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The payout will go to settle debts Clinton accumulated between 2005 and 2008. Hendricks & Lewis successfully sued in 2010 for the money and George had managed to pay back $340,000 but that wasn’t enough so a federal judge ordered the songs to be turned over.

Yo La Tengo are gonna be roaring back with Fade when it is released later this year and the first song off the album is guitar hydraulics as folk rock and very near perfect. Fantasia ain’t bad either. The Owens album is gonna be really really big.

Released six months ago in Europe and headed late on the hels of the excellent “Vegas Girl”, this is Pharrel’s attempt to find a new Justin Bieber up to discovering Conor on Youtube. And it is not unsuccesful electronic pop music either, though the definition of nondescript. A handful of tracks, “Animal” and the hyper ballad “Glass Girl” among them, should get the job done. And the album is abpout as interesting as this review: Grade: B-

I’ll Go Home With Bobby Jean – Gene Kelly And John Gustafson – And Van Johnson, ripping up this Lerner And Lowe classic to the morning of a marriage (conceptually not a million miles away from “girls come and kiss me, tell me you’ll miss me”) from “Brigadoon”. A Vincent Minnelli disaster of epic proportions that survives as both gilded and bright and shallow and dark. The song is a blast – Grade: A-

a sweet and beautiful melody and this flute/melodica musical interlude that seemed to be escaped from some 70s movie soundtrack… And there is a lot of this in the album, a lot of melancholia and old-fashioned use of flute and saxophone

At a time when every thought on the shooting has turned political, it is amazing that these bands and these PR companies can come together and say “we are here for you, and so are these hundreds of other music lovers”.

I swear I am starting to think he is my long lost brother. As cynical and opinionated as I am only worse (as if possible) because he can go on forever with his logic (which I tend to agree with) and really rip it up.

To hear “Limelight” done in such a matter makes me not only want to throw the disc but throw the baby out with the bath water. Is someone enjoying this? Perhaps this is a joke-that must be it.

If you haven’t see the man on stage do treat yourself to the fine tuned sound merchant, he is so supremely confident and such a charmer on stage it is a consistent shock he is at the Iridium and not at Carnegie Hall.

Winner – David Bowie – In a move that took the world by surprise, David Bowie released a new single from an upcoming album and reclaimed his position as, at the very least, one of the greatest self promoters of all time! The song itself is depressing Bowie schtick with a powerful ending and after a little hastle with the UK charts it will be entering em at #1… unless britney beats him.

Intro – The XX – Made them stars and it is easy to see why, there is a sort of pragmatic darkness to their music, like it only lifts its head above water to nod it from time to time and still there is a still loveliness to it. Like staring at the dead sea in a sun so light it is blinding you – Grade: B+

It’s more pop than punk, it’s girlie pop à la Dum Dum Girls with a bright twist, and there is a certain subjacent punky savor below the sweet harmonies, I know, I have seen Bleached live twice

The songs lyrics are so vague that you can interpret it a thousand ways. Is it the end of our innocence or the future of brightness and hope? It the proverbial half full and half empty glass “your lorry loads pumpin petrol gas’ can’t get more Brit speak than that can you?

No more prevaricating, the bet is Solange brings it on this high profile concert and later this you when the True EP becomes an album, my bet is it will be revealed as better than the shrugs I’ve been giving it.

Five absolute must see concerts and only one me? It happens from time to time, you just get completely killed with choices and start getting out maps and timetables to see how many you can make. I think I can make two, so here are my choices for the person on the move.

Perhaps the real answer to the question of distribution, as shown by the effect of Amazons sales on the charts, is killing the price of a digital album from $12.99 to $6.99, or even an even five bucks across the board. If streaming is really encroaching on the business, perhaps that will keep em at bay, raise profiles, sales, and ticket sales.

I keep claiming Will hasn’t had a solo hit but he was behind Usher’s “OMG” and this is indeed, his third hit. Let’s say he hasn’t had a hit in awhile. Neither has Britney who just quit X Factor and probablky still doesn’t need the money.

This Is The Army, Mr. Jones – Irving Berlin – Once the US joined WW2, Irving Berlin got to work and maybe no better than he did here: it is indeed, a sort of a dream of war, a sort of changing of life priorities: “This is the army, Mr. Brown, you and your baby went to town, she had you worried butthis is war and she won’t worry you any more”. Sorta death as final solution – Grade: A+

Yorke’s lamenting falsetto, warm-going-desperate background wordless vocal chorus, the song builds a very familiar ambiance à la Radiohead, but without any crescendo or catharsis, just staying afloat with a melancholic vibe stuck between electronics and acoustic guitars… It’s not bad

Run-DMC and the Beastie Boys pushed a new rock/rap fusion into the marketplace and while punk rock and new wave had been put to bed, a new batch of college radio acts

All there is on Lodger is “Boys Keep Swinging” and that is no “Always Crashing In The Same Car” now is it? Don’t let time rob you of your Bowie… when I get a minute I will review em all for you and you can judge for yourself. His best song in the past 30 years was a cover of Jonathan Richman’s “Pablo Picasso”!

They were preparing themselves to shoot a video for the pop rock band Hanson inside the club, and the tall guy were telling them to dance, even ‘get sweaty’, and then relax, but of course, he told them they could not take any pictures once inside. He added ‘I know you are excited to see them, they are going to play real music’

So it is with heavy heart that I offer up Ted Nugent’s letter, originally posted in the Washington Post as an open letter to the Vice President. The asshole actually makes sense and although I do hope he crawls under a rock and goes silent forever.

When it comes to Metlife, it is pretty obviously that NJ sons E Street Band are playing the Giants to Bon Jovi’s Jets, BUT, as Herman Edwards almost put it: you play the Stadium concert to see who wins. My bet? Bon Jovi take Bruce down

God’s Great Dance Floor – Chris Tomlin – The difference between Christian and Gospel Contemporary is that Christian tends to be facsimiles of AOR and Gospel remains Gospel… with exceptions. While I was hoping for dance, this track has a God given lick and a smart smart lyric building nicely to a cathartic ending ) – Grade: A-

VersaEmerge’s sound has always been to me a hauntingly grungy rock that is fantastic mood music. “Burn” however is a clear step away from their previous music, but it is a step in a great direction.

“Pitch Perfect” is fun, just light enough, and always building to find musical scenes where the bands mash up current hits and perform them a capella.

Generally their functions take place in the UK including a massive fest held in August at the anniversary of Joes birth. This isn’t a bull organization, more than three quarters of every buck you toss in go directly to its programs

So while I wouldn’t drop Maroon 5 (playing February 16th as well ) for Yo La Tengo… for Lulu Kennedy-Cairns, OBE, there is zero option. I might be able to dash to MSG and catch the last hour of Adam Levine but no, Lulu must be seen. The only question is why BB Kings? why not Radio City?

it appears to be a cross between the Blair Witch Project and X Files. Pretty sassy stuff with a flashlight and a camera. But adding Caves voice it just seems right. As campy as The Munsters, but with less humor.

Fan sites have roughly ‘estimated’ that the singer has sold a billion records, but it seems they are drawing these numbers out of their ass, or out of the estate, which is bout the same thing!

Midday – Yusef – From the mid-noughts, it survives as his finest post- Islam conversion moment from the former First Cut guy. Roundly disliked in the States, last time he tried to play here he coldn’t get in the country, his religion neother helps nor hinders him on this fabulous slice of Cat Stevens style pop rock replete with horns blowing through the chorus – Grade: A