Never before has a band been so aptly named. In business since the 1990s, they have a spritely power pop sound that exudes youthfulness and high spirits and fervor and this, from their first album in five years, has lost nothing. Eager and able to please, it is just terrific.
Nada Surf was doing an in-store performance at Amoeba on Monday, and they did it acoustically, with guitars and bass played by frontman Matthew Caws, Daniel Lorca and recent addition, Doug Gillard (whom Caws introduced as someone he has admired for a long time), as well as the light drumming of Ira Elliot, who was not even using a drum set.
Listening to it honestly made me just want to not review this mixtape at all, however I continued on because I wanted to hear what Black Cards had to offer with their takes on different songs.
With the “rock never sleeps” page, administered by myself, Helen Bach and Alyson Camus, we plan to put up 5 posts a day from the website as well as various news from other places as well as normal FB stuff, and breaking news
“We’re talking A Collection of Songs…(2 LPs), Oh Holy Fools (Son Ambulance lives!), Letting Off the Happiness, Every Day and Every Night, Fevers and Mirrors (2 LPs), and There Is No Beginning to the Story. The doubles are $23 (180-gram), the EPs are $13 and the LPs are $15 (180-gram).”
The band’s so much older; shouldn’t they be acting it? I hate to say it but they’re not the same old young group they were back in the Underdog Alma Mater days.
At $750? I don’t think so. .By the way I could have gone to see Mumford And Sons, Coldplay and, er, Jon Stewart, at Amnesty International’s “The Policeman’s Ball”. Thankfully, the $550 cost stopped me. I chose not to go.
But what? There will be no Jethro Tull, it will be Ian Anderson, flautest and leader of the iconic 70s band. Anderson who would get his beard in a bundle if you called him Jethro, has now decided its best he take over this one.
It is strange, but very human, for McCartney to have bent the truth with his co-writer not around to question him. “Yesterday” is a signature acheivement (incidentally, I can’t stand it), and even with all the accolades Macca has received, he still wants one he doesn’t deserve
When I die I want it to be just like Michael Fassbinder’s Paul in “Haywire”, Martial Arts Warrior Gina Carona strangles him to death between his thighs in Steve Soderburgh’s action movie.
Here’s what’s what. Tix for the Rolling Stones, D’Angelo and, if she comes back to town, Laura Marling.
The man who all but invented dub. For heaven’s sake THE MAN WHO CO-WROTE “POLICE AND THIEVES”, has to work for money.
Still cool, still New York and still very, very funny. Should she be endorsing institutionalized gambling? Sure, if she is this good at it.
Yeah Google helped us fight SOPA/PIPA and it was a good thing Mr. McGuinness! Didn’t he understand these bills were the worst attempt to kill freedom on the internet?
Around the time Usher released this huge hit, he was well on his way to becoming what he claimed he most wanted to: the next Michael jackson. But the problem with being the next MJ is not black, it’s white. Usher couldn’t crossover all the way, he wasn’t quite poppy enough and there was an edge of sexual intimidation with him.
Comfortable with metal but truly the definition of a hard rock band, it was an amazing performance. Whether dedicating a cover of “I Only Want To Be With You” to his wife, or dedicating “Fallen” to all of us who have lost someone, Poulsen performed a masterclass in how to sell rock and roll in 2012.
As if this masterpiece didn’t already have enough emotional buildup that’s so strong it’s almost painful to listen to, the last line always makes me teary-eyed. There’s a sinking feeling in my stomach each time I hear it or read it, because it’s so tragic and unbelievable.
I would not pretend to say I have totally figured out their music and have put them in these little groovy-pop-songs-reminiscent-of-famous-bands boxes, certainly not! But you have to start somewhere, and it is true that their sunny sound evoked the 60s wrapped into instantaneously catchy and sweet melodies
The return of For Science, and sets by Screaming Females and Black Wine, and thats just day one. 2012 is a kiler year for Don Giovanni Records and we strongly suggest you book your time accordingly. Three nights of greatness from the coolest label I know.
His guitar playing is excellent, on “Whose Life (Is It Anyway)”, he is fast, he is fluid, and he plays the bottleneck like a champ, trilling out notes like a prog rock Jesus. On the aptly name “Guns Booze And Drugs” he makes you wonder why he doesn’t use back up singers more often and throughout, the sleep, too short and not loud enough set he makes sense of a “Dave Mustaine Is God” tee-shirt I noticed.
The problem with musicians is that their art has to be executed in front of an audience to really exist, but I would bet that a lot of them would prefer their work to exist without this obligatory condition. Being an artist does not make you necessary a entertainer willing to crack jokes in front of an audience.
There were moments of laughter but the sexual tension between Plum and Morelli was weak and that between her and Ranger non existent.
This Katie White is really my kind of girl! Beside the fact that his music actually makes me puke, Guetta’s reputation is still safe whatever they can say,…. because how many albums have they sold compared to the DJ?
This is a great slut rock song for party time. I suppose if I were under the influence of some intoxicant I would appreciate this more but the slow beat (intended to be sexy I suppose) makes me agitated
Some weeks are just plain expensive. I awoke on Monday, January 23rd with $600 safely nestled in my savings account, playing and by Saturday the 28th, it was gone into the pockets of the rich and famous. Here is how.
Did something more happen with Meg or something? Was it all the black white and red, maybe some odd lab rat sort of thing that just made the dude whack out?
The set was 15 minutes of Goth beauty and two singers trading off in spirals of dark notes and black chords as they chased each up and down the Theater’s wide stage. They ended with “Heaven’s A Lie” and managed the thankless job at hand with a hard, dark, emotional deep waters
I’d probably die to Jeff Buckley, I guess there probably wouldn’t be any other way. Good music. Good music to die to, send me on my way to heaven, heavenly voice, heavenly tunes. But I have a couple of records that are sort of near and dear to me
None of this available on Spotify. Yet? They never got Lana’s EP, they say Cohen not available in the US, the Beatles won’t be on Spotify for another 30 years and I don’t know about M.I.A. but I’m not gonna wait.
Rendezvous – the dB’s – In which Pete Holsapple goes to Graceland and has an epiphany of sorts, though not the Pilgrimage Paul Simon did. Instead he wanders around Graceland and calls out the King: “Taking Care Of Business” doesn’t mean a thing”.
The set was everything you could ask for except I’d hoped he’d have thrown in “Ramones”. Two killer tracks off Ace Of Spades” and terrific straight up no chaser “Going To Brazil”, a distant Lemmy who peers out over his cat to tell us he wants to hear us shout our esophoagus through out throat
And I love it! There is a real energy and freshness in their interpretation, carried by the dynamic vocals of Miles Solay, who does not try to imitate Dylan (I still can’t believe how much he sounds like Joe Strummer!)
The only places in the US he’s playing are NY and California. This couldn’t have been a worse decision. To rub it even more in my face, the shows are sold out. I cannot comprehend why the man couldn’t have just played a different day
Almost like it was recorded in their garage. Not Dave Grohls garage, oh no no, I mean that retro sounding rock. I cant say I was blown away. I cant say I was impressed
I don’t know if it is the ethereal harp, the choir-boy falsetto vocals, the dynamism transpiring through the quietude of the performance (I saw him at the Echo last summer), or simply the overall hypnotic beauty of the music.
the band did get the momentum they wanted, and given the genre they are exercising in, they quite often transformed it with songs that keep on peaking out from the rumbling of strum and feedback.
Set up as a mock motivational speaker Kanye plays second fiddle and scores the laugh. Kanye is so cool and I think his arrogance plays really well here.
Woooo Beyond The Music on VH1 has Blondie! A bright spot in a week filled with crap like Cee Lo Green and Evenescence. Really why must they burn out our eyes as well as our ears? I blame the government.
Elvis doesn’t improve on the originals, ever. And the Hank Williams cover is awful. BUT, I had never heard these songs before and for me… it just blew me away. Imagine hearing “Color Of The Blues” “Brown To Blue” “Good Year For The Roses” FOR THE FIRST TIME.
most reviewers are taking a real pleasure to destroy the hype, and do some damage. She has more detractors than supporters and is accused to be fake,manufactured, rich, enhanced, in summary to be all artifice compared to authentic Adele
“Lego Land” isn’t even available in the States yet. What’s that about? What are they waiting for? How big is Sheeran gonna be in the States once they do? Well, our young Magpie rates him second only to Conor.
Sure, I noticed 80% of the chart is English. How could I miss it? But my concentration is on Ed Sheeran because a day before his US debut, his album is at NUMBER ONE ON THE CHARTS. And still not released Stateside.
Well they gave us Rihanna, why shouldn’t Barbados give us Amanda Reifer, lead singer of Cover Drive? They are nothing special, true. But they are glamorous, sexy, on a major label and with the # 1 song in the UK expect the US to tumble next
Here is where the song is very different from Dylan’s original: by the end of the original, there is no doubt that Dylan is the man, in Krall’s version, there is no doubt that she isn’t the hooker but a third party and the gender switches at the end confuse the story. It is a beautiful take so why Krall won’t get her hands dirty, I have no idea.
the synth takes over. This mix is why they aren’t really 80s retro, they are more a mix of glam and modern indie, and the singer sounds like David Bowe one minute, David Johanssen the next.
According to the Gothamist, the famous club CBGB may open again in a new space in Manhattan. The contents of the original club have been preserved in a basement and different locations
There is something to be said when your ‘unclean’ singer starts his set by saying how ‘fucking tired’ he is. Were you at the office all day? I don’t want you to tell me your troubles, I think it’s your job to entertain your fans and help them forget there’s.
‘I don’t know if he’s a rocker, but he definitely has soul. When he looks you in the eyes and shakes your hand, he just means it. I’ve met him a few times now, and everyt ime I see him, he comes over and says, “Hey man, how are you doing?”
A spooky fucked up confusing sound that makes your brow furrow. You want to just complacently listen but thats not allowed. Vocalist Eric Cohen has enough range to not be just a ‘rock singer’, he’s much more and much more complex
Blabla bla,… this guy can never miss an opportunity can he? He can milk the dead cow too, why wouldn’t he, he has the Jackson clan’s approval. Since he approximately sang for 10 seconds, and very badly
