'Gigantic' and 'Texas' may have been the tracks from her ( Best Fit Recordings -released) debut EP that first showcased Eddi Front 's unique knack for capturing tenderness over jewellery box lullabies, but it was her cover of Nick Cave's 'Into My Arms' that proved how her sound was so strong that it could be artfully transported to another's words. And now here is the New York songstress again to prove the point with a pair of slightly haphazard covers (one track is claimed to have even been [...]
I like all the different people I like sticky everywhere Look around, you bet I'll be there! Hot metal in the sun Pony in the air Sooey and saints at the fair Saints alive you're saying Walk in ... squares The hid are out, out for the year It's a lot of face A lot [...]
Paloma and I upgraded to HD recently which is how I ended up on the Game Show Network the other night. As HD is a new experience, I find that I surf for shows to look at rather than watch . I didn't even know we had the Game Show Network, but when I saw The $25,000 Pyramid listed as I scrolled through the channel guide and couldn't help but be curious as to what a game show from the 1970s might look like in HD. I tried [...]
Missed in 2011 Hooray for nostalgia! Here's the Leisure Council (formerly Fiero) to make your day a little more danceable. These three gentlemen from SoCal have been making remixes and original music for the past two years under the moniker Fiero, but decided to change their name to something that would "parallel their lifestyle better." [...]
Christopher Cross is the self-titled debut album by Christopher Cross, released in 1979. In 1981, it won the Grammy Award for Album of the Year. It has been noted for being one of the most influential soft rock albums of the early 1980s, and famously beat Pink Floyd's The Wall for that year's Grammy. Read more »
Key Track: Sailing Alternative rock act Windsor Drive just finished showcasing at the Mercury Lounge in NYC. They've posted new songs and just recorded a fantastic cover of Christopher Cross' Sailing. Contact: manbir.sodhia@gmail.com
The new Doctor Faith, Christopher Cross’ first original studio album in 12 years, occasionally finds him taking a darker - hell, I’ll just say it, crankier - view of things. The first clue that there might be a few bumps in the road back for Cross is the absence of the pink flamingo - a sentimental (OK, silly) presence on
This summer jam-pop trio Dispatch will head out on their first extended tour together since 2002, which kicks off with a three-night run at the legendary Red Rocks Amphitheatre from June 3 - 5. As we previously reported , the band announced that prior to hitting the road they would head into the studio to work on recording their first set of new material in over a decade. The band, who recently debuted their first new tune Melon Bend on Late Night With Jimmy Fallon, will digitally release their Peter [...]
Filed under: News , New Music , Exclusive , Spinner Interview Alex Solca He entered the consciousness of the record-buying public in 1979 and, in 1981, took home five Grammys. Since then, there's also been an Oscar, a Golden Globe, not to mention about nine million worldwide album sales. Christopher Cross practically invented the Adult Contemporary genre on the strength of songs including 'Sailing,' 'Arthur's Theme (Best That You Can Do)' and 'Ride [...]
The five-time-GRAMMY® and Oscar-winning singer/songwriter discusses his new LP, Doctor Faith, and how his career has come full circle.
Christopher Cross's first album in over a decade is an unexceptional outing with a few bright moments.
Jukebox the Ghost bring sunny days to Christopher Cross's "Arthur's Theme (The Best That You Can Do)" and wind up creating a cover just as catchy as the original.
by Nick DeRiso Neo-soul singer Victor Nelson, in an aptly titled new disc, doesn’t try to hide his emotions on Transparent. In fact, across 10 songs (nine of them self-penned), the vocalist opens up completely. That raw, tender-hearted emotion finds a home in comfy musical surroundings, as Victor references many of the 1970s’ and ’80s’ most familiar R&B and smooth
Contributed by Christopher Gedos Everest, Richard Swift and Red Cortez played at The Satellite (formerly Club Spaceland) on Monday, February 28th. It was the final Monday for Red Cortez’s residency. They played 4 free shows and gave away 4 free EPs (different each week) throughout the month. It was either the final Spaceland residency or the first Satellite residency, and I’m sure the crowd would’ve been at max capacity were it not for the unnecessary, corporate-driven name change. Five piece Everest was Neil Young’s backing band on the legend’s most recent tour. I could [...]
Today I’d like to take the opportunity to introduce an exciting new project, consisting of SoCal trio Fiero and Germany’s Digitalfoxglove . Their name is Ride The Universe , and the sounds that they’ve been contriving so far are simply out of this world. Collaborating from across the globe, they are riding the tech universe to fulfill our dreamy, groovy, funky sonic needs. Demonstrated by Postal Service and countless others, physical distance is obviously no a insurmountable obstacle in collaboration these days. Technology is pretty crazy. Even as I write [...]
Take a look at that badass picture , epic huh? That right there is Christopher Cross he wailed on his guitar and sung about meaningful shit in America in the early 80’s. The kind of powerful nonsense found on every awesome 80s movie soundtrack. Now the Fiero posse have brought him kicking and screaming, on the back of a unicorn, into the 21st century (or at least a retro Disco version of it) with their latest reMix. Taking 1983’s ‘All Right’, already a spine-tingling slice of throwaway brilliance in it’s own right, and tuned [...]
The album will see daylight on 11/16 via Relativity Music Group. Pre-order it via iTunes. MP3: Christopher Cross & Tina Fey - Lemon's Theme
Go with me on this, it sorta counts as music news. 30 Rock really is the best show on television right now. Season 1 to the current season 5 it hasn't missed a beat. And speaking of 'beat', (see what I did there? Now that is a transition to be proud of) a soundtrack for 30 Rock is being released November 16th. Now 30 Rock isn't like The O.C., Grey's Anatomy , or Friday Night Lights that have soundtracks featuring the next [...]
As I entered seventh grade, the decade of the '80s was less than ten months old and music was something in which I had minimal interest. On the first day of school that September, I learned that I had been assigned a new teacher for my homeroom class. She couldn't have been more than twenty-five, a young blonde female in a school in which half of the teachers were nuns. Really, really old nuns. Our town was small and the kids in my seventh grade class were kids I had known [...]
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