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May
18
Paramore At Hammerstein Ballroom, Thursday, May 16th, 2013
Hayley Williams who, watching it start to slip away three years ago, stopped and regrouped. Headlining Hammerstein (and not for the first time by any stretch), gone is self-puffery and Gwen Stefan self-delusion.
Posted 18 May 2013 by Iman Lababedi Add comment
Hayley Williams who, watching it start to slip away three years ago, stopped and regrouped. Headlining Hammerstein (and not for the first time by any stretch), gone is self-puffery and Gwen Stefan self-delusion.
Posted 18 May 2013 by Iman Lababedi Add comment
May
18
Harper Simon’s Nostalgic New Video For ’99′ Off His ‘Division Street’ Album
Sometimes I wish I could wake up/And see you lying there like it is 1999’ he sings in the hooky chorus’, 1999 is not that long ago but Simon seems either to have a secret love for everything vintage or retro, or to remember 1999 as something coming from a remote past. Who still uses a toy slide-viewer? Who still uses an old-fashioned camera to take pictures?
Posted 18 May 2013 by Alyson Camus Add comment
Sometimes I wish I could wake up/And see you lying there like it is 1999’ he sings in the hooky chorus’, 1999 is not that long ago but Simon seems either to have a secret love for everything vintage or retro, or to remember 1999 as something coming from a remote past. Who still uses a toy slide-viewer? Who still uses an old-fashioned camera to take pictures?
Posted 18 May 2013 by Alyson Camus Add comment
May
18
80′s Heroes Win Outer Critics Circle Awards
Growing up you don’t think of longevity of greatness. None of us thought pop stars like Cyndi Lauper would still be around. I mean not dead but rather still in the news.
Posted 18 May 2013 by Helen Bach Add comment
Growing up you don’t think of longevity of greatness. None of us thought pop stars like Cyndi Lauper would still be around. I mean not dead but rather still in the news.
Posted 18 May 2013 by Helen Bach Add comment
May
18
Prince Has Only Time For Young People But Will Not Talk About Marriage Equality
The almost 55-year-old has always wanted to feel good and look young, and that’s why he has surrounded himself with a new band of 20 something people, however, and that’s a huge contradiction for me, ‘he dodged questions about the state’s new marriage-equality law’
Posted 18 May 2013 by Alyson Camus Add comment
The almost 55-year-old has always wanted to feel good and look young, and that’s why he has surrounded himself with a new band of 20 something people, however, and that’s a huge contradiction for me, ‘he dodged questions about the state’s new marriage-equality law’
Posted 18 May 2013 by Alyson Camus Add comment
May
18
Sondheim Gets Hollywood Stars for “Into The woods”
while it would be hard pressed to be lamer than the 1970s movie of “A Little Night Music” starring Liz Taylor, the cast seems equally ridiculous so who knows?.
Posted 18 May 2013 by Iman Lababedi Add comment
while it would be hard pressed to be lamer than the 1970s movie of “A Little Night Music” starring Liz Taylor, the cast seems equally ridiculous so who knows?.
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May
18
“All or Nothing”: The Mod Musical based on the Small Faces
A new show is coming London called “Mod” based upon Small Faces and the Mod scene. I doubt it will ever make it to the US because we have no allegiance to that movement but I sure hope it makes it to film
Posted 18 May 2013 by Helen Bach Add comment
A new show is coming London called “Mod” based upon Small Faces and the Mod scene. I doubt it will ever make it to the US because we have no allegiance to that movement but I sure hope it makes it to film
Posted 18 May 2013 by Helen Bach Add comment
May
18
The Wiggles Add A Woman!
There are always more five years old and the Wiggles, who started in 1991, and write consistently and consistently catchy nursery rhyme rock songs (always start with the chorus!) are still a hit making machine
Posted 18 May 2013 by Iman Lababedi Add comment
There are always more five years old and the Wiggles, who started in 1991, and write consistently and consistently catchy nursery rhyme rock songs (always start with the chorus!) are still a hit making machine
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May
18
rock nyc Top 10 Songs Week Of March 13th, 2013
The Nas song is a surprise and only one from Vampire weekend and George Strait:?I know there is more in the wings. I am not much of a Satriani fan but that is a very good song and Boz couldn’t sell the Willy de Ville song in concert but he can on record. Flo and Mariah the first two songs of summer
Posted 18 May 2013 by Iman Lababedi Add comment
The Nas song is a surprise and only one from Vampire weekend and George Strait:?I know there is more in the wings. I am not much of a Satriani fan but that is a very good song and Boz couldn’t sell the Willy de Ville song in concert but he can on record. Flo and Mariah the first two songs of summer
Posted 18 May 2013 by Iman Lababedi Add comment
May
18
Loser And Winner Week Of May 13th, 2013: Pitchfork And Bon Jovi
Have seen their readership fall off by a whopping 50%. Now what can that mean? Hypebot think that the likes of the Hype Machine have taken over. The Hype Machine takes the most popular songs on 1500 websites and posts them. Creator Anthony Volodkin said “I couldn’t believe there were people wasting their time writing about music”. The good news is that pretty soon streaming will sink The Hype Machine.
Posted 18 May 2013 by Iman Lababedi Add comment
Have seen their readership fall off by a whopping 50%. Now what can that mean? Hypebot think that the likes of the Hype Machine have taken over. The Hype Machine takes the most popular songs on 1500 websites and posts them. Creator Anthony Volodkin said “I couldn’t believe there were people wasting their time writing about music”. The good news is that pretty soon streaming will sink The Hype Machine.
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May
18
Hear Ye: What rock nyc Is Listening To 5-18-13
Comparing Paul Simon to Ezra Koenig seems to make the case for devolution. However great Vampire Weekend are, can they compete with Paul Simons first three solo albums? As good as “Ya Hey” is, the song is too busy. They lack simplicity, easy Simon’s “Peace Like A River” is simple and complicated at the same time, Christgau dubbed it : “William Carlos Williams after the repression”.
Posted 18 May 2013 by Iman Lababedi Add comment
Comparing Paul Simon to Ezra Koenig seems to make the case for devolution. However great Vampire Weekend are, can they compete with Paul Simons first three solo albums? As good as “Ya Hey” is, the song is too busy. They lack simplicity, easy Simon’s “Peace Like A River” is simple and complicated at the same time, Christgau dubbed it : “William Carlos Williams after the repression”.
Posted 18 May 2013 by Iman Lababedi Add comment
May
17
The Wonder Years In-Store Acoustic Tour Newbury Comics, Norwood MA Wednesday May 15th, 2013 Reviewed
Dan “Soupy” Campbell walked by me and at that moment, I fangirled. I lost my cool. I was not a journalist at a show, I was a hardcore fan stoked to see my idols grace a stage.
Posted 17 May 2013 by Mary Magpie Add comment
Dan “Soupy” Campbell walked by me and at that moment, I fangirled. I lost my cool. I was not a journalist at a show, I was a hardcore fan stoked to see my idols grace a stage.
Posted 17 May 2013 by Mary Magpie Add comment
May
17
Yahweh And Vampire Weekend
Ezra being Jewish is as important to “Cousins” as Paul Simon’s Jewishness matters to “Run That Body Down” but it is so central to Modern Vampires it is reverse Antisemitism to ignore it. Certainly, the Jew as blood sucker is a huge “Elders Of Zion” slur and comes back here in almost a gay/faggot trope.
Posted 17 May 2013 by Iman Lababedi Add comment
Ezra being Jewish is as important to “Cousins” as Paul Simon’s Jewishness matters to “Run That Body Down” but it is so central to Modern Vampires it is reverse Antisemitism to ignore it. Certainly, the Jew as blood sucker is a huge “Elders Of Zion” slur and comes back here in almost a gay/faggot trope.
Posted 17 May 2013 by Iman Lababedi Add comment
May
17
Infantree At The Echo, Monday May 13th 2013
So many indie bands sound alike, but Infantree was showing a real uniqueness which was certainly borrowing from the 70s and way beyond, ‘Fibber’ had a little bit of this Jefferson-Airplane-Grateful-Dead-CSN-hippie generation smoking through the cracks of the song
Posted 17 May 2013 by Alyson Camus Add comment
So many indie bands sound alike, but Infantree was showing a real uniqueness which was certainly borrowing from the 70s and way beyond, ‘Fibber’ had a little bit of this Jefferson-Airplane-Grateful-Dead-CSN-hippie generation smoking through the cracks of the song
Posted 17 May 2013 by Alyson Camus Add comment
May
17
Celebrate Brooklyn! Performing Arts Festival Announces Summer Lineup
That being said when you have a borough full of artists and young thought you get a fabulous atmosphere filled with the spirit of adventure and the thought provoking magic that only art can provide.
Posted 17 May 2013 by Helen Bach Add comment
That being said when you have a borough full of artists and young thought you get a fabulous atmosphere filled with the spirit of adventure and the thought provoking magic that only art can provide.
Posted 17 May 2013 by Helen Bach Add comment
May
17
Humorless Rock Critics And Sampling Reeling In the Years
Ryan overstates the case for Vampire Weekend, and he conflates Ezra’s existential crises into a serious philosophy. But fear of dying is nothing of the sort
Posted 17 May 2013 by Iman Lababedi Add comment
Ryan overstates the case for Vampire Weekend, and he conflates Ezra’s existential crises into a serious philosophy. But fear of dying is nothing of the sort
Posted 17 May 2013 by Iman Lababedi Add comment
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