You’d think I’d have something snarky to say about the Beach Boys, buncha old dudes in Hawaiin shirts, right? Wrong. These are some way cool cats and you whippersnappers should pony up for some schooling.
Rufus’ latest, Out Of The Game, is as good as anything else in his career, better than whole chunks of it. “Jericho” alone reminds you what a terrrific melodist this man. he is like a Morrissey cum Jeff Buckley vocal mish mash with even greater operatic undertones, writing songs that Elton John could’ve imagined
LP, real name Laura Pergolizzi, a young and petite woman dressed up like a guy with a head full of brown locks, took the stage with her four musicians, and wow, as soon as she opened her mouth, people were on the floor, as her voice was really powerful, operatic and effortless
Browne was in a great mood but his insecurities shined through from time to time. “This isn’t just vindication for me, it’s vindication for you as well. It proves you were right for sticking with me all these years.” No, actually, it vindicated nothing more than that he was buddies with Jann Wenner
For historic value, The Legendary Demos is an “A+”, a must own. But as music, it is a complete irrelevance. Tracking song after tracking song. This is not a collection of some Carole King’s solo and some of Goffin And Kings works in progress, it is not the deams show, how we constructed, what was added or removed, or moved or developed or without the hook: there isn’t a lightbulb moment
Some websites are suggesting White may appear in the movie, but Bruckheimer is just excited by the idea as he told Variety:
‘Jack’s an amazing songwriter with a unique style. We’re thrilled to hear his fresh take on the William Tell Overture.’
Together the team invested a lot of time and effort into this kick ass project: “We worked on the lyrics intensively to really give the songs a lot of meaning and that special emotional depth. I think that these are some of the best lyrics ever, period.
… Yelawolf is OK, nothing great. But he is a better rapper than Sheeran. Sheeran is a better singer-songwriter than Yelawolf is a rapper, so altogether, they are coming together for one of the least memorable collaborations in recent memories.
Iggy, king of the do whatever I please, is about to release a new album of songs that have inspired him. That alone is the coolest thing ever cuz seriously, what inspires someone who has inspired so many? I love the idea! But Iggy is Iggy..so he has opted to sing all of the songs… in French.
When last seen, Eliza was singing at a Coca Cola sponsored Olympic torch relay campaign to find young people to carry the torch… which I do for one of the best of the chick Brit pop stars out there. Grade: A
See killing costs coin, so I hope he invested well from his “Wango Tango” days. Nugent wounded a bear with a bow and arrow then killed another- a violation of the 1per customer rule
It is her first new song in seven years, and her voice, over a delicate orchestration, is as powerful and angry as ever, exploding a few times during the song.
A proud stoner Willie speaks his mind and pays the price – ya gotta respect him for not being a hypocrite that’s for sure! The unveiling was fitting on April 20 – or 4/20, which is slang for smoking marijuana
Give credit where due, against tremendous odds, Lisa Marie Presley appears to have made herself a model lifestyle. An occassional marriage to Michael Jackson sure, but most, a Scientology flirtation alright. But mostly, she has kept her end of the bargain and taken thefinancial, and fame gifts her father left her and is living a good life. Except musically.
“Be careful what you wish for! It’s a f**king no-man’s land out there at this point,” he told Kerrang! magazine. “The rules have changed so much, and the tips I might have given out when the music industry was easier to understand really don’t apply any more
The odd thing about this festival is the other bands taking part. Saturday’s schedule also features Modest Mouse, The Gaslight Anthem and Lucero on the Orion main stage. With other stages tagged “Fuel,” “Damage Inc.” and ‘Frantic,”
Now comes news that a movie of the recording of the album is in the works from Virgin Films (aka Richard Branson) and if they get it even close to write it should be a great great thing! I say Guy Pierce for Keith, Johnny Depp for Mick.
As we are looking at old clips of the life of some star who hasn’t existed (yet), a made-up nostalgia for a dream rather than anything else, the question of authenticity arises, as it is usually the case for Lana Del Rey.
Here is a piece of rock legend for you: folk icon walks into a bar, stieals Ronnie Hawkins back-up band for himself, and walks out. The year was 1965, the band were the Hawks, later the Band, Bob Dylan was the star, Levon Helms the drummer. 46 years later, Levon is dead from lung ca
Among the 10 tracks, many songs will be famous French standards, like Joe Dassin’s ‘Si tu n’existais pas’, Serge Gainsbourg’s ‘La Javanaise’, Edith Piaf’s ‘La Vie En Rose’, Georges Brassens’ ‘Les Passantes’, and Henri Salvador’s ‘Syracuse’, but he has also chosen to cover Harry Nilsson’s ‘Everybody’s Talkin’, Yoko Ono’s ‘I’m Going Away Smiling’, Cole Porter’s ‘What Is This Thing Called Love?’, The Beatles’ ‘Michelle’, and Frank Sinatra’s ‘Only The Lonely’.
”For me, the David Guetta stuff just doesn’t work. I don’t really wanna go there. There’s other artists, that’s their sound.’They feel in order to thrive interrnationally that they gotta do straightforward, four on the flour, David Guetta, Pitbull music.
Layna Cloud got these hardcore boys quite right in her live review leading todays posts. Don’t let the asinine animal masks concept put you off, this is astounding kitchen sink post-hardcore attack, retreat modern pop. This is gonna break at some point.-and four years on, now wouldn’t be a bad time – Grade: A
With a cigarette almost constantly in one hand, William Control’s infectious synth and bass beats overpowered any trace of horrible scene kid music that I was hoping to avoid.This still pervaded the show even when he faced technical difficulties
What stunned me more than the precision of this event is the crowd itself. Worcesters hardcore scene is vicious but this was a brotherhood that I had not seen before. Could be that they were on best behaviour so they wouldn’t miss their faves but regardless there was a lot less smack talk going on.
Record Store Day was a huge success. I ended up amongst a frenzy of fellow vinyl-lovers, eager to look through various 45s and new exclusive releases. I ended up selecting Bayside’s acoustic album, The Shins’ Simple Song/September LP, and The Wonder Years’ The Upsides.
Even famous and renowned musicians have called music bad and good, Duke Ellington said that ‘There are two kinds of music. Good music, and the other kind’, and Louis Armstrong said about the same thing:
First up Marilyn Manson reciting his song ‘Overneath The Path Of Misery’, from his upcoming ‘Born Villain’ LP which is out on April 30th. Well, one thing is for certain he like to speak using his ‘spookyvoice’ and that choppy edit is pure Manson.
Helen, who has all the ins with the PR departments, got the list and there is something attached, apparent 50 odd pages, and I can’topen it from work, but I’ll try it when I get home… Still, here is my big exclusive. Unmourned, Pah!
Mayhem Festival is usually the summer tour sponsodred by Rockstar Energy Drink. Rockstar leader Kevin Lyman stated .”We are just excited to get to put this together,” he stated. “It has been a fun process for both of us and really allows us to expand the Mayhem brand and good times.”
And he was not making allusion to the fact the rapper appeared as a hologram two weekends in a row in Coachella, no, he was reanimating the persistent urban legend, suggesting that the real Tupac may be still alive:
‘Maybe the question is… Pac’s not really dead… Pac’s somewhere else.’
None of it rings true to him, none of it is satisfying. The lies he has been telling himself, his innocence over the pain he has caused, his childishness,crashes around him. “Goddam make me cry”, Conor moans and it is the end of his childhood. he has changed from a boy seeking to revenge, to a man who has to work out what he wants from women. He has been humbled by the confrontation with the girls pain.
As soon as he saw her, Magnum rushed over to her and asked ‘Are you okay?’ then he ‘walked over to make sure she was okay’ when she was carried from the stage, and ‘he waited until the girl was on her feet and offered words of well wishes’.
If there is a Cobain solo album I will write the sucker into the ground, until then shut up about Cobain and let him do what he so badly wanted to do. So badly he left Francis to her Godforsaken Mom, who at least lived through it for her. Be left alone. It is the least he deserves. And the most he deserves.
Figure their ‘Jugaloo”s are basically social outcast kids who just want to be cool. Fair enough, who doesn’t. Its just unfortunate that Insane Clown Posse couldn’t have better music. I would totally hop on board for the psychological fascination alone
Over a decade later, III has fulfilled his contract with Curb who have gone to the well of outtakes for an eigth time on a six album deal, and culled odds and sods from the outtakes off his first two albums.
About time Beyonce released some remixes off 4, a shame she decided not to shell the bucks and get in a heavy hitter. no Red One here. And for Carole, the legendary seems like a come on. These demos appear culled from all parts of her career. Certainly as a Tin Pan Alley songwriter, there should be at least some stuff of great interest.
Off what many (not me, I loved it) consider Dylan’s worst album, Bobby first Dylanize it, then he slows it down and turns the minor country classic into a dirge, as though it has already hit the wall – Grade: A-
that mix of vulnerability and ego, ecstatic foul mouthed exuberance and self-aware been there done that in your face honesty, is a full on look into one of the greatest artists, and celebrities, ever. It is a disaster play, and also not really a play
By golly, It IS RECORD STORED DAY! I have to say it was Mary Magpies idea to go there in the first place. She has picked up a retro turntable and suddenly is queen hipster so we went to check out what they had, not even realizing they could be celebrating this event,
I don’t Want You to Die’ is a sad and overly sentimental song which simply starts with a melancholic piano and Wayne Coyne‘s strange falsetto singing… the first lines of Lennon’s ‘Imagine’!!
Well get this they’re about to embark on a three date reunion tour. Can a tour be 3 dates? Heralding themselves as the kings of NYHC, they aren’t even playing New York City. What the hell is that about?
In association with the David Lynch Foundation, Amoeba had organized a party at Space 15 Twenty for the release of ‘Music That Changes The World’, a box set available on this special day and featuring 34 exclusive tracks by renowned artists.
Coachella is for Cubscouts who like camping and pretending its Woodstock and looking at tiny dots that make the bleachers at Metlife feel like the best seats in the house, while bands they would have been a million times better off seeing while they toured their town, lecture you about war and charity and deem to play from a mile away before leaving the 99% to their woes and getting fucked up with Rihanna and Thom Yorke in the VIP area.
From the twangy fresh faced love struck sexually neutral start, to the flower power hippie vegan, to the stoner hip chain smoker he was able to keep his mug in the news. A nice kid that we spoke to at Warped Tour but just a bit annoying.
According to Pitchfork which got it from Dragcity, on Saturday April 21, record stores were selling Bonnie ‘Prince’ Billy condoms!
M&A’s new album the lead singer Dave Davison songs a lot like Dave Longstreth and the weird meetings of art beats and twinkling vibrations with catchy rock hooks puts the band somewhere in their own terrain.
Roy Orbison! That alone makes this week a good week for television. We do need to get through a week of Train, Daughtry and Vince Gill but heck we have been through much worse.
This is not the complete “Pearl” sessions -Janis last album and released just before her death, but it is the best we have and the minutiae of inflection and attack are more important here than elsewhere.
I don’t Mraz, but he is sure catchy enough that if one song clicks there will be no getting away from the damn thing. Same goes for Train. Otherwise, this is hanging steady and going nowhere… not bad, though. Not bad.
really wanted to hate Conor, he looks like Ed Sheeran’s KID BROTHER!!! But it is a really good song, that new beats hip hop plus boy band singer songwriter groove. Alsom, why the hell is “Ordinary People” on the UK charts. I have no clue
