Kristeen Young Off the Morrissey Tour
Do you have a vacancy for a back scrubber? Kristeen Young packs up and goes home
Morrissey 2014 Cancellation Party: Atlantic City Postponed, Boston And Rest Of Tour On
the engagement in Atlantic City at the Revel Ovation Hall has been postponed to Sunday, June 22. All previously purchased tickets will be honored on the new date. The tour will resume as originally scheduled, without question, at the Boston Opera House on Saturday, June 7
Old 97's And Lydia Loveless At Webster Hall, Tuesday, June 3rd, 2014, Reviewed
The talk dirty stuff is a bit of a dead end. The line here, the one that resonates and which she doesn’t sing on Tuesday night, is “I knew that I was crazy alone; now I’m just crazy for you.” So, yeah a crazy ex-girlfriend but only up to a certain place and then other influences kick in.
Bob Mould At Amoeba, Tuesday June 3rd 2014, Reviewed
From start to finish, the music was loud, upbeat and very melodic, but played with a hardcore energy and a punk ferocity. The guitars – actually there was only one, the other one was a bass – were powerful and Bob Mould was getting the biggest sound ever of his instrument.
Iggy Azalea- Cringe-Worthy or Applause-Worthy?
The little tiny feminist inside me appreciates her as a woman. She is confident, she is strange looking, she doesn’t always wear makeup at big events where she’s walking on a red carpet and being photographed. She’s completely unafraid and stands up for herself.
On Her New Single, Jenny Lewis Has A Hard Time To Be 'Just One of the Guys’
Just One of the Guys’ was produced by Beck – although I can’t really recognize anything Beck-like in this song, it is a true Jenny Lewis tune – and it is also the first single of her upcoming album ‘The Voyager’, on which she collaborates with many different artists such as Ryan Adams and her boyfriend Jonathan Rice
The "F" Word
am not quite sure why the gay community is so up in arms over it. In hip hop it is usually used to suggest weakness, like “pussy” which, I guess, who cares really. It is a million miles from saying, “you weak, you can’t take a bullet up the nostril you faggot” and saying “hey faggot, Imma kill you for having a boyfriend”.
Must See: Beyonce And Jay Z… Like XO
Last year, Jay Z blew Timberlake away at Metlife, this year he will be gentler to his wife but still out for revenge after Beyonce bested Magna Cart… Holy Grail. So everybody and I mean everybody should bring their “a” game and then Hov will holla at em.
Macklemore Is Not an Anti Semite
Some overly sensitive souls were screaming that the get up was mocking the Jews…are you fucking kidding me? Photos from the concert show Macklemore wearing a black wig and beard and a fake hooked nose. Which we all know screams “Mock a Jew” at the highest level.
US Top 10 Albums 6-14-14
Yes, folks, at the top of the charts is the only Coldplay album I don’t actually hate. Young Chris problem as a composer is he is a magpie and too obvious, as a lyricist he doesn’t have a poet’s soul but as a manic depressive he will do nicely.
US Top 10 Singles, 6-14-14
annnnnnndddddd…. they’re off. Looks like another summer of chicks: Iggy, Ariana and Charlie XCX leading the charge for the song of the summer. I thought Calvin had a chance but on second thought “Summer” isn’t quite sleek enough.
10 Songs, Thursday, June 5th, 2014
The Impossible Dream – Christopher Lee – A huge Broadway song and Lee grabs hold of it with a powerful voice that seriously belies his age and shakes it till thundering guitar riffs and electric solos fall out – C+
Conor Oberst "Zigzagging Toward The Light" Music Video Reviewed
It sounds robotic, and reminds me very much of “Synecdoche, New York”, how Phillip Seymour Hoffman’s character has a voice following him around the end. I think it’s a nod to it, which is pretty cool because that means Oberst is a fan of the film.
Stream Jack White's New 'Lazaretto' Album on iTunes Radio!
By the way, a lazaretto (and I didn’t know this) is a quarantine station for maritime travelers or a leper colony (named after the parable of Lazarus the beggar). Does Jack White feel in quarantine in the music world, does he think he is the leper of these times?
Best Concerts Through May 31st, 2014
M.I.A. And Solange – Webster Hall – May 10th, 2014 – Two of the best musicians around, M.I.A. has reinvented the dance song and is compied so predigiously and often it is ridiculous and Solange is an alt soul master, even if a reportedly nasty piece of work. Days before this gig she beat up Jay Z in an elevator
The Jack White Setlist Annonated And Spotified For Your Please
The problem with Jack White is that, now Lou Reed is dead, he must be the hands down biggest asshole in pop music. I am not guessing here, I have a very good friend who worked for him a couple of years back and can’t mention his name without spitting.
The Beastie Boys Turned Down Millions To Honor Adam Yauch's Memory
‘As creative as it is, make no mistake, your video is an advertisement that is designed to sell a product, and long ago we made a conscious decision not to permit our music and/or name to be used in product ads.’
GoldieBox agreed to pay $1million, and the money was given to a charity supporting science, technology, engineering and/or math education for girls! Isn’t it fantastic? This is what I call having some ethics.
"A Million Ways To Die In The West" Reviewed
While everybody compares Seth’s sheep farming coward in the Wild West, Alfred, to comedic cowards like Bob Hope and Woody Allen, it is actually Seth’s filming of Charlese Theron that reminds me of Woody’s way with women.
10 Songs, Wednesday, June 4th, 2014
Just One Of The Guys – Jenny Lewis – This mid-tempo indie pop snoozer doesn’t offer much hope for a return to Jenny’s strengths on the new one? And what are her strengths in 2014? She is like Aimee Mann without the golden age. Produced by Beck, which proves you can fool all the people all the time – C+
Morrissey Cancels Atlanta, here we go again….
Earlier today Mozzer was spotted chatting up some British football players in the lobby of his Miami hotel.. could it be? I mean someone just said Miami is the ‘Gay Mecca of The South”.. is he having too much fun?
"Longer Than You've Been Alive (If You're Five)" (a rock nyc parody!)
rock nyc parody of Old 97’s new classic song of life on the road and let me say this, because I believe it, there is something mythic about spending your life writing about music: it is one of the loneliest pursuits known to people and we do it because… Hours before Old 97’s play Webster Hall feel free to sing along!
Be Here Now: Snap Shot Reviews Of New Albums 6-3-14
Miranda’s best album since Crazy Ex-Girlfriend isn’t EVEN that much better than any of her others or her work with Pistol Annies or God knows her husband Blake’s “Good Ol’ Boys”. This is as good as country gets in 2014, the only dog the Carrie Underwood duet on this otherwise a sublime collection of songs – ALBUM OF THE WEEK –
Kan Wakan's Magnificent 'Moving On' Reviewed
For a first album, it is totally remarkable and unique, Kan Wakan have built a mysterious and magnificent sound and their musical approach matches the art cover of their album, it is a symphonic super-production, both colossal and Sisyphean.
The Decemberists , "Here I Dreamt I Was An Architect" Live Reviewed and Mocked
The Decemberists are part of that granola eating plain scene who bitch and moan about photos and videos. If you are one of their deciples youre going to honor their request- if you are like Rebecca Bohanan the chick who ballsed up and taped a couple tunes in Portland last week, you reap the rewards of capturing a fine tune.
1973 – The A+ List
“Love Train,” The O’Jays. Kenny Gamble and Leon Huff, the kings of the Philly soul sound, wrote and produced this #1 hit. The O’Jays formed in the late 1950s, but had no success until 1972, when Gamble and Huff produced “Back Stabbers” for the group. The O’Jays smartly stayed with G&H for the rest of the decade. For the love of money, if nothing else.
Lydia Loveless Setlist 2014 Annotated and Spotified!!
Somewhere Else changed Lydia country gal with a name too close to Lydia Lunch to country girl with the mostest, who can rhyme anything with the c word and doesn’t mind her bodily secretions at all, not to mention can rock like a somabitch.
Not With The Band: Right Or Left-Handed, Does It Matter?
According to this article, ‘traditional stringed instruments do not discriminate against left-handers at all, because the left hand (which performs the fingering, chords, etc) actually has the more difficult job, requiring most the dexterity.’ So would left-handers have an advantage?
"Maleficent" Reviewed
Among the many differences between men and women, here is a biggie: men don’t care if women cast them as the villains in fairytales, we’ve seen enough Hallmark Movies to be a little immune to it -though I dread to think of the hullabaloo if they made Nala the villain of “The Lion King”.
That Was The Week Of May 26th, 2014, That Was
The Rangers have made it to the Finals of the Stanley Club, but, while hockey is not, by any stretch of the language, football, and of the big three team sports comes in last, I will absolutely take, It is much more fun than watching LeBron and the rest of the Heat toying with NBA teams for fun and profit, before slaughtering them.
The Allman Brothers To End Their Career At The Beacon In October
The Allmans are still great, in some ways greater, than ever. And here is a musical question: will Dickey Betts be there??? It isn’t every day you get to experience something like that but kudos to the greatest Southern jam band of them all for completing their life together in the place they enjoyed so many triumphs.
10 Songs, Tuesday, June 3rd, 2014
Dope Fiend Rental – Danny Brown – Why the hell did Danny Brown show at the A-Trak show if he didn’t come to party? This masterful track featuring Kendrick Lamar is good enough to remind you than Brown is not just an Afro and a drug habit – A
Dolly Parton, WinStar Casino, Thackerville, Oklahoma, May 31st 2014, Reviewed
There is nothing inherently wrong with glitz, but Dolly has spent so much time focusing on her image and her bank account, that she has no energy left to put any heart into her music. I spent over $150 for two of the cheap seats at the sold out casino gig and in return my money, I got a lengthy Milli Vanilli tribute show.
Geoff Blythe, Mike Laye, Ian Snowball, Peter McKenna's "The Team That Dreams In Caffs" Reviewed
It captures a certain time and place lost to us now and only reachable through “Geno”, “Burn It Down”, “Tell Me When My Light Turns Green”, more. Songs of Irish pride, heartbreak, love, pain, a sort of faith in the team, in the vision, in a musical future. Blythe and Laye take you back again.
Exene Cervanka Punk Rock Goddess
I wasn’t expecting this kind of response to a comment I made, but it has been a wakeup call and has radically altered my own views as to how I want to live in this world. I always try to do what I think is right. I’ve always been very vocal and opinionated, but this experience with the media has not been positive, nor productive.
Rock Stars Do Apologize Too!
By the same token he did trash Lana Del Rey, Adele who ‘would not have happened if Amy Winehouse was alive’, and the media recently reminded us he also had a few nice words about his ex-wife and bandmate Meg White, who was ‘uninterested’ and who wasn’t apparently worshipping him as she should hav
Dave Grohl Hosts New HBO Series
When musicians become actors or worse TV hosts its never a good thing. There seems to be a false sense of glory for rockers- just because they’ve had some success they feel they can act, and model, and host and really now c’mon, stick to your day job.
Jesus Christ Cancels Tour And Isn't Coming To Your Town
There is talk that the show would basically have to sell out at every stop in order to stay out of the red- was it poor ticket sales causing the halt? Not sure but if the below video is any indication…things were pretty rough.
Dave Grohl And Courtney Love Hugged At The Rock 'N' Roll Hall Of Fame, I Cringed
‘It was the Hall of Fame ceremony, but it meant so much to all of us personally that sometimes you forgot about the other stuff — like the arena and the trophy — and focused on real, personal things. I saw Courtney walking past [earlier in the night], and I just tapped her on the shoulder and we looked at each other in the eyes and that was it — we’re just family
UK Top 10 Singles, 6-7-14
“Jubel” is a very good song and “Summer” is a better song but the question is if, in the charts business, it is not the best what is it exactly. “Summer” which should be a hit may well be a little too slow and “Jubel” is a little too sweet, not to spend the dog days looking upwards.
10 Songs, Monday, June 2nd, 2014
. Truck Stop Gospel – Parker Millsap – Steve Crawford fave, raised in the Pentecostal Church till he found god in the open road as an Americana icon, the 20 year old emerging star does both god and Ameriman here: sorta Yankee Jake Buggs – A
Salva, Cam'ron And A-Trak At Terminal 5, Saturday, May 31st, 2014 Reviewed
EDM and pop is a little like the Monarchy versus the Pope in 14th century Europe in reverse; Europe was trying to disentangle itself from the Pope’s influence and EDM needs a strong union with modern pop and rock groups, it needs to entangle itself. Till then, this was a fine evening of dance.
The Weird Story Of A New Kanye West Song: Listen To A Snippet Below
The rapper is about to drop a new album and some snippets of a new song have appeared online here, on rapdose, and when I say snippets it is really the case! They last less than 6 seconds each and the 5 snippets make 23 seconds all together! There is another one here a bit longer, lasting a whopping 32 seconds!
BRET MICHAELS Is Not Dead- But He's Not Well
Some of you may know and even less of you may care that Bret is a massive diabetic. He has been out their preaching (when he’s not dying of course) and fundraising for research dollars at every moment he gets.
Television Lite: June 2nd – June 6th, 2014
The best act of the week is once again on Jimmy Fallon although I’ve just about had enough of him (our local morning news feels obligated to blast his ‘funniest bit’ over and over on the hour)he scored the coolest chick in music, Chrissie Hynde.
Steve Crawford's Top 25 Songs Through May 31st, 2014
This list heavy on alt-country No Depression Americana, but that’s just the way I roll these days. The #1 slot is by the band with the best album of the year so far (and the #3 slot comes from the second best album of the year). I have no idea if Parker Millsap is being sincere or ironic on “Truck Stop Gospel,” but in either case, he’s made me a believer. In Parker Millsap.
Best Albums Through May 31st, 2014
Numbskull – Wesley Wolfe – Art pop masterpiece about dealing with lowered expectations and doing it yourself and really not compromising too much on the road to eternity.Maybe a coming of age or maybe a dealing with it.
Best Songs Through May 31st, 2014
At the top, that Mariah Carey Stevie wonder cop is brilliant and I hope it breaks the way “#beautiful” failed to, and what has already broken pop is two huge songs with Iggy Azalea. Both “Problems” and “Fancy” are summer hits for sure. Anything else? Chloe Howl EP is out but probably won’t make a dent till next month.
Active Viewin': rock nyc Concert Picks Week Of June 2nd, 2014
I am sick of writing about how great the new Old 97’s Most Messed Up is so I’ll tell you how great Lydia Loveless’ Somewhere Else is instead. Between the two, this is probably the greatest double of the year. It is like what we thought Kanye West and Kendrick Lemar were gonna do at MSG when kendrick forgot to show. This is so great it beats out Governors Ball for show of the week. Webster Hall on Tuesday June 3rd. It should be epic.
Sneak Peaks: Upcoming Album Releases, June 3rd, 2014
I don’t dislike Fucked Up by any stretch of the lexicon, but I am not the fan everybody else is and I kinda wanted to go with Bob Mould but… I dunno, I don’t love Bob as much as I might either. What else? Ethan Johns is Laura Marling’s buddy so gets a shout out as such. New 50 cent? I wasn’t crazy about the single. Echo? Meh…
10 Songs, Sunday, June 1st, 2014
The Heart That Time Forgot – Kelly Willis – Off an album so great it remains one for my favorite of all time, from a great country singer (though I’m not convinced her newbie cuts it), this will rip your heart out with a powerful lament to the searches in need and ache – A