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Monica's "New Life" Reviewed

But two songs in, I found New Life revealing itself. The Wales song wasn’t bad, on the deluxe version the Rick Ross duet -Ross’s bass worked well in counter distinction with Monica’s velvety tone, the back up singers help carry Monica along on the lovely (“I wanna fall in love…”) “Catch Me. And before I knew it I was 5 songs deep.

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MFT 4-14-12

New York Mag gave this song a shout out, and I can see why but I find them very middlebrow stuff. I caught em ipening for Counting Crows around the start of their career and they were excellent, still they are like Fountains Of Wayne -distinct, tasteful, boring. By the way, Christmas is in Autumn not Winter. Grade: B

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Facebook 'Timeline', Hurting Band Pages?

Lets face it you would be hard pressed to find anyone who is a fan of the new Timeline format but I cant recall a FB change that didn’t cause a ruckus amongst the masses. People don’t like change and well Timeline is the biggest change yet.

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The Royalty “How I Like Em” Music Video, Reviewed

There is no need for anything flashy because what you want to see about The Royalty is the fact that drummer Joel Quintana, keyboardist Daniel Marin, guitarist Jesus Apodaca, and bassist Will Daugherty are all totally absorbed in their instruments and in their music. Lead singer Nicole Boudreau plays this fantastically simple

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Lily Allen, New Album 2013?

‘Lily has been in the studio trying different sounds and writing new tracks. She’s not at a stage where she can start recording but the new album is definitely under way and there’s a chance it could be released early next year.’

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Hard Rock UK: Guitar Amnesty

‘Hard Rock Cafe is urging as many people as possible to help us with this fantastic scheme. It doesn’t matter what condition the guitar is in our expert guitar technician will make them as good as new.

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MFT 4-13-12

With the exception of Odd Future, Joker may be the best new rapper around. Here he spits out his rhymes with a fast fury and has the sort of flow that feels missing too often. Grade: B+

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Spider Stacy Scolds One Direction

18 year old Niall Horan got a speaking too via tweet Tuesday morning as you can see in this photo. ‘Tell your bloody controllers to ‘let’ you go out and say hello to your 25+ young fans who’ve been out in the cold ALL DAY LONG.” The first interesting point is there are only 25 fans waiting.

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Ryan Adams Joins Haim On Stage At The Echoplex On Monday Night

The band has released a debut EP, ‘Forever’ available for free download on their website haimtheband.com, and you can have a taste of it below. I don’t know, I am not really sold at the first listening, these tracks undoubtedly have this 80s feeling that I have never been a fan of, but live is always a different experience.

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Daughtry vs Daughtry

It is hard to know whether to laugh or cry but if music is a microcosm of the real it is possible they three are lieing and it is equally possible the three are telling the truth.

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MFT 4-12-12

Litost – the Ambassadors – Is a Czech word which means a state of feeling miserable and humilaited (I can think of another: Life). It connects insult with revenge and the desire to hit back. And this indie band have written a truly drastic piece of strng laden sadness that more than lives up to it. Grade: B+

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Mayday Parade "Stay" Video Review

A soft and emo filled Derek Sanders (who needs shampoo STILL) goes on a heartfelt journey into loss. Well played with minimal acting need and the band shots are beautifully done. Are these the same Dortito eating kids we met up with two years ago?

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Two Albums In Heavy Rotation

The Verve recordings were made between 1952 thru 1957 and while not up to his 1930s material, to a neophyte such as myself, it is a little ‘tomato” or “tomartoo”. Wilson swings through dextrous, light fingered instrumental takes of dozens of standards and listening to him on the way back from the boardwalk it was the supreme match of background and upfront music.

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Jack White "Sixteen Saltines" Video Review

. First off its going to get banned cuz there are scenes of tattooing children’s faces and putting plastic bags on your head. Since society is so idiotic they don’t realize this is art- they will try it at home and some trailer park trash is going to die cuz of a Jack White tune.

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Must Read: Carole King's Memoir Just Published

Call me crazy, but how can James Taylor’s got a friender have been so resolutely straight. The party pooper in L.A.’s drug infested Laurel Canyon rock and roll party, she retreated to Idaho. IDAHO??? With three kids?? That should make for some intensely weird reading but who am I to judge even if I would be the guy unconscious in the swimming pool if I’d had been her.

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Things To Do At Delta Domestic Departure Terminal When You're Dead Tired

1970s rock ala Sirius FM. After Bowie, it is casually lousy. A string arrangement of the Eagles, a band I don’t recognize, a Cure near hit from the mid 1980s. I keep on popping up my head and trying to connect the dots but I don’t quite see the. The question is: what do you want your harried travellers to do before they ride into the sunset? The options are awful limited. essentially, shop or eat. SO what will put them in a calmed frame of mind? Muzak. Music that demands no reciprecation from the audience.

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No Blur US Tour?

Damon has made hints and allegations of a US tour since the begriming of the year and I am, on a purely personal level, majorly annoyed and you can tell him that.

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Some Thoughts On Robin Gibbs

Brothers tend to sing rwell together, and the Australian Gibbs brothers, are a mirror image of L.A.’s Wilson brothers, with Barry playing brian to the other twos Dennis and carl. And not exactly either. Maybe it is more of a Beatles story: Robin playing Paul to Barry’s John. Barry was the best looking, anyway way. Robin has always been a nerd in hunk clothing. Buoffont hairdo and sequined jumpsuit..

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MFT 4-11-12

Somewhere between going out and returning home, there is a netherword of quiet disquietude and Carole does self-conscious love all over the album and especially on this song. Grade: A-

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Glee’s “We Are Young” Reviewed

Instead of having nice smooth, slurred, descending notes on the word “tonight”, they decided to add in this terrible warbling, making it sound like “to-nye-ee-aye-ee-aye-ee-aye-ee-aye-ee-ight”. Please listen to the actual song so you know what I’m talking about; you will understand exactly

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Jack White Has Children?

Who allowed the odd Jack White to procreate? This came as a surprise to me, I had no idea. Can you imaging Jack as dad? Thirty six years old is surely old enough but I suppose I was more shocked they had never been mentioned.

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