The Doors’ thin drummer looked happy and in good spirit when he sat down at the signing table around 6 pm and stayed there for a long time; when I left an hour later, he was still signing everything that was presented to him, books, vinyl, posters, drumsets,… He took a short break at one point and was regularly standing up to wave at the crowd,
It’s an unnervingly simple, aggressive, it’s his leanest and most direct effort
I’m hoping for a little something more from this Austin Texas band. I want them to be huge (no pun intended) but they need to steer in a less depressive direction and mix it up a bit. I’m not implying ‘walking on sunshine’ happy, but for Gods sake stop being so beaten.
So is it another way for Kanye West to push the envelope? However, he has to be aware that the novel destroyed the 80s music – I have heard that Phil Collins never forgave Ellis – but West’s new ‘Yeezus’ is probably lyrically strong enough to stand up next to the bloody-gory violence of the novel.
“Mahalia Jackson: The Power and the Glory”? That’s the 1997 bio of the greatest Gospel singer of all time, and Summerstage will be presenting a screening of the movie on Saturday. Along with performances by Della Reese and the mind boggling Joshua Nelson. If you have never seen Redman, he is a thrilling live performer who would blow the roof off Summerstage if it had a roof.
The Beady Eye is surprisingly good, I mean we all thought it was TV On The Beady Eye, but it isn’t really at all! It’s kinda like prog-English rock. Very very impressed. I would be much more interested in Black Sabbath if they were playing Manhattan.
Leah McFall is the leader of the Voice UK pack and she does have amazing range, her high notes are sky high. Somewhere along the way “Grime” became rapping with an English accent. And the rest of this is the usual suspects.
The Kris Kristofferson song at the top of the chart is a brilliant piece of aphorismatic self evidence and a call that should echo through the ages: “Life is the question and life is the answer and God is the reason and love is the way”. Very true but onbly instinctively.
This works in ways Watch The Throne didn’t. Throne was a victory lap, Yeezus is back to ground zero only now he doesn’t really care
Even though it was dark, you could see him grinning as the crowd cheered. Following him were Justin Aufdemkamp, Ryan Neff, and B.J. Stead. Last but not least, was Levi Benton, having transformed from the quiet man I interviewed to a metal god. They automatically ripped into their first song, and they didn’t hold back a thing.
Edward didn’t realize he could paint either till, inspired by his brother Gerard (the man who created the AC/DC logo) he decided to at least try.
I should be raving about how it gave me a migraine and how I wanted to slice my eyelids off but I can’t. Its a classic song done in a classic manner by and old dude and some whipper snappers in a pretty setting. It could be an advertisement for the Park service its so clean.
What? McCartney has turned electronic? Apparently he has! The 70-year-old Beatle will never finish to reinvent himself and he has just recorded with Italian artist Bloody Beetroots, ‘Out of Sight’, an epic electronica number which premiered on Rolling Stone this Friday.
Then, a little before 10 am, I read a tweet from Thom Yorke himself, announcing that several indie music stores were giving away tickets with the purchase of the album. I decided to rush as fast as possible to the nearest one, Vacation Vinyl. I got there only a few minutes after the tweet was sent, and there were just a few people online, I was number 7, my hopes were suddenly very high
“You think I’m over the hill, think I’m past my prime? Let me see what you’ve got, we can have a whomping good time”
This is Jason Isbell’s week no doubt and the album was good to start and has been growing on me ever since. Once past that, Icona Pop are firmly on my radar right now and my appreciation for them has grown by leaps and bounds. Marshall has a song of the year, and Daft Punk, Matt whipley and especially Robin Thicke have songs of the summer.
The great thing about having been a drunk is that if you were good when you were a drunk you are gonna be great when you sober up. Isbell, who moved from keyboards to guitar years ago, is now a full blown sober singer songwriter writing self aware self portraits and on this his fourth solo album, to a just about perfect fine point on “Super 8″… and others. ALBUM OF THE WEEK – A
“The bloody trains are bloody late, you bloody wait, you bloody wait…” JCC is always a blast! DBT is an Isbell classic, and 3 – 7 are highlights from new album releases, I got a tix to NIN and the two Kweezy’s aren’t released yet but “Bound 2 ” is as mainstream as anything he has ever written and he could have easily pushed it as a first single.
When I was invited for the Eve to Adam show at the Roxy, I wasn’t even planning to stay for the next band, mornings are so tough after weekday shows, but when Leogun began to play I was immediately captivated, and boy I don’t regret a minute to have stayed to watch the British trio blow up the room with their aggressive bluesy-rock’ n’ roll!
Not just the essence of rock and roll but the essence of rock and roll as an art form, Marianne released herself and us from these earthly bonds as we all became highway stars shining forever.
Smith communes very well with troubled souls; his is the music for the emotionally disenfranchised as surely as Strummer is the music for the politically disenfranchise -tickets go on sale Monday at noon
I do understand why Alyson thought they were British. They have that pasty retro sound that reminds you of narrow streets and grey sky. What? Yeah, like depression. A haunting song with awkward falsetto and sing along bits. Hollow and bleak.
A beacon of energy when on stage, when I was going to talk to him, he was soft spoken and it certainly caught me off guard.
Marla is in the heart of her career right now and I am guessing we will be getting plenty of the excellent Speak, with stuff like the lilting “Annarexia” rubadubdub Bill Laswell remix and songs like the howling quasi art freaked out “Scream
“Honestly, I got a little teary when we finally got it done. It’s just been way too long for them not to finally do this,” he said.”
Despite a top ten hit single with “I Love It”, Icona Pop were just another electronic duo from Stockholm in most of our minds until their Saturday afternoon set at the Governor’s ball spelled out the youth, beauty, smart, mingling of harmonies over beats and inspired reworkings of pop staples like “It’s My Party” , that makes for a thrilling new super super super group.
This is a bit of a mish mash. Deep Purple is an act of mourning for my late friend Marianne O’Hagen: there needs to be a life after death, the Universe isn’t big enoughto absorb this loss. What else? X Ambasadors are well loved by a friend of mine, indie alt rock brooklyn darkness visible stuff.
The five of them rock out the place on Tuesday night with a set of eleven songs, digging in their previous albums, then sampling their new one ‘Locked & Loaded’ featuring song with incendiary titles like ‘Let’s Burn’, and ‘Crime Scene’ or ambitious ones like ‘Immortal’ and ‘Shut Out The World’.
They will be digitally releasing TAYF acoustic. The entire thing will be redone like new, stripped down and raw. They’re releasing it themselves on June 18th. This is one of the best ideas the band has done.
I will wait till it is officially released June 22nd to say much more about the album, except hidden on the double are two songs of the summe
Ever since the advent of vinyl with its ease of distribution, music has been a recorded experience. Look at it this way. How many people have listened to the Beatles? Now how many people have seen them live?
Could be one of the cheesiest titles I have ever created! Barbara Streisand is still alive, still winning shit and still selling out mega halls at bazillion bucks a seat. Why?
When you see d’Angelo around other pop singers, like at the Carnegie Hall gig, it is a little upsetting. He is so much better than everybody it is like a glimpse of greatness behind a firewall of mediocrity
Kanye West may have talked about true love to Iman at the Governor’s ball last weekend, but honestly, this recent interview with the NY Times tells us one thing: there is only one person that Kanye West loves, and this person is Kanye West.
If I was Liam I’d do a Peter Hook on Noel and take it on the road by himself. He was the voice and the attitude of Oasis, he doesn’t need Noel half as much as Noel needs him
This is the faves, 56 years in the making, my fave live shows of all time, in chronological order
Three of these songs are highlights from the weeks release with Tiesto getting pride of place because I am obsessed with Icona Pop still; two D’Angelo because I got tix to see him at Williamsburg Park and five of these songs are a reflection of my fave concerts ever post which started as a fun idea and ended as a monumental time eater
it’s obvious that they have listened to the Smiths a lot, and I am probably establishing some obvious statement there, because I am new to the Drums, and I have just read that they absolutely love Morrissey who totally love them back, and they have even attended each other’s shows.
Isbell doesn’t have the vocal presence of a natural born rocker and doesn’t try to be on this primarily acoustic based record. When wearing his comfort pants, Isbell specializes in a devastatingly forlorn sadness/regret voiced with schmaltz-free honesty
Russell is not a musician he is a stand up comedian. But he has that rock and roll flair that makes it ok for me to list his tour dates here. Am I a fan? Well, sorta kinda. He’s the type of performer who when I’m watching him I really enjoy but when its over I forget it happened
I am absolutely in love with this song. It’s unique and catchy, and the use of the Daft Punk backing beat is fantastic. His voice is almost cute, but the lyrics give it an edge. As for the video, it’s not super elaborate, but it’s certainly not boring.
Pettibon, who ‘designed this motherfucking thing’, was always a member of the band according to Morris, as he was creating the graphics, flyers and not afraid to do some provocative artwork for Black Flag such as Charles Manson as Jesus Christ nailed to a cross,… so dangerous, heavy, scary. ‘
Maybe I miss her and that’s why I am feeling it so strong, but this is a strong, strong taste of disco with smart techno beats all over the show. I can’t wait for the album now
I promise you I called this one right. I mean it. “Blurred Lines” is the song of the summer because “Get Lucky” hit a little too late and that’s the way it is gonna play itself out for the next three months.
This isn’t the worst album chart we’ve seen this year, only Imagine Dragon are in league with the forces of darkness. The rest of this is somewhere between average and a little above, so lotsa, you know it is a good album, four or five good songs and maybe two real good songs. I guess that’s enough in 2013.
The top two were played on Sinatra In The Park, the following two went not played at the Park in order to make room for a Nat King Cole cover! The isbell is the best song on his new album and the Amanda Shires is Isbell’s wife. Oh, and the words John Legend no longer put me into a deep coma from which I might never awaken
Tuesday’s concert, produced by City Winery, was a fund raiser and the folks sitting in front of me had paid $25,000 in some cases for the privilege of being there, while the less well heeled fans coughed up $100 for the show. All concerned got their monies worth.
As for the bassist, I was blown away. Daniel Shapiro was either classically trained or has the natural talent of a god, because as someone who believes bass and drums make or break a song, I was beyond impressed.
Timberlake’s last album has hovered around the top 75% in my opinion meter, it is very good but is it great? Sometimes I think it is but mostly I think it isn’t
Everybody from Pandora to IHEARTRadio are on high alert and I don’t see why it ight not wipe em both off the map
