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.
People are falling all over the place, from skates and waves, people are kissing each other all over the rowdy mosh pit, and Keith Morris is screaming his lungs out as usual
satiric? Actually, the entire story is a satire on rock star privilege. Or is it a parody on Courtney’s and Dave’s, and even Francis’, complete bizarreness.
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.
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
Britpop was to the British Invasion what Tony Blair was to Socialism. And Pulp were the Kinks of britpop.
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.
This is in fact Johansson’s 2006 cover of the Gershwin’s standard, remixed by 3D and DFA’s Tim Goldsworthy, buried in electronics and distortion, as you have never heard it before.
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
‘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.’
she learned it from the driver who dropped Frances and Grohl off at his Laurel Canyon home, and she is accusing Grohl of being ‘sexually obsessed with Kurt’, even adding:
When the nominations for the Rock And Roll Hall Of Fame were first announced I had mixed emotions but, in an effort to be positive, wanting to make the most of things for the fans and with their enthusiasm, I was honored, excited and hoped that somehow this would be a good thing.
They are opening a store/club in Williamsburgh because Williamsburgh doesn’t have enough and they can rub shoulder s with Pitchfork and the Dirty Projectors and everybody can be very fucking happy together
‘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.
Putting the pop into popcharts, and not one that isn’t new pop 2012 style, production and songwriting my committee. It is 1975 all over again. How bad is that? Depends upon the song
The more I listen to the Nicki, the better a pop move it feels. The proof that Madonna swiped the # 1 spot last week? Compare her to Lionel. AND, nothing seems to have much traction does it?
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+
Going in to her interview I expected alot of ‘hey man rock and roll’ swag but instead got an incredibly upbeat and diverse woman who admits to ‘going wild and getting exhausted’ behind her drum kit and sometime getting so hyper shes unable to sleep.
They all have such an incredible presence and were so fun to watch. Opening up with “Spidersong”, and older tune, the crowd immediately joined along in singing- including me. The substantially packed venue was already having a good time, and the band was just getting started.
D’une manière générale, la musique de M83 est apolitique et je refuse d’être associé a un quelconque parti, tout particulièrement le Front National…’
If you, like your fave rock nyc writer, spends more time waiting for bands to get on stage than you do sleeping, you may feel that you’ve entered a weird netherland where all rock bands (and rap and pop and even David Guetta) are playing the exact same set.
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.
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.
Is it as cool as the “n word”. Maybe not. But it it is a lot cooler than singing “the n word”. Plus? If offends nobody except for jerks. And it is better than getting chased down 125th street by a gang of enraged black people.
According to Astronautalist, it will kind of sound like a hip-hop record, with a lot of cuts as ‘There may be tracks where I freestyle for hours and hours, and we may end up using four words’.
Why would the woman who wrote “Ink Stains” sully who reputaion with questionable business practises? To appear to have sold an extra 100K units and enter the charts and #4 instead of #14?
How much integrity can one man have? It really takes miles of bottle to tell the Olympics to shove it. Makes me proud of them
This video shot while the guys were in Australia gives a great glimpse into the workings of this band. Fun and work with friends. They have a cohesive vibe that cant be faked- they love what they do, and they do it well because of that.
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.
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+
The study equally showed that in controlling and homophobic homes, people have a tendency to deny or repress any same sex attraction, as they are terrifying to admit it
Pitbull is a whole lot younger than I thought he was. A young 31 years of age and from Dade County to Worldwide. Pretty impressive! I am late to the table on the genius of this entertainers, but Im not ashamed of it, Im glad I gave him a listen
She will start her tour in Ithaca, NY, the day her album is out (June 19), and will conclude her month and half tour at the Palladium, in Los Angeles at the end of July
we don’t know if he is playing a gig -One Direction didn’t. About the only time, well, this and the Grammy’s, you’ll read One Direction and Tom Waits in the same sentence
I will probably not be the only one thinking about Tim Burton and his dark animated universe with weird wood-puppet characters when watching it
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?
