Arcade fire was not there to encourage aspiring musicians as Springsteen did, they were rather addressing the current socio-economic situation in Haiti and the efforts of their non profit organization, Partners In Health.
This film was about a singer and her stalker (played by Kevin Costner) and was a huge success but if Whitney hadn’t died- I doubt highly there would have been all the hoopla being given for the anniversary of its release.
The truth is, as we grow old we suck the life force out of rock and roll by not leaving it, not letting teenagers, who own it, to keep it. But what do you do when Chuck Berry is in his 80s? “Ring ring goes the bell” was a distance memory when Berry first wrote it, what is it today?
The record marks a return to the piano-bass-drums trio format heard on his classic early records such as the live 11-17-70. What? No more dance crap? Can this be happening?
it is the track listing of Nicki Minaj’s new album Pink Friday: Reloaded, dropping April 3rd, essential the first album plus extra tracks. Oh, look, Cam’ron is making an appearance.
Ben is known for his folksy blues inspired rock as much as his humanitarian efforts. I have nothing unkind to say about him other than the fact that he got Jack Johnson his record deal. That the world could have done without.
Be aware that these tickets are gonna fly as soon as they are on sale! The rest of her dates are European ones, so the diva will totally ignore you, middle America, sorry!
For me as a person, it just doesn’t work. I just need something else. The seconds after a man reaches climax, that’s like the realest moment of your life. If I don’t want you next to me in that 15, 20 seconds, then there’s something wrong.
Now I fell bad for, er, weighing in at all on the topic. I mean, it’s not like she is obese. A little on the large side, sure. But nothing that horrendous. I mean she isn’t Solomon Burke, right?
Safe And Sound – Taylor Swift – I’ve ragged on this before, an ordinary folk song from the just released “Hunger Games” soundtrack produced by the way over rated Burnett. I’d like to take that Mandolin and smash it to little pieces. Grade: B
‘That’s just my way of saying hi to someone. What was on the tape? Just a bunch of crazy shit I’ve been listening to: a bunch of Lil B, some Burzum. I haven’t heard back from him about it yet.’
Nearly every single original hint of emotion is lost. Only Conor Oberst’s voice can pull of his songs. Brandon Flowers’ voice just simply isn’t made for the types of songs BE does.
Dryness is the new lightness, Pitchfork are dry because they are important, Billboard is dry because it’s important, Spin is dry because nobody knows how to write…I can’t tell you what AP is like because they’ve built an impenetrable wall round their website just in case somebody wants to read em.
‘When I set out to make this beer, I was going for something with a clear taste and a full flavor. Instead I got a pretty decent buzz. We had a great time creating this beer and I hope you enjoy it as much as I do…”
That’s 70,000 units moved per night. 140,000 in total and suddenly Madonna is half way to a # 1 album and she has done absolutely nothing. This is somewhat borderline,
I never take any music with me when I run marathons, it is simply too long and I want to avoid another friction around the ears, but I have enough music memorized to entertain myself… I was playing in my head the songs I have played on my iPod lately, from the Bad Brains, to Ceremony, Fucked up, Iggy and the Stooges.
a sincerely tongue in cheek spin, with Jonah Hill (so good in “Moneyball) as the nerd and Channing Tatum (so good in… hold on, give me a second) as the hunk, going back to High School to uncover the Mr. Big who is dealing a deadly designer drug.
the early Pentagram stuff on their compilation First Daze Here needs no excuse whatsoever from me. It is outrageously great hard metal with a great vocalist -who can sound an awful lot like Jim Morrison, and stunning guitar. You can believe it should make it big. And When Sean Pelletier, a vinyl junkie addicted to music hears it, it changes his life
The new tune is called ‘Looking for a Sign’ and of course it is not the first time Beck has contributed to a soundtrack, from HBO series ‘True Blood’ to ‘Scott Pilgrim Vs the World’, there is a long list.
“I’m really upset by the timing of this. CAMP tour will go on, but dates will be postponed. … All tickets will be honored for whatever date they’re moved to. In some cases there will be more tickets available because the venues will be bigger
Is there a worst moment in rock and roll history than the wayBono sings “mmmmm” in “Moment Of Surrender”?. He should spend eternity in purgatory for that alone.
Some week, eh? I’m going to see Odd Future tonight, so didn’t even wait till Spotify put it up. But it is some week any way: The Shins, Margot, T-Bone (which got a lousy 3 out of 4 in RS which means it’s probably the absolute pits) and Jack White…
Getting ready for this weeks Odd Future and Black Keys concerts explains two of em, checking out the UK charts explains two others, and Gilbert has a new Greatesr hits. And why not?
Black 47 were the greatest rock and roll band in the world. Celtic rockers who not only sang of, but lived, the Irish immigrant life in New York City. But not the potato famine refugees become cops and politicians, wild eyed rockers living on the lower East Side and playing CBGB’s twice a month. A one of us first generation American dreamer
Let’s just say their cover has nothing to do with William Shatner’s take on it, it is faster and more riotous than the original of course!
Perhaps they gave us this so that every other song would be stellar in comparison? Maybe this was a mistake? A favor to some ones kid? There has to be a legitimate reason
Elliott’s afterlife has never been so uneasy. How many articles do I read which are mentioning his death? A lot! I should say all the articles about Elliott Smith mention his death.The authors talk about ‘murder or suicide’ in the best-case scenario….
There should be no story telling with the techno beat. We should be hearing lines about getting drunk, getting wasted and fucking- that’s it.
‘Twitter creates a bond and loyalty with her fans who otherwise may be tempted to download her music illegally. Of course, it doesn’t hurt that tweets from @ladygaga automatically appear on her Facebook page, which has over 49 million likes’.
You betcha it’s tainted. You show me one bad word about the Hall Of Fame in Stone. Just one. You can’t. It is one exclusive piece of fluffy propaganda after another.
The thought of Smalls children having great lives pleases me no end. It is like the end of Wuthering Heights, where the two children become closer despite Heathcliff’s efforts.
There is some mention that an alternate tribute. The Stones might play multiple nights in major markets in place of extensive touring. Easier on the disposition at that age.
Not only did I not like Odd Future at T5 last year, U don’t much like “Rella” either. But “Rella” is growing on me and “NY (Ned Flander)” is better and this gig, on Tuesday, is at the vastly superior Hammerstein Ballroom, plus I have a balcony seat so I might see something without dying
What’s the difference between Lionel Ritchie and Bruce Springsteen. Based upon this chart, not so much if you ask me. It took a weak for Bruce to fade and Adele is already selling more per week. Home Again is slow and a little boring and yet, it has a definite style and the song writing is strong
After whining about the chart all year, this ain’t bad. The difference is X Factor winner Alexdra Burke’s “Elephant”, a very good track that splits the difference between emo-electronic and dance.
I am not at all sure about the new Paul Weller but really I haven’t been that sure since The Jam A song, even an album, here and there, but even the Style Council weren’t as good as I wished they’d been. Perhaps I have lost the Englishness I need to respond to him. Plus, cmon… that haircut is awful.
It starts like a mellow ballad with acoustic guitar, drenched in background vocal harmonies behind Alex Ebert’s soothing voice, before the folk tune wakes up after a build-up, agitates itself like a dance invitation
The Bounce gigged for three years and then called it quits. Larry claims the best thing about being in a band, besides the girls, was his friends in the band. And if you met Lachmann, who is a remarkably nice guy, you might be excused for assuming it was his influnece that made it such a pleasant experience.
Dancing prostitutes in church is another great name for a band. Punk is supposed to be political, the US has no cred this is real punk rock behaviour. Granted not the brightest when you live in Russia
‘Flavor Flav House of Flavor’, which will serve,… fried chicken, Southern soul food, and a speciality, red velvet waffles. According to the first review, the food is good, the price is decent…
Predictable and boring, this sounds like a perfect description of Lady Gaga’s music for me. But what does it say about all these gay men who ‘are falling so hard for it’? Any generation had its gay icon I suppose
Over 60 people were engaged in a aggressive mosh dance’ and bashed up by the RiverStamp maniacs. But no injuries- it just looked bad. Mosh pits are a joke these days. If a 14 year old chick can crowd surf a mosh pit- its lame.
Now that it doesn’t cost a grand, the souvenir from his totally excellent 2011 tour is a must buy, so is the Laura Marling rerelease of her last album -for the live stuff of course. New Madonna, new Shins, liive Chemical Bros, and the Hunger Games soundtrack. Should be an interesting coupla weeks.
There is Grandpa and his friends from the Rotary Club making great music for teenagers. I expect Chris Hanson to show up like this is a horrible episode of Dateline. They don’t fit- they look horrific and to make matters worse lets throw in some teenaged sexuality to really make me want to puke.
After dissing the new Ting Tings after a spin because time is money and I have neither and it wasn’t clicking and it was reportedly based upon the Beastie Boys titanic over rated Paul’s Boiutique, a coupla songs began to click. Grade: B+
Quite why Lee Renaldo wants to reinventen himself as a lame sing-sonwriter but if this is the best he has to offer, my bet is he won’t move far beyond the Sonic Youth faithful. Lucky for him, there are loads of them.
‘Why has it taken me this long to make it to South By Southwest?’ He asked at the beginning of his show,… err may be because you have been kind of invisible for the longest time?
A fuzzy sort of song that combines that typical Brit based pop sound with a bit more flashy drum and guitar action. It’s as if those instruments are the lead and singer…. is back up.
The dead and deadly wounded were being shipped home and the army were coming to a town near you and just plucking out the men of the town and shipping them off. Those not gullible enough to believe the recruitment concerts.
According to the people who were tweeting, it was impressive, especially because of the massive finale, the Woody Guthrie cover ‘This is Your Land’ which included the participation of Arcade Fire, Tom Morello, Low Anthem, Eric Burdon, Joe Ely…
