It is hard to understand where this all comes from, how does Rod Stewart at 65 (which he was when I saw him at MSG and 68 (which he will be when he tours) has simply the energy to get on stage and sing and dance for hours on end.
he best part of this is the very reasonable price, $20-25 (plus fees), and the fact that 100% of the proceeds will go to benefit agreat cause, Sweet Relief Music Fund and The Musicians Cancer Fund in order to help musicians struggling to pay medical bills
Can You Believe It – Martha Wainwright – It’s been years since we’ve gotten new material off the other other Wainwright, but this sure ain’t “Bleeding All over You”. Instead, despite a funny opening line about loving make-up sex because it is the only kind she get, this is all marital. I wouldn’t mind so much if the song was a little more brittle. PS: her pipes are in fine shape – Grade: B
I am really exciting about it, now, that I can see how to deal with it. Not to worry about the names that are about to break but maintain my love for those bands that may get big,
Jeff Lynne is the voice of an old friend. I have always been a fan of ELO and to a fault promote them Corny? Yup! But I think the sound of Lynne’s voice has a somewhat soothing effect on me and considering the chaos I usually listen to- well its like a warm blanket.
Happy Oberst October! From now until I see the man at Carnegie Hall on November 21st, I’ll be focusing in on his music career, life, and anything that may fall inbetween.
The staging and lighting were excellent and John’s voice sounded the same and he gave up some angry yob stick by telling the securing guards to fuck off. His songs and the band were ok; but I think its time to put this chapter of punk behind us or at least until we get some fresh blood.
At the end there is no more good reason to review music we like than music we don’t care for, if we review music, all music should be reviewed. Still, because of its immense subjectivity, the value of reviewing music in the first place has to be demonstrated.
The nominees are official and voting ends on December 17, for the 2013 Songwriters Hall of Fame.. This honor has been bestowed upon some really lame people in years past but then again there have never been such amazing artists on the list. So without further delay let me congratulate Mr. Elvis Costello for his nomination into this ‘hall’.
These shots show the original band members, Mick Jagger, Keith Richards, Brian Jones, Charlie Watts and Ian Stewart, looking as young as little babies!
But put em together on on one bill, they are playing Gramercy Theater on November 17th (a Saturday) and you may just have an awesome show indeed.
According to the Sun (and many other sources which are reporting the same thing), Lady Gaga is currently buying a lot of Edith Piaf memorabilia – clothes, shoes, perfume bottles, private letters – and is even considering acquiring toenail clippings! I
So now we know, Taylor didn’t lend her song to streaming services and lost out for that reason. Money doesn’t matter, sales doesn’t matter. It is just a mess. It is a joke. The Billboard charts are like throwing darts at a dartboard. Who knows what is selling the most?
Fagen, Wainwright and Maynard are all biggies. Wainwright in particular has gotten married and had a child since her last album of new materiial. As For Lewis, this either breaks her big time here or leaves her a matter of irrelevance…
This has to be the most horrible cover Punk Goes has ever done. The music is horrific the vocals pathetic and usually you can count on an awesome hip rendition of a really popular tune. In this case it sounds like the 11th grade garage band trying to book a gig for a school dance. Totally loosing the original vibe and replacing it with absolutely nothing of value.
Apathy – Trash Talk – The loudest song off their new album is also the best off their new album, a brash hardcore piece of thrash rock exploding loudly and then subsiding – Grade: A
”Sorry to keep you all hanging around but the waiting is over,” Richards added. “I’ve always said the best place for rock and roll is on the stage and the same is true for the Stones.”
He was 100% on, bopping up and down, arms to the heaven, dancing to the powerful deep bass beats, and triggering his disco charges as he lead a fine band. A terrific performance by the man who changed the face of modern music.
‘As for the movie, it’s a mess. The 18,000 people who were at that tribute show for late Atlantic Records founder Ahmet Ertegun will tell you it was the best concert in rock history, but Celebration Day is not a good concert film
First and foremost though, Matlock is a dynamic bassist and writer who since those Pistol days has not say around like a boring old cow bitching how he coulda been a contender.
Yesterday, the band posted a new track called ‘AWWWKWAARRRDDD’ on their Tumblr, and, surprisingly, it’s a collaboration with British singer-songwriter Kate Nash,… or may be it should not be a surprise since Kate has previously covered their song ‘Cocaine’,… I had no idea!
The truth is what counts. Elliott, especially being a philosophy major, would tell you that is what matters, not what you or anyone else would like to believe or like not to believe, as the case may be.
Today, I spend my weekends writing and sleeping! I guess that’s what happens when you grow old! But still, I do steal time for some reading over and above newspapers and rock mags. I just finished off Chuck Palahaniuk’s very funny and smart “Damned” and am in the midst of three rock books.
CMJ Music Marathon 2012, October 16th to October 20th, 2012 all over the city, and I will be attending as a member of the press after my co-editor Helen Bach decided I wasn’t busy enough and requested a Press Pass and somebody at CMJ baffingly, though appreciatedly, approved.
The Ellie Goulding album I wish I liked more than I do. Which is not much. It is really blah, not unlike its name. As for ELO, ten years ago I would have assumed the first rate covers album by Jeff Lynne had heralded them in, today I assume they were on sale.
Wow, Swedish House Martin beat out Adele! How the hell did that happen? I am, frankly, shocked and pleased by this turn of events but I wonder what Adele is making of it? Certainly, the song, which is crap, though the singing isn’t, deserves to tank. Still, this should have been a slamdunk if only from the millions of nosey!
She – Jeff Lynne – Remember Elvis Costello’s cover? Neither does Jeff, this harks directly to Charles Aznavour’s original, and of course it isn’t as good. Except during the break, which seems to have escaped from an ELO album – Grade: A-
I always feel badly for bands when they have public breakdowns. Substance or otherwise its tough to have your undies in full view.
Patti Smith has always been a sort of mystery to me, singing epic songs like ‘Because the Night’, and ‘People have the Power’, and writing lyrics stuffed with literary, historical and religious references, being popular and intellectual at the same time, and alternating between rock goddess and muse of the rock stars.
Suzanne Real is the star of her second album Kiss Me Like A Man, and from the producer Ed Stassium’s prophetic opening direction: “Whatever happens, don’t stop”, Real catapults herself into the big time
As we begin out trip through the essential songs of the 1970s, we will note that the disco ball production line didn’t start in 1970 and safety pins were still a clothing tool, not a facial accessory. The Jackson 5 were at the top of their classic singles run; Neil Young, Van Morrison, and The Velvet Underground released timeless albums; and James Brown was solidifying his position as the funkiest musician in the galaxy.
There are many late 30 early 40 something’s who will purchase this. They’re the same guys who fire up the John Deere on the weekends and find the battery operated singing fish Billy Bass hilarious. This is a snapshot of the decline of Western Civilization.
‘You know, I think about ten and a half years ago, my wife Janna and I went to Mercy hospital in Janesville where I was born for our seven-week ultrasound for our first born child. And we saw that heartbeat. Our little baby was in the shape of a bean, and to this day we have nicknamed our first born, Liza, ‘Bean’.’
Directed by Whitey Mcconnaughy, ‘Lethal Justice’ can be watched like a lost street-action-horror western of the 70s (check out Black’s sky blue suit coming straight from a Starsky and Hutch episode) and starring, beside Mr. Tenacious D
Numbers – MellowHype – I thought their name was ironic, but on their second record MellowHype live up to its name. All very Wiz Khalifa but without the pop sensibility. The best tracks owe debts to Odd Future team mates Frank Ocean and Earl Sweatshirt, in other places it is too down beat and dreary. And while I love the horn on “Brain”, and quite like the rap, exceptions don’t make rules – Grade: B-
You Don’t Know How It Feels – Tom Petty – Maybe a decade past his prime, Petty was still hovering between Southern boogie and Florida’s Springsteen. Pr, if you prefer, the Wallflowers. And here, he gets it all in a rock star confidential that spells out the quandary he faces: “you don’t know how it feels to be me”. Or is that “I’m too alone to be proud”? – Grade: A
When compared to her 2000 retirement concert at MSG (something else she has in common with Jay-Z) , it lacks the unerring sense of song to moment,. 2000 was easier because it was a career retrospective (no guests, no opening act) so the form was built in and all she had to do was follow all those great songs
If Elliott committed suicide and Jennifer Chiba is innocent, she should be allowed to have a life free of suspicions. If I were at her place, exculpating myself would be the only goal in my life, I would have been talking to the police nights and days, taking all the polygraph tests that exist until they recognize my innocence and close the case
this world he creates, he’s playing the song with himself- pretty interesting. I love the shots, and White is really lookin’ spiffy. The entire feel of the scene that’s set is frankly a bit creepy- it’s like an alternate universe Jack created where he has the opportunity to make “I’m better than you” faces at himself
When last I saw the band they were playing Los Angeles in its entirety and it was a brilliant thing. I actually got to speak to my idol Exene Cervanka and found her to be just as hot a ticket as she was ‘back in the day’ the girl is an inspiration.
YouTube declared they pay the labels and the song writers a percentage of the revenue generated by their videos, and take 45% of ad revenue, ….but 45% of what? That’s a mystery…
The show was originally a fundraiser to help renovate the childhood home of the singer, which is now owned by Arkansas State University who wanted it opened to the public. Extra funding is to go to scholarships in Cash’s name
Winner – PETA – Whether you supported or didn’t support, Morrissey’s showing of the PETA’s horrifying “Meet Your Meat” film, played while he and his band played “Meat IS Murder” is irrelevant, if you saw it you could’t escape the images and sounds searing through you brains at the same time. A terrible brutal beauty of blood and murder that continues the moral debate of mankind. Do we eat animals?
Suzanne Real is a real jump forward for the Staten Island native and the Stones new releases is really really that good and for that we congratuale them! But Ellie is the exception not the rule on her new album.
The song is pure rock’ n’ roll, definitely old school Stones, with Mick Jagger’s muddy and dragging howl and roaring badass guitars and the whole thing is just asking to be blasted through your soundsystem.
Halycon – Ellie Goulding – If this is a surefire pop move, why doesn’t it feel like one. Rather, it feels like an advance and a beaut but also like an exception as the rest of the album doesn’t match it – Grade: B+
42% went to American express (you know all these pre-sales), 21% to Bieber Fan club, 20% to the venue or the artist, 10% to VIP, and so only 7% to the general public
Music can be written down and performed by anyone with the skill of instrument but to replicate vocals is virtually impossible- you nearly will sound like a cover band, unless of course you’re that guy who took over Stephen Perrys gig in Journey, that guy totally sounds the same.
Don’t be alarmed if you start to hear more of Balance & Composure in daily conversation, now that they’re on tour with Circa Survive, Touché Amore and O’Brother, you’re bound to be hearing more from them. B&C made a decent splash with the release of their latest EP and album, Separation and their sound only continues to improve and impress with every release
Morrissey was great while his set wasn’t great. Morrissey got to that place where his art was transmigrated into pure feelings even on a song not amongst his best.
