Songs For Slim – The Replacements – ‘Mats guitarist Slim Watson had a stroke and will need full time care for the rest of his life so Tommy and Westerberg recorded a couple of songs together and drummer Chris Watson recorded a song by himself. The results are not exactly a reunion but it is as close as we are gonna get. And the Nico cover “I’m Not Sayin'”reminds you why so many people worship the band – A-
he Allmans song was the killer Friday night at the Beacon, and Kat Edmonson’s cover of the Purpke Rain track did her nothing but favors on Thursday and best of all, Boz Scaggs has even improved with age though this Elton John wannabe was plenty good back in day. As for Surfer Blood? Dig dem horns…
A mass of egotistical monsters come together to honor the most egotistical monster of them all. Party over, whoops, out of time
I have been to many events where parents use their kids as ‘cute pawns’ for attention from rockers. Even Morrissey was face to face with an 11 year old boy who instantly became prey to the crowd. Kids have the ‘awww’ factor, to some.
This is quite bizarre, and if you had previously listened to the song, you had probably noticed the Asian inspiration at the beginning, but nobody was expected this whole Chinese-Korean soap opera
So “Violet”, which was once a tangled story of revenge becomes a fairy tale for girls about overcoming the pressure of life and emerging the hero of your own story. About making yourself powerful.
The atmosphere of the video couldn’t be more bizarre, as it seemed to have been filmed at night in the coldest place on Earth, may be Alaska where the band is originally from?
In honor of the event many artists will offer up unique recordings or special offers. Record companies get involved as well. Last year we scored some fabulous vinyl from The Clash- I personally only liked it for the cover art. I want this poster though, its pretty cool and rumor has it the photo was taken in New England right before “Are You Experienced” was released in 1967
Winner – Elvis Costello – I’m gonna call him the Magus from now on. On Thursday of last week, Elvis Costello performed a 45 minute concert at the Theater at Madison Square Garden that magically rolled back time to the late 1970s (without the bile) and unleashed a dynamite set ranging through his first two albums as well a s couple from Get Happy! and Armed Forces. Anybody who was lucky enough to be there won’t forget it soon.
Ted Reilly (not unlike Larry Blackmon), who soon after this started working with Michael Jackson on Invincible, would never become the superstar he deserved to be.
Ted Reilly (not unlike Larry Blackmon), who soon after this started working with Michael Jackson on Invincible, would never become the superstar he deserved to be.
The Mavericks own one of the best albumss of the year and this is the best song on one of the best albums, but it is has been a quiet week for great songs and Normal Living, Nick Cave, James Blake -all these folks have been around a couple of weeks already. The newbies are from #2 to # 6.
Thurston Moore is so pretentious he named his band after phillip Glass moving company before he became famous. And Pretty Little Demons balance on the edge of precocious and don’t fall over> Otherwise, the Nash album is a little disappointing, the Raekwon is disappointing, the hendrix is growing off me, Ball died and I am not going to see Blackstreet at Best Buy.
He talked about his profound admiration for acoustic music, Bob Dylan (especially before he went electric), the ‘god lyricist’, Lou Reed, and the beat poets, specifying that poetry wasn’t fiction, but more like a painting of reality.
In fact the first six songs taken collectively are so strong you start to think that Bowie has delivered something that would rival his greatest achievements. But things get a little uneven in the middle before the last four tunes rally the set to a fine conclusion.
As for the video, I kind of don’t even want to mention it. It’s pretty boring. The only plus is the cuteness of the boys. The story doesn’t really hold anyone’s attention because it’s too subtle and mediocre.
A Swedish company named Pause, which ordinarily just sells stereo equipment, has come up with a new product, that each of us can’t wait to experiment: a designed coffin that will play music for you during eternity.
3OH!3 were the sound of 2008, approximately. I remember going to see them at Toads Place in New Haven, CT- I have never seen performers move faster. I don’t know what was in their RedBull but they were fired up to the point of it being impossible to take a photograph. They appeared as streaks
The highest bidder on my #twittermillion pade will get a pig named after them and bacon from it when it’s killed. or the choice to save the pig’s life,” she tweeted
At the time I thought that this what it must have been like seeing Teddy Pendergrass in his prime, all those white boys claiming to be long time fans weren’t in the orchestra, it was me and thousands of screaming black women. Now, I don’t think even the great Pendergrass could’ve been this good.
Great musicians die all the time and rock nyc tends to pass on writing an obituary of way too many, so we are going to start a round up of passings so at least we can provide a wave goodbye before we move back to Chelsea Handler thinking Taylor Swift is a virgin and Billie Joe Armstrong now sober again.
I am pretty certain they are a couple of middle aged sots who, since no one one cares anymore, and since they are both rich and so can ignore the Public School Toffs Versus Working Yobs class wars that fueled the Brit Pop Wars of the 1990s, and note that they do, in fact, have more in common than they thought
I’ve been on a Drifters jag since listening to the Brad Paisley instant nostalgia instant song of the week or at least the immediate past, Prince? well, I bet D’Angelo sang it at Carnegie Hall last night . Pretty Little demons hole cover is a revelation. ten years old? the older member? That’s cray. And as for ten years after… I was never a huge fan but sorry to hear about Alvin Lee’s death.
Harper Simon seems to be the opposite of someone running after limelight or fame, at 40, he is taking his time, writing the music he wants, playing it with the musicians he admires, and I am not sure it is as easy as everyone thinks when you are son of music royalty.
Yes, there is a presale, yes it is Friday at 2pm and yes we are gonna tell you everything you need to know about how to get tckets but first…
But wait there is redemption. Little John! I freaking love that guy with his grill and shades. I love how his look completely contradicts his intellect. This is no moron thug, this guy is sharp as a tack and a fabulous on fast thinker. My hope is that he wins the season- cuz he’s cool and no one else is.
I’ve worked every summer since 1979 so for me a sunny never ending summer is a dream, it doesn’t happen any more. But like the Drifters I still have some sand in my shoe and like Paisley I never missed the moments as they happened.
Soo… is it that? The vanity of comparison? I can see that as a possibility. Comparing a the two is simply unfair. Bowie is fragile and pale Morrissey still holding court quite well. I think, that this is the true issue. Why else? Lovers quarrel?
‘For a female to write about her feelings, and then be portrayed as some clingy, insane, desperate girlfriend in need of making you marry her and have kids with her, I think that’s taking something that potentially should be celebrated’
What makes People, Hell And Angels so remarkable is that arrives so late. No, it doesn’t feel finished but then neither does Lennon’s Milk and Honey and that was his very first solo release. It feels like a trip not taken
If Bruno Mars wasn’t available for a buck 99 last week on Amazon, Atoms For Peace would have taken # 1. Also, if AFP had given up the album for streaming they would have probably been # 1 anyway. Otherwise, Hillsong United? As far as Christian rock bands go, they are the best not known as P.O.D. or The Devil Wears Prada.
What happened was this: hip hop got very weird musically but lyrically it is mostly the same ol’ dick waving wallet huggin stuff and so the end result is something like the new drake song: it sounds bearly mainstream but asks with the same intense sense of inflated ego that the rest of hip hop staggers under the weight of.
The second Elvis in full effect, he can’t write songs about the girl he is with crying for somebody else anymore, the Hlly cover is really good, i’ve loved olof ever since I saw her at Joe’s Pub and see no reason to stop now. Katy is a disappointment, Monroe is nothing much country and Rose is something else country.
The set consisted of what appeared to be multiple little “homes”, a wall of televisions, and fun metal structures to climb on. Opening up with Johnny, Will, and Tunny, our three adorable rocker protagonists, it’s high-energy and nearly impossible to not fall in love with.
Foley played in small Austin bars, when they weren’t banning him due to drunkenness, and lived in a car. He released a few singles in his life, but album releases were never meant to be – master tapes were continually lost or stolen.
The two little demons were actually very good, showing a real confidence and a true stage presence, talking to the crowd – especially the tiny charismatic Marlhy, who was almost invisible behind her big drum set – as if they had done it for years and years.
These are intricate pop song portraitures which work whether you’re paying attention or leaving em in the background.
Rockers are responsible (more than I am) Randy Blythe facing the music with such grace is pretty damn impressive. There was never public drama, he took it like a man and it was inspiring.
I ran right home, recorded it onto a cassette tape, went to a bar called “Uncle Sam” and the bartender played it all night long while me and my friend Jean Jacques got trashed on Almaza beer and shots of Southern Comfort while chain smoking Gauloise and Marlboro Reds, sometimes dosed with hashish
By dating boys so much younger than she is, Taylor has managed to remain a sort of modern times Doris Day, despite the press best attempts there is something squeaky clean about her. She even dodged the John Mayer bullet
This is just showing off, an abundance of riches and a must see of course. 4am??? That is one late long show… I will wait around for the rapture but that’s all I’m promising…
I am not sure it is real news, as these two seem to always be touring together! I know that, I read their mutual interactions on Twitter! Ted Leo and
While it is surprising that the Styne and sondheim classic can be so seamlessly added to the replacements catalog even after all these years, and surprising that both Buble and Paisley have come up with the goods on their new releases, less surprising that Yeah3 and Raekwon are good not great and not surprising at all Reznor is reforming Nine Inch nails.
we got to listen to Deer Tick’s ‘Divine Providence’, The Wedding Present’s first song of their first record ‘George Best’ (I had no idea of who they were), Gary Numan’s M. E., Rhett Miller’s duo with Rosanne Cash, ‘As Close As I Came To Being Right’ from his last effort ‘The Dreamer’, and X’s ‘The Hungry Wolf’, from ‘Under the Big Black Sun’
Well then, how will the marketing folks at Voli handle this one? Funny? Yeah of course but as a spokesman do you really want ‘pussy juice’ on the bottle of the product that creates your paycheck?
I don’t much care for Sunday gigs either, but make an exception in this case -especially if you are still in college because Polyenso is a band that can last you a long time. The more you listen, the more things get your attention: ideas seem to float in and stay on beds of guitar.
The artist should be permitted anonymity, unaware of the presumed demand of the marketplace. They’ll make contact on a much more meaningful level
I would’ve guessed that the producers made a deal with the Tourist Bureau Of Russia (we’ve all seen “Argo’ we know how it’s done) but since it insults the Russian legal system (for good reason -pace Pussy Riot, but that isn’t the point) and uses Moscow for nothing except blowing to pieces I don’t see why
At the heart of the Christian religion is the myths of mankind and a God who participates in the world and at the heart of everlasting life is a mystery well beyond the rubbish, the unreal mental vacuum of country songs about Jesus
You’ve got to be honest for the fans.I would say five songs on the last record were bad, but I will make it up… Re-Mit is going to terrify people. It’s quite horrible. The Fall have had enough and we’re coming for you.
Ted Nugent isn’t exactly the coolest guy in town. He has to be one of the most repulsive humans I have yet to read about. I am unsure about his fans but considering most fans are more psychotic than their idols.. its pretty scary.
