Brooklyn Vegan (Free subscription) | 11/23/2009
by Andrew Frisicano Thomas Bartlett aka Doveman On November 1st, Doveman opened up at Mercury Lounge for The Ghost of a Sabre Toothed Tiger, a project that features Sean Lenon, his model girlfriend Charlotte Kemp Muhl (who, as announced from...
Rock and Roll Daily (Free subscription) | 11/04/2009
Sean Lennon’s latest album is a bit of a departure from 2006’s poppy Friendly Fire: it’s the largely orchestral soundtrack to vampire comedy Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Undead, directed by the musician’s friend Jordan Galland. The film — which stars Dustin Hoffman’s son Jake along with Devon Aoki and John Ventimiglia — has hit the [...]
Blogcritics: Music (Free subscription) | 11/02/2009
Musician and filmmaker Jordan Galland talks about his latest solo album and having Sean Lennon score his directorial film debut.
All About Jazz (Free subscription) | 11/02/2009
Ben Perowsky's newest recording, Moodswing Orchestra (El Destructo, 2009), is an experiment is ambient improvisation. Perowsky has assembled an all-star cast of instrumentalists and vocalists, including everyone from Cibo Matto's Miho Hatori and Brazilian vocalist Bebel Gilberto to turntable/laptop...
Tiny Mix Tapes (Free subscription) | 10/30/2009
[10-23-2009] Bruar Falls last Friday bore witness to two essential aspects of CMJ: the overexposure and instant ubiquity borne of industry hype, and how the circus-like nature of the festival can actually cause people to inadvertently overlook bills with high-profile artists. The afternoon show allowed for a demonstration of the second phenomenon. The normally-a-two-piece mi-gu took the opportunity...
Only the Blog Knows Brooklyn (Free subscription) | 10/27/2009
What is Electric Literature? It's a new lit magazine spearheaded by editors Andy Hunger Scott Lindenbaum (of Community Bookstore fame). In Electric Literature's Autumn 2009 anthology, Colson Whitehead charts the rise to fame of a truth-telling comedian. Stephen O’Connor transports the reader to a cabin in the woods, where a young woman attempting to finish her dissertation in solitude becomes...
Lessons in Curating. Lessons in Culture. (Free subscription) | 10/27/2009
It's gotten to the point where we over here at HERSblogworld have so many last minute plans for you that you might as well just permanently clear your schedule and await instruction, you know? DEFINITELY free yourself up Wednesday night, because Electric Literature is hosting their second issue release party at DROM, and it sounds like it's going to be stellar. From the lovely folks of EL, the Wednesday...
Consequence of Sound (Free subscription) | 10/26/2009
The fifth studio album by the coolest pack of rapping white boys around has been picked up, polished off, and re-released along with a superb collection of b-sides and previously unreleased tracks. Hello Nasty was the first Beastie Boys album to include the participation of DJ Mix Master Mike, and it holds a number of [...]
3:AM Magazine (Free subscription) | 10/23/2009
There are just a handful of precedents in today’s American music business: Yoko Ono (via John Lennon), Shonen Knife, Puffy AmiYumi. And for eclectic listeners, The Boredoms. Japanese pop music hasn’t survived the flight to the United States well, despite the twin successes of anime and manga. “Today, without anime soundtracks, we’re nothing,” a New York-based Sony promoter...
DISGRASIAN™ (Free subscription) | 10/14/2009
Two girls and a mad synth genius Buffalo Daughter , at the music game since before your 16-year-old was born, is recording a new album! For those who know BD well, this is fantastic news--you should know that they're about to rock their last 2009 live show in Tokyo, and have been whispering about a new full-length since September . For those who have not yet discovered the joys of Buffalo Daughter,...
D-Day (Free subscription) | 10/10/2009
I've been toying with JUST keeping the site open for the Random Ten. So no, probably not the last. And I'm likely to have a few more things over the weekend if I have the time. So long but not goodbye... On Call - Kings of Leon Cosmic Sing-a-Long - Cryptacize Party Up (Up In Here) - DMX Everybody Loves Somebody - Dean Martin It's Gonna Be (Alright) - Ween What New York Used To Be - The Kills The National...
MTV Newsroom (Free subscription) | 10/09/2009
Today marks an interesting cosmic date in the universe of the Beatles, as it is the birthday of the late John Lennon. Born in Liverpool in 1940 (in the middle of a German air raid at the height of World War II), Lennon lead a hardscrabble childhood but loved music (especially early American rock and [...]
FREE DANGER (Free subscription) | 09/18/2009
Oh hello! It seems we took a little break there huh? I guess it was all that end of summer slow jazz. Even though it came out in June, I highly recommend downloading R Kelly’s mixtape where he sings over popular beats, my favorite is Pussy Cry. Download it here. Toro y Moi got a shout out on Kayne’s blog, [...]
The Independent (Free subscription) | 09/18/2009
Advancing age clearly poses less of a barrier to pop success than in previous eras, as the recent chart placings of Bob Dylan and the Beatles can confirm.
MenuPages Blog :: Chicago (Free subscription) | 09/17/2009
After pulling rave reviews from nearly every critic in town, Cibo Matto chef Todd Stein is turning his attention to the expense account crowd: he's just launched lunch service. The menu is pretty much exactly what you'd expect from a midday nuovo-Italian kitchen: salumi-studded salads, a selection of pastas, and an edited by-the-glass wine list. We must draw attention, though to the fried mortadella...
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