MFT 1-13-12
Rap rocker, rocks instead of raps and comes uop with the best rock song so far this year. The weakness is the average new rock problem, the song isn’t all there. But the performance is invigorating and the vocal is all that.
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Falu At Joe's Pub, Tuesday, January 10th, 2012, Reviewed
Falu was born to crossover, but tonight it was like a couple sitting at a table speaking in a language you don’t speak: it seemed cordoned off, private. There was a new song, the sort of crossover Falu excels at, “Mystified” that just needed a push
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Leonard Cohen 'Darkness', Reviewed
The song, which was performed live during his last world tour, is the second single from his upcoming album ‘Old Ideas’, set to be released on January 31st on Columbia, his first studio album since 2004!
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Killswitch Engage: Help Wanted
“We’ve been getting a lot of inquiries about the KsE singer position. If you are interested, please send an MP3 or a song link, a photo and a brief description of yourself to the management email address provided in the contact section of killswitchengage.com.
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Jay Z More Money Making
He is a billionaire, sold his clothing line for more than $200 million, hasn’t had a single which did not go platinum, has a $150 million deal with Live Nation and he and Beyonce are the top earning couple in the music industry! How much money does he want his Blue Ivy to inherit?
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Charlie Watts Want's To Rock
“Ronnie plays, I still play, Mick sings, he can do it anyway, I think Keith is doing some records. Anyway it would be great if we did, we are just getting to an age where it’s getting a bit difficult to get it together and it’s such a bloody performance getting us together.”
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"Glory (B.I.C.)" Reviewed (The Song Is Here As Well)
Perhaps if what Jay-Z wants to do is express his feelings about about being a parent, he should do so by writing the best song he can.
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Polyphonic Spree Announce First Tour In Four Years
Damn! Some people were really into it, wearing gospel robes and jumping till they were entering in an exhilarating trance
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Lily Allen To Sing At Amy Winehouse Tribute Concert
There is a little of what killed Amy in all of us, certainly in Lily. Lily came out the other side, maybe it is safe for her to return to the limelight again.
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Madness, Nutty Recording and Touring
I adore this band you cannot hear a Madness song and be angry. G’head and try it’s instant feel good, throw your shoes off and get dancing fun. No one can duplicate them and no one is dumb enough to try.
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Ol Dirty Bastard's FBI File
I got this off pitchfork who got it off Gun.io who got it off the the FBI (heavily redacted) through the freedom of information act,
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50 Cent: Twitter Fiend
“Ok I tried to be cool with my record company. I went to the meeting to talk to everyone and sh—feels like there moving in slow motion.”
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Whose FBI File Does rock nyc Wanna See?
we reported about a website called gun.io getting its hands on Old Dirty Bastards FBI files through the freedom of information. Which got us to thinking, which dead rock stars would we like to read.
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New Paul McCartney Album, "Kisses On The Bottom"
I don’t have high hopes for this album and the reason is, McCartney was always much better at early rock and roll than mid-season American songbook
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MFT 1- 12-12
Sure sounds like the Shins as opposed to Broken Bells, except the drums are very doctored and ring out throughout the track, which pretends its easy going and it isn’t.
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David Shane Smith at Satellite Sunday January 8th, 2012
Standing alone in front of his synth and a few knob-turningboxes, he was performing at the Satellite on Sunday night, slowly opening a hypnotic and listener-challenging loopy soundscape, rarely stopping between his songs
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Blue Ivy Carter And Daddy's Bad Karma
in the secret world of the privileged and the super privileged where the line between black arrogance and black excellence, black ignorance and black elegance dissipates into black desire.
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Randy Jacksons Is Better Than Simons, So There
The general public has become so fat, lazy and medicated that we will love whatever you spoon into us. We no longer can tell when we are being scammed unless they shrink the size of a carton of ice cream.
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Shins', 'Simple Song' Reviewed
It is quite close to The Shins’ typical sound, although the music seems to be escaping the chiming signature sound of their first album, while being bolder and a touch more upbeat than usual
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David Bowie Is Just Like You And Me Only Cuter
Flavorwire came up with this hysterical picture article about David Bowie doing normal thinks like speaking on the phone and waiting for a plane and rock nyc is happy and proud to steal it.
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Metallica and The Bulging Screen
Disney Pixar? Hell yes, bring on the glasses, 3D is awesome. Sweaty Ulrich? No thank you. But now that Metallica is officially Lou Reeds bitch, it’s only fitting that they plaster their mugs on the big screen
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David Bowie's "Life On Mars" Greatest Song?
Life On Mars”? Sure, why not. Digital Spy’s readers voted it David Bowie’s best song on Saturday in celebration of his 65th birthday. It’s a great song and if you think that is his greatest moment, so be it
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RATT Dave Grohl and Twitter Abuse
Twitter is the best resource on Earth cuz 2 pints of Jack and the next thing you know theres a Kinks reunion or something. Its just a fabulous way of spreading bullshit.
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"Boy Wonder" Reviewed (More Or Less)
Caleb, fluid in Manadarin, a martial arms animal, crack shop, chemistry wiz, straight A student, should get out more. Whenever he does, he is killing pimps and beating up homeless people.
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On Hating Van Halen
I don’t care how much better they are then Bon Jovi, I certainly don’t cate that they lead the way for Guns N roses (A much better band), they are just such horrible, horrible things. Eddie is an acohol fueled train wreck who married Valerie Bertanelli and still couldn’t take it one day at a time. His brother is a bassist. David is a sad and sorry creature of the night.
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AC/DC debut single sells for $1225 on eBay
This first single features none other than Dave Evans. The b-side was another original ‘Rockin’ In The Parlour’. Theres are the only songs with Evans who was replaced soon after by Bon Scott. The single debuted on May 8, 1975. it was never released outside of Austraila but reached number 19 on their charts
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Justin Bieber And God
I think if I was the son of divorced parents in Canada, one step ahead of an eviction notice, at the age of 14 and four years later was palling on Usher and nailing Selena Gomez, I might very well be having personal conversations with the big guy.
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MFT 1-11-12
I don’t much care for Christian rock but there are huge exceptions. Devil Wears Prada is one, POV is another and the third is these guys. This is the second song off their new one and it is big without being heavy. Good song and I am loving the album so far.
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Salon Music Night Bootleg Theater Saturday January 7th, 2012
This was happening in the Bootleg gallery, not on the stage where the concerts are usually occurring, and every one attending seemed to be a friend of someone performing; it was not only very intimate, but a little like an amicable reunion on a Saturday night, even with a giant screen projecting movies.
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Bright Eyes and First Aid Kit "We Are Going To Be Friends"
Recorded for the charity “Lunchbox Fund”, this song is the perfect mixing of a really strong accent and the light melody running in the background. You could hear this in an elementary school without a doubt.
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Barry Adamson's New Song "Destination" Reviewed
Destination” is a rollicking Goth rave up off his February 14th release. Everything thing about it grabs your attention, from its overexcited Scott Walker vocals to its slap clap drum machine and most of all a piano that seems hijacked off a Ziggy Stardust track
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Not With The Band: Creativity In Music, A Scientific Study
Scientists who study this creativity, are particularly interestedby jazz musicians, the John Coltrane and Keith Jarrett of the world, who are able to totally improvise in the moment. How do they do that?
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"Filth Friends Unite", I See Stars Reviewed
There is some balance though, in this new song “Filth Friends Unite”. Im not sure if they decided to meet in the middle or if it just worked out but the vocal quality for both on this is really very strong. Yay for something positive.
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Coldplay, "Paradise" Video Reviewed
Beside the fact that the video is ridiculous and only exists to remind us that the song has really nothing to say, the falsetto gushy chorus wants to hook the listener up like a sticky donut he or she absolutely wants to resist to.
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"Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy" Reviewed (More Or Less)
Gary Oldham is a great actor. Has been since his portrayal of Sid Vicious. But he isn’t as good as Sir Alec Guinness. And in this severely truncated version of John Le Carre’s spy novel, later filmed as one of the great TV mini-series starring Guinness as masterspy George Smiley, Oldham doesn’t come close.
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Meet The New Year, Same As the Old World
2011 was a dreary year for pop music, it wasn’t terrible by any stretch of the imaginaton but it wasn’t a stretch of the imagination either. I waited to get excited by anything, everything last year. And I did. Music streaming. But if your top story is about music distribution, whatis your number # 2 story?
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Jack White's Third Man Records 'Vault' Series
But whats the real grabber? 7-inch record of two White Stripes songs ‘ ‘Dead Leaves’ and ‘Let’s Build A Home’ ‘ recorded during the sessions for their self-titled debut in 1999. This version is reported as much different than the one that ended up on the album
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Must See Concert: Sinead O'Connor At Highline Ballroom
here is something I really wanna write about!!! Tickets go on sale this Friday for Sinead O’Connor at Highline Ballroom , February 23rd and 24th!!!!
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Singles Going Steady, Week of January 2nd, 2012
OK, I know there isn’t much here and just outta respect for Odd Future I might give The Internet a closer listen,. But it isn’t my fault the world of music is dead. This is ridiculous How can you put the music biz to sleep for more than three weeks? Let’s get on with the rest of our lives, folks.
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Sneak Peak: Week Of January 9th, 2012
not much here and Spotfy is missing on most of em, including, not mentioned here, a coupla Lana Del Rey songs and the new Van Halen single. Compared to ITunes new releases Spotify is an embarassment.
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MFT 1-10-12
I loved this song so much, if for no other reason than the bass licks it runs on, I became a momentary Yorke fan. But the next song not so much, and he brought Atoms For Peace to Roseland and so I passed on it. And any way, the moment passed.
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Glen Campbell At The Town Hall, Saturday, January 7th, 2012 Reviewed
Whether seductively unbuttoning his shirt, careening through his history, trading guitar licks with his son, cracking jokes, laughing, dancing, playing guitar solo after solo and just plain having so much fun we could share in it, Glen brought an early Spring to the middle of this winter. A giant. He’ll be missed
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Fun. “We Are Young” Video, Reviewed
That slowed down feeling sticks with you as you watch the video and see both the meaning in the lyrics and the passion behind lead singer Nate Ruess’ belting of said lyrics.
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New Doors Song “She Smells So Nice,” Premieres Today
rediscover them now and then, its fascinating to try to figure what ‘x factor’ these classic bands had that got them to immortal status. Tune in to their FB at 5pm UK time (figure the math yourself) and get your groove on.
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Power of The People: How To Make a #1 Hit
A month before, he started a Facebook group, proposing the crazy and bold idea to beat the Xfactor winner with a song having the complete opposite vibe, and he was helped onTwitter by a comedian, Peter Searfinowicz, who had more than 268,000 followers.
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We Are The In Crowd's Unoriginal Idea
A while ago, the band Breathe Carolina had a contest for their fans to make a music video for their song “IDGAF”. Now, one of the worst bands in existence, We Are The In Crowd, is copying the idea.
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Roger Waters To Play Yankee Stadium, July 7th, 2012
the one stop shopping will be July 7th at Yankee Stadium. A Saturday following July 4th and a thrilling concept entirely. And despite my dislike for the album, I think if and when it happens, it is unmissable and since I missed it at MSG , I’ll be making my way to the nosebleeds
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Ringo Star and Dave Stewart For Broadway
“Me and Dave wrote a musical, a complete thing – characters, story, a lot of songs. We wrote it for Broadway, but it will more likely end up (as) a movie… and I’m not telling you anything else. It’s about other people.”
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Television Light Week of January 9-15
Lana the musical guest on SNL this week but other than that- music on your television sucks. We have Snow Patrol all over the place and well, they’re really sorta depressing. Perfect I guess, for the blah days of January
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The John O'Brien Charity Concert With Velvet Revolver, Share The Stage
You can be the opener! Not too shabby. All you have to do is go to this page, log in your ReverbNation account (or create one) and submit an‘accurate representation of you and your music’.