No Doubt promoting their new album (out today!) and my, my, my…look at Fallon. Its Two Door Cinema Club. These little Brits have a wonderful management team in the UK yet a rather.. hmm, unprofessional group in the US. Chances are pretty good they will remain a fringe band with that promotion. Good for them on Fallon though, get a bit of exposure, and be forgotten.
“As a musician, I’ve benefited the most from demonstration,” says Abasi, Animals As Leaders’ guitarist. “I hope to create an environment for other aspiring musicians to do the same
Get clean and Get well so I can get back to hating you.
Two songs a month for ten months. Why? Well to keep the dream alive of course. What a better way to sustain hype?
The Queens, NY guys are currently in Connecticut (hollah!) recording a new album of covers. YES! I love covers and this band doing tunes originally performed by Billy Joel, Elvis Costello, Del Shannon, Van Morrison, and The Ronettes, will be a major event
Not surprising (nor stereotype!) for a metal guy to dig horror but it is quite an undertaking to put together a book. I am unclear of its content, be it factual or staged but I am sure that most will just buy in to it for the authors name.
Tickets go on sale Monday September 24, at LiveNation.com. That is if you are a commoner, there are numerous presale events prior to that. For VIP ticket packages, including opportunities to meet band members, backstage tours, great tickets and more, visit Aeroforceone.com. Everyone has a price. There is also a Facebook event, visit their page for details on that one.
“It’s delicate enough that I’m not going to offend people every which way, but I wanted to get it right as best I could,” said Newman, who added that he’s always worried there may be some backlash following the release of a song like this one.
The Beatles, Elvis and Frank Sinatra, The Beach Boys, Tony Bennett, and Neil Diamond are among the top 40 nominees in place as we speak. Fans as well as industry folk can vote online during the next few weeks.
Go to this if only to people watch. I don’t suppose you’ll l be able to sing along but you may be able to fake it and shake around a bit. The characters in this scene are flamboyant ala Harijuku Girls but with a bit more polish and a little less street grime.
The Sex Pistols will always be the symbol of punk rock. Everyone before or after them will never live up to the image and urban legend they left in their wake. The death of Vicious only adds to the mystique making them masters of the genre with (in comparison to other acts) very little material.
The rest is over and as you can see below- she is back. I love that she is singing acapella and obviosuly annoying the commuters of Tokyo, much like she will be annoying me once this is released. The news on this is that she has apparently cleaned up her act. Less glitter more natural, less synth more drum. Did she grow up?
Another discovery was that across the genres, jazz and pop tickets cost more than reggae or folk. Also, older acts tend to have higher prices because they have a loyal fan base, typically made up of older audiences with more disposable income
If you are looking for anything from a toaster to a thong- you can get it with teh KISS logo on it. Its genius and its annoying. The die hard fan must roll in it happy as can be- but for the rest of the free world its an odd obsession. The fact is it earns money and the memebers of the band honestly are set for life as are their spawn and their spawns spawn.
They used to say that rock stars dated models but now musicians are so airbrushed and stylized they ARE models. Rob Thomas of Matchbox 20, modeled jeans and Burberry has chosen numerous Brit pop stars to stand and smile.
I actually hung out with a couple girls during my Siouxie days, generally all of my friends are men. These girls and I made the perfect trio of good girls gone bad and with enormous black hair, alabaster skin, blackened eyes and red lips, we made a ruckus…shamelessly
Anyway, who the hell would have a near child play the role of the dominant ‘Christian’? Bieber, Im sure would make a fine submissive but I cant see him portraying any sort of power. Maybe its a joke- or maybe its his fantasy
There sure was a heap of hoopla over that Led Zeppelin countdown. The kids went crazy and the geezers started hand wringin’. Could it be? Led Zep back together and
Kickstarter is an online services that allows bands (or anyone) to fundraise for themselves to support a project. Highly successful with Amanda Palmer netting over a million and setting the bar pretty high with B level hardcore bands demanding nearly $350k to record. Someone needs a new car on that one.
This video takes on that vibe brilliantly, in the beginning. Then something goes horribly wrong. That wasn’t good enough. We had amp up the hip factor by turning it in to a giant instagram video. Like a million others. As the video gains color the lines blur and we are smack dab in the center of hipster village and Joy Formidable is the mayor.
This is a great song in theory. The problem is the topic has grown up but the music has not. This is generic ‘pop punk’ and unfortunately not even evolved from early ATL offerings. If anything they sound a bit more boring and a bit less creative. How did this happen?
I don’t appreciate talent competitions and the auditions are horrific. I despise the sob stories of broken homes and homeless song birds. Shut the hell up- sing and move on. Yet someone is watching- and someone is letting this show earn a time slot and a salary.
The origins of this dance are all over the place. From the term for Italian ice cream men to the Canadian army dancing its a silly ‘feel good’ dance done by people who should sit down and little kids to learn left from right.
I cant see anything too impressive this time other than Prince on the View. I saw him there once before and watching him always makes me jittery. The poor guy comes across so dangerously shy that you almost wish he wouldn’t do press
He is not a comedian but he is uproariously funny. He is not a motivational speaker, but he gets you off your ass. He is not a politician or a shaman but he makes you think he gets you armed with information and he send you on your way. I admire his intelligence.
Now if a pathetic old punk could booty pop or werrrrrrrk I’d do it to this tune but instead, I will just blast it really loud and try to sing the Spanish parts,though I don’t speak Spanish. I don’t know who TJR is but he should be pretty psyched to sing with Mr 305
They’re now receiving tribute and my love of ‘cover’ tunes causes my interest to perk up at the word of tribute. There is something about hearing another bands interpretation of a classic that just makes it allot he more casual and light hearted.
“Everyone knows someone whose life has been affected by breast cancer,” Bananarama’s Sara Dallin said. “So when Hard Rock offered us the opportunity to take part in Pinktober and support a great cause in a fun way, we jumped at the chance.”
Youth were for the college kids with big lawns who wanted to rebel while shopping at Benneton. Such a stereotype. Its funny I missed out on allot of really cool music because of the images bands had. Husker Du, Sonic Youth, even The Replacements were all bands we ‘real’ punks would rather have died than listen too.
It’s just plain fun and Fearless puts together some amazing covers. In our time doing interviews we discovered most bands have at least one pop tune on their iPod and aren’t afraid to belt it out at whim. Pop songs are pop cuz they’re popular and sometime for the sheer cheesiness of the tune.
Jimmy has totally stolen late night music cool. Conan used to be the king but no more. Jimmy is just younger hipper and more entertaining. HIs band The Roots sorta suck but that’s ok cuz it makes the guest look better
Until now, you’ve only heard a couple bootleg live versions and that infamous Ronnie Biggs studio cut. But in honor of the 35th Anniversary release- we get a new improv steeped closet recording that sounds almost psychedelic. Freakin Lydon, hes such a pip
After 40 years in the Biz its time to tell all about it. I love these tell all books- as if they either have to boast of how cool life was or share info on artists to make others jealous. Then again tales of witty good rock and roll fun are a great way to make a buck and if you can capitolize on numerous artist you can expand your scope of sales.
Freedom lobbies and sends in representatives to promote and secure same sex marriages. We have seen this ‘right’ revoked, the foundation works diligently to keep their agenda on track. The current rally cry being that marriage is between two people that love each other rather than an gender specimen from each side. Aside from the people at Chik-Fil-A is there anyone against this?
Their mission is to enable children with severe speech and physical impairment to fully participate in their community. This is the 26th annual all acoustic concert.
I think there’s a certain insecurity there that you’re always waiting for that great story to come along, that great script. In music, I write the songs. There’s an element of control that you have as a musician that you don’t have as an actor.
Shes the arty annoying broad in the thrift shop sweater who goes on and on about politics til you want to kill her. So do me a favor. I beg you, just don’t look. Don’t look at the art don’t look at a video just ignore her face and her interviews and banter. For the good of all that is holy do NOT get the commentary version of her new album-
on his night to spin the turntables (cuz yes, there were records) he popped in this little ditty. By the time it was time to flip the LP I was long long gone. I was a sucker for the pretty face and the drums just amped it up.
Throwing flour in some ones face is spectacle enough to bring attention to their cause and not as permanent as days gone by. In 1982 I was part of a very militant group who took it upon themselves to spray paint or otherwise stain fur coats we encountered in our day. Yes, I took part in this vigilante behavior and no I don’t really regret it.
Now their legions of fanatics can scream out the lyrics with this ‘punk’ band. Before I list the dates though, lets get one thing straight. Green Day are not punk. They never were and they never will be.
There are far too many voices these days, too many genre’s to much media too much everything for there to be a singular source for anything. There are groups for everyone and all of those groups together are a collective ‘choir of a generation’
After being a Dresden Doll fan for so long it was tough to jump ship and actually turn from love to hate. Yes, hate. She annoyed the hell out of me. So much so that I didn’t even want to see her on her tour or participate in her asinine kick starter bullshit.
He’s not been very nice. To boil it down to its basic elements, if someone’s horrible a lot of the time, you’re not sad when they’re gone, you’re glad.
With this new found skill I realized something. Jay Z sucks. He sounds like an old man, to polished and ever slang sounds strained.
The terrible and untimely death of their bassist Paul Gray is out of the headlines, It ends up just another rock and roll overdose like the hundreds before him and the millions to follow.
Best of all and not listed… Saturday Night LIve premieres on the 15th. What scares me is that I had to mute his performance on the MTV music awards- how the hell will I survive 2 songs on late night? Lord kill me now…
They’re in the news now for serving up a cease and desist with Fox news. Seems since the lack of mention of God in the Democratic Agenda, gave Fox the idea to use a snip from “Losing My Religion” as the fade out tune for their Democratic Convention coverage.
The boys go on holiday with grand intentions and in the interim hit numerous obstacles and freaks and typical ‘coming of age’ mishaps. If you are not a fan or unfamiliar with the series, I suggest you pass on the film
Veganism means, no milk, cheese, eggs, no DAIRY, no meat, no fish, no honey NO NO NO and not just ‘chicken now and then but NEVER. There is no such thing as ‘mostly vegan or ‘mostly vegetarian. You are or you’re not
Whoopie Goldberg and the Dhali Lama. May as well stop reading right there or not, Syracuse University will host a love in of sorts being billed as “a historic celebration of peace, music and common ground”
