When Athens, Georgia garage rockers the Whigs were preparing to hit the studio for their third album, In the Dark, (out March 2nd), their label sent over a highly recommended producer who just happened to be an old pal from their earliest shows. “They were like, ‘Hey, this guy Ben Allen, he’s worked on that [...]
LOS ANGELES (Billboard) –Adam Lambert -- the man with the outsize personality who delivered an audacious octave-and-a-half sitar-tinged purr of Johnny Cash's "Ring of Fire" on the most-watched TV show in the country, dodged sex toys thrown at him onstage during the "American Idol" tour and did it all without smearing his eyeliner -- is curled in the fetal position. Balled
Music Is Art is giving away two pairs of tickets to see Jimmy Gnecco of Ours perform live Dec 1st at Brooklyn NY’s brand new Knitting Factory! To win, send an email to musicisart@gmail.com and share your favorite ours experience. A random winner will be selected by November 30, 2009! Related posts:contest :: flight of the conchords [...] Related posts: contest :: flight of the conchords The second...
A Heartbeat and a Guitar designed by Shepard Fairey When Giants Walked the Earth designed by Orion Books I don't do snarky very well, but on the way to see the new Shepard Fairey-designed book about Johnny Cash, I saw this new clearly-not-designed-by-Shepard Fairey book about Led Zeppelin. You get what you pay for.
Reigning Sound definitely do reign. Greg Cartwright (of the seminal garage rock band, The Oblivians ) is backed by the most stoic looking men this side of Johnny Cash. Men in head-to-toe black. Dave Amels, the band's organ player has the most incredible comb-over that moral eyes could ever dare to gaze upon. It's like something out of a British Comedy Hour from the psychedelic 60s. I got a bit too...
NME ‘s Top 100 Albums of the Decade : 1. The Strokes – Is This It 2. The Libertines – Up the Bracket 3. Primal Scream – xtrmntr 4. Arctic Monkeys – Whatever People Say I Am, That’s What I’m Not 5. Yeah Yeah Yeahs – Fever to Tell 6. PJ Harvey – Stories from the City, Stories from the Sea 7. Arcade Fire – Funeral 8. Interpol – Turn On...
Acoustic quintet from Northern California and Pacific Northwest migrates to the (615) to record with legendary musician/producer, veteran of Jerry Lee Lewis and Johnny Cash. SAN FRANCISCO, Calif. -- Marley's Ghost, cited by Paste magazine as "(having) earned cult-band status over 20 years of spirited musicianship, multi-part harmonies and irreverent humor," will return from a three-year absence...
Filed under: Bargain Babe How's this for a pre-Black Friday deal? Get $3 to buy MP3 downloads from Amazon -- which means you could get three or more free songs . Rad! Expires Monday, Nov. 30 at 11:59 PM PST. You can use the free $3 credit toward one album or multiple songs, as long as you use it before Nov. 30. Top-selling singles are $1.29, others cost less. Amazon has more than 500 albums for just...
Listen Shopping-Eek A Mouse Buying a Book - Joe Tex How Much is that Doggie in the Window - Annie Jackson, Barbara Jones, Matz Ztefrens, Joe Livoti and Rolf Harris Lost in the Supermarket - The Clash Billy Broke my Heart at Walgreens (I cried all the Way to Sears) - Ruby Wright Ayres the Bakers - Boycott Coca Cola Experience Warrior in Woolworths - X-Ray Spex Duo - Carlos D'Allessio Fairytale in the...
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* Johnny Cash, the man in black . + Well, you wonder why I always dress in black, Why you never see bright colors on my back, And why does my appearance seem to have a somber tone. Well, there's a reason for the things that I have on. I wear the black for the poor and the beaten down, Livin' in the hopeless, hungry side of town, I wear it for the prisoner who has long paid for his crime, But is there...
The art of the fan-made music video montage is a practice I've never been able to wrap my head around. Search for virtually any well known song on YouTube, and more often than not you'll find multiple fan edited productions using that particular number. I'm not talking about those that create a concept and shoot their own video for a song (for example, this fan made Death Cab video was so impressive...
Clockwise from top left: Lord Mayor's show , Ghost Forest , new Lord's , Westbourne River opening The week's most popular posts, and a round-up of what's happening around London In the news: The confusing situation for Oyster users on National Rail was dissected A Labour politician found himself in hot water after insulting the Queen Boris' biggest fan demonstrated a keen grasp of Doublethink Plans...
B elow is a list of the top albums of the noughties (as rated by The Times ), how many do you have? and are there any you think should be included? The albums are detailed fully in the above link I've colour coded the records I have and the records I want to hear, but haven't as yet. 100. 12 Songs - Neil Diamond (SonyBMG, 2005) 99. Surprise - Paul Simon (Warner, 2006) 98. By the Way - Red Hot Chili...
There was an interesting article in yesterday's Wall Street Journal about Tom Petty: Rock God Or Mere Mortal? "As Tom Petty prepares to release a career-spanning anthology next week, an attempt to determine where he falls in the music pantheon." The basic premise is that though he sold a lot of records, maybe because he was prolific with the pop hook, he just seems to lack the "cool"...
LOS ANGELES (Billboard) –Adam Lambert -- the man with the outsize personality who delivered an audacious octave-and-a-half sitar-tinged purr of Johnny Cash's "Ring of Fire" on the most-watched TV show in the country, dodged sex toys thrown at him onstage during the "American Idol" tour and did it all without smearing his eyeliner -- is curled in the fetal position. Balled up in a patio chair on the...
NASHVILLE, Tenn. – Country Music Hall of Famer George Jones isn't a big fan of where the genre has moved in recent years. When asked about what he thought about music by today's top country stars, the 78-year-old said while they are good, "they've stolen our identity." Jones made the comment during a recent interview when asked about music by artists like Carrie Underwood and Taylor Swift. "They had...
NEW YORK (Reuters) –A major new photography exhibit is built around the idea that the eyes are just as important as the ears for appreciating and understanding rock 'n' roll. The Brooklyn Museum's sprawling show "Who Shot Rock & Roll: A Photographic History, 1955 to the Present" opened on Friday as a study in the contrasts that run through the rock music subculture. Nearly 200 photographs, videos,...