As always with Saint Motel, it is a fun ride, and if the kind-of retro sound doesn’t totally explode into an insane and wild party that they always put on during their live shows, the song continues to show their inventiveness
Diamond was on fire performing all of his hits and those he had written. We often forget that Diamond was a songwriter and not the ‘easy listening’ singer.
It is like metaphors, when there are too obvious, they don’t really work. Because when the meaning is that plain, all you can do is admire the craftsmanship.
A brilliant musician who has basically made himself into a redneck hate machine. Doesn’t make logical sense
A beautiful and classic theater singer she is taking it to the streets . “I am so thrilled to be going back on tour this summer,” Menzel said. “I am eager to reconnect with my audience,
Refused called it quits, they declared that they would never reunite, but everyone knows how it works, never say never! In January, the members of the band released a statement to explain their change of mind
Ladies Night – Kool And The Gang – This isn’t funk, it is disco and the difference is the bass Funk would be much heavier than this light and moving bass, leaving all the heavy lifting for the drums to handle.
While the songs sound uncomfortable, like a new sofa you can’t adjust to, the between song patter sounds studied and schticky. It is hard to dismiss a set in which you loved virtually every song, but hard or not, this wasn’t a very good set.
A dark tale about one man’s journey to experience life more deeply. In a subtly surreal version of modern day Los Angeles, our hero and his girlfriend casually seek out technological assistance
I have always been a fan of Regina. She has an eerie presence. Never really a pop sensation and for that I am glad. She has remained true to her sound, unswayed by current trends.
With his Bright Eyes tour over and no word of a new solo album of his other numerous permutations anywhere on search, we should probably just shut up and spin his newly re-released on vinyl first six (!) and leave him to wedded bliss.
‘complete confidence in the results of our extensive research as well as the accounts of those who were in the studio with Michael that the vocals on the new album are his own.’
‘I tried to sing at my sound-check last week, and I had no control of my voice whatsoever,’ said Celine. ‘We thought that after a few days rest I would improve but it wasn’t getting any better.
Yes, an innocent minuscule tweet in the huge Twitter world, which could actually mean a lot since Meldal-Johnsen has been Beck’s bassist for quite some time, since 1997 to be exact!
Madonna, Rihanna, Bruce Springsteen and Drake were all in jeopardy until Live Nation saved the day and got the request revoked. Let the noise resume.
I can’t even tell you what it was like listening to their earliest material, certainly it felt like a brave new world… No, wait, I can tell you what it felt like. It felt like hearing the Strokes at the beginning of the century. It was like a huge scene was boiling in the clubs and about to erupt and then dB’s were the top of the heap.
Fans in every market can bid on a package that includes a meet-and-greet, two premium tickets and a chance to sing Chicago’s classic tune “If You Leave Me Now” in concert with the band.
IRON MAIDEN
Very Special Guest Alice Cooper, July 2, 7:00 PM, Prudential Center
Newark, NJ
Around mid 2009 to late 2010, there was a seismatic shift in the pop charts, with DJs taking over the airwaves with perfectly crafted beats attached to pure pop and rap songs. It was awesome, probably reached its height with Black Eyed Peas strong of singles
Wait a second… are you telling me half of this chart is Whitney and Adele? Cmon… you’re joking me. Plus two compiliations. So that leaves two new hip hop kids and fun.
Everybody sees “Thriller as being the start of 21st century pop. And it was -or at least it was half of the start of 21st century pop. Here is the other half. Michael added metal to pop, Van halen added pop to metal. Between the two, the after shocks are still being felt.
They’re still the same old FF5 that I grew up loving. Their sound hasn’t changed a bit. They have the same thumping beats, guitar rifts, and vocal effects. Upon first listening to it, I really felt nostalgic and thought that I was going to love the band again.
‘Even if you’re playing someone in the 1700s in France, you might listen to hip-hop, if it’s an energy thing for the character. Or you can listen to what the character actually listened to. I use music like crazy. It’s like sticking a needle in your arm, like taking a drug because it’s so immediate,’
‘It’s a horrible situation for everybody, they tried to save Whitney, and it didn’t work. Now with Bobbi Kristina, they fear the same thing is happening again and they won’t be able to stop it either. Bobbi Kristina is all Ms. Cissy has left of Whitney
“R U Mine?” brings us back to the old Monkeys sound, with a tougher almost rock God guitar sound. Its a nice evolutionary sound. Merging the vocals that got fans hooked in the first place with music that sounds more full and more mature.
A California hedonist who took the Byrds, and more specifically Gram Parsons, invention of country rock and neutered it for the masses. Don Henley is the Pat Boone of country rock. What he is so pleased with himself over, besides his money I mean, is beyond me.
Nomenclature is really important when you write about music,if you are clever enough you can even come up with new ones, but there are already so many of them….the Guardian had the list of all the different origins:
Not simple a great testament to the Christian faith, a rock and roll classic filled with razor sharp rhymes.
Thirty five years go by so fast. That is how long it has been since the release of the infamous “Never Mind The Bullocks” album by punk Godfathers The Sex Pistols.
Whitney was the catalyst for Aretha finding the place where art and life are so closely connected they are one and the same. A masterpiece and a profound spiritual experience
look at Itunes as the equivalent of a retail outlet like Tower Records used to be. Go in to Tower on a Tuesday morning and there are single bins filled with new releases put their by distributors who paid Tower for product placement. And then against the wall they would place alphabetically every new release in stock.
Their latest video “In My Blood”, is the rockers lament of how tough it is to be away from loved ones when you’re on the road. I am seeing this as a possible huge hit for the old time rock and rollers. Generic guitar rock with a nice shout out chorus
Yes, it is early in the process and if he sucks when I see him live (tonight as I write) I may change my mind. But as we speak, this album feels like a fleshy masterpiece and an eternal struggle. Olus? Some of the music and all of the words are killer.
there is something bone dry about Lovett, he always seems to be waving goodbye to some lovely in his review mirror. And here, taking on a song that I at least know mainly as a fullblown MOR ballad, he downplays it, adds some violins, and as a final act of liquidying the song, adds KD Lang on back up.
A legendary nice guy, decent human being who no scandal has touched, international heartthrob, terrific singer, and self-deprecating good guy, rock nyc offers its condolences to his children and grandchildren. Davy Jones was always too busy singing to put anybody down.
So maybe I was wrong on my earlier rant regarding what you would do for rock and roll. Maybe its my mature age that makes me think these type of things dotn still happen. Yes, we can buy time with our heroes but if your 17 without a job or cash, you do it old school style
The UK indie band did an in-store at Amoeba on Sunday night in front of a quite large crowd, playing 10 songs mostly off their self-titled album,… the Academy Awards are highly overrated anyway.
After touring with Wilco, you’d think Nick Lowe would take to the easy chair. That cool cat is doing just the opposite. He is repacking and coming back to the States for a brief spring tour.
So Nosaj is simply Jason? This is funny but it removes part of the mystery,…well almost, the music is still really crazy mysterious for me. Nosaj Thing was doing his thing
Randall’s is in the Bronx and closer than Yankee Stadium, and though the bus ride is a pain in the ass you can actually walk over the bridge if you feel like it. Of course, then you run into junkies shooting up in the bushes
Got a problem with Spotify’s software? Wanna talk to a human being? You can’t. Perhaps Sherlock Holmes can find a customer service number, I certainly can’t.
“I’ve had this reoccurring dream. It started about 25 years ago and in this dream I was sitting with a woman I had spent my teenaged years with, been through a lot with.”
the Oscar for Best Original Song went to…’Man or Muppet’ from The Muppets movie. Pretty much the best news from the Oscars. If you recall we were so excited to see the film and although it was not an epic success it had just enough retro cuteness to win me over
Concert Halls are an experience in ritual humiliation, with paying customers herded like cattle, branded like refugees in a camp, and treated like people of interest in the kidnapping of a six year old girl from the Bronx.
Vivica Fox, Megan Good, Jordin Sparks and Dreamgirl Jennifer Hudson are also considered for the role, and since Hudson already sang a Houston’s song at the Grammys, she may have the lead.
It runs its course with a terrific set piece in a PR nightclub, a good freak out on acid (“We’ve got to get more” mutters Depp -who, by the way, sounds a lot like Popeye) and the chick is a little knockout. But as daydreams go, this one ain’t that hot.
Over the years I’ve seen Lady Antebellum, Carlene Carter, Ian McLagan, Bob Mould… many others. Always a great experience, always must see people. But since they’ve come back from hiatus I’ve been precisely once.
Dreaming of New England? Country gal from the East Coast goes in search of the perfect guy and finds a modern day John Travelota who looks just like Keith richards or something. Pretty smart song.
And not just because they are featured in rock nyc’s perpetually in post-production commercial, or even because Helen thinks Michelle Montevan is the nicest person, but because they fucking rock like Gods.
Their fast and abrasive garage-rock with a lot of reverb in the shouted vocals sounded nostalgic with some 60s surfing guitar lines.
