US Top 10 Albums, December 17th, 2011
Buble and Bieber have been battling it out all season long, with Buble always on top and Bieber always hanging in. Indeed, Buble is the better of the two albums though neither are all that.
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Gene Simmons vs Madonna for Halftime Showdown
Lets face it, it would be so cool for KISS to do a halftime show. The fire, the smoke the ‘Party Ev AH REE day”, it would be insane.
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US Top 10 Singles Week of December 17th, 2011
The story here is how did The Throne guys get on the charts. They were selling this like a crack whore selling her booty at the MSG concert -playing it three times in the show
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MFT 12-09-12
The Trouble With Love – Kelly Clarkson – I caught Kelly live early in her career and I didn’t watch AI so I didn’t know who she was. And I was blown away. I am seeing her again tomorrow
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Ryan Adam's At Carnegie Hall, Tuesday, December 6th, 2011, Reviewed
This was a different Ryan, his comfort in his own skin was palpable and he managed to be serious and be funny. I shouldn’t hold it against him yet I do. The intensity was there but it felt dispersed
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SXSF 2012
I have only seen 12 bands among the following list which seems to contain a million names: Cloud Nothings, He’s My Brother She’s My Sister, Letting Up Despite Great Faults, Chelsea Wolfe, Allah-Las, Bleached, Built to Spill, Delta Spirit, Thee Oh Sees, PAPA, Screaming Females, and The War On Drugs,… for the rest I have no clue, except for four or five exceptions.
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My Chemical Romance, "Every Snowflake Is Different"
Seems that Yo Gabba Gabba must have a pretty hip scout or all of these bands are having kids and wanting to be on these shows (or both)
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D'Angelo Back In 2012
The purveyor of precisely two albums, each a masterpiece, his performance at Radio City Music Hall -a three hour act of stamina and bravado, is the one to beat. And other than a featured slot on a Q-tip strack and an arrest for soliciting a prostitute, we haven’t heard much.
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Arcade Fire, Dollar for Dollar
“For any silicone valley jerks who might try to bankrupt us, let’s put the upper limit at $300,000,” Butler wrote on the band’s website. “Have a great holiday!”
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Sleigh Bells Reigning In 2012
Wearing a military uniform, Krauss seems to announce a grand and epic battle launched by some kind of female dictator, is it the beginning of a Hollywood super production? I mean who exactly release a trailer for an upcoming album?
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Amy Winehouse's "Lioness – Hidden Treasures" Reviewed
no more an album than the name of the album, a clumsy, uncomfortable, hobbled together branding, is a name of an album. Instead it is exactly what I said it would be when I first heard about it: somewhere between post-humus tribute and cash in.
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"Angels We Have Heard On High", Bayside Reviewed
Everyone has covered this but no one enunciated it so well. Huge props. Musically, nice little rock bass going on. Angels may just cloud surf to this one.
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Cat Power's new album, a song + video for Christmas
‘ALMOST DONE WITH ALBUM. IN 9 DAYS WILL HAVE A SONG AVAILABLEFOR HOLIDAY CHARITY DOWNLOAD W O R D ! XXXX’
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The Shins Secret Show At Largo On Monday
, the Shins did a set of 7 brand new songs at Largo! Yes, the Shins, or rather the new Shins, as apparently James Mercer is the only one left from the original line-up. It was a by-invite-only show unfortunately
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Must See Concert: Ed Sheeran At the Mercury Lounge, Tuesday, January 21st, 2012
I’ve liked Ed Sheeran for about a year now and have every intention of catching him at a 630p gig, at West Houston’s tiny Mercury Lounge for what is PR folks dub “acoustic-folk rap”, will be catnip.
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A Merry rock nyc Christmas
Christmas has reached that place, not unlike Lady Gaga, where the meaning has been eaten by the tradition and, whether you belive in Christ, or anyone else for that matter, you might still share in the melting point.
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Will 2012 Be The Return Of the Indie?
Will 2012 be the revenge of Brooklyn? New albums by Animal Collective, Sleigh bells and of Montreal may tell the tale
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Sinead O'Connors Wedding Bells
Sinead would not disclose her wedding location on her website but did tell the newspaper the “Irish Republic” that the ceremony would be in Las Vegas.
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MFT 12-08-11
Like Smoke – Amy Winehouse And Nas – This is a great song, not Amy or nas’s best but the best post-humous Winehouse release. Nas is a great rapper and Amy is very much the essence of desire.
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Why I Hate David Guetta
Guetta performed in front of 800 people packed in this new lobby, and transformed for the occasion into ‘the full Vegas nightclub experience – complete with LED light riggings, VIP tables with bottle service, elevated platforms with scantily-clad dancers
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Yusuf Islam's "Moonshadow" Musical in Melbourne
For those of you unfamiliar with Cat Stevens or Yusef Islam, its time to school yourself. One of the most soothing voices and most graphical lyrcists of all time. Islam has faced some opposition and rough press upon his religious conversion. He had made some controversial statements
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June Carter Cash At The Bottom Line, July 1st, 1999, Remembered
I was buying a ticket at the Bottom Line in June 1999 when the guy behind the box office wised me up that tix for June Cash Carter had just gone on sell… did I want to? Darn tootin’. Press On had just been released and I loved it.
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Lady Gaga Wants To Break Some Records
She wants to beat out U2 for the “highest grossing and most attended” tour … ever. Considering her cancelation schedule perhaps the most canceled date tour would work better? She has a target of 450 dates. It has never been done before, but she doesn’t think that’s a reason not to try it.”
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Johnny Greenwood To Score New Paul Thomas Anderson Movie
Tweet from Oliver Weindling, founder of the British label Babel, saying: ‘Zed-U recorded part of soundtrack for Jonny Greenwood of Radiohead last week. Film (by Paul Thomas Anderson) to appear in 2013.’
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Miley Cyrus: SNL Gets Her Right, And Now Let's Leave Her Alone
“What, that’s it?” said Houston, shocked. “Weed’s not a drug! … I put weed in my cereal this morning! I smoke weed just to go to Target” Agreed. C’mon, pot is barely illegal.
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Sparks The Rescue "The Christmas Song", Reviewed
Seems everyone wants some holiday action- but Sparks does this well. Traditional enough but with just a dash of unique…well a smidge.
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Ticketmaster Payback
The fees were said to be ‘deceptive because they did not clearly state that Ticketmaster was profiting from them.’ That’s why the fees will continue to be added to you bill, but Ticketmaster will clearly label them as profit now!!
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Uncut's Top 50 2011 Albums
I know about half of them and like about half of that. The first album I like on this list is the Horrors. I am less keen on Let England Shake than they are, and much less keen on The English Riviera
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Hanson: The Bros Brew Buds "MmmmHop"
they have reached the drinking age now because they are about to launch a new brand of beer,…. And, no joke, they are going to name the drink MMMHop, obviously finding their inspiration in their hit song.
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"Sleeping Beauty" Reviewed (More Or Less)
Director Julia Leigh is a juxtaposition of youth and beauty and various forms of decay and ache. It looks really stunning and while enjoy it is not the right word, I watched it with a detached coolness that mirrored the primary actress.
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Howard Stern To Join "America's Got Talent"
The “Parents Television Council” flipped saying: “an act of desperation for a flailing network,” and slammed Stern as “a performer who is synonymous with shock, profanity and obscenity.”
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Alesana, "Lullaby of The Crucified", Video Review
a stereotypical jaunt as death haunts you and offers you forbidden fruit and the band is adorable in white suits and the song…the song is glorious. Beautiful lyrics, well excecuted and of course the amazing Dennis Lee, who prevents this band from becoming just another hard rock band.
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Hugo Reviewed (More Or Less)
the parts where Scorcese recreates the movie trickery of the old silent movies nearly makes this unwieldy, boring piece of crap worth watching. No child in its right mind would go within a million miles of this stinker.
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MFT 12-07-11
Default Picture – T-Pain – It is now official, he is the only person in the world allowed to use auto-tune. This is T-Pain at his poppy best only waiting for Justin Timberlake on the remix.
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Alex York: “International, Rock, Theatric”
“I decided… it’s my duty to put on a good show so I pulled up some kids on stage, they kinda went nuts dancing to the music, and I just sort of tried to engage people…”
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Girl In A Coma at the Echoplex, Friday, December 2nd, 2011
Charming Nina was all wide-rolling eyes with an expressive face when she was going from one high note to another high one, with a total assurance and some badass energy. Her hair in her face, soon covered by sweat, she was in control of her voice and music
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Suzanne Real At Bowery Ballroom, Friday, December 2nd, 2011, Reviewed
But it is Suzanne’s show and whether throwing back her hair and growling or crouching and roaring, she is not just a very powerful voice, Suzanne is the package. An entertaining, provocative and enjoyable lead singer who can really sing the blues. The band is at the Bitter End, January 13th, try and catch em.
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“Mistletoe Is For Quitters”, Forever The Sickest Kids Holiday Offering
Still very young and trapped in an over saturated genre’ its time The ‘Kids’ get proper representation and go score a name for themselves.
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All American Rejects "Somedays Gone", Reviewed
The tune really doesn’t wow me but its great to know the band is still together and functioning. I figure they used up all the cash from “Move Along’, which must have got a ton of attention since it was in the video game Rockband.
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Lee Noble at Vacation Vinyl, Saturday, December 3rd, 2011
he was very concentrated on his craft all the time, extremely occupied between his constant tape-changing, his vibrating and resonating Moog synth and his sparse guitar playing,
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Madonna 'The Super Bowl Halftime Show"
As a matter of fact lets all take a moment to pray to the Father that there isnt a wardrobe malfunctinon this year. We have seen it all and its rather disturbing and sinewy now… yick
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Stream All Of DFA Records 2011 Releases
The hottest Record Label on earth is James Murphy, of LCD Soundsystems fame, DFA record. They didn’t just give us the great disco band around, Holy Ghost, or the best DJ, Shit Robot, but bands from the Rapture to Free Energy.
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The Dead Ships at the Echoplex, Friday, December 2nd, 2011 Reviewed
The formula duo – guitar and drums – has already been used a lot and reinventing it seems to be quite a task, but The Dead Ships managed to bring something original while evoking big names at the same time.
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Artist Vs Poet Stream Holiday EP Today
“We will be streaming the entire EP at www.purevolume.com on Tuesday December 6th and then we will be releasing it a little later for free. Merry CHRISTMAS!!!”
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Laura Marling Setlist 2011
So what grabs your attention? Not much from Alas I Can not Swim, right? I mean, really, it adds up to “Ghost” and on your bike. I Speak Because I Can gets four appearances… why the short shrift on her best album?
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Frankie Rose Second Album
Frankie Rose is the woman with a plan. Her plan is too join bands, wait till they become successfl, and run for her life. The Dum Dum and Vivian Girls to name two. But she can’t really run away from her own band, so after the Alyson Camus approved (I had my doubts…) first solo album
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Sneak Peak: Week Of December 5th,2011
So you wanna know about Amy, right? Put it this way, even on a first listen it is no Back to Black or even Frank for that moment. Geez, the second song is an early version of “Tears Cry On Their Own”. But… it ain’t “Michael” either.
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MFT 12-06-11
Hey There – Harry Connick Jn – A very witty song, Connick recording a “memo to self”, advising himself to forget a girl with “her nose in the air”. Then playing back the recording and berating himself for not listening to his own advise. “Is it all going in one ear and out the other?”
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Iggy and the Stooges at the Palladium,Thursday, December 1st, 2011 Reviewed
Some people are all about success. And some people like to bleed!’ he yelled at one point, and indeed he did get a nose bleed after one of his numerous stage dives over the excited and adoring crowd,… but what is a nose bleed for Iggy? Close to nothing, as the guy must have built up a bottomless endorphin reservoir to endure so many pain-inducing performances
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Steve Wynn And The Miracle 3 At Bowery Ballroom, Friday, December 32nd, 2011, Reviewed
Wynn’s band the Miracle 3 is a very good,psychedelic sludge jam band, and Wynn is an economical and smart live performer. The band jammed out but it was a sparse live jamming, the solos kept to a minimum as they went in search of community. of a groove. And found it just about always