Is Fiona Apple a Bitch?
I love that Urie is so point blank about it. In a nervous jitter explanation he sums it all up, Wanting to use Fiona’s vocals from “Every Single Night”. Fiona “was not having it, man, she was bummed on us.”
Hear Ye On Spotify: what rock nyc is listening to 11-7-13
Glad Tidings Take 9 – Van Morrison – Now available on Spotify, this version, a slower, sweeter, more powerful than the version on Moondance, is, alone, worth the time it took to piss off Van and archive the studio sessions – A+
Elvis Costello Calvin Theatre, Northampton, MA, Sunday, November 3rd, 2013, Reviewed
“”Tripwire/Peace, Love, and Understanding”. I knew that he went from one to the other by reading setlists and hearing about it, but I had no idea how it would work. It was like the two songs were made for each other. It was an overwhelming sense of his true talent, with combining the old and the new, the classic and the contemporary.
The Annotated Eagles Setlist: Sleepy Time Folks
“I absolutely hate them. I hate their somnambulistic country/rock hybrid, which is neither country nor rock. I hate their combination of well-crafted, uninspired studio “perfectionism” and the insufferable conceit of ego monsters Henley and Frey”
So Long Jonas Brothers
Remember all the good times, the virginity promises, the diabetes awareness, the enormous and intimidating eyebrows of brother Joe. But time moves on and virginity is tossed out the window, at this point all thats left is men with diabetes and big brows
Must See: Neil Young At Carnegie Hall January 2014
I wish Young was playing with Crazy Horse and not, as appears to be the case, solo. While an acoustic set might work like a ringing bell in this acoustic cathedrl, he has been so great electric I wanna hear that
Watch Arcade Fire's 'Afterlife' Directed By Spike Jonze For Youtube Music Awards
Thanks to the gods of voodoo, the band has abandoned the papier-mâché giant heads, the Haitian culture as well as the exotic locations have even disappeared from sight, and once again the band is almost invisible the whole time just making an apparition at the end.
Lady Gaga's "ARTPOP" Reviewed
ARTPOP sounds like Lady Gaga’s version of Madonna’s Music, a breather and a makeover, but with everything just a little better. Already significantly superior to Born This Way, it may well end up being a Thanksgiving Turkey before Thanksgiving is here and I am not sure why musically.
Billy Joel For New Year's Eve!!!
The last time I saw Billy was at the 12-12-12 gig, and the time before that the closing of Shea Stadium. He was terrific in one and not terrible in another but absolutely the perfect way to take out (or bring in) 2013 – 2014.
Eminem Is Still Using Gay Slur But It's Not What You Think
‘It was more like calling someone a bitch or a punk or asshole. So that word was just thrown around so freely back then. It goes back to that battle, back and forth in my head, of wanting to feel free to say what I want to say, and then [worrying about] what may or may not affect people.”
Hear Ye On Spotify: what rock nyc is listening to 11-6-13
Heavy Metal Heart – Sky Ferreira – The best moment on her amateur hour opening slot for Vampier Weekend a coupla months ago, the album has lots of great moments, and this isn’t even the best – B
Be Here Now: New Album Releases Snapshot Review 11-5-13
Matangi – M.I.A. – This isn’t any better than Vicki Leekx, but it isn’t any worse, and it has “Come Walk With Me”, a potential dance crossover hit and so many beats it’s gonna seriously shake up your life – A
Elvis Costello, Calvin Theater, Northampton, MA Sunday November 3rd, 2013, Reviewed
The Calvin Theater sits under a shabby marquis and the staff were kind, greasy and bespectacled. as if it were the costume required to work the Costello gig. With fabulous seats I was prepared for just about anything. Seeing Elvis is always a hit or miss.
Johnny Marr At The Henry Fonda Theater, Saturday November 2nd 2013
However, he was constantly focusing on his guitar play which was quite impressive, not at all ostentatious but full of intricate riffs, and I was enjoying the set even though I didn’t know any of these songs… until he played a Smiths song.
Marathons , Mid-life and Music Oh My …
In 2009, guaranteed entry because the three consecutive years I did not get a number through the lottery. Trained with music and ran the last six miles (typically the hardest for me) with music which definitely brought me to the finish line.
Arcade Fire's "Reflektor" Reviewed
Back to the beginning: if the magnificent “Reflektor” doesn’t break pop OR dance, what will? And if the point of the album is to reboot the franchise, what will they do with a dud? They will tour it and become Arena rockers.
Not With The Band: 10 Years Later And Still A Ton Of Discrepancies In Elliott Smith's Case
Ten years have passed, magazines have published their homage, people have made movies and books but nobody is facing all these discrepancies, and Schultz and Reyes have chosen to believe one version when the story presents so many contradictions they refuse to see.
Motorhead Cancel More Dates- Lemmy Ain't Well
“Don’t worry – I’m not about to start promoting veganism and alcohol-free beverages, but it is fair to say that I personally have been reconfiguring areas of my life to make sure I can come back fitter and stronger than ever.”
Hear Ye On Spotify: what rock nyc is listening to 11-5-13
Winchester Cathedral – New Vaudeville Band – In the mid 1960s appropriating sounds from the 1920s was all the rage and here NVB sound like a time machine band with a foghorn, blaming an ancient building for the singer being stoof up at the alter – A-
MGMT “Alien Days” Video Review
Georgina Pazcoguin of the NYC Ballet absolutely owns this video despite the attempts for pretty boys and awkward themes to overshadow her roll. Blending strength and sensuality she elevates this five minute video to a work of art
'Unsound', An Upcoming Documentary About The Collapse Of The Music Industry
If 99% of the artists can’t make a living out of their art, if they have no control over their creation, the future doesn’t look good for them, and for society in general, which will be deprived of great art.
'Spears: The Gospel According to Britney' May Come To A Stage Near You
So want to see this show in its infancy? Sure you can! On November 7th at the Foxwoods Theater in New York you can catch a sneak peak- one problem, you have to be a potential investor. Want to help the kid out to fund this epic adventure?
"Ender's Game" Reviewed
“Ender’s Game” isn’t a particularly good movie but it is better than “Gravity” and Asa is a terrific actor with a perfect mix of innocence curdled and naivete paid off. In a sense the directing of Asa in the movie exactly mirrors the directing of Ender in the movie.
Fiona Apple Refuses To Let Panic At The Disco! Sample Her Song
In the video, Urie says he is still a big fan and loves her stuff but he can’t resist to call her ‘bitch’ during the interview… super classy dude! (he kind of overuses this dude term all along his short monologue)
Sneak Peak: New Album Releases Week Of 11-4-13
‘ve heard the Eminem and M.I.A. and I love them both, also I’ve heard some of Midlake and I like that a lot as well. Also, Tennis are a real good band and Hellogoodbye are above average emo rockers, Cut Copy are the EDM you love to hate, haven’t heard Luscious Jackson in awhile AND FINALLY… Celine Dion and James Blunt missing Halloween by that much.
UK Top 10 Albums 11-9-13
The John Newman album is so great that I don’t care if Arcade Fire sold more, it is the top of my charts. This guy is waiting to blow up big, his Bowery Ballroom gig early next year is impossible to get a ticket for and from every bit of film of him live I’ve seen it all, this guy is the real deal
UK Top 10 Singles 11-9-13
At the 2013 Electric Zoo “Eat Sleep Rave Repeat” was the national motto and Fatboy Slim actually does it justice, and that’s one of four good new songs on the chart including, shockingly enough, the only time the Wanted have ever trounced One Direction and not including the lousy new Eminem. Eminem has some killers on his new album and this ain’t that.
Hear Ye On Spotify: what rock nyc is listening to 11-4-13
Galang – M.I.A. – I would claim it was a highlight of Friday’s gig but so was everything else, instead I’ll claim it is the only the second song with the words “London Calling” in them that’s a masterpiece – A
M.I.A. At Terminal 5, Friday, November 1st, 2013, Reviewed
From the crushing deep pain of extreme pain to the punishing deep pain of success, M.I.A. holds her paranoia like a weapon but she let it drop for 70 minutes and builds her world behind the beatings upon beatings of a place where the third and the first world meets.
Wayne Coyne Is Giving Up His Bubble But He Is Not Ready To Give It Away To Anyone
I think in the world of people’s creations and things, it’s almost like, “Well, if the Flaming Lips did it, then I should do it!” I mean, I can see it going both ways, so yeah. And I like him, so I don’t have any — now if it was the Arcade Fire, then I’d have a problem with it.’
Kanye West's Proposals, A Lawsuit, And Lana Del Rey?
Media whores Kanye West and Kim Kardashian are suing Youtube co founder Chad Hurley! How can these two morons, who can’t do anything privately, justify such an act is beyond my comprehension but I gave up understanding anything related to Kanye West a long time ago
John Mendelssohn's "Sorry We're Open" Reviewed
the melodies are consistent and tuneful, the songs very well designed and executed, and the entire enterprise a pleasure. You can even waltz to one song. Now all I have to do is find the courage to show the review to him.
Winner And Loser Week of October 28th, 2013: Lou Reed And Drake
Sure he died and that sucks and it was a little too young, I mean, he might have made it do 86, why not, right? BUT the outpouring of love and affectionate, the willful misreading of the man, the canonization of Lou… I bet Lester Bangs is scratching his head somewhere wondering how the hell that happened.
Active Viewin': rock nyc concert picks for the week of November 4th, 2013
I think we can all agree that Jay- Z schooled Justin Timberlake in stadium rock at Yankee Stadium last summer BUT Arena rock? My bet is young Justin is gonna kill it at Izod Center on Saturday.
Hear Ye On Spotify: what rock nyc is listening to 11-3-13
1960s classic from the middle class Cilla Black, a sort of London answer to Cilla’s Beatles backed working class girl. This is a classic that bypassed the US but just listen to how it goes down an octave an the denouement. It’s like the voice of doom! – A
Walk On The Wild Side: Jim Sullivan Remembers The Late Lou Reed
The ultimate tribute, of course, are the many children of the Velvets: bands like Luna, the Feelies, Bizarros, the Dream Syndicate, Television, R.E.M., the Strokes, Spacemen 3, Modern Lovers, Violent Femmes, Yo La Tengo and, of course, Brian Eno. There’s Eno’s famous quote about if only 30,000 people bought Velvets records all 30,000 went on to start bands.
Tame Impala At The Greek Theater, Tuesday October 29th 2013
Before the Flaming Lips, Tame Impala played at the Greek Theater on Tuesday night and, if they didn’t use any crazy Halloween outfits and tricks, they impressed the crowd that was already very big this early in the evening.
Linda Thompson's "Won't Be Long Now" Reviewed
It is about itself as much as anything you will ever hear, it is self-referencing and not past referencing: it circles itself in family and lives inside its own sound and feel and world. Despite a few folk song, it sounds more like itself than an idiom, or a form.
Michael Nesmith’s ‘Movies Of The Mind’ Tour
Mike Nesmith is the Monkee who ended up with a smug reputation. His refusal to join so many reunion tours gave him the image of someone not so proud of his past. I doubt that’s true considering The Monkees fame certainly paid (and continue to pay) his bills
Bob Lefsetz, "Prism" And The Death Of The Album
The lesson here isn’t David Bowie’s The Next Day, it is Justin Timberlake’s two 2013 releases. Buoyed by two smash hits, 20/20 has been on the charts all year, whereas without a hit single in sight, 2 of2 disappeared.
Is Daniel Ek The Most Important Man In Music?
So artists got more and more screwed up by Spotify, while their founders became richer and richer,…Jagger will survive but what about all these artists who will never receive more than a few dollars from the streaming service while seeing Spotify’s CEO and guru are getting richer?
The Jonas Brothers Call It A Day
‘Look, I feel like we’ve had some complications with the new group for a long time without addressing them. I think this train will fall off the tracks without really getting real about some of the concerns and some of the limitations we may feel as individuals.'”
Mick Jagger Made A Pass AT Katy Perry When She Was 18 Years Old
Mick Jagger took an 18 year old Katy who was singing back up on “Old Habits Die Hard” to dinner and then made a pass at her. That was ten years ago or so which would have made Jagger sixty years old.
James Blake Wins UK Mercury Award So What Does that Mean To Me?
Barclaycard should sponsor best live show award while they are at it by the way, but they haven’t so OK, I will let Jake win this one without too much whining about my girl losing.
Hear Ye On Spotify: what rock nyc is listening to 11-2-13
(She) – JD Samson And Men – Soundscape of beeps and beats and techno jive experimental dance with repetition in the nix and intoned calls to a female deity – B+
The Flaming Lips At The Greek Theater, Tuesday, October 29th, 2013 Reviewed
It was a really cold night, I was freezing on my seat, and soaked in sticky blood as he was, he must have been chilled to the bones. ‘It’s the coldest night we ever had in LA’, he also said, “It must be the end of the world”
Michael Nesmith, Kessler Theater, Dallas, October 30th, 2013, Reviewed
Sporting Monkees t-shirts and bringing memorabilia that would go home unsigned, the audience response was a warm gesture of affection for the former student at Dallas’s Thomas Jefferson High School. The only negative aspect of the evening was the actual performance
Elliott Smith, John Lennon, Kurt Cobain: How They Died Mattered
Justice always matters but past the question of the LAPD either investigating or closing the file on Elliott, or punishing wrongdoers if indeed there are any, what does it matter whether Smith jumped or was pushed?
Someone Is Gonna Lose An Eye, The 'Bury The Hatchet Tour'
I predict some sort of scandal along the way. Unless Radke is on the correct meds the guy is inevitably going to flip out about something so you’ve been warned.
‘Morning Phase’, A New Beck Album For February.
Beck has just announced a new album entitled ‘Morning Phase’ for February. Beck has in fact just signed with Capitol Records to release his 12th album, and fans are probably already salivating at the idea, since the famous musician hasn’t had a proper release since his 2008 ‘Modern Guilt’