There is an overwhelming psychedelic feeling present from track to track, with big circular, fuzzy out or reverb guitars and synths making druggy waves, and more pedal effects and grandiose moments than you can stand
There is no doubt that cover songs make me happy. I’m not sure why rally but for the most part I like remakes more than originals. I adore the “Punk
People probably have an inflated idea of what we makeBands appear so much bigger than they really are now, because no one’s buying records
Morrissey can do no wrong in books -I mean musically, needless to add. In a remarkable career, he has never released a song, let alone an album, I’ve found easy to dismiss. But here is a hint: Listen to “Year Of Refusal”
TMZ and Perez Hilton, leave the poor girl alone! She says she has already given away her computer, because she can’t stand it anymore, but before, she was able to read all the nasty things you wrote about her!
I’ll have six weeks to listen to Local Business and then have the joy of watching Titus Andronicus play it live. Titus in NJ is like Bruce in NJ -ground zero
He has actually elevated himself to my favorite of the two simply for his bad behavior. I love rock star antics- its why you become a rock star, it’s the only industry you can truly be a jerk and people will still love you and pay your mortgage.
That’s what William achieved in his career. A kid from Iowa, who made a career by being sincere, self-effacing, in himself and in his songs. Williams died last month at the age of 84
Yes folks, it is that time of year: “Tradition, tradition, tradition…” as they would say in Fiddler On The Roof. Ever since we were conceived many many years ago, rock nyc has only ever considered a season begun proper till we have cut and pasted Pitchforks Upcoming releases
Marina will also make a stop on the booze fueled ‘mothers little helper’ talk show “Today Show with Hoda and Kathy Lee”, have you ever seen that crap? Saturday Night Live even cant stoop low enough for that horrific show
Yeah, Salaam [Remi who worked on ‘Back to Black’] worked on her last album, and they were working. We don’t even have an explanation for how it happened. It was just magic. It just happened. It was supposed to happen. She made it happen.
Loaded Out Of Heaven – Bruno Mars – Mars is a talented fellow, no doubt. But you would be hard pressed to prove it on this all important introduction to post stardom Mars. This is modern r&b which misses by a mile, despite its enormous business – Grade:C
But I did recognize the Beastie Boys’ ‘Intergalatic’ at the end, yeah I am not to that point, and I always get that one. But I am sure it’s not what matters with Flying Lotus, the soundscape is too complex, too hard to follow to be playing this little game, and whatever samples are in the mix are totally his at the end.
The album “Los Angeles” is actually my favorite X album. it was recently honored with its own tour and thats how I got the opp to interview Ms Cervanka. “Wild Gift” followed it like a bridesmaid. A bit more in the shadow but plotting something bigger.
The remix of “One Day/Reckoning” by Asaf Avidan and the Mojos blew up on him and the next thing Jacob knew, the old four on the floor had done its magic again. The song is awesome, extremely catchy and easy to, well, easy to clap along to
‘because music is art, but Muzak is science. And when you employ the science of Muzak: in an office, workers tend to get more done, more efficiently, and feel happier.
Why does James equate smoking weed with promiscuity I mean, even this guy can’t believe Lady Gaga is “habitually careless in personal appearance at work?” Though it would make more sense really, right? Too stoned to shower?
It sounds likeGreen Day covering early Green Day covering the Buzzcocks playing the Clash’s Give ‘Em Enough Rope. It is, in its own way, nearly insanely catchy and it acknowledges their age while thumbing their noses at it
, I am sure we will have our quota of workers, teachers, nurses, firefighters and other representatives of the working forces, as well as semi-celebrities to tell us how bad this proposition 32 is… And how bad it is exactly?
Amanda Palmer and the Grand Theft Orchestra caused the sort of controversy they should keep to, are they better than the Dresden Dolls? AT Webster Hall September 11th, 2012.
Winding it down. I look at it like a faucet. I have to turn it off and walk away from it because so much of how that music comes together is subconscious or discovering
This past week Morrissey was in a bookstore in New York City. An elderly woman fell nearby. He bent down to gather her belongings and ask if she was ok
Death Grips, a rap band from Sacramento, did something quite unusual: they made their new album ‘No Love Web’ available to the public, before sharing it with their label Epic, which was supposed to release the album only in 2013. The band took on Twitter to announce it:
I have made no secret that I’m a fan but there are songs that simply crack me up with their shmarminess. Not as bad as “Having My Baby”, Paul Anka’s oddity, but there are a few that make me want to wash my hands.
Red – Taylor Swift When Swift writes a better song, style doesn’t matter. When she misses, style doesn’t help. This is a very, very busy song for such a small metaphor, and though the bridge lifts it up pretty high, the soaring synths are too manipulative. You wanna beg it to calm itself down. But if it fails as Paramore like big rock and roll song, it isn’t the worst thing in the world. The repeat of the first line at the end? Pure Taylor – Grade: B
I am not sure about this ridiculous comparison, although I certainly heard some Radioheadish moments here and there, but Alt-J’s pretty music had running-in-cascades-of-voices harmonies, a lot of almost-a-cappella moments, and was building dreamy-sleepy landscapes.
If Jack White at Radio City Music Hall, either night, isn’t enough, then don’t fool yourself, you don’t love rock and roll
The problem for a visual based artist is that they are only as good as their last show. This isn’t very good- you can do better. I noticed you used that stop action thing, you’re good at that and it does make things a bit more creepy. I think we fans are sorta sick of the stripe ala Boy George makeup though, you can cut that loose anytime
Charmer – Aimee Mann – This is more than a return to form, it is a return to old form. One great, moving, pained and beautiful song after another with ultimate professionalism and consistency. It is hard to imagine anywhere it might be improved upon.
This is like fashion week for music. Showcases presenting what’s new and what’s trending and providing fans with entertainment and performers with conferences and panels to help them with their careers. All you need is a badge and some patience to get the most out of this event.
228 tracks, 14 hours of great 2012 music. Only the top 20 are in any order. So what kind of year is it? It is a year so highly distracted it doesn’t know where to stop
Whitney Houston passed away in February in the saddest of circumstance. Her family made her funeral a circus and hear daughter, poor thing, literally flipped out. Being in the spotlight is a tough way to live and it doesnt end once your dead either.
Local Girls” was on heavy rotation for a long time. Used exclusively at home for primping time. It took a good hour to look unkempt so this was a great dance and tease the hair tune. Hearing it now it still conjures up great memories of singing in the hairbrush or drumming with two eye pencils
Tired ? Got work tomorrow? It is 113opm, sit own and take it. Cold? Hungry? Drunk? Meet the Bruce Sprinsgteen endurance test. Your eyes are shutting but shut up while somewhere near the third hour mark HE IS TELLING A STORY ABOUT HIS GRANDPARENTS.
On Saturday night, kicking off his new Believe tour, Justin Bieber showed to his Glendale, AZ fans how tough he could be. He was fighting some bad virus or some
Morrissey did Coachella solo in 2009, but the sensible guy cut his set short after smelling meaty smoke coming from a nearby barbecue. At mid set, the Meat-is-Murder-guy told the crowd, ‘I can smell burning flesh and I hope to God it’s human’.
OK, agreed, Van is the biggie and the first single has me interested in both the Vaccines and Muse, but Monica had an excellent album earlier this year and I am way hungry for some more great r&b…
Bang A Gong (Get It On) – T-Rex – If you really wanted to, I think you could make a case for Marc Bolan as the single most influential rock star since the birth of glam. To this day, glam gives the tude to modern pop, and since this song, the bass has taken over the forefront and lead the bass as hook charge of the 21st century dance sensation – Grade: A+
“I don’t care how good it is, life is too short to support the filth.”
I love this song. It is loose raw power overall sound and lyric, what I was hoping this new one would be. Like a lot of the old NY+CH. It’s got punk and blues values and not the technical geeky middle class blues and punk which has sort of destroyed real deal stuff (but has kept it alive and selling at least).
Perhaps rounded up but the point remains that I doubt you can name another show that required you to apply to buy. 27 years since their last show- fans were mangy and junkyard dogs to get a glimpse. The children of fans were now fans and weren’t even alive so all the more fervor.
You know, this famous intro, this guitar riff followed by this scratching noise, yes it sounds so close it can’t be a coincidence. Of course after these first seconds, the songs have nothing in common, but this was enough to irritate the punk band’s fans, and me included
I want Pitbulls job. All you have to do is giggle, yell out your area code, roll some R’s and talk about booties. This I can do and would do gladly. How he manages to maintain and build on his career is amazing on every level. He gathers up his buddies, throws a word in now and then, does a bad dance
What the matter with these rappers, why do they hate themselves so much? Are they going to kill each other till all of them are dead? And you know what, some witnesses are saying that the fight broke out after Ross dissed Jeezy during a performance! Oh my god, how old are they?
Katy is pretty cool. Some of her yelping can be annoying and the cutesy thing gets old but seriously she makes her shows true events and has very little scandal attached to her. About the only issues of gossip are her boobs and Russell Brand.
TufAmerica is saying that Kanye West’s labels, Roc-A-Fella and Universal, paid a license fee of $62,500 but ‘failed and refused to enter into written license agreements that accounted for their multiple other uses of [‘Hook and Sling’]’.
– An 8 night run at an arena puts you in U2 and Bruce areas. It means you’re playing Metlife next tour. An 8 night run at an arena you part own makes you a mogul in U2 and Bruce areas. It’s like Derek Jeter being part owner of the Yankees or something. And while I was less than thrilled by the concert, though I didn’t dislike it, and while it wasn’t the Black Man Elected President of Hip Hop, people seem to think it is. It sure is something else.
As far as legendary French singers goes, Johnny Halliday plays Jerry Lee Lewis to Serge Gainsbourg’s Johnny Lennon. At least at first. Then he became a chaunteuse Francais a la Aznavor and a cast of thousands. The chance to see the great man is very rare indeed. Worth giving up your Sunday to visit beacon theater for.
I would flip the top two, but I ain’t gonna shout about it if you wouldn’t. Lucy Rose is a folkie a la Laura Marling but with a more soulful voice and Jonathan and Charlotte are a Britian Has Talent winners circle duo who put operatic big bang boom to everything they touch.
PSY, indeed K-Pop as a whole, proves exactly what you can gain and lose when you translate Western culture to Asian. You gain a gleeful innocence, you lose subtext. Not a bad trade off. The rest of the chart is really lame.
