On stage, James Mercer was not very chatty, but he seemed relax and in charge, appearing not melancholic and passionate like a Conor Oberst, not talkative and playful like a Wayne Coyne, or certainly not pissed off like a Jack White
trippy video effects, odd lights, and black and white clips of beach and dance parties popping up in the background, “I Want You” is an unyielding onslaught of musical expression. As video effects make the band look like they’re playing in an old movie, a super-imposed, tri-colored Nicole glides back and forth across the screen while playing the shy girl very well. If you just listen to the song by itself, you feel colors and static
Who is Blue Coupe? Now this is where it gets awkward. Albert and Joe Bouchard of Blue Oyster Cult and Dennis Dunaway from the original Alice Cooper Group. These are legendary performers who are asking for financial help just to record an album
Here’s a question for Morrissey, if the only choices are the semblance of intimacy or the essence of loneliness, why choose the essence of loneliness.?
Falling in Reverse isn’t a metal band but rather a victim of stereotyping. There are idiots in every genre to ban an entire category of rock and roll based upon the idiotic actions of a chronic offender is absurd.
It was with great sadness that we heard of the death of Total Slacker’s 24 year old drummer Terence Connor in a bike accident on Monday ar 515am
Babel’ was streamed 8 million times on Spotify during the first week of its release! This is astonishing and demonstrates that streaming services like Spotify do not interfere with an album sales, on the contrary it seems it would have stimulated them?
The film will debut in the UK on October 15 and venture over to us shortly. Keep an eye on your local art house cinema. Of course, there is also a soundtrack available along with a new box set due out soon.
Nooooo, not Don Henley! But, Deadmau5, really? The Mickey-Mouse-big-head-glorified-button-pusher DJ? What could they be doing together? Note the Smiths t-shirt on Adams and the angry look on Joel Zimmerman, however beside this, I don’t know anything else
Let’s state the obvious: all that stuff with Conor Kennedy (JFK’s Grandson) was done in such a way as to be publicized. The pictures of Conor and Taylor reading to Rose Kennedy were posed and planned
The amazing Lily Allen, and Radiohead both support the Featured Artists Coalition or FAC, who is working to negotiate the ‘dumping’ of the label by Universal.
“The FAC was formed by musicians who were fed up with the industry taking decisions without considering the impact it would have on those who actually make the music,”
I am so happy when my taste and the zeigteist cross on the pop charts, I loved two of the top three!!! No Doubt? Well, that first single killed and the title track is pretty good. But maybe Gwen should stay solo after the tour.
PSY promised to perform the song in public with his shirt off, probably his fans found out and stopped buying it… Two up there for TS, apparently her refusal to allow the songs on streaming sites is effecting her chart position. We leave in a world where sales is not the only arbitrator by a long shot.
Cry For Judas – The Mountain Goats – John Darnielle is a talented fellow, though maybe needs a little quality control. But not on this folk song with lovely horns and the best opening line: “Somethings you do just to see how bad they make you you feel” – Grade: B+
100 people died that day Trapped in a filthy club as the flammable foam coating the walls ignited and created a brick fire oven. A horrible event at a Great White concert.
Guitar Shop TV an online TV channel focused on a global audience of over 100 million guitarists and countless guitar music fans. The Guitar is a true equalizer
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.
