So even Devo now is into this play-a-classic-album-in-its-entirety thing: They're at the Fillmore at Irving Plaza Friday (Q: Are We Not Men? A: We Are Devo!) and Saturday (Freedom of Choice...
The Weekly Time Waster . The World's Hardest Game . Hey, I didn't call it that. Go find out for yourself. The Weekly Activity . Working. A lot. The Weekly iPhone App . Convert (iTunes link). I'm incredibly challenged when it comes to converting stuff. Probably because I'm no good with numbers. Currency, weights, measures...I just can't do it. Convert is an awesome app. And I finally know what British...
Glenn's Biography Lesson No. 1 was Branca’s first release in which he delved more fully into instrumental sounds that melded the dissonant rock of his former outfits with the heavy, massed sounds that he would later explore with groups of anywhere between ten and a hundred guitarists. Originally issued on 99 Records in 12” format, Lesson No. 1 contained two songs, one on each side. This...
This is going to blow your mind: The 2011 Buick Regal will be offered with a manual transmission. Seriously. Really. We're not joking.What's next? A pole-dancing nun? A sane Courtney Love? Ham-and-cheese-flavored ice cream? Here's how we know that the Regal, reborn as a quasi sports sedan ... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]
I think musicians have a bit more leeway than poets in that they can twist, extend, or distort words to fit melodies and rhyme schemes. A hallmark of rock and rap singers in particular is the “YEAH”, a four-letter word that can be used in a surprising variety of ways, to punctuate, bridge, buffer, and just in general support the rest of the lyrics. Here are My Five best musical “YEAH”...
Alice in Chains have just released a trailer for their upcoming video, “Your Decision.” The clip features William DuVall, Mike Inez, Jerry Cantrell, and Sean Kinney dressed in suit and tie. The band teamed up once again with Director Stephen Schuster, who also did the video for the song “A Looking In View.” The video premieres on iTunes December 1st. “Your Decision”...
Dave Grohl is admired by many. The Nirvana drummer, turned Foo Fighters lead singer, and most recently, Them Crooked Vultures drummer, has had quite the music career. Still, he has his idols too. And one of them is in his new band. Playing with Led Zeppelin bassist John Paul Jones in his new super-group Them Crooked [...]
Filed under: News , Album , New Music The members of Interpol will finally put their respective solo projects to the side and release a new studio album early next year. The as-yet-untitled follow up to 2007's 'Our Love to Admire' was recorded at Manhattan's legendary Electric Lady studios in the spring of 2009 and will sonically resemble the New York indie giants' debut disc, 'Turn on the Bright...
_ A spray that numbs your junk can help prevent premature ejaculation, doctors reported on Thursday. Tests on more than 500 men who couldn’t last a full minute before producing pearl jam in the Maam showed they were more satisfied and less distressed when they used the spray, the researchers told a meeting in San Diego of [...]
The decades-old rock band -- who has inspired the likes of Nirvana and Soundgarden -- play the Bowery Ballroom tonight. For tickets and more information, call 212-533-2111 or visit www.boweryballroom.com. ...
They are coming to the Midland on Feb. 21, a Sunday. They're touring Europe now on the new album, "Black Gives Way to Blue," which features the track, "Your Decision."
ALICE IN CHAINS have announced dates for a North American tour set to kick off at the Orpheum Theatre in Vancouver on February 2nd. Tickets go on sale December 4th and 5th – fans can get more info at http://www.aliceinchains.com/ . The band is touring in support of its critically acclaimed new album BLACK GIVES WAY TO BLUE (Virgin/EMI), which entered Billboard’s Top 200 Albums Chart at...
In 1990, MTV aired a groundbreaking TV documentary series called Buzz. Created and directed by Mark Pellington (Mothman Prophecies, Pearl Jam's "Jeremy" video) in partnership with MTV Europe, Buzz was a fantastic experiment in non-linearity and cut-up that drew heavily from -- and presented -- avant-garde art, underground cinema, early cyberpunk, industrial culture, appropriation/sampling,...
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) –Almost 15 years ago, former Nirvana drummer Dave Grohl quietly circulated among his friends copies of a demo tape on which he did all the singing and played all the instruments. He considered the project "a goof," and he dubbed it "Foo Fighters" because he wanted people to think it was a real band, "like the Ramones or the Pixies," he recalled at a taping of VH1's "Storytellers"...
In September, Nirvana fans were shocked to learn that the Kurt Cobain avatar in Guitar Hero 5 could be used to sing any other song on the game’s track list
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) –Almost 15 years ago, former Nirvana drummer Dave Grohl quietly circulated among his friends copies of a demo tape on which he did all the singing and played all the instruments. He considered the project "a goof," and he dubbed it "Foo Fighters" because he wanted people to think it was a real band, "like the Ramones or the Pixies," he recalled at a taping of VH1's "Storytellers"...