M.I.A.
Primavera LA Is Announced For September 2022!
Primavera LA would be a good successor to the FYF Fest
The Worst Music-Related Moments Of 2020
2020 sucked, there’s no doubt about it
Barack Obama’s Favorite Music Of 2020
This is a very eclectic list
Have We Become This Stupid? Flat Earth And Anti-Vaxxer Musicians
the shape the Earth was is ‘still to be discovered’
Musicians And QAnon Conspiracy Theories?
which musician is crazy enough to buy this lunacy?
Musicians And Their Covid-19 Conspiracy Theories
the origin of these stories is always misinformation and some influencer
L.A. BURNING, WEST COAST CONCERT PICKS, NOVEMBER 19TH TO 25TH
Cat Power is at the Theatre At Ace Hotel on Wednesday
L.A. BURNING, WEST COAST CONCERT PICKS, AUGUST 13TH TO 19TH
Nathaniel Rateliff & The Night Sweats are at the Greek Theatre on Wednesday
All My Friends, A New Music Festival Happening Downtown Los Angeles This Summer
all-star music extravaganza of what is cool and current in hip-hop, R&B and dance music right now
Oldies But Goldies: Best Of The 2000s, Letter M
Sri Lankan pop Princess
M.I.A. Speaks (And Disses Diplo & Oprah)… But Not To Us
In 2009, Time nominated me for one of the most influential people of the 21st century or something and I met Oprah at that party. And I was like, ‘Hey, people are gonna fucking die in my country. Like, please pay attention.’ And she was like, ‘You’re shit because you were rude to Lady Gaga and I’m not talking to you
M.I.A.’s New Single “CanSeeCando” Reviewed (Stream It Here)
It appears to be a sort of political derring do self-help book and it is a pleasure to hear even if it sounds like, well, it sounds a lot like M.I.A. She wrote this when posting the song on Soundcloud: “DEMOCRACY CONVERSATIONS ! TAMILS ARE STILL WAITING! AND NO MY BEATS ARE NOT BETTER WITHOUT MY POLITICX”
My Top 18 Albums Of 2013: # 9 Matangi – M.I.A.
If I preferred beats to melody, Matangi would be my favorite album of the year. These polyrhythmic beats on beats songs are to EDM what Kanye West is to Hip Hop: they sound nothing else, they sound even wilder than her previous albums.
Hear Ye: What rock nyc is listening to 12-24-13
Home For The Holidays – Perry Como – This one takes me back some eight years where a good friend used to sing this for me every Christmas, it is a sweet song isn’t it? – A
Best Albums Through November 30th, 2013
Darkside – Tom Stoppard And Pink Floyd – A radio play that works as a record album that works as a radio with Stoppards rat-a-tat dialogue and concise storytelling. No, it isn’t “The Invention Of Love” but then neither is “The Coast Of Utopia”.
Best Songs Through November 30th, 2013
Love Is Love – Hello Steve Reich James Murphy for DFA Remix – David Bowie – Sure, he’s using an idea from Reich, but the way the clapping becomes the beat blows me away every time
Best Concerts Through November 30th, 2013
M.I.A. – Terminal 5 – November 1st, 2013 – A masterpiece of modern pop with a conscience that puts former contemporaries like Madonna and Lady Gaga into the nostalgia files, while M.I.A. finds the middle ground between beats and beatings.
Hear Ye On Spotify: what rock nyc is listening to 11-17-13
Slippin And Slidin – Otis Redding – One of the great covers mostly because Redding has one of the great voices, but also because Little Richard was a teen phenom and his original sounds like a pop song, Redding sounds like a soul song – A
Hear Ye On Spotify: what rock nyc is listening to 11-9-13
When You Sleep – My Bloody Valentine – From their album before last, they owe a sonic debt to JAMC but paid it back years ago and they’ve paid it back in full and here the melodic feedback and close harmonies are a harbinger of sound to come – A
Hear Ye On Spotify: what rock nyc is listening to 11-6-13
Heavy Metal Heart – Sky Ferreira – The best moment on her amateur hour opening slot for Vampier Weekend a coupla months ago, the album has lots of great moments, and this isn’t even the best – B
Be Here Now: New Album Releases Snapshot Review 11-5-13
Matangi – M.I.A. – This isn’t any better than Vicki Leekx, but it isn’t any worse, and it has “Come Walk With Me”, a potential dance crossover hit and so many beats it’s gonna seriously shake up your life – A
Sneak Peak: New Album Releases Week Of 11-4-13
‘ve heard the Eminem and M.I.A. and I love them both, also I’ve heard some of Midlake and I like that a lot as well. Also, Tennis are a real good band and Hellogoodbye are above average emo rockers, Cut Copy are the EDM you love to hate, haven’t heard Luscious Jackson in awhile AND FINALLY… Celine Dion and James Blunt missing Halloween by that much.
That Was The Week Of October 28th, 2013, That Was
The rock and roll world reeled from the death of one of the all time greats Lou Reed and I wrote “this outpouring of affection for Lou Reed: it is like mourning Scrooge if Scrooge had died before he was visited by the ghosts.” though I was pretty upset myself.
M.I.A. At Terminal 5, Friday, November 1st, 2013, Reviewed
From the crushing deep pain of extreme pain to the punishing deep pain of success, M.I.A. holds her paranoia like a weapon but she let it drop for 70 minutes and builds her world behind the beatings upon beatings of a place where the third and the first world meets.
Hear Ye On Spotify: what rock nyc is listening to 11-3-13
1960s classic from the middle class Cilla Black, a sort of London answer to Cilla’s Beatles backed working class girl. This is a classic that bypassed the US but just listen to how it goes down an octave an the denouement. It’s like the voice of doom! – A
Hear Ye On Spotify: what rock nyc is listening to 11-2-13
(She) – JD Samson And Men – Soundscape of beeps and beats and techno jive experimental dance with repetition in the nix and intoned calls to a female deity – B+
Active Viewin': Concert Picks For The Week Of October 28th, 2013
Not only are they pushing a really good new album lousy with sylvian briar, released just last week ,but I’ve seen Of Montreal on stage before and they put on a very very live show. Like a thetarical wallop. Monday at Webster Hall.
Hear Ye On Spotify: what rock nyc is listening to 10-24-13
Dear Mary – Linda Thompson – A Linda blueprint English folk song to lead of her terrific 2002 album, Linda might take her time but she has never recorded badly and this new one finds her at the peak of her powers – A