When Patrick Stickles Talks With Marc Maron, It's Fantastic!
When Keith Richards was young, guitars were the answers of everything, but it is not that way anymore’… ‘So many people were competing for the perfect rock song,… Now you get a computer.’
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Academy Award Music Nominations: Do Win Butler And Karen O Even Have A Chance?
‘Her’ is nominated for best original song with ‘The Moon Song,’ a collaboration between Karen O and Spike Jonze, and best music (original score) with Arcade Fire’s Win Butler and Owen Pallett’s score. The question is, does any of them even have a chance?
Direct Current Upcoming Albums Through April 2014
When the mood takes me, I visit Direct Currents website (“they know music better” -English, not as well) and see what new releases we can look forward to and then painstakingly cut and past it for you and here it is. Here are my highlights: Doug Paisley, Quilt, … Paul Rodgers?
Brooklynvegan And The Village Voice
“You can also check out individual ballots and read essays on Kanye, Miley, R Kelly, the emo revival, and others, not to mention loads of pithy blurbs and pie charts.”
Listen to Two New Songs By Angel Olsen,… My Next Favorite Songwriter?
Her voice may remind you something old, half Roy Orbison half Loretta Lynn, tremolo-ing like some authentic and intimate entity, while the guitars vibrate and make your head spin like this disco ball… ‘Are you lonely too?’ she sings, ‘High five – so am I’…
40th Anniversary of “Rebel Rebel”, Warrents Picture Disc
But as these people start realizing how much space these albums take up and how the ‘amazing sound’ they pretend to hear (lets face it- the average Jim aint hearing a damn difference between stream and vinyl) is not portable- it’s done.
Take Action Tour 2014 Announces Line Up
The Take Action tour is an annual spring event that combines doing good with hearing good. The line up is always an interesting mix of harder rock and pop punk. Confusing at times but in our four years of covering it- it has never disappointed.
Morrissey Promise: New Album, New Tour, and No Illness!?
Well my dear friends you may as well start calling rocknyc, Moznyc cuz the obsession runs deep among us all.Ya figure if you’ve got a website with two vegans, a vegetarian and a dude from Manchester, you’re lucky we report on anything else.
Jahn Xavier Back To Arlene's Grocery, Yes, You Should Go
Jahn Xavier And the Bowerytones will be back Wednesday, February 19th at Arlene’s Grocery. 8pm. I’ll be there for sure, do yourself a favor and check out a true American classic.
Village Voice Pazz And Jop Veers Into Irrelevance
Could the Village Voice Pazz And Jop Poll get any more irrelevant? If I wasn’t hitting deadline I don’t think I’d mention it at all but since we’re all here, this kinda is obvious
US Top 10 Singles 1-25-14
You are getting sleepy, sleepy, close your eyes and snap you’re asleep. The US Charts are as slow as molasses. It takes a miracle to get in but once you are in you are there for months. Like 12 – 14 weeks they mess around the top 10. Only the surprise(ish) appearance of Katy have kept me awae.
US Top 10 Albums 1-25-14
A little on the lame side right? I’ll give em Eminem and beyonce but after that, ugh, it seems to go one forever, talking loud but saying nothing. When does 2014 kick in here?
How I Won And Lost The Live Nation Sweepstakes
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Legend Rickie Lee Jones Is Asking Her Fans To Finance Her Next Album
he good thing is that she has already reached 71% of her goal offering amazing premiums, such as a house concert ($15,000-$40,000) some original paintings ($15,000), music instruments, clothes, shoes, boots, hats…
Must See: Phil Gammage At No Malice Palace Late January, 2014
Adventures is a great album and I plan to give it a full review soon but till then, Phil is playing Wednesday, January, 29th 9pm in New York at No Malice Palace 197 E 3rd St, New York, NY 10009 (212) 254-9184. I’ve yet to see Phil live but plan to get to this one.
Art Garfunkel Is Bank!!!
Art’s voice was severely damaged and that was that except it isn’t that and now, four years later, Garfunkel is completely recovered and ready to sing everywhere… except nyc, ground zero to him. I am going to assume that this won’t hold.
The A+ List 1-15-14
The Golden Age – Beck – The lethargy is deathlike, the thing about death in a body is its lack of animation, it simply stops the body and then the body decays to dust. This decay, this rotting of the self, the inertness of life is the hidden subject matter of Beck’s masterpiece.
Be Here Now: Snapshot Reviews Of New Albums 1-14-14
The Crystal Method – Looks like time has run out on these EDM guys, but having said that this is so good it makes me feel nostalgic. And not just the Lee Ann Rimes song but rock nyc faves Afrobeta’s song as well. It beeps, it boops, it maintains the beat, it goes its own way – B+
Not With The Band: A Pill For The Perfect Pitch? No, Thanks!
In this article published in Frontiers in Systems Neuroscience, a group of researchers has found that people who took valproate, a drug used in the treatment of epilepsy, anorexia, migraine, panic attack and bipolar disorder, learned to identify pitch significantly better than those taking placebo
New Politics "Tonight You're Perfect" Video Reviewed
It’s incredibly cliched and a massive step down from their other works that I can remember. They weren’t always so mainstream-sounding. “Harlem” was even a little funkier. Nonetheless, “Tonight You’re Perfect” is just disappointing.
World's Largest Record Tops the Fabulous Forum
The Forum in Los Angeles is truly an historic sports venue, home to the Lakers back in their multi-championship years. It also hosted innumerable concerts, though frankly it wasn’t a very good place to see a show. The sound system left a lot to be desired, as I remember well from seeing Elton John there in the early ’80s.
"Blue Monday", New Order 30 minutes in Hell
I do truly understand the need for nostalgia and I am as guilty as the next kid who thinks their generation was better than everyone elses but if you have the time or the budget to create a documentary about a song- you need to reassess
The Beautiful Melancholia of Spike Jonze's 'Her'
You will have to stay till the end of the credits to hear Arcade Fire’s ‘Supersymmetry’, a song originally composed for the movie but finally reworked for their ‘Reflektor’ album. I must say I was expecting to hear it sooner, but pay attention since instrumental variation of the same song recorded with Owen Pallett, is also featured on the score
Kanye Wants To Stop The Coinye!
Far from being honored, Yeezus did not appreciate it at all , and his lawyers have taken action to shut down the virtual currency called Coinye West. It’s true that the creators of the coin had pushed the Internet joke a bit far
UK Top 10 Albums 1-18-14
Are Haim touring the UK? Interesting they’re back on the charts as are Arctic Monkeys for some reason best known to the rest of the world, I never forgave them after a terrible set at MSG.
UK Top 10 Singles 1-18-14
Fuse ODG is rubadub electronic dance music and Control is drums and bass in the modern world plus the rest of this chart shows why the UK remains an important breeding ground for truly great pop music.
The Front Bottoms' NPR Session Reviewed Take One
“”You know what I think’s really sad? I know how really sad you are,” is the opening line. This is quite a way to start anything; it’s a harsh and sharp song, and seeing Bryan Sella sing it is a different experience than just listening to the studio version. “
The A+ List 11-12-14
The concept here is simple enough, without searching out best songs of all times, I stumble upon them all the time, the A Plus List; songs that are so great if you haven’t heard them you’ve not lived a fulfilled. So I have started finding a place to put them and share em with you… because I like you.
The Front Bottoms: NPR Music Tiny Desk Concert Reviewed Take Two
The Front Bottoms deep feel acoustic folkie with wordy wordy heart wrenching words that spill out like Tourettes of the heart first came to Mary Magpie’s attention and she passed it along to me, but they were in the process of upping onto a national level
Sneak Peaks For The Week Of January 13th, 2014
It has been nearly five years since “The List” and three more on top since her last album of original songs “Black Cadillac” so a new Rosanne Cash album is a reason to celebrate and The River And The Thread is our album of the week.
Odessa Record's Gross Ghost Tonight, Saturday, January 11th, 2014, At Cameo Gallery
Anyway, I’ve been going to Arena shows for the past coupla months and I can’t help feeling it is time to get back to the rock club and I love Cameo Gallery despite it being in Brooklyn. Trust me folks, live Gross Ghost are gonna kill it here
Adam Lazzara "Because It Works" Video Reviewed
I never really imagined him being too versatile, considering he’s been with TBS doing the same thing for 13ish years. However, he’s just expanded his horizons exponentially. He’s an incredibly talented guitarist, and that really shows in this tune. It’s the real backbone of it all, and he’s a seasoned musician in all aspects
Jann Klose' Music Video For "Make It Better: One Love And Guerrilla Tactics
Jann and filmmaker/cinematographer Yael Shulman. Using guerrilla techniques, the two (plus a production assistant) carried Yael’s camera and tripod, Jann’s guitar, and a change of clothes in New York City subways, starting near the Bronx
Loser And Winner Week Of January 3rd, 2014: Governor's Ball And Neil Young
Loser – Governor’s Ball – What are these guys thinking of? After the disastrous early June Randall’s Island festival last year, with Friday a complete disaster (Best Coast best quote: “This fucking sucks”), and a doubling up on the headliner on Saturday which lead to overcrowding plus a nightmare of mud and ruined shoes, they have the audacity to try it again in 2014
Listen To (And Download) The Belle Brigade's New Single 'Ashes'
It’s quite a departure from their first album, a bit different from their fist-in-the-air anthemic ‘Losers’ tone, so may be fans are gonna be a bit confused at first, but they will be able to follow the genetic thread through Barbara’s inspired and breezy vocals.
Neil Young And The New York Times
It is one thing to claim that Neil Young was being a dick at a concert when he really wasn’t, it is another thing to claim Speaker of the House John Boehner was being a dick when he really wasn’t
Jack Phillips Back In Black Tie January, 2014
I believe Jack and his family are back in town and to make things better, his band are back in town with a return engagement at “Don’t Tell Mama’.
Must See: Amnesty Internation Concert At Barclay Center This February 2014
Imagine Dragons is very specifically a band I am interested in purely on an anthropological basis: they are as far from a band I like as possible, they are, how you say Styx like in my distaste for them though I do find their use of beats peculiar and effective
Coachella's 2014 Line-Up Is Here
This is true that headliner Outkast had already been announced a long time ago, that Arcade Fire was a given, as they have been playing literally everywhere lately, but Muse? I can already see your excitation, but I basically have none at this point. They excite me as much as Phoenix,
Sinatra Signature Collection, "Sinatra, With Love"
I am not in any way discounting the magic of these songs. Each one is pretty damn amazing- but you know them all If you’re a keeper of Sinatra s catalog ya already got this stuff, send me your moeny instead or start a shuffle playlist on Spotify or something. Don’t be sucker.
Governors Ball Don't Learn, Dates Are June 6th – 8th, 2014
Gov’s Ball line up was something else last year, from GNR and KoL to, yes folks, the first appearance of Kanye and his Yeezus. Along with the best of many genres (ecept country) including folk, indie and EDM . Alt-J, the xx and Icona Pop, garcy Clarke Jn, Fucked Up and Best Coast… outrageously excellent line up. So, yeah, sight unseen I’d go again.
Must See: Aretha Franklin Mid January 2014 Radio City Music Hall
So maybe it won’t be the best concert I’ll ever see by Aretha, but it will be Mid January (the 17 th) and a Friday and Radio City Music Hall and the Queen Of Soul. Sounds like a must see to me.
US Top 10 Singles 1-18-14
So OK, I went 50-50 on Perry and Gaga, I didn’t think PRISM was dead a duck and it isn’t and I didn’t thing Artpop was dead as a duck and it is dead a duck. I don’t see why Gag doesn’t pull out “Gypsy” it has hit single written all over it
US Top 10 Albums 1-18-14
It is January 9th and nothing has happened in the world except “Frozen” is the fourth animated soundtrack to reach the top of the Billboard 200. It follows Jack Johnson’s “Curious George” (2006), and Disney’s “Pocahontas” (1995) and “The Lion King” (1994). One of which is actually good.
Jerkin with Miley, "Adore You" Video Review
I adore Miley and I even like the song (though I do not love,its trying to hard to be sensual and that twang hurts my ears) but the imagery isn’t anything that hasn’t been done before and the horrible haircut aint helping her cause
Watch Never Seen Before Footage Of Nirvana's Last Concert In Los Angeles
It’s difficult to comprehend it, but 20 years after his death, there’s still some footage of Kurt Cobain, unseen by most people, which are suddenly surfacing. On December 30th, Dave Markey, who directed ‘1991: The Year Punk Broke’, uploaded this 15-minute video of Nirvana’s last show in Los Angeles
"Anchorman 2: The Legend Continues" Reviewed
This is parody not satire, placing it in the past loosens it up to be a politically incorrect as hell and while Will always manages to end up a sweetheart, he really isn’t normal at all.
Be Here Now: Snapshot Reviews Of New Album Releases w-o 1-6-14
A modern soul practitioner who understands how to put together a modern disco album with an overwhelmingly powerful blue eyed soul voice on top. It might not do more than provide pop licks and digs, but who will do it better in 2014? – A
Moon Mullican – Laying Pipe All Day
There are several theories on how he received that name; the most common belief was that it was shorthand for “Moonshine.” He was billed as the King of the Hillbilly Piano Players, but Moon Mullican was a key link in the transition from Western swing music to honky-tonk and then on to rock ‘n’ roll.
Not With The Band: When A Song Makes Us Think More Than Usual
So far no supersymmetric particles have been discovered, but it is a very convenient love imagery not unlike the Greek philosophers’ idea of the quest to find our lost half. It’s also very seducing that, interestingly, we may never know if these superpartners exist