Freezepop has continued their tradition of creating bland synth pop music but on their new EP, Doppelganger,they show that, once remixed by other artists, their songs can be more than mediocre. It kinda makes me feel bad for Freezepop but hey they’ve somehow become pretty popular with their electro fuzz when it isn’t remixed.
Many bands have tried to imitate this Laurel Canyon folk-Americana sound, but the Beachwood Sparks are the original ones, and the album promises to recapture this breezy, floating-above-your-head soundscape, animated by dreamy melodies for cool summer nights.
The story of this legendary album will come to life in documentary film form on July 26. With the obligatory ‘never before seen footage’ that includes the collapse of Keith Moon (is that a bit tacky or what?) and live concert coverage.
he world beating mongrel considers his former band, the Nitecaps, soul done through his own rock perspective so don’t expect his deep soul band covers outfit revival but more like the Nitcaps soul em and roll em. For sure, Jahn is a knock out frontman and a great guy who will be happy to say a howdy after the show.
In ‘The Rocker’, Rainn Wilson plays Fish, a drummer who got kicked off Vesuvius, a glam heavy metal band of the 80s, and then got stuck for 20 years with a boring office job. Since, he has become a living dead, but when his nephew forms a band and needs a drummer, he gets the job
You’ll even be able to check out a “never-before-seen exhibit of life-size images of Elvis’ stage-wear, which will be on display in the lobby of each venue of the tour.” Help me out here- what is a life size image of stage wear?! Photographs??
Who the heck uses postage stamps anymore? I do! I do for thank you cards and other things that require a personal touch.
The song is more poppy than usual, but the rhythm is very dynamic and the buried vocals talk about getting drunk and even worst, just perfectly trashy and decadent enough for FIDLAR, and oh yes, they have sampled this Partnership for a Drug Free America commercial featuring Henry Rollins
I could make the case that if it wasn’t for this song, the last played at a Bowery Ballroom set in February 2009, I would not have started rock nyc, “you don’t have to worry about us, we can look after ourselves…” a girls note to god , is Gareth’s mash note to the 21st Century – Grade: A+
Written in the key of E flat with a throbbing R&B inspired bass line, it was the perfect backdrop for Hollis’s soaring vocals and the springboard that launched the band to popularity.
The tune has a really fun, funky beat. It’s quite intriguing because it mixes in totally unique sounds and riffs and combines them with a few simplistic elements, making it holistically one of a kind and outstanding.
Lianne isn’t a draggy presense, she is a charming, amused MC and she stops even her weakest songs from being run of mill singer songwriter fodder with a consistently entertaining delivery. She is impossible to dislike
It’s true that the San Francisco quintet has some damn catchy foot-tapping sunny songs, like ‘California Feeling’ which would make any east-coaster move in a flash to the sunshine state.
This is a late show so be sure to get the OK from your parents/wife/ect. first. Doors are at midnight, and I’d expect the show to be going until 3:30-4am, so bring all the energy you got!
The beer with the cool label and the cooler name is only available in Sweden. Why? Because it is being unveiled at the 2012 Sweden Rock Festival, so we may never have it stateside
Excited fans, I am sorry for you, but it seems that the show has been cancelled, at least for now! According to the LA Times, which got its hands on a cancellation notice, the ‘massive’ show was supposed to happen in the streets of Burbank, near Green Day’s record label siege, Warner Bros. Records.
Conor Oberst seems to be the hottest indie guy around with shows selling out in record time. rocknyc has a couple of huge Oberst fans covering this autumns New York City show at Radio City Music Hall. Perhaps you missed out on the first round of dates or they simply weren’t close enough to get too.
They’re happy to tour with their friends. They’re grateful for Glee for their positive message. They don’t mind waking up at 5:15 to be on talk shows, they’re so grateful and happy and thrilled and honored and happy and having………………..fun
t seems to be a pretty serious accusation, and co-author Dream Hampton as well as publisher Random House are also named in the lawsuit that White submitted last week; he is seeking damages for copyright infringement and invasion of property.
OK, sure, Usher is in at # 1 for the umptenth but Confessions ended up selling 10M units, this one crept in with a lousy 128K. Looking at it this way, his last album sold triple that. Congrats to Sheeran and Rush, but for different reasons.
Four of these acts are brand new to 2012, and two are at the top. The only surprise is fun. who seem to not really belong with the dance pop phenoms that rule the single charts in this day and age. No rock, no country, no nothing… Strange, right?
With a superb lick playing all the way through the song, and Cat Power’s distilled dramatic vocals, this is actually much better than I claimed it was yesterday. Plus the hook is soooo good, “what are we doing, we’re sitting on ruin. And she makes us wait two minutes. The moral: WAIT TWO MINUTES FOR THE DAMN HOOK – Grade: A
With her short white dress, high heels and blond hair, Z Berg totally played a young Debbie Harry, taking provocative pauses, touching her hair, one hand on her hips, and just being plain sexy and quite convincing in her role of child-femme fatale.ort
The sadness is clear in every move the man makes and the passion of the song is shown in the way he mouths the lyrics like a man with a broken heart. At one point, while Rebecca sings “Oh, I’ve told you, oh, to be older.You know I’m right”, Dan hits a pole and then rests his forehead on hit and it’sa moment where I really felt the emotion of the song.
Did anyone really belive that the film Rock of Ages wouldnt bomb? It was a sure thing so much so that it could have been a well planned tax shelter inteneded to be a financial failure.
we remember Victor best for his roles in “Magical Mystery Tour”, “Help!” and best of all the prissy Television director in the woollen cardigan in “A Hard day’s Night”.as Lennon might put it: give us a kiss…
Ford, former member of The Runaways seems to be a bit melancholy and longing for the good old days now that she has split from her reportedly abusive husband David Gillette. For a bad ass rocker chick I find her describing her relationship as “Ike and Tina Turner” a bit over done.
‘I still get psychosomatically ill going to Largo, to see my friends, getting in the car, and my brother will take so fucking long—because my brother has to drive me everywhere—and I’ll start freaking out, and it won’t stop until I’m actually there.’
I am thrilled that he is sweeping through my state as well as others and now is a great time to see this insanely talented humanitarian.
In the terrible “Rock Of Ages” movie, they go out of their way to mock 1980s boy bands, but in all sincerity, Culture Club and Wham were better than any metal band of the 80s with the exceptions of Van Halen, Metallica and Guns N Roses. Just to put it all in perspective for you.
Before this update, only Spotify Premium subscribers could listen to Spotify’s streaming radio, without ads, but if you are like me and have stuck with the free access with the occasional adds, you can now stream Spotify’s radio on your iPhone, using SpotON Radio, with ads coming from different sponsors, such as Chevrolet, Heineken and McDonald’s.
Music’s power lies in its ability to function in the back and the foreground simultaneously. You can manipulate its presence by the power of your mind: if you’ve ever been listening to a song and gotten a phone call, you will see what I mean: the song instantly changes position in the levels of your brain.
So now here is third time the charm for me. July 9th (a Monday) Dirty Projectors are back at MHOW and I am willing to give it one more go despite being thoroughly unthrilled by the new single. Tix are currently on sale…
Prince And Elvis Costello – Remember when Prince wouldn’t let Elvis cover “Pop Life” and El got pissed and trashed him on the moribund “The Bridge I Burnt”… maybe it’s time for them to bury the hatchet…
The newly released Live at Montreaux was part of the tour in support of the band’s second album, and it includes tracks from both records. Since I never had a chance to see them live I couldn’t tell ya how they were with the stage presence.
Right Here – Justin Bieber, Drake – This is where modern pop veers wrecklessly into self-parody. Or rather, carefully into tedium. Written by committee, sung by automatons and produced by machines, it isn’t even catchy – Grade: D
Up until now I’ve used my Sony turntable, but it too has the old RCA plugs. It would only work on our desktop computer and was a bit of a hassle to set up, so I didn’t use it as much as I wanted to. Then I spotted the Ion Quick Flash in Barnes and Noble and snapped it up.
Spider Bags has a new album to be released on Paul Finn’s Odessa Records, and, along with the Autumn released new Titus Andronicus, it is the rock and roll event of the year. Here is what the press release says: “It’s called Shake My Head and is out August 7th. It’s a truly awesome rock record, recorded in Memphis, TN and featuring a cast of characters pulled out of the Memphis garage rock scene.”
Who is to blame for this new phenomena? The roadies? The engineers? The promoters? Why are we unable to build sturdy stages anymore? Are shows far to elaborate to actually tour?
It reminds me a bit of some of their older stuff, but it also hints at their maturity and growth since their last record, Even If It Kills Me. It holds on to their familiar sound that I know and adore, however there is a sense of newness
Headlining the festival, the eclectic hardcore-electronics-indie trio Refused, M83 and Beirut! Also scheduled, English electronic musician James Blake, noise-dance-pop Sleigh Bells, post-hardcore Quicksand (who just reunited after13 years!), psychedelic pop Yeasayer, and this is just a small sample of what you will be able to see for just $77 (the announced price for a weekend pass).
It sets me back on to that twin sized bed of long ago, muffled through the wall as I drew pictures and pondered what animals I could save if I went to journalism school to be an activist. i was 6 cut me some slack
‘Sun’, which will come out on September 4, will be her first album after a 6-year-long absence, or even 8 years if you do not take into consideration her last album which was only a collection of covers.
here comes news that Mike has formed a new band with the Music’s Rob Harvey… and no, I don’t know them either. but from Harvey has said don’t expect any vicious distillations of the cost of fame rapped in a thick accent
But sometimes, I fall upon somebody elses review of a concert I have also written about and goddamn, that clown wrote circles round me’. Maybe more often that I care to admit.
The simplistic beat with the electronic backing seems oddly un-Deathcab. Gibbards vocal still is one of the best story telling tones of all time and this version takes the song to a place it never once was.
, Juliana Hatfield namechecked the fuck outta Westerberg in her memoir and my good buddy Bill holdship wrote the liner notes to the reissues. And whenever I get around to listening to em, I don’t dislike them. But don’t color me impressed either.
‘Fjögur Pianó’ is the last song on the Icelandic band’s last effort ‘Valtari’, and it is also the most stripped down, a desolated piano going on for almost 8 minutes, with a more intense climax towards the end… in a few words, it is not something to cheer you up, but it is quite typical of Sigur Rós’ usual soundscape.
the assumption is we would be getting the Buckingham/Nicks Mac to the exclusion of just about everything else but no, even with Best coast doing “Rhiannon”. this bunch of covers digs deeper
Hot Knife – Fiona Apple – With its Burundi bottomless drums like a tribal cry of desire leading the way, Apple gets right down to the business at hand: sex. Ultimate song off her excellent new song leads you out singing but… where’s the piano? Grade: A
