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May
19
Iman and Hel Do SNL: Kanye West Kinda

Kanye West is a perfect irreverent ending to SNL’s season. When he isn’t busy being an outspoken knob or an egotistical maniac with his mug projected on buildings, he’s an artist who actually has the right to be arrogant. Such amazing words flow seamlessly from his inflated ego and big mouth.
Posted 19 May 2013 by Iman and hel Add comment
May
19
Loving Lizard Kisses

“Over And Over” off the EP sounds like a 1960s Cilla Black cover, without Cilla Black or the back up band and stripped of everything till it’s just a voice and a guitar lick. If that sounds like your thing you are really in for a treat.
Posted 19 May 2013 by Iman Lababedi Add comment
May
19
FIDLAR At Artopia, Thursday May 16th 2013

New York (or New Jersey should I say?) has intellectual punk Titus Andronicus making all these references to Albert Camus and Shakespeare. Los Angeles has riotous punk FIDLAR making references to coke, weed, skates and cheap beers… Both bands are young and bring tons of punk energy to their shows but don’t seem to come from the same place… existentialism versus teenage boredom,
Posted 19 May 2013 by Alyson Camus Add comment
May
19
Dolly Gives Childhood Literacy a Boost

Here’s how it works, kids are put on her library list and from the time that child is born to the time he or she is 5 years old, they receive an age-appropriate book once a month – 60 free books per kid.
Posted 19 May 2013 by Helen Bach Add comment
May
19
The 40 Year Old Virgin (Records)

Virgin Records is where it all started for Virgin and 40 years later it’s great to see we are still being innovative. This exciting series of events is the perfect way to celebrate the 40th anniversary of Virgin Records and the artists, from Mike Oldfield to Emeli Sandé, who continue to disrupt the status quo
Posted 19 May 2013 by Mahalia Dark Add comment
May
19
Active Viewin: Concert Picks Week Of May 20th, 2013

Former Bounce drummer Larry Lachman has front row seats. Me? I have last row seats. But we are both seeing Tom Petty at the Beacon Theater. Last Thursday in Evansville was opening night and so i took a study of the setlist. Meh. Lots of Full Moon Fever but so much other stuff is missing, No “Listen To her Heart” for one. And absolutely no “Don’t Do Me Like That”. Still, there i’ll be in the nosebleeds on Thursday evening – ok? alright…
Posted 19 May 2013 by Iman Lababedi Add comment
May
19
Singles Going Steady: New Album Reviews Week Of May 12th, 2013

George and son Bubba are down from 7 to 4 songs they wrote themselves here, but if you can get over that this is another superb album. Nothing stretches here, everything is part of the same world as it has been all century, with Tony Brown co-producing and a mix of hardcore troubadour ballads and swinging country hootenannys. It is so effortless it is easy to take for granted, so don’t take the great man for granted – ALBUM OF THE WEEK – A
Posted 19 May 2013 by Iman Lababedi Add comment
May
19
Hear Ye: What rock nyc Is Listening To 5-19-13

40% of this comes directly from one of the best shows of the year and 20% of another of the best shows. Of the latter, Cheri Dahl’s cover of the 1979 Kinks song was better than the original. It wasn’t that I didn’t KNOW the song, it wasn’t that I didn’t REMEMBER it!
Posted 19 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
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