The thing is, having said all that, if Miley is the poster child for bad behavior in the under 20s, where does that leave bad behavior? Really, I am not sure what Miley could do to shock, or maybe I mean DESERVEDLY SHOCK, the world?
The Art Of Letting Go – Mariah Carey – Mariah turns her back on the pop moves of a decade with this major r&b ballad and makes it pay off – A-
How obsessed you are going to be over this second volume of live recordings by the Beatles for the BBC will depend how you feel about the concept of John Lennon playing a chugging guitar riff for two and a half minutes on “Lucille
The new documentary Muscle Shoals misses the mark so consistently that the filmmakers took what should have been an easy grand slam and turned it into an infield base hit.
The crowd was there to drink in his sex appeal and let it wash over them along with the amazing laser light show. This was not a teenybopper show, as the music and dancing practically dripped sexuality, and the audience was not a bunch of kids (except for the ones who were)
Tim learns he can time travel at 21 years of age, and uses it to correct excruciatingly embarrassing moments and also to get the girl of his dreams.
I am not saying these rock stars don’t have big egos, they still do, but they are nevertheless capable of nice gestures sometimes, even though their actions are often calculated
In the past I have seen stars from Broadway musical and others such as Kanye West, Andy Williams, James Taylor, Hilary Duff and a boat load of others drifting by on giant floats waving and cheesing. It’s a pretty cool event and I do recommend going at least once in your life.
MUSO was able to identify the most pirated bands, and oh surprise, the Beatles are at the top of the list, based on the number of illegally uploaded files found on websites, which is exactly 186,876 files for the Fab Fours
PITBULL as the HOST? This could be the oddest programming choice of 2013. There is no doubt in my mind that it will be a hilarious hot mess. Can’t wait!
The pages come from a class detention book that was rescued from a bonfire by a teacher who spotted the name Lennon at the top of some of these pages!
The 7th Avenue entrance not only was speed lightning to get into but the “Chase Square” is absolutely gorgeous (you can see my picture there) though after you get past the wow factor, it is the same old windows to buy tix from
Her best song in years and the jewel in the ARTPOP crown, and the penultimate number on the album , just before “Applause” and ending the album on the highest of highs, this is a pop ballad of both beauty and seriousness. Major stuff for Gaga fans – A
So can a guy best known for writing music reviews become credible as a songwriter and musician? I guess, since, on Friday night, Gowing was totally convincing, showing a great sense for melody and varied music arrangements.
Why would Jagger have paid for the legal fee for Sid if he were accused of having murdered Spungen? Was he convinced he was innocent? The story has always been very muddy, it’s once again one of these mysterious stabbings which has never been clearly elucidated
Isn’t it ironic- dontcha think? That after the rousing success of Mama Mia and American Idiot another pop song becomes a show on the Great White Way? I don’t. We cant come up with anything new anymore. All the love stories are done all the dramas unfolded and the musical..well it’s doomed.
Obviously Gaga is the biggie but since I’ve already reviewed it, I’m gonna namecheck Welsh Singer Cate Le Bon, whose Cyrk was excellent and blew me away at Mercury Lounge last year
Shane Filan, who he, you ask? A former member of the former boy band Westlife, that’s who. Anybody else you need? The Overtones, five man harmony group rejected by X Factor as a foursome, add a fifth and bring home the goods
US House DJ Storm Queen follows in the footsteps of Avicii, with a heavy house pop song of wit and wonder. In other words: not bad at all.
Are You With Me Now – Cate Le Bon – Terrific pop song with a 1960s Marianne Faithful flavor and a Florence Welch method but with a sense of restraint. One of the best songs of the year – A
In 2013 JTstarted off great but derailed a little. Despite the weakness of too many tracks and parts of his live show, he did a pretty credible job. But when you are playing in these leagues pretty credible won’t cut it. JT? Great? Yes. Greatest? Nah, in hindsight that experience has passed him by.
The trick with countries in the middle of civil wars is the same as the trick with the Eagle: knowing when to get up and leave. The second half of the show plunders the post Greatest Hits, where whatever minimal charm the snide smelly superstars ever had was lost for good. So I left.
This is a primer for all country friends and wannabe country fans out there. You don’t know where to start on your country collection, start in the 20th Century and start here
Let me restate that- ONE OR TWO SONGS having A LINE OR TWO that I find impressive. Thus my opinion stands. Lou Reed is the most over rated performer of the ‘punk’ era. The only thing ‘punk’ about him was his shitty attitude.
The short film – entitled ‘L’invitation au Voyage’, an obvious Beaudelaire-ian reference – features a hot-air balloon, Venice’s Piazza San Marco, American model Arizona Muse and a masquerade ball worthy of a Luchino Visconti or Stanley Kubrick film
‘I cold-turkeyed. For weeks and weeks, I didn’t smoke at all. And now I smoke a little bit at night, just, you know, for fun – but not to cope. That’s the difference. Marina was the only person who could get me to do that, and it was not intended to be rehab.’
Live on stage the man is a whole other thing. Whether at the Gov’s Ball or the Clapton Crossroads, or, indeed, opening for King’s Of Leon, which he will be doing early next year, GCJ is aiming for the highest reaches of rock God status.
Rick Ross went from a Biggie Smalls soundalike to a big fat gangsta rapper with a major maybach crew and a headlining slot at Beacon Theater this Friday. If he lives long enough he could be as big as Big Pun.
Wicked Games – The Weeknd – The sound of modern r&b is a slo mo dub step droopiness that the youngsters seem to dig today, if it had a better melody maybe I’d agree that this production star is big time – C+
The Collected Artwork’ has been described as ‘a comprehensive collection of the musician’s artwork’, ‘a treasure for art lovers and music aficionados alike, who will appreciate this extraordinary window on the life of a creative genius’.
The problem with Taylor’s contemporaries, with the Katy Perrys and Lady Gagas, and even music producers from Dr. Luke to the Weeknd, is that while the music may sound great and everybody can write a hook in 2013, the songs are the weak spot. And that’s where Taylor excells, even by country music’s standards the woman can write a song, by modern pop standards she is a genius.
“He took the safe route – he never got loaded, he never partied. I took the same route Elvis took, and Hendrix, and Keith Richards and Jim Morrison… it’s endless. I have all this life experience and thank God I can live to talk about it.”
“I’m 65 this year but I’m still blessed with incredible energy. I don’t know. At this point, it would be up to Mrs. Nugent and my family; I would consult with my manager Doug Banker, but I’m being pushed pretty hard to run for public office.”
A King of Lebanese pop music who put colloquial Lebanese into song alongside such giants as Egyptian pop maestro Farid El Attrach and crossover Fairuz. One of the most beloved pop stars in Lebanon, if you can hear Arab pop, you’d love him.
A gormless Thor, a Shakespearian Odin, a Needlemeyer Loki, an underused Rene Russo as Mrs. Odin, and Natalie Portman who has now officially run out of every single inch of goodwill I’ve ever had with her as a weak as dishwater Jane Foster, the love interest
To be this big, the biggest selling female singer of all time, you must be connected to a huge audience on a subconscious level, as though beneath the woman lies the woman who is an every woman.
Rolling Stone endorsed or not, this video really mocks the wannabe superstar DJs, the owners of the nighttime,… and honestly it’s refreshing to watch this when EDM has become so fashionable
When You Sleep – My Bloody Valentine – From their album before last, they owe a sonic debt to JAMC but paid it back years ago and they’ve paid it back in full and here the melodic feedback and close harmonies are a harbinger of sound to come – A
From the start of the soundcheck, playful banter bounces between the members of the band. Even with the hilarious events of the pre-show experience, audience members still struggled to laugh and pay attention to the comedy act before them.
Muse could have stayed at a Greek-theater modest format but they chose to expand at this Roman Empire format, and each song is performed as if it was an opening for the Olympic Games.
Bandshe sound like Fiona Apple without the breakdowns meets Daughter without the hipster tag, while managing one of the great tricks of our time, being solipsistic and universal at the same time.
Considering Lemmy’s recent health issues this could well be heading to the memorabilia shelf. I cant imagine the band touring actively for much longer so perhaps board games are the wave of the future for them?
“To be honest, the only reason they ever seemed so massively impactful is because their entire fanbase were people growing up who needed salvation, something to look to, an absolute coming-of-age sort of group.”
First, I read a few days ago that she had gone missing and her husband hasn’t had any information about her for 2 weeks, then we are learning she is on her way to a new penal colony of Nizhny Ingash in Siberia. This isn’t good news.
I think you’ve got Testament dropping early January and one of the good ones of 2013 is gonna be one of the great ones of 2014. Absolutely, if you have any sense of wanting to be a part of pop music next year both Rudimental and John are a good place to start
Ooly in Disney can the sands of change run in verse and we get Goodman and Crystal as college kids in the almost equally excellent backstory “Monsters University”. Before they were “scarers” Scully and Mike were trying to become scarers
The current issue of Rolling Stone was better. I can’t express my admiration for Weiner’s writing in the current Rolling Stone highly enough. The Lorde interview was good, nothing wrong with it, but the Paul McCartney interview was simply magical
Bad Girl – Avril Lavigne – With Marilyn Manson and I realize I may lose my rock writer credentials for this, but I quite like this meeting of two sounds in one, it’s like ultra bubblegum Marilyn – B-
“She is, in more than one way, a true heroine. She’s so normal- she’s not supermodel thin, doesn’t cake on makeup and sometimes doesn’t wear any at all, and has crazy hair. She’s free spirited in a way that’s not artificial and stupid.”
As rap and grunge music became more popular in the early ‘90s, a large white audience shifted away from Top 40 and contemporary rock music toward country radio. Nobody benefited more from this than Garth Brooks. As the decade went on, hit machines like Faith Hill and Shania Twain sounded more like pop stars than traditional Nashville acts
