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Uh oh: If you look at the upcoming releases for August and the mosy enthuisiasm you can manage is a “Maybe Mumford And Sons possibly might not be the worst music on earth, it means it is the dog days of summer

Never – Micachu And The Shapes – Aptly named experimental pop band who play liked jagged lemondrops. Sugary sweeties with a spike in them, they go down smooth but they kick a little on your insides. The limey band is a little sophomore jinxed, and it takes too long to kick in, but it makes it on points – Grade: B+

Got A Lot O’ Living To Do! – Elvis Presley – The relentless, dispassionate passing of time finds this piece of magical rock party and youthful hedonia, celebrating its 56th birthday. If that isn’t depressing enough, Presley is still dead – Grade: A+

Selassie is a fascinating man, and not simply God incarnate. An ancestor of (get this) the Queen Of Sheba! and the last of a great Dynasty that ruled over Euthopia for 3000 years

Modern pop has less and less varied sounds, soon it will become one unique note, one unique timbre, played by the same computer, with the same auto-tuned vocals, so sad! So may be I am not a snob after all when I say that 99% of the current popular music sucks

Boys Like Girls is a dumb name for a band and Im not a huge fan, but they dont suck and they have enough generic ‘pop punk’ to them to entertain me for 45 min or so before I crack. All American Rejects were wonderful but then they disappeared and came back more bubblegum then hip

And in a world where no one takes responsibility for their actions the ex Mag fits the bill as top rate whiner. He reportedly went to the vent to make amends with John Joseph, cuz every asshole on Earth will go to a punk show to say I’m sorry to an old rival.

A region where 70% of the population is made up of men and women under 30 years old, a region where Late Night with David Letterman is a top rated show in several countries and a region where there is a thriving underground music scene

I Miss You – Beyonce – This song, written by Frank Ocean didn’t introduce him to the world entire, just the world entire that mattered. me? I don’t consider it nearly as good as “!+” for instance, but I understand why you do. Thursday night a woman was running out of T5 when Ocean began performing this for the encore. It is that kind of song (and that kind of songwriter). You either get it or you don’t – Grade: B+

What about the predictions? We can safely assume that physical sales will continue to go down, digital sales will continue to go up,… till Spotify and other streaming services will surpass everything

I attended last year and this years line up is tougher and stronger than ever. I am stoked to see legends like Slayer and Motorhead, these are the geezers of metal and well, it should be interesting to see them at the least. No real metal or hardcore fan can pass by these patriarchs of devil horns.

It appears the old “Manchester Scene” is back, dragging all the geezers out of retirement for a big hurrah. I, for one, think it’s a great idea. I usually am not a fan of the old rockers but this- this could work. I may actually have to rethink my ‘too old to rock and roll opinion’

Their shows are some epic moments full of raw energy, infectious rhythms, defiant lyrics, and above everything, a Clash-like humanitarian consciousness supported by a revolutionary attitude; and if you need another reason, this is what Chad Smith said : ‘I’ve never worked with more focused individuals who really want change to happen through their music

I wanted to know if there was a musician at the bottom of it. If juxtaposing, say, “Paperback Writer” wih, say, “Savoy Truffle” will teach me anything about anything. It doesn’t

And so, in the heart of the summer, there is a fluke, a perennial and a man who broke right through to stardom fronting a pop band. The charts aren’t bad, but they are certainly predictable (well except for Carly)

Life might be good but Nas’ new album is a straight drag. And how impressive are these numbers. We got it. 150K units will getcha to bumber one most weeks. Next.

Try To Remember – Jerry Orbach – from the longest running off-Broadway musical of all times, The Fantasticks, here is the original from (remember?) 1960, a tender place setter and humoungous hit rhyming from follow some nine time. Interesting idea: the past as a place fitted by imagination. Grade: A

The problem with ‘hard rock’ or metal bands is that their grit is lost in the daylight. At 12 noon a band is much less menacing than at 9pm A problem with ‘fests’ in general, I mean everyone needs a slot but Lost Prophets are a night band. They followed Hawaii boys The Green and it was the most awkward transition I have seen in awhile.

The crowd was the biggest of any other at Warped that day,and I was forced to carry my camera above my head to get to the area to shoot them. It took me the entire song to squeeze my way through the crowd. Once I got to the front, they went right into “Error: Operator”.

The band was originally formed by Stakee and Terry Wolfers (who plays bass) and they are originally from London via Sweden but are now based in New-York while projecting a certain romantic idea of Southern America music and having adopted a Canadian-sounding moniker,… confused? You shouldn’t be

trolling for stories, I came across this one in Pitchditch…fork, and happily aggragate it for your viewing pleasure, secure in the knowledge that I have done my piece for the wild and the innocent

Demo studio recordings from 1977 are also part of the package with ‘Belesen Was a Gas’ and six other demo’s and outtakes. Thoughts were that these were ‘lost tapes’, but amazingly they materialized right in time for the anniversary!

Boyfriend – Kidz Bop – The trick with Kidz Bop isn’t that the expurge the naughty stuff, but that they simpify the needlessly complex. never truer than on this pop song, where they go from the multi -tracking Bieber vocals, to a girl, boy, harmony. It works forward except the “swag, swag”? Not so much – Grade: B+

I’ve been listening to the Moms debut EP with mixed emotions. It splits through the middle, two cracker songs that should end up on anybody’s Alt List of the year, a pretty good third, and an honorable whatever

The crowd was huge for their set, and it was dense and full of real fans. The mosh pit was really crazy- it was the most intense pit that wasn’t for a metal band. The kids got so into the set and yelled the lyrics right back at the band, which is always uplifting and cool to watch

Heavy handed on the technology I Fight Dragons got dubbed ‘ninetendocore’ on their Wikipedia. Who’s the cheeseball that did that. Granted they use gamboy controllers as instruments and yeah their work has been used by video games but can we pause a bit here to really appreciate them as musicians?

If you manage to win this bid, you will get two tickets to attend the Shins concert of your choice between September 22 and October 12, and you will get superstar VIP treatment with backstage access to meet the band, consisting of vocalist and multi-instrumentalist James Mercer

I can actually blame him for making me a juvenile delinquent now that I think about it. The harmonies and the piano in this song are magnificent. Bowies pleading yells screwed their way into my soul.

‘We wanted to try something totally different with ‘Blue,’ so this is our first story-based video. We filmed it at a big old mansion in the Swedish countryside. It’s about an older woman who’s living this decadent life in solitude in her mansion. She is bitter and unable to move on, clinging to her glamorous past

“Storms” is a four and a half minute long goodbye, apparently aimed at Nathan Williams, which finds the singer tackling loneliness and the end of the relationship with as much grace as she can manage.