I Got News for You – Off! – This stuff never gets old, though Keith may one day. A speedy, noisy proto-hardcore three chord wonder off one of the Eps now snuggled into a first album, I haven’t seen them live yet but I will – Grade: A
With Nick Waterhouse’s music, you are bound for a complete time travel, even before the 60s had actually happened, in a time when female singers still sang these shooo-wop backup harmonies, when saxophones were a large part of the game, when it was all about ensemble.
Wolfe and Schooner come across as journeyman who can’t seem to twist away from the journey. Forget swimming pools and hookers, how about diapers and holidays in Disneyworld?
All well and good but still Twitter annoying. Until I saw the video. Let me tell you that getting video at the Webster is tougher than sneaking booze in to prom, so I am not sure how this can be ‘fan video’..but its outstanding.
I immediately disagreed with a few of the decisions made about featured artists; Nicki Minaj and Taylor Swift were two featured artists that I was disheartened to see on Strange Clouds. However, after having listened to this album many, many times, I’ver ealized that B.o.B. got every detail of his songs right
I am a huge Van Morrison fan and have a working knowledge of every album he ever released. SO, with the help of Wikipedia… here is every Van album reviewed and graded.
It is absolutely fantastic how each time they have managed to catch a tiny detail in the photographs and expanded it to a bigger dimension, letting us enter into the life of these people,… and sometimes it may just be a sad and worried look of a little boy.
I am not a fan of biopics, they all turn to be about the same story, but movie producers keep making some, so I suppose one about Jimi Hendrix was unavoidable.
Yup, I am gonna try for both of them. Los Campesinos last two albums were disappointments and when I caugh em two years ago at Webster Hall I was aghast. But, like I said, two years ago nd Garth is a true original wacko and LPR is a terrific room.
rocknyc has interviewed Bryce twice and have found him to be an intelligent and deeply spiritual man. A refreshing sense in an ego stormed rock world. First up is a free dowload from the acoustic tour that took place last summer.
But wait, bookies are indicating that May 19th is the day to hit the DVR. Saturday Night Live guest host and musical guest is Mick Jagger. The question becomes who is going to back him? That God awful side project with the bad name or Charlie, Keith and Ron?
This music is so intensely beautiful it took me entirely surprise. I expected to give it a coupla minutes and move on. Pat has a beautiful soprano to falsetto voice with a disquieting edge. he sounds like he is haunting his own songs.
‘This isn’t tolerated whatsoever,’ an executive said. ‘We need to show more respect to the people at home. It’s like he can’t be bothered. This isn’t a mickey-mouse satellite channel, this is the BBC where high-production values are key. He’s making a mockery of the show.’
had talked about taking a vacation before, but always ended up in the studio after two weeks, so no one believed me. This time, though, I was serious. I was going to give myself a year to do the things I never get to do. Simple things like play with my nephew, pick him up from school, visit museums, go to concerts…
Automatic Systematic Habit – Garbage – Electronic hard rock dance that mess field day and Shirley is in very fine voice. If this is anything to go by, Garbage made it back. Grade: B+
No “Night Moves”???? But it really doesn’t matter, from “Skin The Cat” to, dedicated to Jake’s own Mama in the audience, “Take Your Mama”, to a set closing spectacular “I Don’t Feel Like Dancin'” which got an audience that hadn’t stood still dancing even more, it made SS claim that this was like playing the family basement all the truer and all the more intimate and more more more fun.
It was a very young crowd, at a few exceptions, constantly using their iPhones and jumping at the same time, the sort of ADD-multi-task-crowd that goes with this constantly-jumping-to-the-next-tune entertainment. Nothing goes on for a very long time, it’s all about the immediacy and the next song to come.
Its the arrogance that makes me want to kick him in the cup. As if he is doing us a favor by being so cool. The interview shows the more idiotic side of Manson as he whines about how the record company interfered with his art
I am not offering a blanket condemnation, the title track, “Jericho”, “Welcome To the Ball” are all very good songs. But they can’t keep the album, a conceptual mish mash and a silly move into the mainstream, afloat. It is his worst album to date… though still pretty damn good.
In any case, haven’t all the melodies already been invented, all the styles been set up and isn’t the future of music more or less a rehashing of the past? After all there must be a limited amounts of chord progressions and aren’t all current most successful songs kind of trite…
“Censorship mattered more than the content of the Pistols. If you’re going to be celebrating what is great about Britain, the honesty of the Sex Pistols is one of those things. If you censor the words of any one song, you’re killing the honesty and I couldn’t tolerate that.”
I may not share the Daila Lama’s spiritual convictions (you know, the reincarnation stuff is plain crazy to me) but his message of love and peace is a very positive one, and being recognized by such a man tells a lot about who Adam Yauch was.
I mean back in the day he was swoony as hell and women whipped their underwear at him. At the time having a pair of pink fruit of the looms whipped at the stage was the ultimate in sex symbol swag. I, for one, at age 4 found him to be the most delightfull of gents and was darn sure that dude would make me his wife.
Her songs are strong enough, the buzz around her loud, she hobnobs with the stars, and she can write a song. If English is her second language it is damn hard to tell, and there is a sophisticated pop ready veneer to her. A just waiting to break. But I remain ambivalent. I am not in love with her voice and sometimes it is all a touch to uber-romance blahblah-y.
As Alyson wrote of yesterrday, Coldplay tributed MCA. The difference here is our opinions of the action. I didn't know if i should laugh or cry when I saw this.
Enrique Iglesias was worse. A mediocre set came to a complete halt when he brought out a child, she couldn’t have . It was one of the most mortifying thing I’ve ever seen. He was THIRTY YEARS OLD FOR GOD’S SAKE. He should have been arrested on the spot
But I think it is probably more than simply listening to loud music as a teenager and more a predisposition to the debillitating injury. It’s not just ear ringing, but mind bending headaches as well. in the end, if Martin can’t hear music properly, how can he maintain his career?
Wow, this couldn’t suck mych more of it bought an I Suck For the USa and stuck it on its Chevy. Keane? Exist to make Coldplay look cool. I have only heard one song off the Damon album so it is hard to judge but if I had to…
Classy smooth jazz cat with a wicked sense of humor and, like many a jazz man before him, got picked up in Europe before the US. Perhaps it is the salted dryness of his tongue in check humor. Why doesn’t he worry? Because he knows nothing it is going to go right – Grade: A
The band is the missing link between LA hardcore and hip hop and funk. Andy Gill of Gang Of Four produced their first album. And they still let this mash determine their temperature, in their closeted, self-amazed world of drugs and rock and roll in the same world Warren Zevon revelled in.
As the Boys once stated, “It’s not how you play the game, it’s how you win it.” The Beastie Boys were pioneers that fearlessly popularized a new style of music and continuously explored new avenues of creative expression
Take a look at this official announcement video. Things are looking pretty good! But why are they using an old tune in the back ground? C’mon they could have snuck in a bit of new, instead just plain studio silliness.
Think what you want about Moore, but he is a daring individual, as he was asked if he would like to record a poem or maybe make a music video of some of the songs, and he said, ‘I could just sing a song’. People laughed but he ended up recording Bob Dylan’s ‘The Times They Are A Changin’ with Bob’s approval.
Imagine the Runaways if they were lead by Lita Ford and deeply influenced by MIA and you have an idea of the excitement and wonder that is Sleigh Bells -one of the best bands around
So for the finale we get Mick Jagger. Jagger has been the musical guest twice and if you ever saw the mirror bit with him and Jimmy Fallon then you know he has a wonderful sense of humor. He really doesn’t need it considering half of the writers are missing that laugh gene.
So if the trend seems to be towards healthy eating habits, there are a few exceptions: before a concert, M.I.A. sure asks for fresh fruit and vitamins, but she also requests absinthe!!! Adele wants Italian, French or Spanish wines, and Courtney Love is supposedly a sugar addict
New week means new shows, or reruns served up on paper plates. Usher on Saturday Night Live, and that isnt paniful at all. I have to say this is the best week for music on television in a very long time!
I mean how can Chris Martin play this song this way whereas it was supposed to be a joke filled with rap gimmicks, rowdiness, disrespect and cream pies in everyone’s face? It’s an ode to having fun for the sake of it, it’s a paaaaarty song and Martin wants to make you cry with it?
But wait.. what do I notice about the dates? No headlining New York City, and No headline date for Boston? Minaj will only touch the Northeast with these radio deals. Again, I must stress that if you don’t play these citys you are not on tour.
wasn’t insane over the Unplugged album, but man can she sing. And Florence + The Machine at radio City Music Hall is about about big as it gets. Listening to the setlist, I am psyched in another pretty good week. On Tuesday.
With the exception of Rufus not much happenning here. But what is very strange is how Lana has held on since the begining of the year. Admirable, but strange.
Kinda drag here, except for B.o.B. not much action on the UK charts. As for carly, talk about the right song at the right time!
Good Times Theme – Silver Screen Symphony – Easy Credit rip offs? Temporary layoffs? The theme from the Inner City ethnic comedy couldn’t decide if they believed in them or not, but for all the edge, it was a blueprint for the arrived Jeffersons and top of the food chain. The song is a catchy so and so, pure, er, dy-no-mite – Grade: A-
Readying myself for Saturday’s Red Hot Chili Pepper’s concert at Prudential, I was listening to their music and found my self at “Give It Away”. For RHCP life occured in two parts, before and after “Give It Away”. This is probably true of many, although not all, succesful bands
What’s the deal with Wayne Coyne and blood, he keeps splashing his face with fake blood during concerts, he has already printed posters with his own blood, and now this! I am just wondering two things: How come the blood is not coagulating if this comes from several people?
I’m not sure why he would do this- unless of course he was sitting around in his garage and someone recorded it and smuggled it out and put it on the internet as a cruel joke.
With the sad passing of Adam Yauch, all kinds of tributes are going on everywhere. If the Beastie Boys were from New York, they certainly were also deeply connected with Los Angeles culture and a map of the Beastie Boys LA landmarks was set up by local radio KPCC
Well then lets not have ABC left out of the mix. John Legend is set to partake in a new series called “Duets”. The show will have celeb singers criss crossing the country looking for that perfect singing partner.
6. Kathllen Edwards at Webster Hall gave overshare whole new vistas of meeting, she calls her boyfriend Justin Vernon anything she fucking wants to because she has size 12 boots on April 28th.
Masters Of My Make-Believe – Santigold – The poor man’s MIA only kills once, the mindbending beats ahoy Karen O “GO!”. The rest of this eagerly awaited dance pop album, is jam packed with modern tropes from soulful ballads to Africana tom tom hooks. But it is less than its parts – Grade: B+
