The year was 1985 and I was depressed. Deeply. Due to a combination of a lack of resources and a lack of imagination, I chose a stint in the United States military as my post high school launching point…
A simple enough task that left Whitehead forever changed and in awe as he was “Astonished, not only by the incredible power of the Stones’ performances, but especially by the raw energy of the crowds of young people that rushed them everywhere.”
1. Rock stars date beautiful people. 2. Models are beautiful 3. Therefore rock stars date models. And sometimes marry em!
From the insanity of the opening ticks to the swirly fun house ride through sound there was no containing my love of this album. Loving Devo was a death sentence.
We cant say enough that 50 years at any job is a great accomplishment and these guys lived it hard. Maybe we should just cut them some slack and not expect anything. I do like the stop starts of hype though. Keeps ya on your toes.
I’m the only one who holds the key, and you and I will be intimate forever because I will hold that secret forever. Unless of course the celebrity that you had so much interest in but you wanted to accuse me of bringing up while you laughed at me all night? Unless you’re interested in being a celebrity, I’ll make you fucking famous any time you ask and I’ll open those boxes. So why don’t you stay in your fucking holding cell?’
”I feel like we’ve been doing this for so long, five or six years. And we’re kind of like saying, well, let’s just do what’s natural and just kind of explore that, instead of like forcing it all the time.”
He wrote a very odd letter to rocker Marilyn Manson- I have no idea what he is talking about but I don’t think he knows either. The photo is of the exact document and below is the transcript for you to trudge through. The dude is a head case. I dig it and if anyone can outcreep Manson….its the original Manson.
I can’t say much about the band, I have never seen them live and have never been interested enough to listen to a whole album. I just know he made an album in a cabin in the woods, probably because he likes that Northern Exposure TV show so much, and because it looked so cool at the time,… and so indie, although I am sure you can buy Bon Iver albums at Walmart.
If you have tix to the Monday October 22nd show at the Beacon, well, you will definitely gonna hear “Judy” as they will playing their entire first album. Tempting but I went for Saturday’s show because, well because it’s a Saturday.
Green Day are pretty good when it comes to opening bands, I saw Kaiser Chiefs open for em one time, Velvet Revolver another. But Best Coast I’m really thrilled about.
Walk Like A Giant – Neil Young & Crazy Horse – Neil’s best new song in decades, maybe since stuff off El Dorado, is an expansive 16 minute hot diggety proto- Sergio Leone theme replete with whistles and deep guitar struts. By the end it is just a marshal shrapnel plummeting, and in between Young worries about getting old. The reason I am so happy I’ve failed to like anything Young has produced till this year, is so when I say this is a return to form, you can believe- Grade: A
“So it is a lot of stuff that has been kept under the radar, meaning a lot of us are not too accessible or don’t know what we are doing to get known and we are kinda content with that.”
With two talented female vocalists sharing the lead vocals and two equally talented male vocalists, the songs, which often had a poppy side, were sung with multi-voice soulful harmonies, a classical touch on the keys, southern percussion and a twang-gospel touch. The whole show seemed to be a series of gospel-inspired stomp anthems with a sound almost too pretty at times
What Pete got to see was two renditions of “Happy Birthday” and Bruce’s 87 year old mom Adele, along with his sister and wife, present him with a cake. Pretty amazing right. This was the first time Bruce has played on his birthday since cells were invented!
They’re there for girls to swoon over them, and boy do they do that well. Their smiles are genuine, and they even do the Inbetweeners dance, which I thought was the cutest thing ever. The best part is when they’re on the lake in those gigantic inflatable hampster balls- that looks so fun.
It is certainly impossible to predict the future, but among the hot artists of the moment, will we see any of them – from Rihanna, to Pitbull, Train, Flo Rida, Nicki Minaj – on a high school kid’s t-shirt 30-40 years from now, the same way we see the Beatles, The Stones, Pink Floyd and Jimi Hendrix? Personally, I don’t thinks so, but what do I know? My point is that nobody knows.
I worry that it will tarnis the amazing memories of “Bizarre Love Triangle” or the stellar brilliance fo “Blue Monday’. Best of all “Age of Consent” with some of the best drum sounds of all time. Decades and decades later theyre going to the studio.
Even if catching lyrics live is always difficult, it was obvious that there was a lot of storytelling in these songs which talked about pain, death, murder, violence and loss, definitely not light stuff… ‘I wish I was an outlaw/Spend my life kicking ass and takin’ names/There would be no love lost/Town to town killin dreams’, he sang in ‘The Pilot’, you get the picture!
There may be no money in writing about music, but many a musician has used it as a stepping stone to a career as a pop star!
The Boss needs help. He needs a hand. He needs rock nyc to write up his set list for him…. and here it is the annotated Bruce Springsteen dream concert!
Anais directs a full band and the sound doesn’t need fleshing out, it is tuneful and deep, and a fine opening for her friend Justin, who actually played sang on her last album. Justin’s girl Kathleen Edwards also comes to mind, though Anais isn’t as playful, maybe the big stage is making her a little jittery
“We don’t see each other too often, but no sooner do we start talking than some little innuendo creeps in. Some old memory pops up, and you go ‘Whoa, that’s one to forget!’ There’s lot of those things drifting around.”
Raise your hand if you're sick of cant Lo Greene. The guy is everywhere and painful on the eyes. He breaks one solo hit and hes like shrapnel, you can't
Everybody is gagging for the new No Doubt, doubtlessly, but after “Lamborghini Angels” , there’s a new chance this is the Lupe album we’ve been waiting for/ As for Green day, nice timing Billie Joe.
Rehab – Amy Winehouse – The classic update lyric with down home sound and that voice. When it was first released it was a great joke, today it aches with poignancy and warning – Grade: A
Quilt use close harmony and interlocking guitars to make drone rock. that doesn’t always drone or rock but always holds your attention. Or: Quilt bought Surrealistic Pillow, threw away the album but learnt to play the sleeve. Or: Shane is tall. John needs a shave and Anna has the prettiest eyes.
I know it is already pretty easy to get free music on the internet, but what does this new thing say about our society? Each time there’s gonna be a new way to listen to music on the internet, people will find it to get it for free. The eagerness to own the track instead of just simply stream it, is still very strong.
I realize of course with 11 years on a shelf comes some aging process but how about more ska less club? This isn’t ‘duh club’ clubbing music, on the contrary this is haggard Madonna wanting to pulse it for the queens.
According to some websites, she must have gained about 30 pounds, which is not negligible for her short size, 5′ 1″, but she is still doing exactly what she was doing before the transformation, walking around in bra and underwear, not afraid to show off her extra pounds, all packed into her tight and revealing stage outfits
This is as good as Taylor Swift’s “We Are Never Ever Getting back Together Again” -a song it resembles in its breathless perfectness. This is a s good as Titus Andronicus ever needs to get. Sometimes they are better than this but no, they don’t have to be at all
In honor of the big event there will of course be a meg super duper deluxe box set edition of the album bonus tracks which include the band’s last singles ‘Great Depression’, ‘The Bitterest Pill’, and ‘Beat Surrender’.
I agree that it was not cool to cut Green Day’s performance to accommodate Sir Usher and princess Rihanna, he has reasons to be pissed off, but this come across as trying a little too hard to be badass and, you know… punk…. But on the other hand, would real punk bands play that family radio festival, this ClearChannel top 40 line-up?
No Doubt promoting their new album (out today!) and my, my, my…look at Fallon. Its Two Door Cinema Club. These little Brits have a wonderful management team in the UK yet a rather.. hmm, unprofessional group in the US. Chances are pretty good they will remain a fringe band with that promotion. Good for them on Fallon though, get a bit of exposure, and be forgotten.
“As a musician, I’ve benefited the most from demonstration,” says Abasi, Animals As Leaders’ guitarist. “I hope to create an environment for other aspiring musicians to do the same
Winner – American Idol – They got it right! More or less. The Nicki slash Mariah axis? Sure feels like doubling up on a bad idea BUT getting Keith Urban is maybe the smartest thing they’ve done so far. AI will become Country versus Urban pop, Hip Hop 2012 Vs R&B 1995… COOL!!
How exciting!! The former Sleater Kinney lead singer Corin Tucker at Mercury Lounge. I guess she will be celebrating her second solo album, which will have been released two days prior two this Thursday evening release party at the tiny club. Added plus? “Groundhog Day” is my jam.
I haven’t much cared for the Script since I saw em open for McCartney at CitiBank Fields, and see no reason to do anything but exentuate the negative. The Killers? The lack the consistency of a great band. And on this list the xx are the best… so consider it a bad week.
The Script! Ugh Ugh Ugh… I can’t stand that song at any price. Otherwise, this is a relatively slow moving chart this week. Also, I like the Guetta but the first Sia song was better.
On her two albums, Amy used jazz and souk to work out her London lexicon, not a million miles from the way Lily used pop. The frank strategy was to make the old new again in the vision of a rehab candidate. “The way his shirt hangs off his back, my train of thought stays right on track”, she sings in this stunning little admission of sexual need. “I know that I’d look good on you” she claims. That’s her moral parallel – Grade: A
Green Day’s Billie Joe Armstrong is seeking treatment for substance abuse. Green Day would like everyone to know that their set was not cut short by Clear Channel and to apologize to those they offended at the iHeart Radio Festival in Las Vegas.”
Get clean and Get well so I can get back to hating you.
I do this weekly more for the benefit of the site than for any sort of interest. But I want to remain courant and if SNL is indication of our current cool kid society than holy hell we are doomed. Anyone remember Elvis Costello, or The Clash, The Specials or Bowie on SNL? Are there any bands even close to that cool? Yeah no.
Her voice is a beautiful instrument that would be as lovely performing English folk like Fairport Convention as the hard rock, she preferred last night. Catching her today is akin to catching Florence Welch five years ago
I don’t really understand, why would people buy a track they can listen to for free whenever they want? If it is true, there is no logic, could it be because people who pay for Spotify are music lovers, still nostalgic about owning it? Spotify has only been there for a year, and it may change soon with the future generations, who will not even know what it is to own music.
A few questions come to mind. Is it autobiographical? May be. Was he really thinking what he says? The simplistic reasoning is ridiculous, especially the line ‘Don’t know the worst, she knows a atheist’… insinuating that atheists are the bad guys responsible of evil abortions!
Nestled between Echo Park and Los Feliz, the trendy community boasts some of the nation’s most lauded food trucks and farmers markets, a multicultural blend of residents with eclectic professions, and a booming arts scene.
Two songs a month for ten months. Why? Well to keep the dream alive of course. What a better way to sustain hype?
Battle Born – The Killers – The Killers are the Mitt Romney’s of rock, big, brash, Mormon, and not a brain in their haircuts. When I put it on as background it is charmingly aggressive, tugging at my sleeve and saying “hey, we found ourselves a place and we belong in it forever” but whenever it gets my full attention, it is so wretchedly silly and loud, I wanna punch it in the nose. Grade: C
Milo – Quilt – Boston trio mix close harmonies with druggy empathy on this dreamy slice of folk rock, starting slow and building to a Whoish middle. Good on record but live the moments become movements and the let’s the band do it what it does best: stretch – Grade: A-
