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.
As much as I am not a fan, I still found quotes from band mate Mike Dirnt to be rather sweet. Of course, his paycheck is on hold until Billie stands up but still its not often we hear or see a true bromance with any sort of sincerity
The band is awesome, they sound just like… well, just like the Stones, Charlie watts, man. He is one in a quatrillion billion
A Memorial Exhibition, which will run from October 26th through November 17th, will feature 19 canvases, five paintings on wood and one mixed-media work on card stock, and some of the works are in fact collaborations between Dee Dee and artist-musician Paul Kostabi and his widow, Barbara Zampini.
The band is touring in support of their LP ‘Strangeland’ which was released in May. Theyre all over the place too from Lebanon to Switzerland to… Maine. Go figure.
Assange is facing extradition to Sweden, and, let’s face it, who wants to go to Sweden in the best of time? Still, probably more fun than hanging with Lady Gaga
Black Jack, blue Jack, I can’t pass the fact there are two Jack White in this video, and this is twice the piss-off potential I believe!
think I went easy on Adele, swept up in the moment dontchaknow. It really is a lousy song, there is, indeed, no song there. For all her efforts, Adele is not comparable to the incomparable Shirley Bassey
There are a whole bunch of rock bands who are so bad it is ridiculous. They are worse than the worse boy band who have ever existed. Three Day Grace is one of them.
I Know It’s Over – Jeff Buckley – The great vocalist died tragically young but not before recording this astounding Smiths cover, where he starts like a folk singer, mumbling in his ennui before ripping through at the end, equal part, channelling and deepening Morrissey’s original – Grade: A
The Wombats are young and exuberant, the Wombats are English (from Liverpool) and you can hear it at each syllable they pronounce, which was probably another element of seduction for all these girls cheering up, front row of the Red Bull stage at the Culture Collide festival last Sunday.
The slow death started when Aaron Gillespie left the band and since then, it’s just been a matter of time. The dynamic of the band had shifted.
The point isn’t that Mary Magpie isn’t right, and isn’t morally superior, to me, but it isn’t a fight I care about enough to battle. Eating meat is sinful but, really, what isn’t? The only question left will be answered for me tonight: is it art?
I am personally boycotting the entire affair until Hamilton, Joe Frank & Reynolds get their just due. Don’t pull your love out on me, RRHOF.
I Knew You Were Trouble When You Walked In – Dubstep is to the blues what house is to r&b, a new building block to signify seriousness. WHich it does on this love labours lost. Probably the best rhythm section she has ever presented on a song – Grade: B+
This still in its infancy of course but fear not- it will happen. This new interest in The Go Go’s has also fired up rumors that the band is planning on writing a couple new songs
If you can’t wait, Madison Square Park (one of MSGs four homes) will have an exhibit of some of the greatest concerts on Thursday at 11am. Here is Larry Getlin of the posts list, followed by some I went to
“We ask for all stations and all people to observe this date by going silent for 20 seconds, and follow that with the airing of ‘Freebird,’ the most requested song in history,”
‘XX’ will include the original album, collectible b-sides, demo tapes recorded in 1991, whereas one of the DVDs will feature their 2010 London reunion free concert – performed as a thank-you to UK fans for making ‘Killing in the Name’ Number One single during Christmas in 2009 – as well as various music videos and the other DVD has the band’s first ever concert!
I remember reading in the Village Voice where Joe Steinhardt, driving home with them after a gig one night, said he would kill himself if they didn’t let Don Giovanni records release their stuff. Hyperbole? I think not
was looking forward to the production of ‘A Star Is Born’ and the opportunity to work with Clint Eastwood. For months we tried to coordinate our schedules to bring this remake to life but it was just not possible. Hopefully in the future we will get a chance to work together.
oining the old friends on some songs will be Barbra Streisand, Tony Bennett, Cliff Richard and Kenny G. Three ouitta four ain’t bad and also, according to MSNBC, “I Think You Might Like It,” is said to be a sequel to “You’re The One That I Want:
Double Trouble – Hogwarts Choir – This song is terrific, it is like a Magii’s hymn taking off from Macbeth’s witches into a high sung, high strung presentiment of disasters yet to come – Grade: B+
Moscow court frees 1 member of dissident punk band Pussy Riot, upholds prison sentences for other 2
Visuals were transforming the show into a living acid trip for the crowd’s immense pleasure, and there obviously were big fans front row, who knew all the lyrics and had an absolute great time.
Marla is taking herself back on the road but closer to home, for a four night tour of New England, in support of the Deluxe version of last years Speak. The album is a thing of beauty, where the structure of rock and roll and the scripture of art meet in the world.
The song “Hate Me” was on the radio a bit on a local alt station and I found the vocalists tone contagious and the angry lyrics captivating. It was the first album I had purchased in years and it jump started my musical interest again.
‘We’ve got some shows in London, I believe, and in New York, but I really can’t talk about any of that at the moment. They’ve put the gag on me on this. You can hint!’
Tom Morello has hair but hasn’t changed a bit, and who could miss James Hetfield or Steven Tyler’s giant smiles? Others have obviously undergone some metamorphosis, Alice Cooper? Is that you? And Marilyn Manson had a mull
What I love about this is not merely the use of the word mere, but how it isn’t really rock criticism as we know it. When you can review well, you don’t have to really prove it. Anyway, here you go… one of the greatest pieces of rock criticism you will ever read:
the top tix is $65!!! Great price for a band who excels at toots and whistles and have already threatened that this will be a sci-fi adventure. I have never seen em live and can’t wait to finally catch em.
The band formed in 1984 and maintained their original line up until the untimely demise of Cory Smoot on the tour bus in Canada..weird scene man. This ‘shock rock’ shtick was created by Alice Cooper than after years turned in to this idiotic redneck fun.
n 2011 I had a Presley calender and in 2012 a Marilyn Monroe calender, for 2013 I’ve been prevaricating between Jimi Hendrix and Lennon and finally went with Lennon just because the damn thing is so bright and positive and creamy looking… It’s his doodles and I really like it.
If you can get past that, it is an idiot plot, where nearly any ten seconds of thought could solve it, but ten seconds of thought is not what we get. Instead we get an action movie sci-fi that Phil K. Dick wouldn’t piss on.
Each band will stage a show this month at the Third Man Records complex in Nashville. The shows will be recorded and released individually. White’s Third Man building – which features a live venue, a recording studio and a retail store its like Disneyland
In A Big City – Titus Andronicus – This is as good as “Cheers”, which makes it plenty damn good if you ask me. That lick, it is all over the song, gets you from the first moment, it is like a jig pogoing to its own beat – Grade: A
The material was often on the weak side, and the rock songs were often on this side of plagiarized (was that “Fortunate Son”?) but Halliday’s absolute conviction on every song was unquestionable.
They attacked their set with a calm fury, which, I am well aware of this, sounds like an oxymoron, but it’s the best I can do to describe their impetuousness on stage, doubled by a quietude and detachment in the vocals.
This is art music for art people, but not original works. Pure 80s Lena/Nina with a dash of Amanda. She is not original in the slightest. From her dance to her pre recorded music
This is the greatest anthem ever. Whenever I hear it I just want to yell out the words. It’s the best teen angst song of all time- it has glimpses of punk, but is much more progressive indie. Its’ wicked catchy and just makes me want to dance.
This is boyband r&b as written since NSYNC and Backstreet Boys roamed the earth. All close harmonies, finger snapping, falsetto, pop songs. Catchy? To a limited degree. Similar to the K-POp anti-irony movement? Not really. But if your taste goes towards the world of pop music even slightly, it is a huge concert
Having come late to the Blur appreciation table it brings me great joy to say they may well be back for good. I also must say I am being a
They mixed funky and bouncy rhythms with high-pitch falsetto vocals and put up a real summer party at the end of this sunny fall afternoon, making people in the crowd dance, not too hard, it was rather a gentle and languid dance, but you can’t do too much when it’s hot.
“I would go out tonight but I havent got a stitch to wear”, this line is uttered by me at least once a week for over 30 years now. This pop tart skip along beat is so contagious that I can do this on constant repeat for eternity.
