Gypsy Heart Side A EP – Colbie Caillat – A long time fan of the pop singer, this five song 18 minute EP has nary a clunker in the lot: a sweet sound giving Taylor Swift a run for her money. “Blaze” is fabulous – ALBUM OF THE WEEK – A-
The rumors are that his ‘medical team’ deemed it necessary. Now lets see, Moz was happy, laughing, giddy and slurring words when we saw him in Boston-was he under the influence of something? I honestly do not think so but what the hell do I know without a urine sample.
First, they were playing their most nonchalant songs, which did not prevent people to start crowd surfing right away, then frontman John Paul Pitts said they were going up a notch, and suddenly they were playing much faster with people going crazy along the very good and sunny harmonies of ‘Miranda’
Morrissey even was joking around and being silly during the show- that’s right, *silly*. He named all the greats who’d played at that opera house, naming all the Golden Girls, threw in an anecdote of how Boston’s history pamphlet advertised that they had the ‘world’s smallest suspension bridge’, and he was slurring a bit, completely comfortable so very casual and jovial. Someone check his BAC?
On the press junket for his soon to be released album Lazaretto he’s babbling like a brook about just about anything. He got a bit introspective and somewhat melancholy over youth- it’s not as if he’s in the twilight of his days but hey let the man chat
With crowd’s favorites like ‘Feed me Now’, ‘Honest Feedback’ and ‘Benny Goodman’, they set the tone for a feel-good summer-time, yes it was a beautiful day and the music was driving the crowd into a festive and playful mood… but I almost forgot, just before their set, a wedding proposal happened on stage
In 2014, the recording industry has no center gravity, it seems to be coming from everywhere in every form as well. It isn’t in one place only, it is hiding in the world and in the public everywhere at once. The trouble is (and it is something rock nyc tries to do with very limited success) the music scene has no one place where you can get a quick study in what is out there.
Dance trumps rock, no two ways about it. Skrillex and two thirds of Swedish House Mafia siphoned off 75% of the audience, leaving 25% for Jack White and Vampire Weekend. The sheer numbers were incredible. Broken Bells was free and easy, you couldn’t move at Disclosures set which was occurring on a different stage at the same time.
Shinobi Ninja are such a family affair: D.A. and Baby G on one side, twin brothers guitarist Dave and drummer (in my opinion one of the most powerful drummers around Mike on the other, and Alien X and DJ Axis Powers in the middle: the three parts come together as more than a whole; everybody feeds off each other.
“Only Care About Me”, G. Finale is getting the recognition he has been waiting. “OCAM” is a spectacular rap parody, checking out everybody from 2Pac to Jay Z with a central backing track so hooky it is all over the song: maybe six notes on a loop but it is pure ear candy.
Her fourth song off the album of the same name, and fifth of the year, is yet another superb deep electronic blues ala Del Rey. While it maybe true if you’ve heard one you’ve heard em all, if you haven’t heard THIS ONE you haven’t heard all of them – B+
Girls and girls and drugs and girls. Paarty songs. “That’s why the shows so cranky because I’m high on crills right now,” Earl said during Tyler’s show and Tyler agreed. “Awesssssome” he said like he just stepped out of one of his Adult Swim TV episodes. J. Cole said he’d been drinking all day.
He was charming the crowd with his melodious soul-jazz songs like ‘Dwell in the dark’, ‘Plastic’ and you could almost hear the rain tapping on the window,…they sounded like soothing lullabies, and then he joked about his new video for his song ‘Man on the Moon’, saying he was barely using the internet, ‘so it has been a struggle
Although the tune came out in 1965 this video is from 1967 and may well be one of the most incredibly awkward videos of all time. But honestly this just adds to the magic of the tune. So first off THANK YOU Mozzah for introducing me to a great artist!
Sure there is worst than this, there are entertainers who perform for tyrants and dictators in foreign countries, but this is as close as you can go to the same thing while staying in the US. On Friday, Pharrell Williams as well as Harry Connick Jr., Robin Thicke, Sarah McLachlan, and Aloe Blacc, performed at Walmart annual shareholders gathering
I later lost my entire collection of CD’s to an ex girlfriend and I didn’t want to deal with (read crazy) wrangling with her to get all of my stuff back, including my life in pictures of 14 years. (By the way, this writing stuff is cool, not only is it therapeutic but you can get info out there that gets you sympathy, and the devil ain’t the only one that needs sympathy sometimes, ah Mein bitter Kampf)
John Prine penned “Angel” for his extraordinary 1971 debut album. Raitt gave this despondent tale of a woman living a passionless life an even more touching treatment. Always remember, common side effects of Zoloft include sleepiness, nervousness, insomnia, dizziness, nausea, skin rash, headache, diarrhea, upset stomach, loss of appetite, abnormal ejaculation, dry mouth, and weight loss.
The Led Zeppelin remasters-deluxe editions feel like they are a little too late however great they might be; the thing is we are in the post making money through records period and while these will sell, imagine how it would have sold in 1994.
Last weekend, The Neon Brotherhood comprising of 40 fantastic musicians from Neon Sound Studios in Burntwood, who either knew Stephen, rehearsed with him, or were just simply inspired by him, came together to write and record a charity single in Stephen’s memory. Please support it and let’s get it to number one.
Everybody’s Something – Chance The Rapper – The difference between the version Chance sang at his Governor’s Ball star making turn is this is the way Chance boiled the song down to its “everybody’s somebody’s everything, nobody’s nothing at all” hook and than got a full house who was gagging for it, to sing it with all its heart , the verses and backing track are a touch too dark on Acid Rap – A-
Saturday was incredibly busy at Randall’s Island, a complete sell out from one end of the Island to the other with young kids, mostly college sophomores by the looks of it, planting themselves on every available inch of green. But the lineup wasn’t as good as Friday’s line up
Boston you didn’t disappoint. Your notoriously my least favorite city and when the crowd started walking out (for lack of hits) or sitting down or dashing out (during Meat Is Murder) your lack of fandom and lack of manners and couth were showing. But it wasn’t meant for you- it was meant for us.
“Music is such an important part of all of our lives and holds a special place within our hearts at Apple. That’s why we have kept investing in music and are bringing together these extraordinary teams so we can continue to create the most innovative music products and services in the world.”
According to Texas Monthly, the Red River Cultural District is the place ‘where all of the artists who’ve emerged from the city’s vibrant music community over the past fifteen cut their teeth, made their bones’, is one of the most vital music districts in the country, and is Austin’s live music identity
I hate rapping. It puts you in this box. … I’m talented enough to do other things. I don’t know, I’m pretty bored with it. It’s not interesting. In the future, I want to do films. I want people to mention my name next to Wes Anderson or Quentin Tarantino. I don’t want my name to be mentioned next to other rappers at all.’
What drags me is the slower serious one, I get that the world needs adults, but “Holding On To You” is a lugubrious mess and makes you wonder how far this heart on sleeve stuff is gonna take you when you’re content and the closer “Another Sunday In The South” drags her to the finishing line.
Fall Out Boy is on Ellen. That’s the oddest thing to me. Pop punk old men are sitting on her couch. Im not sure why I find this so striking, they’re not exactly ‘Alternative’ but for some reason I still consider them lesser known.. I have a mental block with them.
Smith thinks he could be the next Adele and I agree (saleswise, I prefer him in all other ways) and this could be a real opportunity to see the guy before he blows up even bigger. Personally, I think what I’ve heard of In The Lonely Hour is simply unreally brilliant
Old 97’s and Lydia Loveless failed to change the world on Tuesday, though they were both pretty good, still it ended up being the weekend of Governors Ball and with weather to dream for I dashed from one great gig to another and was sure the better for it. You gotta try it out next year, the only Festival you can grab the subway home from.
The last time I saw James Chance backed by the True Groove Allstars he stopped the show at the Cutting Room, now the No Wave maestro is back for what should be the gig of the year. Pushing the remastered and deluxe Buy (I wrote the liner notes) and with Marla Mase -who has an excellent new release herself, opening, this should be a huge huge huge gig. Don’t miss this Thursday June 12th at the Cutting Room.
Tightrope – Janelle Monae – Maybe the highlight of Friday’s entire day at Governor Ball on Friday, this is a pure rhythm dance track, ridiculously modern disco blaster. Big Boi’s rap only makes it that much better. Janelle was a star after this – Aroc
You should go to Festivals the same way you listen to music in 2014, sample all the goods and then research further. Even bands you really wanna see, headliners Outkast for instance, this might not be the best way to check em out. You’d have to give up too much and wait too long (I figure 90 minutes) to get really great sitelines. That would be, wow, at least four sets.
I’m glad someone’s spoken up about it because I see it all the time, and though you definitely can’t avoid being felt up while crowd surfing, apparently there were men deliberately touching this girl inappropriately. There’s a big difference between an awkward touch and an attempt at groping
Not only is Metallica frontman James Hetfield a member of the NRA, but he is also an absolutely disgusting hunter enthusiast. On top of this, he has made the decision to narrate a new TV series about Alaskan bear hunting, which obviously didn’t please a lot of people.
The rag kicked off its new venture with, of course, a list. The website trumpeted loudly this week – “The Greatest 100 Country Songs of All Time.” The specific country was not designated.
Musically its cheap and bland and Boz really? Can you throw some of the Polecat spirit in it? You don’t have to be the backdrop here if you don’t want to – its not Mozzer, this is your baby..why are you so diluted in your moment to shine?
Sure, there is this video of them in the studio (below), revealing these isolated and haunting guitar notes or piano keys, these milliseconds of songs here and there, these long silences and these guitar riffs at 1:09, so typical-sad-Interpol that you would recognize them in the middle of chaos
“It’s that thing people say – some other part of you comes out. And I guess that’s right. In that regard, it’s very cathartic. There’s a lot of things going on in my head at the moment and you can just purge them and the crowd allow you to do that. I’ll sleep well tonight which is the first time in weeks I’ve slept well.”
For the first time in decades, Costello caught my mood, the sense of time passing by and of ends arriving and yes he over sings it and over writes the lyrics but I don’t care: it reminds me of a pop version of Kings Of America. In its own way it is a straight up masterpiece
Sure, you thought it was gonna be Jack White (who I am seeing at Govs Ball today) but no, I’ve heard the new one many times and I think it is solid but not Blunderbuss, it lacks focus and it doesn’t have enough great songs. But Chrissie? Three songs in and I love em all and did you see her with the Roots the other day? Pretty excellent, right? Otherwise, I really wanna hear the Hot Chip cat and I am wondering about Ice T. First Aid Kit? O.A.R.?
The week seems to belong to Miranda but I haven’t had the time to give the Ninja’s the listen they deserve. The other biggie for me is The Shoe, a quality duo who actually improvise their songs, and who have maybe thrree strong songs ontheir new album.
The Walkmen are on indefinite hiatus, so the lead singer Hamilton has corralled some superstars of indie for his solo album, and it sounds quite good (the instrumental break works like a hook), and he has an arresting voice, catchy but limited – B
I was watching a documentary called “Happy” the other day, in which the filmmaker seemed to believe that the greatest thing in life is happiness. But it isn’t at all. The greatest thing in life is to feel completely alive. Hearts Of Sorrow is completely alive.
The short clip shows Bieber parodying his own hit ‘One Less Lonely Girl’, using the n-word and joking about joining the KKK. What the fuck Bieber? Are you that ignorant redneck that almost everyone suspected you would be? I guess so….
“The Stones alluded to the event’s gravity relatively early in their concert, when a video projected on giant screens behind the performers combined archival clips from their concerts in the 1960s with live shots of the Tel Aviv concert audience in 2014.”
They still look like kids and once again the loud guitars are super melodic and the tune filled with a hooky chorus that may stick in your head a few days. They have tamed down a bit the punk-grunge side and have stayed on the fuzz-power-pop side, but I just wonder why these guys never got bigger with hooks like these
Parlophone were huge in the UK before being eaten by another legendary record company EMI Records, who got ate up by Warner Bros in 2012, which makes Saint Motel signed to one of the biggest record companies in the world. It couldn’t happen to a better band.
All good reasons to catch her at Music Hall On Williamsburg today right, but here is another one. Parker Millsap is opening. He is the guy behind “Truck Stop Gospel” -a “goddamn Christian on fire”. Actually, lapsed Christian but it’s the thought that counts!
“My career is a reflection of journalism, current-day journalism. My public persona and career has nothing to do with my internal process or my personal life. It is actually just a reflection on writers’ creative processes and where they’re at in 2014. Literally has nothing to do with me”
All By Myself – Dave Alvin And Phil Alvin- Old fashioned in the best sense, this Big Bill Broonzy song is the definition of country swing as blues pop tone; the brothers trade off lines very well even as they contradicts the words! – B+
