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Spotify has enhanced its service but entering the Android market and adding a free radio stream, that alone is worth the nod. Pandora and I heart Radio are weak and predictable, Spotify offers so much more and that on top of the incredibly endless supply of new old and obscure tunes. I am completely addicted to Spotify radioPandora and I heart Radio are weak and predictable, Spotify offers so much more and that on top of the incredibly endless supply of new old and obscure tunes. I am completely addicted to Spotify radio

As Wagnerian dramas go, it is an oedipuzt rex out for mama’s love and not getting it. It seems a little silly to at this point… ah, what the hell, Wayne’s very wealthy parents are shot to death by robbers (in front of him) when Wayne is only a little bats.

Rebirth – Jimmy Cliff – Oldies re-recorded plus a Clash and Rancid cover, Reggae giant Jimmy “The Harder They Fall” Cliff, who has been trying to straighten out his career. Cliff has a pop side to him but we sure ain’t getting that, except for “Reggae Music” this is the hard stuff so react accordingly – Grade: B+

5 Fingers Of Death (feat D.I.T.C.) – Big L – Somewhere between horrorcore and gangsta, Big L was one of the greatest rappers of raps greatest generations. The sample sounds like it came off a Bernard Hermann score and Big L As good as anything on Lifestylez Ov Da Poor And Dangerous -Grade: A

The sound is fantastic a ska-like dance tune with Gwen offering up her own ‘hollah’ backing vocals. Way cool. No Doubt hasn’t aged- no doubt hasn’t changed a bit. They sound exactly the same and without any tweak or experimentation. The band is just back-right where they left off.

Billboard magazine is reporting that Beck will be contributing three new songs, ‘Cities’, ‘Touch the People’, and ‘Spiral Staircase’ to the video game ‘Sound Shapes’. The game will be out on August 7 on the PlayStation 3 and PlayStation Vita

Recorded too late for inclusion on the ‘Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders From Mars’, it was considered for the following year’s ‘Aladdin Sane’, but never made it on to the final running order. It’s hard to imagine but in researching this oddity it appears to be true.

Stubhub don’t want to know how the ticket sellers got their tickets any more than Ticketmaster want to know who is buying the tickets. Everything else is halls and mirrors.

By watching these two videos of the songs ‘New Noise’ and ‘The Shape of Punk To Come’, you can tell they brought lots of rage and high energy quite unusual on late night TV

If – Frank Sinatra – Yes, that “If”, the Bread soft rock special is given the ol blue eyes treatment except init was 1974, Frank was nearly 60, and his voice was not the instrument it once was. Still he would always have the pphrasing and this is a pretty good (and quite amusingly oversincere) take – Grade: B

A clean-shaved Matisyahu appeared on stage around 11 pm, young and smiling a lot, a glass of champagne in one hand, the mic in the other one. The numerous young women who had packed the small club all around the stage, couldn’t contain their excitation

The Essential Songs of 1966 reflect the evolution of the album as being the central music experience for serious music fans – “Blonde on Blonde,” “Revolver,” and “Pet Sounds” represent a lyrical and sonic sophistication unimaginable a few years before. To compete with the British Invastion, the Monkees were created and in other genres garage rock and Motown continued to flourish.

The comic is based of FYS’ song “The Infected”, which I love. It’s a step forward from their older stuff, and it’s a nice change. Their sound is heavier now that their synth player is gone and I adore the vocals- they’re really what makes the song brilliant. I can see crowds moshing to this tune more than their previous work. Because it has a rougher quality

Sweatshirt waltzed on nonchalantly during ‘Super Rich Kids’, tossed off his intricate, percussive rhyme involving entitled bluebloods stiffing friends by ‘purchasing crappy grams with half the hand of cash you handed’

The opening lick is nicked from “All Of My Love” and the first couplet quotes from Quadrophenia, as the songs idles in neutral till a killer instrumental break at the three quarter. If Billie Joe had made the break the chorus and cut the length from 5 to two and a half minutes, he might have had something.

Think about that for a moment. This band whose surviving members are knocking on age 70 will be performing an album they released 39 years ago. The album is a rock opera, a phrase no longer used which basically means a story telling album.

I didn’t even realize that Sting had an app but he does and he just improved it. Upgraded Sting. We joke about Bono being a tool but we really don’t give Sting enough credit for being an egotistical knob.

We are far from being done with Odd Future! All the smart young guys I know are big fans, and they are going to be super happy to learn the rebellious Wolf Gang will release not one, not even two, but four new albums and will embark upon a tour this fall.

Pink has her way with another bad sexual inuendo and the song is OK modern pop but not much more. It’s gonna be in the chartts forever. Otherwise, bring in the usual suspects and there they are. And still no Will I Am, so so much for my powers of suggestion.

Ocean almost sold more than Chris Brown, did sell more than Usher. Zac Brown is the third best selling country album of the year/ Why? You got me, neither of them are very good. Ocean is gerrybuilt for gullible rock critics, Zac is for Dave Matthews fans who want to widen their horizons. Go figure.

Live Alone (Brennan Green Remix) – Franz Ferdinand – This is the one with LCD Soundsystem and Debbie Harry. Debbie sounds like a disinfected sexbot and LCD use their typical synthesizer bleats. As For Franz Ferdinand? They have become a 21st Century Depeche Mode – Grade: B+

Coming off a ridiculously successful tour, the guys are finally getting the acknowledgement they deserve- but they deserve even more. We had the great honor of speaking with them at Warped Tour and it seems that since that time critical acclaim is headed their way.

Now of course he is quite financially secure so the strain there is not the issue but rather by donating he has fired up publicity for this outstanding organization. This could cause the ‘I wanna be like Eddie’ effect encouraging other musicians to do the same

The song is first hiccupping Billie Joe Armstrong’s vocals, being propulsive before going all Green Day on the soaring chorus, and all poppy-arm-in-the-air-anthemic in the final… quite a predictable and stereotyped thing

Redneck rockers with makeup going nuts- all thats missing is the John Deere. The most amazing part is the jaw dropping line up these cartoon characters assemble.

shouting ‘I Saw Her Standing There’, then ‘Twist and Shout’, and wanted to go on, the power went out in the middle of the song, forcing the two rock legends to leave the stage. What were the organizers thinking? Such a duo doesn’t happen every night, is England communist Russia, or what?

Dulli is certainly getting enough out of his second coming and more power to him, but I personally don’t see anything here that would get me to a festival. Even Phillip Glass: who wants to see him play intricate symphonies from 50 million miles away?

May These Noises Unsettle You In Your Sleep – Pierce The Veil – This isn’t post-hardcore, it is post-art rock. Opens with a Theme Of the Godfather orchestration, it is joined by a bat out of hell vocal, before a rock and roll riffarama takes over. In under two minutes.

I remember the first real album I ever bought and really listened to was “Louder Now”. I remember putting it into my walkman and turning the volume up immediately. The opening track, “What’s It Feel Like To Be A Ghost?” was the first tune that really struck me. I listened to the record all the way through,

The Essential Songs of 1965 introduces “groovy” to our musical lexicon, while Robert Zimmerman off-handedly released two classic albums. Gloria Jones was busy establishing the career of Soft Cell, the Statler Brothers were harmonizing about Captain Kangaroo, and the Sonics were gobbling the world’s most interesting drugs in the Pacific Northwes

it’s kind of dreamy-pop, Beach House style minus the synth wrapped around, much more solitary, and probably made especially for people who are into this kind of emo stuff… I mean I just got the impression she was about to give up the ghost at any moment, but it is just me apparently.

“Dance this Mess Around” was so sexy and sultry and a proclamation to not being cheese “WHY WONT YOU DANCE WITH ME? IM NOT A LIMBURGER” poor dairy product. Fred is so hysterical in this with ‘the shy tuna’ and ‘do he hypocrite’, I had no idea he was gay.

Passion Pit’s upcoming sophomore album, “Gossamer,” is due out July 24. The release’s lead single, “Take a Walk,” in May to great review. There is a tremendous new following for these guys

“I’m probably going to work with my husband on this album… We’ve been writing a little bit together. He has a studio, so I definitely want to make my record there…”