Ian Anderson, "Enter The Uninvited" Track Review
That being said if you’re a mullet sporting guy who still has Frampton on your iPod and is attempting to restore your old Chevelle- you’re gonna love it. If you’re a nostalgia fiend, such as I- same.
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Music of the 1930s: The Essential List
Bing Crosby, the Ink Spots, and the Andrew Sisters provided the safe pop fare, while Duke Ellington and Count Basie played sophisticated jazz pop for white and black audiences.
Not With The Band: Science Demonstrates That Improvisation In Music Is Real Communication
This new study led to the conclusion that syntactic processing areas are not specific for language but are involved in a larger domain of communication, as there is a neural overlap between music and language processing.
The Hold Steady: The Opposite Of Love Is Indifference
My bet is this is it for Hold Steady. Finn’s solo album was much better that the two Hold Steady albums surrounding it on either side. The sonic bang bang of the band, the tightness, groove, whatever, can not replace the lack of anything approaching a memorable song.
Kings Of Leon Fans Exposed To Measles
Here is the definition of adding insult to injury, Seattle fans of Kings Of Leon may have been exposed to the measles after a March 28 concert at Seattle’s Key Arena.
10 Songs, Tuesday, April 8th, 2014
New York State Of Mind – Leon Russell – The horns sound like they escaped from a Sinatra Swinging Lovers album but it soon darkens down and Leon does exactly what you thought he would and does it for a long time – C+
Booker T. & The M.G.’s at the Granada Theater, Dallas, April 5th, 2014, Reviewed
The gliding organ on “Time is Tight” was pure pleasure and the funk guitar lick on “Potato Hole,” reminiscent of “Bustin’ Loose” by Chuck Brown and the Soul Searchers, gave another dimension to the M.G.’s sound
Bayside Tells The Whitest Lie
It’s definitely more likely that this is all a hoax, and if you watch the video of the announcement, they’re all pretty stoic and emotionless, and it kind of just feels like a big joke. There’s no way that this isn’t just them messing with us.
Cat In The City, Welcome Yusuf Islam!
I may not be a fan of Rolling Stone or the Hall of Fame but when someone I actually admire is being recognized, I cant help but feel a bit of excitement. Songs that shaped my youth and adolescence and to this day inspire my actions
Eminem Wanted To Write A Song Dissing Kanye West, Lil Wayne and Drake
So because these other rappers were ‘killing it’, Eminem got super jealous and wanted to write a song ‘dissing everybody’, but alas he never did it, as this would have been a ‘career suicide’.
The A+ List – 4-7-14
The struggling, stranger rocker before he straightened his life out takes a love of his life and ties it to a specific time and place (nyc the week before 9-11), struggles through a freezing cold and adds an image for all time: “I was holding your arm, you were holding my trust like a child” and then it’s over. “I’ll always love you, love New York”.
Rashida Jones Speaks About the Pornification Of Pop Stars
‘Stripper poles, G-strings, boobs, and a lot of tongue action were all now normal accessories for mainstream pop stars. Across the board the Instamessage seemed to be: ‘You know you want to have sex with me. Here, take a look at lots of parts of my body,’
Five Years Ago Tomorrow… And Away We Went!!!
Titus and Los Camp was the honest roar of teenage (well collegiate) angst personified -I was at the side of the stage, completely trashed and banging my fist till it bruised screaming along to Titus: “No more cigarettes, no more having sex, no more drinking till you fall on the floor….” .
UK Top 10 Albums 4-12-14
We’ve seen worse, Wilco and Daltrey alone makes the chart not total write off. And if you add to that a Johnny Cash album, even if it is one I’m not crazy about, plus Pharrell and my favorite band in the world this minute Elbow, not a band night out.
UK Top 10 Singles 4-14-14
Take a look at # 4, John Martin. An EDM songwriter from Sweden who has worked with the likes of Swedish House Mafia and Tinie Tempeh before hitting it big with SHM’s “Don’t You Worry Child”. Both “Child” and “Anywhere For You” are EDM by name, they sound like MOR 21st century style.
10 Songs: Monday, April 7th, 2014
Former Chicken Shack singer is to soul what Linda Thompson is to folk -perhaps the UKs greatest practitioner. Yes, this song is a cliche but it wasn’t when she covered it and this is among the best versions I’ve ever heard – A
The Other Side Of This Digital Coin
The ideology of any content streaming or distribution on the global networks is one of the foundations of disruptive innovation and what’s now called the sharing economy. This sharing economy is one in which the holders of the internet gateways and services get all the share and everyone else gets shit.
Ace Enders "One More Song" Reviewed
There’s not enough belting in the alt/indie music scene, and unless you’re Brendon Urie, it’s for good reason, but I really had no idea that Ace had this in him. It feels so raw and emotional
Broken Bells Funds Asteroid Project
Have committed proceeds from their upcoming tour to a project designed to protect the Earth from asteroids. The B612 Foundation’s Sentinel Project will receive a dollar from each ticket sold for the band’s US west coast tour.
Will Imogen Heap's New Gloves Change The Way We Make Music?
‘Pushing buttons and twiddling dials “is not very exciting for me or the audience’, she says, ‘[Now] I can make music on the move, in the flow and more humanly, [and] more naturally engage with my computer software and technology.’
The SPD Releases New Pictures Of Kurt Cobain's Body And Gets A Lawsuit
I have to say that Richard Lee gives bad press to people who are trying to find the truth in this sort of cases, to give you a taste of this curious character, this is how the Stranger described one of his numerous and very public interventions
Television Lite: April 7th – April 11th, 2014
Holy mother of Peace Train I take that all back, hands up for Jimmy Fallon who comes in with the one and only Yusef Islam on the 8th, showing up 2 days before his day at the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame induction ceremony. Tuesday’s not dead.
Sneak Peak: Upcoming Releases Week Of April 7th, 2014
Not much of a week, neither was last week after a month of big big releases. Off! are back, has it been two years already? Joan Osborne? John Frusciante is back but I am not sure we want him. I guess I’ll go with Martina McBride, her opening slot with George Strait was very good, even if album title Everlasting doesn’t promise much.
That Was The Week Of March 31st, 2014, That Was
The week belonged to Kraftwerk. Yes, there is only one original member left and, yes, the other three are hired hands and, yes indeedy, there isn’t much action. But having noted all of the above, the 3D Kraftwerk was a blast of sound and sign and numbers.
Active Viewin': rock nyc Concert Picks Week Of April 7th, 2014
First, I couldn’t care less about the “Rock And Roll Hall Of Fame” and even if I did I would have my doubts here: Peter Gabriel, Cat Stevens, Linda Ronstadt, Hall & Oates, Nirvana, the E Street Band, Brian Epstein and Andrew Loog Oldham. Particularly since Kurt is dead and Linda is ill. And I don’t really consider Cat Stevens rock and roll by any stretch of the lexicon. But the chance to see Cat perform? I couldn’t be more excited. Thursday at Barclay Center.
10 Songs, Sunday, April 6th, 2014
(You Make Me Feel) Mighty Real – Frankie Knuckles Directors Cut – This is the exact diving line between disco and House, Sylvester’s greatest disco song of all time is given a nine minute blow out, the beat is all over it but essentially Knuckles takes the title hook and loops it and loops it and loops it – A+
Holly George-Warren’s “A Man Called Destruction: The Life and Music of Alex Chilton” Reviewed
George-Warren hits every note perfectly as Chilton’s biographer. She has the background in journalism to be heavily invested in the facts and she’s an astute critic that can convey both the technical and emotional aspects of the music Chilton produced.
The Legacy of Kodaly Music Education
Understanding of rhythm develops through the use of movement activities and singing games. Melodic and harmonic understanding develops through the use of solfege syllables (do, re, mi…), interval training, and hand signs
Ziggy Marley At Sonos Studios, Thursday April 3rd 2014
You can’t pronounce the name Ziggy Marley without thinking about his famous father, however Ziggy doesn’t mind, during the short interview preceding his show at Sonos Studio, he said he was still very connected to his father
The 1975 NPR Music Tiny Desk Concert Reviewed
Watching it proved to me that there’s literally no way someone can say that Matt Healy, the frontman, is not talented. From beginning to end, he’s impressive and spot-on with everything he does.
Say Anything Bi-Polar Weirdo Plus Hottest Young Bands To BestBuy
This, along with the (sold out) Wonder Years are the two big shows, the coming out pary for the bands who have been bubbling under the radar (except here, where Mary has written about them constantly) throughout the 2010s and are not awaiting their turn.
Rockstar Energy Drink Mayhem Festival Announce Line Up
Can we do something about that Fest name? Rockstar Energy Drink? Really? I mean I understand that its sponsored by the chemical giant but really cant you find a way to subtle it down?
Los Angeles DJ Paz Dylan Does The Best April Fools Day Prank Ever
I haven’t checked myself but many journalists have, and it seems that everyone who bought Bieber’s ‘Believe’ album on Tuesday April 1st in Los Angeles, didn’t exactly get what they expected
Some Thoughts On Frankie Knuckles And Chicago House
Those all night “raves” were the final, exuberant meaning of life. A place where your heart beat so fast and the beat beat so hard it meant nothing but the beat and it made you at the top of your aliveness. This is what Frankie Knuckles, who died earlier this week at the age of 59, invented.
10 Songs, Saturday, April 5th, 2014
Golden – Lady Antebellum – Golden – Moribund country song featuring Stevie Nicks who has too much life in her voice for this nasty little love song with weak rhymes and melody by numbers. Whatever happened to these guys? – C-
Jack White, “High Ball Stepper” Reviewed
Jack has gotten more front porch bluesy since he packed it up for Nashville and I think that may just be the norm. Tennessee has a grip on folk and if it doesnt make you twangy it sorta messes with your brai
Fireworks "Oh, Common Life" Reviewed
Though quite ‘mainstream’-sounding and not as pop punk as it claims, it’s a good listen and a good starter album for anyone getting more into said pop-punk scene. It’s well done, very smooth, and ridiculously catchy.
Elliott Smith Gets A New Documentary (And A Coffee Shop)
A coffee shop will open this summer/fall in the same building that is home to the Sunset boulevard Figure 8 mural, or if you prefer, the Elliott Smith memorial. Ben Hantoot and his wife want to open there ‘Dinosaur Coffee’ but fans should not worry as the mural will be kept intact
Courtney Love Still Has Multiple Bad Ideas.
1994 Hole’s album ‘Live Through This’ was released on April 12, just four days after Kurt Cobain’s body was found in his Seattle home, and she is reported to have said things like ‘all publicity is good publicity’ and ‘It might even help sell records!
Communism And Streaming
This manifests itself as a callousness, a neglectfulness, about the music people listen to. Since they don’t own the music, they don’t have anything invested in it. There interest is as limited as somebody who is spending a coupla nights in a Days Inn
Marshall Crenshaw To Perform Requests Only Set At City Winery With the Bottle Rockets
What would I have him play this time? Since I will probably only get one, I guess I’ll stick with “Radio Girl” but if I get more? His awesome cover of Dave Alvin’s “Jack And Diane” , anything off Life’s Too Short, maybe I’m Sorry *But So Is Brenda Lee)”, Hendrix “Fire”…
Darren Aronofsky's "Noah" Reviewed
This is a movie without a joyful moment. Not even when the dove with an olive branch arrives is their happiness. Not even when they get off the Arc. All you get is rain and slaughter.
EDM Is Ceasing To Exist
To claim EDM rules popular music is like claiming guitars or drums rule pop music. It has as much to do with the type of music being played as streaming has to do with the type of music. An instrument, a piano, can be used to play ragtime as easy as Baroque, doesn’t that mean that piano is either
rock nyc Top Ten Songs week Of 3-31-14
Is it worth noting that the top four songs are Dylan covers and the following two are other covers? Call me an aging cynic but I kinda date people will be covering “Phreakin Awesome” thirty or even one year from now.
10 Songs, Friday, April 4th, 2014
She’s So Perfect – 5 Seconds To Summer – “She looks so perfect standing there in her American Apparel underwear”? Pre-teen girls may be questioning these bubblegum cuties but once the girls hit twelve years old they’ll get it – B
Saintseneca At Amoeba, Tuesday April 1st 2014
We always have tendencies to stick a label on bands, but what about a label for folk-punk? Both genres seem quite opposite in the mood and the direction but this is nevertheless how Saintseneca’s music is defined.
Conor Oberst "Governor's Ball" Reviewed
I don’t want to say that it sounds happy, but it isn’t your typical woe-is-me Oberst tune. It’s definitely a sign that he’s grown up, and seeing that transition is something that really touches me.
“You Might Well Arsk” John Lennons Art At Sothebys
When you are a legend like John Lennon people are willing to sell a kidney to own a piece of you and so it goes as poshy auction house Sotheby dusts off original art, puts it on an easel and waits for the offers to roll in
Let's Blast Jack White's New Track 'High Ball Stepper’
There are no lyrics for this new Jack White’s tune but honestly ‘High Ball Stepper’ doesn’t need any! Plus, nobody is going to take this stomping, aggressive, blistering, bluesy thing, that the ex-White Stripes frontman dropped on April fools’ day, for a joke
Tom Behringer's "Mistaken For Strangers" Reviewed
It’s been suggested the movie was faked and to a degree it sure serves Matt because he comes across as the sweetest and most reasonable big brother on the planet, trying to express the limits of his stardom and also the limitless of his affection for his uncomfortably jealous little brother.