The fact remains their first album was the best and while their third album, released on Tuesday, Modern Vampires Of The City is probably the equal of Contra, Contra hasn’t aged as well as it might have, has it?
The first responsibility of Government is to protect its citizens and without a strong militia you will soon find how easy it is to lose your country
Yes, I bought a three day ticket and yes I plan to use a lot of it except on Saturday when I am blowing off Guns N Roses to hightail to Barclay Center, figure 6pm, to catch McCarney
Chugalong to the Dixie Chicks mainstay Natalie Maines and you may be surprised by this piece of Eddie Vedder cover, a superb vocal performance. The Rod Stewart is the finest moment on his finest album in decades, “22” is finally available on Spotify (but who was waiting, right?) , I got past my problem with Andre 3000s vocal and the Lonely Island is there usually incongruity put to good use.
“Soundscape” (I love that one: “Substitute for ‘song’ used to describe boring shoegaze, post rock and elecronica records whose alternatively ‘majestic’, ‘eerie’ or ‘glacial’ instrumentals are supposed to evoke grand vistas of some sort. Dimly, the writer perceives that this is all Brian Eno’s fault”)
Mary reads my tongue twisting, multi-syllabic, run on sentence, Taylor rave review of her concert at Prudential Center earlier this year. For a breathtaking seven minutes of froth with barely a mistake. Well, except the ending where Mary appears to sneer as she reads the grade (An A!!!)
The song is a self portrait but not just of Davies -a rock and roll star never entirely comfortable with the shenanigans, of any man has had enough pressure, who just wants to lay back and enjoy the day
I guess it is the horns that are hooking them on M&L’s # 1, but I am not sure why if that’s the case I can’t hear em? Both songs are huge shrugs to these ears and while I am not unhappy for them, what else do i have to say? Not a damn thing, it is average hip hop which for some obscure reason won the Lotto. Couldn’t be happier to see “Cruise” in the top ten
Kenny Chesney might well own the worst album of the year not. Not country album, no, no, no, worst album period, on your bike, that’s it. But country is well represented by Blake Shelton and Randy Rogers, the latter is living up to years of promise with an album on the verge of a major crossover
Never a big fan of Kid, but “Kid” is a pretty good stiff upper lip lad piece of advise, 7 of the rest of these songs are also new releases, two are off “The Great Gatsby” as well, and “#Beautiful” is growing on me but I’m sure I’ll be sick of it soon enough.
The album itself gets a little much, everything is warmed over twice and as a defined unit it accumalates into one long headache, but if you break it down by track -well, the quality of individual songs is consistently high, I’m impressed.
start with Kronos Quartet at 40 free week long celebrationand then move on to weeks two and three where some names you will definitely know, Ruben Blades, Amanda Palmer and Nick Lowe to name but three.
Popdoses Ken Shane wrote “Now that George is gone, Vince has the most beautiful voice in country music” and if you don’t think that’s high praise may I remind you George Strait is still alive
“No. I think ‘OK…yeah.’ I think it doesn’t matter whether I’m young or old or anything. The way you talk about it, it’s as if our fans are 40-year-old men in flasher raincoats. That’s what you mean by an older audience. We’re talking about 18-year-olds, like that.”
Apparently, Rod is sick of the Great American Songbook and has returned to writing his own songs and while there will never ne another album as great as even Atlantic Crossing, the new one is good enough. Jay and The Americans are at BB Kings this September and I went to see Rihanna yesterday. The rest are all new.
It’s a long show for a 71 year old man to lift single handedly, especially with a malfunctioning TV screen. Tork maintains his concentration and his stamina for the full 90 minutes and the show has a sense of pacing and direction
Mary Magpie, who has a career as an actor in her future if you ask me, channels Alysons words of a appreciation and age deferential and takes you right into the sweaty moshpit at Echoplex.
Obviously Vampire Weekend is the one to beat here, but the runner ups are pretty impressive. I’ve liked everything I’ve streamed off the new Rod Stewart, Talib Kweli and Fitz And The Tantrums are long time rock nyc faves, Van Dykes Park is his first album of new material since the excellent Orange Crate Art with Brian Wilson. If you haven’t heard it, the album sounds better now than it did in 1995.
8 of these songs are here directly because of live concerts, three reference the Peter Tork set, three are a preview for tonight’s Rihanna show, one for the past date Mac show and one for the I am not gonna see Van Dyke Parks show at MHOW on Sunday May 16th, 2013.
The great creative outburst in Vienna began with the Jewish population being made full citizens with the right to vote and ended with Nazi Germany encamping and destroying them.
Weezy sure ain’t putting up any of his talent and while the promise of the biggest star in Hip Hop might have you guessing, I think even Jay-Z won’t be enough, maybe Jay-Z and Kweezy but there ain’t no Drake and there ain’t no Rick Ross in Hut 97’s future now is there?
Fantasia and Melvins are on the second songs off their later albums, Paramore is on the third, Fleetwood Mac on the second off their otherwise disappointing EP, Johnny Marr a surprise return following the live show and as for The Passenger… who?
If Passenger are this year’s Gotye (and I certainly hope so) than without a reasonable doubt,at least it doesn’t sound like Sting. electronic twins Disclosure put the great Eliza Doolittle to pretty good use one way or the other on a boring song. Otherwise, electronic pop songs rule of 2013 continues
I’ve only given Passenger a perfunctory listen, so it might be better, it might be worse, Blue -a typical European Boy band, is nothing much and Bo Brice is very good. Passenger -I wonder… let’s wait and see.
I hate time because time means Conor Oberst doesn’t have the wild innocence of his youth, as he does on “Train Under Water” where you can see the innocence comes unstuck like a young Van Morrison singing “And if I don’t call that just means I’d rather not”. Both of these guys are confused by how cruelty and honesty interlock
It was like there was a hole in the center. It was like the apostles without Jesus. As my nephew Damon Morton noted, “Johnny Marr is great at being Johnny Marr, less so at being Morrissey”.
To quote the Joker, wait till they get a load of me. With guest stars a plenty on hand mostly for vocal purposes (Howdy Jello Biafra!) long term sludge rockers cover their fave tracks but only fly when they leave their natural breeding ground for Queen, Roxy Music, and one of the great covers of the year, a damaged and deformed but still the same sensed version of the already pretty out there Bowie masterwork “Station To Station ” – ALBUM OF THE WEEK – A-
James Blake will probably be brooding behind a bank of synths for 90 minutes on Thursday BUT his songs are so remarkable who cares? It is the price of doing business with the young electronic whiz kid you’ll have to suck it up to hear his excellent sophomore effort Retrograde on stage. Plus it is T5 so you weren’t going to see much any way. Request “A Case Of You” quietly.
The Melvins are my big rock band right this minute, I really enjoy their new covers album and I love their haircuts which always helps. Down the middle of the list are three of the biggest dogs of the year, you should listen to em just so as you know I am not aimlessly dssing here. The Vince Gill song is a masterpiece that passed me right by and more’s the shame. As for the last three, two are 2013 faves and the last one was a highly of Marrs gig at MHOW.
Remember, Rourke really was a major factor in arranging these Smith songs and to see the two friends together again was a thrill and musically delirious moment.
Bookmarc is Marc Jacobs foray into style and book selling on Bleeker Street and the day that the “Punk: Chaos To Couture” exhibition opens at the Met. So the connection is self-evident
Too much of it is like a background sound in search of a screen and that is with all due respect to williams work. But the truth is even for star wars it isal the equivalent of underlining a sentence for emphasize
wned and operated by Rockafella Records (or did I misread that somewhere?) and playing at the surging Barclay Center where everybody who is anybody comes to perform, starting with Barbra Streisand. Sure, the Bulls are decimated by DLs at the moment and I couldn’t be happier! The Nets have been fun to watch all year and while I am a Knicks guy (through gritted teeth till they dump Dolan), I am awed by the Nets having forced a Game Seven at the Barclay Center tonight. LET’S GO NETS.
Lead guitarist and a founding member of thrash rock innovators Slayer, died of liver failure at the age of 49. The 1980s progenitors of all things thrash came up thru the ranks of metal to join Metallica as a pinnacle of cool heaviness.
The top six are simply my way of saying adieu adieu, to yieU and yieu and yieu. Deanna Darbin was a particularly favorite of my gone but not forgotten papa, two of these songs have much much much to do with having seen Mr. Marr last night, and the newbie is a revelation I missed when I reviewed the album. If you haven’t read Ross’ Richard barone, do it NOW!
Wait, that’s too harsh, it is still damn good but it needs a rethink.
A fragile English Rose vision in a polo neck sweatshirt, Laura was blonde. But not California blonde. A translucent , timeless blondeness. Like she had been raised around sheep in the English countryside and was auditioning for the role of Emily Bronte’s ghost
No, wait a moment! An incredible simulation off the equal parts dreaded and loathed “CBGB’s: The Movie”.
Popdust (because pop stars are fun!) is just a great big fluffy pink cotton candy and it is sugary and sweet with a side of smark (smarmy and snide)
I got tix for Pet Shop Boys and Vampire Weekend, a pretty good reason to stick on tons of PSB and return to the scene of the crime with VW whose use of the f bomb was entirely inspired. The new Hanson sounds like the Jackson 5. Not as good of course, but pretty damn good any way.
Can you enjoy VGM with no interest whatsoever in gaming? Yes. In much the same way you can enjoy Ennio Morricone without watching Spaghetti Westerns.
“As massive rugby fans the chance to visit one of our favourite countries – play some gigs and watch the British and Irish Lions play Australia is an amazing once in a lifetime opportunity”
On stage, they are Cincedrella on A Saturday night, a rave up without the prurient kick of Scissor Sisters but with plenty of strobe lights and dancers, mirrorballs and disco balance. A fun evening.
Take a look at this list, notice anything? Three rock albums, how about that then? Indeed, this is a pretty good chart by any standard. maybe nothing jumps out and blows you away, still FOB, Phoenix, Fantasia -these are very good albums all and if nothing is gonna change your life for the better, nothing here is all that bad either.
Two from Timberlake, two from M&L, Pink on top , RiRi, Bruno and Pitbull bring the pop power and what is that? My gal Charlie XVX with Icona Pop –who will be at Gov’s Ball I think.
The two Sinatra’s are in general excitement for the 6-11 gig at Summerstag and this is Reprise Sinatra which is consistently better than you remember it being. The VGM is a new discovery and one I am finding very thrilling and original, and the Melvins album is astoudingly good fun. Finally? Don’t we dislike Streetlight Manifesto? Maybe not.
And so the longest winter continues with no end in sight. It just goes on and on and on forever and June 11th, the date where Sinatra takes the park, looms like a beacon of hope in the summer wind blowing from the cabarets of New York to the lawns of Central Park
I am sure that you, like me, read in wonder Rolling Stones Magazines wondrous musician (and actor) profiles, wondering precisely how the likes of Brian Hiatt manages to get Bruno Mars to open up like… er, like something that opens… a shellfish or a clam.
Fleetwood Mac – Madison Square Garden – April 8th, 2013 – The Buckingham Nicks love affair with each other and with us has lead them to this place: where Fleet Mac are again what they once were: a guitar art band with an excellent rhythm section.
.Side Effects Of You – Fantasia – She has gone through a lot to get here, a nigh on perfect soul record, mixing dance and ballads to equal effect and sounding very much like the woman who has survived the life she has, indeed survived.
