the ten Elliott Smith's songs which could be on the charts
we were trying to get a song by Elliott Smith on the UK and US Charts, what would be your best bet? Which song could actually make it? It is a tough choice
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Van Halen With Lee Roth Rehearsing At the Roxy, LA
Sammy Hagar revealed to Rolling Stone that the new album will not be as fresh as expected, but will actually contain ‘old outtakes from the old days. I mean, stuff from before I even joined the band’, and that ‘Ed and Dave didn’t actually write new songs’.
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New Pearl Jam Aired by Cameron Crowe On Sirius Radio
It’s mellow-haunting in a detached way, but still emotional enough, especially because of the vocals at the end which seem to repeat ‘alive’. I suppose it is a big deal for Pearl Jam’s fan
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And Your Bird Can Dance
Researchers think that parrots’ dancing skills come from their talent for mimicking the sounds of their surrounding, which made them develop a very good coordination between their excellent sense of hearing and their motor functions
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Chris Martin And The Garden Intruder
Coldplay’s Chris Martin said to the Daily Mirror he had to throw out an intruder who broke into his garden and was serenading passers-by with Coldplay songs.
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George Glass at the Satellite, Monday, December 26th, 2011
They played their set effortlessly, very tightly with a big sound for only three people, going to a catchy-melodious sound to a sort of captivating dissonance in the same song
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Best New Bands Of 2011
Going to a lot of local shows made me discover a lot of new bands this year. Here is a list of 12 of them I have discovered in 2011 and which let me a strong impression
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The Flaming Lips Cover 'I Am The Walrus' Reviewed
The Flaming Lips are about to do their big New Year Eve thing with Yoko Ono Plastic Band in Oklaohoma City, so this must be a sort of preparation for the show. And if you have ever doubted that the Beatles say ‘everybody smoke pot’ in the brouhaha at the end of the song, there is no more reason to doubt:
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All The Shows-Parties Going On In LA on New Year's Eve, 2011
New Year Eve in Los Angeles seems to have piled up a large amount of shows and parties everywhere in the city.
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Geoff Barrow, Kanya West,Victoria's Secret, Child Labour
Its [Victoria’s Secret] undies that are purported to be made with “fair trade” organic cotton actually utilize some unseemly labor practices in the early stages of the supply chain
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Janet Jackson Named As The Grinch Of The Year By PETA
First of all, minks are rodents?? Certainly not! They belong to the same order than dogs and cats, would she wear her pet on her back? She is an idiot.
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A New Column: Not With The Band Debuts
On Christmas day, nothing is happening, every news stops, there’s nothing, nada, rien!The XX released a mere demo of 2 minutes and all the blogs were after it, as if it would be the only thing they’d be able to feed on the whole day. And it was. Bands, if you want attention, release something on Christmas day, everyone will talk about you.
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'Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close' Reviewed
There were so many people sniffing and weeping in the theater that the moviemaker should be a little ashamed to have exploited loss and grief so much. It’s way too easy to make people cry at watching other people crying, I don’t think there is a dry-eye scene and Sandra Bullock is crying every time she is on the screen.
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rock l.a.'s Best Albums Of 2011
I forgot which famous person said she would prefer to remove her clothes than reveal her musical tastes, but yeah, she was right in a way, it can be pretty intimate
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Cat Power's new song ‘King Rides by’ Reviewed
Cat Power’s voice is particularly moving during this long and haunting incantation, which seems to beautifully agonize for some lost love, ‘You don’t miss your water/’Till your well is gone’
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Big Names Collaborating On "The Hunger Games" Soundtrack
Taylor Swift worked with the Civil Wars and Burnett to write and perform the song ‘Safe and Sound’ the Decemberists wrote ‘One Engine’. Other sources are saying that Arcade Fire are even doing several songsfor the soundtrack, including the theme song
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Mr. Brainwash’s exhibit: Art Show 2011 preview,Thursday, December 22nd, 2011
Brainwash’s giant collages you will recognize about anybody: Michael Jackson, John Lennon and Yoko Ono, Cassius Clay, Keith Richards, Miles Davis, Brigitte Bardot, Louis Armstrong, David Bowie, Jim Morrison, Sid Vicious, Santana, Slash, Ray Charles, James Dean, Serge Gainsbourg, Tyler the Creator, John Kennedy
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What Happened At The Odd Future Show
Adler is even defending Tyler’s decision to jump on the sound board and obviously doing some damage, saying ‘it looked worse than it was’.
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Tyler The Creator Arrested
I can only imagine the chaos over there, with all the fans probably defending him. It was even reported that officers used bean-bag guns on the crowd, and helicopters arrived on the scene to contain the riot. And I know how fast the LAPD can go overboard.
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Queen Kwong at Boardners, Wednesday, December 21st, 2011
she is a sweetheart, reading a blog listing her most-loved ten things, there were, among other things, cats , Iggy Pop, Nick Cave and chocolate. I think we could get along pretty great
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Hexham Heads at Boardner's, Wednesday, December 21st, Reviewed
Their guitars were like thunder, the vocals had swagger and belligerence in their delivery, and their songs were often venturing into a gloomy and a sort of cold psychedelia with some My-Bloody-Valentine-meets-The-Cure-meets-Joy-Division-meets-the-Cramps (and probably many others) accents at various times of their set.
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Outernational's ‘Todos Somos Ilegales: We Are All Illegals’ Reviewed
Todos Somos Ilegales: We Are All Illegals’ may be talking about another kind of war, the one going on at the border, but the feisty energy carried with a gentle but determined fist in the air is there from start to finish, along with an invigorating and genuine vehemence, and a part reserved to satirical humor.
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Boo Band Songs Reviewed
a sort of Ramoney fun-fast punk song, with mummy Adrienne Armstrong on vocals, daddy Billy Joe on bass and the two kids on drums and guitar. It’s simple, sure enjoyable, but bubbly and girlie like the color they chose for their CD
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Sondre Leche Covers Beyonce's "Countdown"
It is sure very very different from the original, and you will be surprised by the stripped down rendition of the exuberant bombastic Beyonce song! As he said there are elements ‘useless to even attempt replicating’,
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Trent Reznor Explains How He Composed ‘The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo’ Soundtrack
“You were hearing a lot of live, modular synthesizers creating a kind of icy or pulsing bed with something that feels very non-electronic, an organic and imperfect instrument played imperfectly, sitting on top of that?”
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FMLY fest 2011 on December 29th and 30th.
music-art-activist collective FMLY is organizing a big fest to celebrate the end of the year with the best new and upcoming LA bands. There are so many bands in the lineup
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Panda Bear's New Video
an abstract experience going on the trippy psychedelic side, with a few close-ups of human and canine lips and wet tongues that can make you borderline uncomfortable
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Study Links SAT Scores And Music Tastes
Beethoven listeners are almost off the chart, way above anyone else, but it was the only classical example taken into consideration
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Václav Havel was inspired by a rock band
‘It’s not clear where the movement name originated. It would be nice to think it came from the Velvet Underground, but there’s no proof of that.’
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Black Flag Mini Set During Goldenvoice 30th anniversary
It was probably a nice surprise for the large crowd, which, supposedly was not expecting it. But it was way too short for most of them, and after the set, many began to chant and even boo to get more of it.
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How To Predict A Song Will Be A Hit
power ballads were big in the 80s, the late 70s-early 80s were the most creative, people had simpler tastes before the 90s (or were dumber), and we are all gonna be deaf soon.
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'Born to Lose', Sleigh Bells' Single off 'Reign of Terror'
their abrasive and aggressive electronic sound feels nevertheless a little bit poppier than ever with the reverb in Alexis Krauss’ sweet voice doubled with some cheer-leading backup vocals
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Metallica A Photo Op With Justin Bieber To Tease The Fans
Drummer Lars Ulrich was hoping for a photo op with Lou Reed and,…teen idol Justin Bieber, but Bieber got stuck at Disneyland after his car broke down and the photo was never done. But Ulrich couldn’t hide his disappointment:
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Christopher Hitchens’ Death Inspires A Playlist
I saw him at the Central Library of Los Angeles and I had been fascinated since. He was a rock star of the debate and public forum, he had an undeniable charisma, and simply could not be defeated.
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Real Album Cover Art Remembered!
There are many artists who are actually looking for the familiar, because it is safe, universal and timeless, I mean by this, classic art. There are some who use the real thing, some who recreate or transform it,
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Awolnation Giving Away Free EP
The songs, from their ‘Megalithic Symphony’ album and their previous ‘Back from Earth’ EP, are dynamic synthpop-rock, with aggressive vocals and a delivery going from the Beastie Boys style to some sort of arena hard rock grandiloquence.
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Cat Power New Download For Christmas
‘ALMOST DONE WITH ALBUM. IN 9 DAYS WILL HAVE A SONG AVAILABLE FOR HOLIDAY CHARITY DOWNLOAD W O R D ! XXXX’
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New Interactive Video For Arcade Fire's "Sprawl II"
‘With the help of your camera, you will influence the pacing of the video with your movements. There are no specific moves, just dance with your hands. The camera will detect the movement you are making. The crazier you get, the faster the video will go.”
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Foo Fighters' Show In Auckland Caused Seismic Vibrations
Until the concert ends at 11 pm, ‘vibrations were recorded as a semi continuous harmonic signal with a peak osculation of 3Hz, ie the ground was shaking 3 times per second in a nice rhythmic motion’
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Dinosaur Jr. at the Music Box, Wednesday, December 14th, 2011
the loud ferocious sound, full of J Mascis’ multiple pedal effects, Lou Barlow’ bass and Emmett Murphy’s drums attacks; it was a dissonant beast, building distortion over distortion, liberating itself into a weird psychedelia.
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Free show with Deadmau5, James Murphy, for the release of 'The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo'
I still don’t get why Deadmau5, James Murphy, Proxy and Eye are having this dance party while NIN Trent Reznor has composed the score of the movie, can someone explain?
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KiLR Exclusive Video Launch!!!
rock nyc exclusive: A fast, fun, hot and fuming ride from start to end, with lots of naked skin, lots of ‘ooooohs’ screamed at the top of their lungs and guitar riffs, while the bad boys are lying in bed with girls in black lingerie or powdered wigs.
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The New Shins Album ‘Port of Morrow’ Released March 2012
As usual James Mercer was the only songwriter, and handles the lead vocals as the majority of instrumentation… at this point the Shins is a one-man band!
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Watch The "Rock Of Ages" Trailer!
Based on the very successful Broadway musical, it is about a rock superstar Stacee Jaxx (Tom Cruise) and the religious activist (Catherine Zeta-Jones) determined to bring him down
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New Radiohead Songs
Nothing was said if or when this new material will be released, but Thom Yorke had spoken to Rolling Stones in October (at the time they played these New York’s Roseland Ballroom shows), and had declared that Radiohead will record in December and January.
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Black Keys Not On Spotify
They are really straightforward about it, saying that royalties coming from streaming services are not the equivalent to royalties coming from record sales, and that it is quite unfair to people who purchased the album that other people can stream it for free.
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Best Concerts Of 2011
2011 was a great year for shows, I went to a lot of them, and as it is almost the end of the year, here is my list of the 10 best concerts of 2011. It was quite hard to classify them, since the list is so eclectic, I loved them all for different reasons
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Paris Jackson To Star In Movie
What I still don’t understand is that how could these children go from never appearing in public without wearing burqa and veils to playing in movies? How did they manage to adapt so fast?
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Michael Jackson's Hair Sold, Made Into Roulette Wheel Ball
We would therefore like to encourage any casino interested in using this unique ball at its tables to contact us. Together, we can ensure Michael Jackson continues to rock and ‘ROLL’ forever
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Ryan Adams Announces A Date At the Walt Disney Concert Hall
Last time I tried to buy a ticket for Ryan Adams I was shocked! I was in front of my computer before the tickets went on sale, and was never able to access the site.