that everybody has forgotten, why not? Although it is ethically questionable, hey they got the idea first, right? If it was successful band, forget about it, there’s no way you re gonna do better.
'Moz Goes to Hollywood: Morrissey/The Smiths' New Exhibit By Kevin Cummings
I stopped by the gallery on Saturday afternoon to take a look at these intimate portraits of Morrissey, and I saw him closing his eyes with delight, hugging fans after a show, singing with passion, literally trashing the stage, enjoying nature with bandmates or looking at his reflection on water.
Mark Ryden's 'The Gay Nineties Old Tyme Music: Daisy Bell'
Mark Ryden, this curious artist who wraps his curious and surrealist paintings both reminiscent of the masters and cartoons around big-eyed little girls and pop culture references, has a new exhibit called ‘The Gay 90s’ at the Kohn Gallery in Los Angeles.
Toy And The Horrors At The First Unitarian Church, Thursday May 1st 2014
The Horrors took the stage after 11 pm and I got immediately this strong 80s gothic new wave vibe, combined with frontman Faris Badwan’s foggy and monotonous vocals. Haven’t we heard this before? Sure, the deadpan delivery à la Ian Curtis mixed with some Morrissey’s lament chilling the atmosphere
Flaming Lips' Drummer Kliph Scurlock Gets Fired, Reveals That Wayne Coyne Is A Complete Jerk?
Last month, Kliph Scurlock, the Flaming Lips’ drummer, quit the band, but we learnt a bit later that he was actually fired. And the reason couldn’t be more wrong: Kliph was fired for criticizing Wayne’s friend, Chrisstina Fallin , the daughter of Oklahoma governor Mary Fallin
Warpaint Capitulates Before Starting A War With Beyoncé And Rihanna
It just gets worse. Every song on Beyonce’s last album has her basically looking like a slut and she does not need to do that. She’s gorgeous and so fucking talented. And they all take it as women’s liberation!’