Feast of Music (Free subscription) | 11/24/2009
I'm not sure if three performers rubbing Nivea Cream into their hands qualifies as music, but the bill for Saturday night's A Fantastic World Superimposed On Reality (part of Performa 09) generally steered clear of visual art provocation. Joan La...
OS Galaxy (Free subscription) | 11/24/2009
The GNOME Women edition of GNOME Journal has been released, including an article by yours truly on Telepathy and MC5. Check it out.
Political Byline (Free subscription) | 11/21/2009
I’ve posted this before, long ago. But It’s sweet music. This is from 1970. Performed Live at Wayne State University’s Tartar Field in Detroit. This is Wayne Kramer and the boys doing Ramblin’ Rose: Yeah, I know about their politics. Big deal. I just like the jam. Trivia: The MC5 was founded in [...]
Punknews.org (Free subscription) | 11/20/2009
My Chemical Romance vocalist Gerard Way spoke to Rolling Stone about their forthcoming fourth album and what people can expect from it. We wanted to harness everything that's great about this band into shorter songs, almost protopunk, like The Stooges or the MC5. Check out the report here . The band released The Black Parade in 2006.
Digital Spy (Free subscription) | 11/20/2009
My Chemical Romance claim that their new material is influenced by the MC5 and The Stooges.
mel.opho.be (Free subscription) | 11/19/2009
The genre hopping alone can make Fits difficult to digest, but give it a few spins and your patience will be rewarded. White Denim isn’t breaking any new ground here, but their peculiar brand of psychedelic garage rock is rambling, catchy, and loaded with enough nuance to command repeat listens. Reminds us of: MC5 | Dirty Pretty Things | Clinic White Denim: ( Band | MySpace ) White Denim Fits...
AngryApe News (Free subscription) | 11/19/2009
The band's fourth record has an early punk feel
New Musical Express (Free subscription) | 11/19/2009
Band also admit they almost split after 'The Black Parade'
the central shaft (Free subscription) | 11/17/2009
recorded 1968 Tracklist: 1 Kick Out the Jams 2 Come Together 3 Revolutionary Blues 4 Rama Lama Fr Fr Fr 5 James Brown Medley-Cold Sweat-I Can’t Stand Myself-There Was A Time 6 Upper Egypt 7 Tutti Frutti 8 Borderline 9 Born Under a Bad Sign 10 I Want You Right Now 11 Starship 12 Black to Comme Download:
Rock and Roll Daily (Free subscription) | 11/16/2009
When My Chemical Romance finally stopped touring behind their 2006 concept album The Black Parade, the band was so drained guitarist Frank Iero feared the worst: “I thought the band was going to break up.” But instead of splitting, MCR took a break, then hit a Los Angeles studio with Pearl Jam and Bruce Springsteen [...]
Bedazzled! (Free subscription) | 11/16/2009
"You saw it first on Channel 56" MC5 - Black To Comm.mov
WNEW: Where Rock Lives (Free subscription) | 11/16/2009
I've been on a bit of a David Bowie kick lately. Aladdin Sane is in particularly hot rotation these days. It wasn't a record that I connected with when it was released in 1973; when it came to multi-sexual glammers,...
Best Movies 2008 (Free subscription) | 11/15/2009
When I reported on Crazy Heart in 2008, the film was affiliated with the CMT network, yet drew my interest with a cast that included Jeff Bridges, Maggie Gyllenhaal, and Robert Duval. All of these actors excel in roles steeped in the weathering of life and excess, and this tale of, "a washed-up, alcoholic country singer (Bridges) who gets his life back on track thanks to a reporter-type (Gyllenhaal),"...
Detroit Free Press (Free subscription) | 11/11/2009
Australian hard rock band Wolfmother finally released the album "Cosmic Egg" last month, the long-awaited follow-up to its self-titled 2005 debut, which featured the Grammy Award-winning single "Woman." It's a minor miracle that the group is even still alive.
Some Velvet Blog (Free subscription) | 11/08/2009
King Khan & The BBQ Show just dropped a new collection of garage rock classics called Invisible Girl . Chuck Berry meets Circle Jerks? The Seeds meet MC5? Otis Redding meets the Sex Pistols? Here's some tunes from the past to get you acquainted if you aren't already. Desert Mile - King Khan I'll Never Belong - The King Khan & BBQ Show Blow My Top - King Khan & BBQ Show Hold Me Tight - King...
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craigrom | 07/23/2009
Austin, Texas has a vibrant live music scene, and boasts more music venues per capita than any other city in the United States. Austin’s music scene revolves mainly around the many nightclub venues on 6th Street, but the pinnacle is argu...
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