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Bayside, Independent Covers

The Queens, NY guys are currently in Connecticut (hollah!) recording a new album of covers. YES! I love covers and this band doing tunes originally performed by Billy Joel, Elvis Costello, Del Shannon, Van Morrison, and The Ronettes, will be a major event

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Aerosmith, "Global Warming Tour"

Tickets go on sale Monday September 24, at LiveNation.com. That is if you are a commoner, there are numerous presale events prior to that. For VIP ticket packages, including opportunities to meet band members, backstage tours, great tickets and more, visit Aeroforceone.com. Everyone has a price. There is also a Facebook event, visit their page for details on that one.

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Listen Up: 9-22-12

Wedding Song – Anais Mitchell and Justin Vernon – Much better than the name would suggest, a coutry blues opener to Mitchel’s 2010 rock opera with Justin as Orpheus. typecasting it says here – Grade: B+

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William Beckett "Lua", Reviewed

He nails the feel of it, captivating the listener in a soft way, making it feel like a hug, then pulling you in, just like the original does. William’s voice has that quality as it is, but mixed with the warmth of the guitar and the pattern and the simplicity of it all amplifies it in a way that really no one else has captured.

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Californian Indie Bands Pay Tribute To The Velvet Underground & Nico

Among the other bands I have seen, The Fresh & Onlys and White Fence, whose frontman Tim Presley’s style has been compared to Syd Barett’s. Basically, all of them seem to have this psychedelic thing going on, so it should be fun. Oh but wait,… vinyl only? I don’t do vinyl! But there’s nothing to worry about, the tracks will also be released digitally on various websites between October 15-29.

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Randy Newman's Satirical Politics

“It’s delicate enough that I’m not going to offend people every which way, but I wanted to get it right as best I could,” said Newman, who added that he’s always worried there may be some backlash following the release of a song like this one.

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The American Pop Music Hall of Fame

The Beatles, Elvis and Frank Sinatra, The Beach Boys, Tony Bennett, and Neil Diamond are among the top 40 nominees in place as we speak. Fans as well as industry folk can vote online during the next few weeks.

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John Lennon Gets The Chris Brown's Treatment In England

‘Warning, Do not buy this album, this man beats women’ sticker was applied on John Lennon’s CDs, and a photo of the ‘crime’ was posted on Twitter by the account @abusesticksout, indicating that the picture had been taken at a Fopp store in Manchester. Even if the store employees were able to find out and remove the sticker fast, it was already too late, the picture was out there on the internet

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K Pop Hits The Prudential Center

Go to this if only to people watch. I don’t suppose you’ll l be able to sing along but you may be able to fake it and shake around a bit. The characters in this scene are flamboyant ala Harijuku Girls but with a bit more polish and a little less street grime.

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US Top 10 Singles, September 29th, 2012

Over the years, the singles and album charts have switched places. The album charts are now the houses of the one hit wonders and the sudden spark of interest before the fan base subsides, while as the Singles charts are tough to get on but once you are on there, you’re marooned 5 on there for life .

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US Top 10 Albums, September 29th, 2012

Dave Matthews isn’t as bad as I claim he, is much worse, and Amanda deserved to move more than 24K still a Top 10 hit is a Top 10, but the surprise here is Little Town, which follows in the footsteps of Sugarland and Lady Antebellum but with better songs.

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Listen Up: 9-21-12

Sober – Little Big Town – In a world where the simple gifts of songwriting have been replaced by the slave to the beats, this is a well well written song, spinning on a simple simile, being in love is like being drunk – Grade: A-

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Aimee Mann's Video for 'Labrador' Revisits The Past

The video for ‘Labrador’ replicates quite loyally the one made for ‘Voices Carry’, Aimee Mann’s 1985 hit when she was with the band ‘Til Tuesday. You can judge by yourself as you can compare both videos below! It’s true that you don’t see videos like these anymore, with a story playing like a mini Lifetime movie

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Sex Pistols "Holidays In The Sun", 1977

The Sex Pistols will always be the symbol of punk rock. Everyone before or after them will never live up to the image and urban legend they left in their wake. The death of Vicious only adds to the mystique making them masters of the genre with (in comparison to other acts) very little material.

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Kesha's Back Promising To Die Young

The rest is over and as you can see below- she is back. I love that she is singing acapella and obviosuly annoying the commuters of Tokyo, much like she will be annoying me once this is released. The news on this is that she has apparently cleaned up her act. Less glitter more natural, less synth more drum. Did she grow up?

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PSY's "Gangham Style"… Call him, maybe

The tipping point for me was the very funny SNL skech where mall employees are brought out of their funk by the song, culminating in PSY, the South Korean rapper slash overnight sensation -slash Autumn Carly Rae, doing his invisible horse dance

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Rockanomics, The Ever Rising Concert Cost

Another discovery was that across the genres, jazz and pop tickets cost more than reggae or folk. Also, older acts tend to have higher prices because they have a loyal fan base, typically made up of older audiences with more disposable income

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Paul Simon's 3-Disc Package, 'Live In New York City'

seeing how many people (of all age, I insist) were already on line at 5 pm for a 9 pm show, and were pushing a little bit later to be front row, when I saw him at the Fonda theater in Los Angeles a year ago, I can tell you that the old guy still got it, and that Graceland is without any doubt, a legendary album

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KISS Merch, It Never Ends

If you are looking for anything from a toaster to a thong- you can get it with teh KISS logo on it. Its genius and its annoying. The die hard fan must roll in it happy as can be- but for the rest of the free world its an odd obsession. The fact is it earns money and the memebers of the band honestly are set for life as are their spawn and their spawns spawn.

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Listen Up: 9-19-12

Like It Or Love It – Kreayshawn – It’s worth mention that Kid Cudi’s rap here is better than his solo rap with GOOD Music, and it is also worth mentioning that Kreayshawn isn’t a faker, the entire album is real good, but this is even better – Grade: B+

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Cat Power's Weird New Video For 'Cherokee'

With a punk-rocker look and a new haircut, she and a guy fight against zombies with a futuristic gun under a scorching hot sun,… there are also magic crystals, a dog (the same one that was at Amoeba!) and other people in Native American outfits involved, but I don’t know exactly what’s going on

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Look Sharp: Musicians As Models

They used to say that rock stars dated models but now musicians are so airbrushed and stylized they ARE models. Rob Thomas of Matchbox 20, modeled jeans and Burberry has chosen numerous Brit pop stars to stand and smile.

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Prince Has A New Song, And It's A Rock' N' Roll Affair

The R&B groove of the song is totally cool, although very retro-familiar! Many people have noticed some similarity with ‘Take Me With U’… Hella yes! these synths sound totally sampled from his own hit song, and, if you are a Prince’s fan, I guess it is not gonna be the only Prince’s song that you will hear in the track.

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Keith Urban To American Idol A Great Idea

With the news that Keith Urban has joined Nicki Minaj, Mariah Carey and returning Randy Jackson, the American Idol line up of judges is complete and it is a very very smart concept because American Idol boils down to black chick divas, white country boys.

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Listen Up: 9-19-12

The Boys – Nicki Minaj and Cassie – Nicki’s best song since, well it is better than “Starship” if not “Super Bass”, has a lovely chorus by Cassie before Nicki trashes that other sex and really very well. Hey, talking of bests, her best rap since “Monster” – Grade: A

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