Hurray for the old geezer. We here at rocknyc are Rotten fans from way back so its all the more fantastic to see no compromise his behavior despite fame and time. Lydon doesn’t behave like he’s 20 anymore but he still has the balls to be a real punk.
It seems to me that music isn’t really primary anymore, now that the big dough is in ooky stuff like them parks and films and now, advertising. The UK has a new add for a pesticide directed by Rob himself. How come we don’t get cool stuff like that?
The songstress is the founder of both Latin America in Solidarity Action and the Pies Descalzos / Barefoot Foundation. ALAS is a coalition of artists and business leaders seeking to promote integrated early childhood public policies.
How corrupt and vile the hall of Fame: these nasty little folks are loke the corleone’s writing out a hit list. It is almost the opposite of everything great about rock: dumbass egotists leaving their foul fingerprints on your imagination.
As for price, I’ve just wasted 15 minutes on the website and I still can’t figure it out. Though the Grants, Loans and Scholarships are very fucking onimous…
he has handled worldwide fame with smarts to spare. Has there been a misstep si far? I haven’t noticed it. Not only did he string his first album along for years and years, he also copped a hotter than hell rock star girlfriend. But now he gets to put all his swagger to use before The Wanted eat his lunch.
there a lot of blood and guts and it all works really, really well…. except a) it isn’t scary and b) it is hard to really give a toss about any one. Still, much better to the very similar “The Hunger Games” Ss good but nothing special
He is a rocker, not a blues or r&b guy. he does both, but he is a rocker in the same way Chuck Berry is a rocker
Soundtrack to the classic sequence (recently parodied by the Simpsons) like a stone skipping through the cement pond of summer. In definably Los Angeles. Except, the weather is blisterring hot in the sequence, the song is definably nyc, Paul Simon who wrote it is obviously thinking local, and Dustin Hoffman looks like half my friends here
“I emailed back saying Keith now resides in Golders Green crematorium, having lived up to the Who’s anthemic line ‘I hope I die before I get old’. If they have a round table, some glasses and candles, we might contact him.
‘There was definitely a deep-pink-sunset feeling I wanted. When I was younger my dad would get tapes of temp music for film soundtracks, and I remember one was ‘Thief’ by Tangerine Dream from that Michael Mann film. It just felt so cold and lonely and beautiful at once.’
On that high def screen that was twice the size of my car was Country Music Television- it was music video time! I do not live in the country. I do not like the country or country music so what went down for the next 45 minutes was a terror trial that I am proud to say I survived.
I have seen them live numerous times and at one point they opened or headlined like five shows in a row- I see them more than I see my brother. The best part is I don’t mind. I have enjoyed their act each time, and each time there has been a slightly different vibe. Time for these kids to catch a break.
“Try not To Cry” -a re-write of Lennon’s “I Found Out”, which is as bare faced an expression of loss, it wears its sorrow right in your face: “I try not to cry over you”? McCartney would claim it was just a little blues number, in reality it was a cry from the heart.
brainless people were buying a lot of hoodies to keep themselves warm,… pffff, as if the meteorology reports hadn’t warned them! And, reportedly, the hoodies prices went suddenly from $45 to $55 according to some guy on Facebook
Red Hot Chili Peppers suing Showtime Networks over the TV show called ‘Californication’, the same name used by the band for their Grammy-nominated 1999 album, is different because the RHCP made up that word, so they kind of owned it…. but even in this case, when the word is out there, and caught up by others, is it still yours?
dangerous Method” is the story of Sigmund Freud and Carl Jung’s friendship in the early 1900s and their subsequent rift as Jung went on to delve into into the archetypes of mankind and Freud kept obsessing about sex. The Kiera Knighlly character, a sexually hysterical patient whose earliest experience was being spanked by Daddy
I can hear what people like about Clay Class, but it is a downer in extremis. The single release “I Want You” has the worst song name in history, couldn’t they think of anything better? And the song is all handpicled guitar notes and harmonies. Definably an acquired taste.
Campaign yard signs can be purchased here and the full list of tour dates is below. Should constituents choose to post pictures of their yard signs to the band’s Facebook page, they will be rewarded with an unreleased MP3 from the campaign committee. Become a delegate and support Deer Tick’s policies NOW! They Want YOU!”
We are insecure animals, and being worshipped makes us happy and unsure at the same time. It gets in the way of who we really are. but it is addictive
Plus a ton of singles, including the new Maroon 5, Timbaland and Best Coast. The White is a real sneak peak, it is playing on ITunes and I was gonna mention that there is an AMEX presale today at 12p for White at Webster Hall on the 27th
Sounds like Steely Dan in blues-jazz mode, and while it is a specific subject, it feels like a wider net. With lines like “never had to worry about the cost of living”, the fall of the characters she is listing may have something to do with the economy. Or even the blues itself. Grade: B
I think it was just my naivety, but I was unaware that the tunes were direct allusions to Oberst’s drugging. I knew that “Lua” was definitely about self-medicating, but now with that fact in mind, and listening to the record, you can tell what he means when he mentions “these bars are filled with things that kill; by now you probably should’ve known”.
Watching made me remember how charismatic Becketts voice was. A handsome kid who got tangled up in the same ol ‘Fueled For Ramen” scene of Fall Out Boy and just missed the mark. What a beautiful sound when the girls aren’t screaming along.
Courtney started her usual dispirited singing that I still find horrible – but if you like this style, it is actually efficient – and she came back on stage for the second song, at the crowd overwhelming demand for an encore.
“I dreamt I saw Joe Strummer last night alive as you or me, said I but but Joe you’re ten years dead, punk never died, said he, punk never died said he
So was it a good move? Shocking enough? So déjà vu? Jim Morrison did it in the late 60s!! Still, the Black Lips managed to get some press, even on Christwire.org!
Orlando Bloom, Jordana Brewster, Julie Delpy, Zooey Deschanel, Jane Fonda, Dave Grohl and Nate Mendel of Foo Fighters, Woody Harrelson, Joan Jett, Quincy Jones, Miranda Kerr, Jason Lewis, Lykke Li, Chris Martin, Jayma Mays, Gwyneth Paltrow, Richard Perry, James Ransone, Amy Smart, Gwen Stefani and Tony Kanal of No Doubt, Kristen Stewart, Rumer Willis, Reese Witherspoon and more…
All too often you find yourself reviewing Adam Duritz’s hair when you should be reviewing his band. And that’s not fair. because his hair is awful. So I listened to the album, and there is maybe two songs that don’t make me want to string him up by his wig. I might even claim that if you have never heard the original “Return Of The Grievous Angel” before, this plodding cover is alright. But the “Ooh La La” is a witless abomination, all the humor distilled from Ronnie Lane’s creation. And any way… why not review his hair? Grade: D+
, Video didn’t kill the radio star, video made radio stars. I mean seriously, would there be as many boy bands with limo’s if there weren’t videos? Ok, some may debate that there were boy bands before music video and of course there was, but that actually required talent- now all ya need is a good haircut.
the first time I’ve heard them and I’ve been spinning around their catalog and it is ridiculously great. First jeffry Lewis, now Lambchop -geez, maybe I should hang up my typewriter. Lambchop are playing the Bell House on Friday and if I am making the trip to Brooklyn, so should you.
Adele is back at number one, Bruce and Madonna are missing in action, Jessie J, Lana, Emii, Ed and David have been hanging around all year, Alabama Shakes is a surprise and Nicki Minaj isn’t.
So Carly leads and Justin follows and the charts are filled with the sound of pop. Goye and fun., one hit wonders? Could be, could maybe go the other way.
Ooh La La – The Faces – Ronnie Lane took lead vocals and laughed at his Granddad’s lessons about women’s ways. Ronnie doesn’t listen and, like all of us, pays the price. grade: A+
There are two million remixes of his song ‘Somebody That I Used To Know’, there is milking a cow and there is animal cruelty. When you have a hit, let it be a hit, lets not have the disco, reggae, hardcore, symphonic and salsa version of that same dumbass song.
To promote their new album ‘Buh’, just released on Neurotic Yell Records, the six-piece band unleashed all their craziness in the store on Friday night, even bringing along a few die-hard fans who were soon dancing in the alleys.
James Murphy is the master of ceremonies of all hip puppets. I have to stop and note that ‘hip puppets’ was a typo, I was to write ‘his puppets’ talk about your Freudian slips. His fans wont go away, they wont even acknowledge the band is gone and really there is no reason too.
Madonna’s favorite French designer, Jean Paul Gaultier, recently appointed as the creative director of the famous drink, has designed two Diet Coke bottles: one is similar to his favorite outfit, his eternal nautical sweater, the other is all sexed-up and looks like one of these lacy cone bra leotards he created for Madonna.
So what should I do? Be mean, and rejoice because the weather is actually horrible? There were strong thunderstorms on Friday afternoon, it was raining hard in Los Angeles, and I can only imagine what it has been over there, as the desert always has the most dramatic weather
First Loudon, who owes us a goodie after his last tribute album was DOA, then Rufus, who can’t really compete with his brilliant requiem for his Mom. Next, two demo albums which we hope are more than archival interest. And finally, a new Neon Trees at last!
September 19th, 21st and 22nd. A Wednesday, Friday and Saturday. I am probably gonna pass. I will have seen him twice this year by then and despite my hops, i bet he is still leaning too hard on the new album, and i am not in the market for a third dose of the godawful “Wrecking Ball”.
Who knows more about love than Weezy? And where better to love and be loved than prison? Well that is where the words of love came together. The follow up release to last years double platinum LP ‘Carter IV’ will be called ‘Devol”
Don’t let the Tangerine Dream band name fool ya, this is Ry’s son Joachim Cooder’s project for guest vocalists. The song features Inara George and it simply can’t be much better, a gorgeous synthy soundscape that doesn’t lose a deep connection to the song. Grade: A-
Strummer was an activist and remains a powerful and inspirational force whose art, convictions and energy spans the decades and inspires all. Proceeds from the festival will go towards Joes passions.
I love her! First of all, she calls Courtney Love her ‘biological mother’, a way to distance herself from the monster, as if her birth had happened by accident, then she confirms her relationship with Isaiah Silva, frontman of the Rambles.
terrific, inventive, wildly literate and amusing and scary nyc disapora track after another is nothing but a revelation : no, not Dylan, it’s like he is expanding on Lou Reed’s masterpiece New York, without Robert Quine.
C’mon now they should be happy. Without the Brit boys they would never have gotten as much press, and their ITunes wouldn’t be a buzz with buyers. If youre still doing Battle of the Bands three years later you take what you can to get your name in the papers.
Take autographs: “When I was younger I would sign girls’ butts and boobs. I’ve never signed anyone’s penis, but I’d love to!” he quipped in an interview with Kerrang! magazine.
Gibson terrorizing his surrounding, constantly insulting people around him with the worst offensive vocabulary you can imagine.
