Rihanna’s song, better than anything else on her album, is both dance and soul at the same time. That’s why it builds up so simply and when Harris lashes her to the synth, it is like a gorgeous flogging of desire.
Any Old Iron – Peter Sellers – The best of Goons? Hard to say when the competion is Spike Milligan and Harry Secombe. The most famous? Absolutely. Here Sellers is playing low class/upper class to very amusing effect on a Brit Dance Hall perenial.
I saw “Porgy And bess” at the City Opera few years and thought it was one of the greatest musical experiences of my life. I knew so much of it (so do you, “Summertime, and the living is easy” -that’s here…
Julien’s Auctions have put up Michael Jackson’s belongs from the last place he lived in, a house he rented in Los Angeles as he rehearsed for what would’ve been his come back concerts in London.
The Parachute Chronicles II – Gyrm Class Heroes – Absolutely, “Stereo Hearts” is a great single -released in June. The following three songs off this album sung without a trace and you can hear well. For pop-hip hop, it is neither poppy or hoppy enough
The remnants of British vaudeville in the early 1960s were represented by this sweet tempered pianist and expert one woman party. Mrs. Mills banged out British (and Yankee) favorite and everybody sang along -and she didn’t dilly dally on the way.
her, hard htting, energetic, loud and fun set opening for Katy Perry at MSG on Wednesday belied our bad press. Singing in frot of a drummer a synth player and a keyboard ist while banging a drum mid stage, Ellie was a little ball of dynamite
Next year Frank Ocean will break big. The r&b soul man is not only a friend of Odd Future (his “She” with Tyler, The Creator, is a single of the year), he has two tracks on Watch The Throne, has two excellent singles and a mixtape floating around and instantaneously sold out two nights at Bowery Ballroom.
nothing here but a coupla Muppets, a late night talk show host off his game, a comic past his prime, and a humorless indie superstar pretending he is a good sport.
Moonlight Becomes You – Bing Crosby – In the middle of “On The Road To Morrocco,” da Bing sings this ballad to Dorothy Lamour and steals her from under Bob Hope’s, er, nose
It wasn’t particularly good music, but it was particularly good entertainment. Much better than Lady Gaga’s “Born This Way” tour and the little girls squealed but in some ways more maturely then they did during her dreadful set at Jingle Ball last year
St Holdings is a record distributor and 234 of their labels have pulled off Spotifty. The numbers are staggering but before I give them to you, a couple of caveats.
Bruce Springsteen spending less than $5,000 on tax for his 200 acres of farmland. A piece of property a quarter the size of Central park and he pays $5K in taxes? I don’t care what his pathetic excuse is, this is outrageous
Laura Kennedy died earlier this week after a 20 year battle with Hepitatus C. An important figure in the No New York scene and a reportedly very nice person, this was sad news.
Rihanna’s masterpiece is still up there, DJ Skeez Skeez opened his set at Katy Perry’s concert with it proving, a) Katy ain’t worried on the competition and b) the song is huge.
That’s a strange list, 2011 is so different to 2010. It feels like disco pop is waning and instead every momentary flavor hits the charts and disappears.
My Love Is Your Love – Whitney Houston – I ‘ve seen Whitney precisely once and she kinda sucked, but I have a friend who saw her at Radio City in her prime and she never stops rubbing my nose in it. This is the birth of hip hop production values in r&b -without this, no Beyonce
I never ever said Damian Abraham wasn’t a great frontman. Quite the opposite, he is so good he is irreplaceable. And if this performance of David Comes Alive is to be his last, he delivered and then some.
In the 16th century weight was a symbol of the aristocracy -poor people couldn’t afford to be fat. But over the following four hundred years it became inverted.
Jackie Leven was the leader of the much loved New wave band Doll By Doll, who, along with the Only Ones,, heralded the end of punk
Democratic Presidential candidate, Governor Mike Morris is in a race for delegates and his idealistic press secretary, is about to get a lesson in politics,
“Amy Winehouse was dead, to begin with. There is no doubt whatever about that…. Amy Winehouse was as dead as a doornail.”
Anyway, like Eminem, Mac has hit the charts at # 1, unlike Eminem is has sold a hardly earth shatterring 144,000 units. Still I was assuming it would be put out to pasture and I stand corrected.
No Spare Parts – The Rolling Stones – I can see why this didn’t make it on to Some Girls, they only wanted one country song and “Faraway Eyes” was better. Why it didn’t make it onto Emotional Rescus is another question entirely.
The Webster Hall gig was the last word on The Monitor and while none of the other times they’ve played locally since have been anything less than great, we’ve been waiting for new material. And we got it.
Aretha at the same venue in September 2009 and have every intention of going again; that concert, with the spirit of Curtis Mayfield so close by, has reached mythic stature
Helen Bach is a pacifist who loaths all forms of jingoism with a passion similar to her love of all animals and refusal to eat them: she has “vegan” tattoed on her wrist
The band of four, Julia Kugel (guitar/vocals), Stephanie Luke (drums/vocals), Candice Jones (keyboard/vocals), and Meredith Franco (bass/vocals) came across as nearly leaderless
I’ve read the rave reviews of this endlessly tedious telling of J. Edgar Hoover, the head of the FBI who spent a career battling commies, ignoring the mafia, and spying on everyone… should have been a fun movie
This seems awful weird but it might be a fun night out you know. Tomorrow at the cutting Room. And Syd Straw is playing. I dunno but I’ve heard of Biba so here is the info…
Price Tag – Jessie J – I am soooo bumming over the great Jessie J injuring her foot and getting replaced by Ellie Goulding. Ellie Goulding? Say it ain’t so, Katy.
Far be it for rock nyc to toot its own horn but since nobody else comes within a million miles aknowledging us, why not, right? We wrote about Lana del Rey, Rolling Stones “Hot Heartbreaker”, months ago.
I ran into Patrick Stickles at Le Poisson Rouge where he told me we can expect the new Titus Andronicus Autumn 2012 and I can hardly wait…
one moment who is getting rushed to hospital,, next he is giving Veganism a bad name, then he is suing NME for libel. It gets hard to remember why we give a damn. Here’s ten reasons
It is about serial monogomy, having the same type of romantic relationship with different woment; the recurive girl of the title isn’t one girl but one type of relation ship and
Herman Cain listened to Gospel music and country, that doesn’t mean he isn’t innocent of sexual harrassment and, similarly, nothing proves he is guilty either. Music is as much a matter of tradition, envrioment, age, as it is the ability to listen and appreciate sound.
I have finally recovered from his terrible rap on Mary J. Blige’s single and following an excellent SNL performance and two killer singles off the new album, I am ready to embrace my inner Drake.
Odelay isn’t t Beck’s only masterpiece, maybe not even his first, but watching him at the Supper Club in 1996 was an “I have seen the future of rock and roll…” moment. “Just passing thru…” is a greater religious sentiment than anything Scientology has to offer him.
the rock star in waiting moves about the stage banging riff upon riff till she is doubled up over the guitar and at the end she leaves the last chord ringing, with an obviously honest “I like feedback”.
It makes sense for bands visiting nyc fto appear on SNL to play a local date in anticipation of millions watching you completely live (well, except on the West Coast). So, dya feel lucky, punk?
on stage the San Antonio trio seem stuck in a place and can’t wriggle out of it. They are a good, self-assured live band who are in the process of catching up to their recorded sound.
went to the venue with his crew for a 2pm interview and waited and waited and waited till 530am in the following day!. 15 hours late. Axl gave his excuses before adding “As a kid I had a job right next door and never got there on time, either.”
When last seen, Katy Perry was sucking bad at Jingle Ball 2010, so why go to see her at MSG on Wednesday. I dunno, for that whole pop zeitgiest thing maybe, for the entire pop moment experience… for, ah what the hell, just go.
don’t see why they had to give Susan a makeover, she is who she is, why not leave her alone. If Susan is the picture of what we consider physical perfection , so what? Have you ever heard Scarlett Johansen sing?
Love Thine Enemy – Cassie McCombs – The culty sing-songwriter has been around awhile now and his latest is more of the same which means it is very smart and powerful modern melancholia
Angie keeps on drawing the eye, a strong, sexy presence on the mic who constantly seems set on powerdriving the band with a beautiful sustained momentum
it proves that Morrissey needs money, though unlike Kurt Vile I doubt it is for diapers. It also makes the question of selling out even more nebulous than ever.
The Lost Children – Disturbed – Heavy heavy metal by a band who have been doing it over a decade and have nothing left to offer but more of the same. Fortunately, generic Disturbed is pretty good. Grade: B
1 The Greatness – Pac Div – West coasts ride a killer sample all the way to the end and while the rap is standard issue it isn’t as simple as it sounds
EMI -home of Pink Floyd, Katy Perry, Coldplay, and on and on, went for a combined $4.1 Billion, Universal, adding 9% to their current 27% of the market, paid $1.9 Million, and Sony, adding 1.4 million songs o their recording contact.
