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When I first heard about this project, my hopes were through the roof. The experience is slightly deflating, then, to pop the disc in for the first time and hear not driving, keyboard-chaperoned, electric-guitar rock as “Scare Easy” implied, but ditty-down-home twang guitar and an electric country vibe akin to the Eagles’ early material ... read more
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It seems the original co-producer and co-writer of Pacific Ocean Blue, Gregg Jakobson, is a friend of Foo drummer Taylor Hawkins. Jakobson wanted to somehow put the missing vocal track on “Holy Man,” and turned to the Foo. “I always said: ‘Taylor, you sound just like Dennis,’” Jakobson said. Go figure ... read more |
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Julian Casablancas, Pharrell Williams and Santogold,who has recently been making waves across the independent scene as the poor man’s M.I.A., sure exude blatant discrepancies between them musically. But what if you threw The Strokes front man, the hip-hop producer and the rap singer together on one track? ... read more |
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Remember the good ol' days? I'm talking about a few short months ago, September in fact, when Justin Timberlake got on a stage at the VMAs and coldly, with a Clint Eastwood-blue steel in his eye, ripped MTV for producing too many reality shows instead of music videos. Or maybe that was a robot ... read more |
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Jack White and his mischievous band have announced a surprise Hollywood gig in support of their latest release, Consolers of the Lonely. The disc was announced only a week before its release, officially making the Raconteurs the least likely band to make a reservation, should they go on a date ... read more |
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Art Alexakis doesn’t write rock operas or anything – but if he did, it would only subtract from his band. His ultra-bleached hair and baggy, new-age bro shirts give him a slightly cornball ‘90s surfer-dude vibe that contradicts the vulnerability in his music, and that makes him interesting. I think Chuck Klosterman would agree ... read more |
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Never having heard much from this band after “I Write Sins Not Tragedies,” I can see they’re progressing naturally along a nice, user-friendly, teen-pop direction – though not in such a way as to be confused with the other Vegas band, the one that completely conquered, and is now the king of, that direction ... read more |
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Former minister, manager and incestual intellectual Joe Simpson has finally found a new famewhoring investment besides his daughters in the form of EMI Music Group. His Papa Joe record label – record label? This guy works a record label? - has partnered with the mostly independent company to distribute the physical and digital sales of the whole two, count ‘em two, artists on Papa Joe – newcomer An-Ya and younger daughter Ashlee’s ex-boyfriend, Ryan Cabrera. ... read more |
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This year, playing on the main stage with Ozzy will be: Serj Tankian, Metallica, Jonathan Davis, Cavalera Conspriracy, Shadows Fall, Apocalyptica, Hellyeah and In This Moment. But fixing to be better than all that is the “special all-star tribute to slain Pantera guitarist ‘Dimebag’ Darrell Abbott” ... read more |
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When I first heard about this project, my hopes were through the roof. The experience is slightly deflating, then, to pop the disc in for the first time and hear not driving, keyboard-chaperoned, electric-guitar rock as “Scare Easy” implied, but ditty-down-home twang guitar and an electric country vibe akin to the Eagles’ early material ... read more |
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No other phenomenon can explain Oasis tribute bands (they seem just as argumentative as the originals), idol worship for Ewan McGregor, the simultaneously vitalizing and devastating power of Vanity Faire, and 35 nearly identical versions of the quote, “It was like … something was happening … but no one quite knew what it WAS” ... read more |
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In one corner we have Jay-Z, president of Def Jam, husband of Beyonce, leader of the rap world. In the other corner we have Noel Gallagher, guitarist for Oasis, admitted pilferer of riffs, beggar of current relevance. One spends his time imagining what’s left for him to do while the other hunches over a stereo tape recorder in hand listening to others’ songs ... read more |
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This Melbourne-trio has been skimming the surface of the indie-electro movement since Dystopia – which they released themselves - hit the shelves in Australia in late 2007. Despite their distinct new wave, synth-heavy tunes, the band is actually comprised of a singer/guitarist Andy Streetcrimes, keyboardist Vin Vendetta and drummer Daniel Stricker – with no DJ in sight ... read more |
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Off the heels of a brief hiatus, the Boston-based pair is back with this, the answer to 2006 original LP, Yes, Virgina. A collection of b-sides and rarities, No, Virginia is the second compilation for the band and will include outtakes from recording sessions dating back to 2003 ... read more |
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One-half of Tenacious D and one-half of Gnarls Barkley equals one sick and twisted new version of Carl Douglas’s one-hit wonder, “Kung Fu Fighting,” to be recorded for the soundtrack to Black’s new movie, Kung Fu Panda
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The website is intended to take fans into the depths of the recording process for Metallica’s forthcoming album, the proverbial olive branch after forcing St. Anger on us all. Fans be able to attain “fly on the wall” status by peeking into studio sessions ... read more |
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