MUSIC NEWS - Vocalist, musician and songwriter PAUL CARRACK is back and ready for his re-introduction to the music world . Most listeners already know him, and not only by his solo work (2003's " It Ain't Over "), but by his many hits with the band Ace , Mike & The Mechanics and Squeeze . This time, it's I KNOW THAT NAME , the new album (full track list below) out on May 5th in the USA via 429 Records (if you can't wait, pick [...]
If you have read this blog for any amount of time, you know I have not hidden my affection for talented singer, songwriter and guitarist, Juliana Hatfield. Her album, Become What You Are , remains one of my favorites and, in my opinion, was one of the best albums of the 90s. She recently took part in the Bruce Springsteen's "Hangin' Out On E Street" project with an excellent cover of "Cover Me" and she also just put out a new CD, How To Walk Away. [...]
Well, he finally did it! Chris DeSalvo's worked up enough angst, rage, and anxiety for an entire column/editorial! In an effort to fully round out our staff, we've decided to give the ol' Italian Chicagoan a chance to let loose. So, expect a weekly or bi-monthly column (we'll see how it goes, first) from him. His first article is about reunions. Actually, it's about Billy Corgan. No, it's more than that. Eh, just read for yourself, why don't you? -Michael Roffman, Editor-in-Chief By now, every music news outlet [...]
You'll have heard The Eagles' Life In The Fast Lane, of course. Did you manage to listen to it without fainting clean away? After 40-odd years, Birmingham radio station Eagle 106.9 FM has started to remove an offensive bit from the song: We’ve been up and down this highway/ haven’t seen a goddamn thing. Eagle 106.9 program manager Mike Schoenherr, a.k.a. Hurricane Shane, replaced “god” with a snippet of lyric-less music from elsewhere in the song. This is, in case you hadn't guessed, Birmingham in Alabama, not in the West [...]
In 1980, Detroit's Bob Seger & The Silver Bullet Band had established themselves as one of the premier rock acts in the country. The group was coming off of consecutive Top Ten albums with Night Moves and Stranger In Town and the two records had produced a half dozen Top 40 hits including a pair of Top Ten singles. So, the stage was set for 1980's Against The Wind album to be Seger's most successful release, yet, and the set lived up to the expectations. In fact, Against The Wind [...]
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The Birmingham Weekly reports that local classic rock station Eagle 106.9 , with no prodding from the FCC or corporate higher-ups, censors the Eagles ' "Life In The Fast Lane" to remove the "god" from the line "We've been up and down this highway / haven't seen a goddamn thing." I don't know if it's such a big deal, or whether the listeners would even notice, but the Weekly has interviewed former Eagle Don Felder (who's sympathetic, and who points out that the paper actually brought this matter to his attention) and [...]
MUSIC NEWS - Retailer,Target is to be the exclusive retailer in the USA for Prince 's new three-disc cd set being released March 29. His cds, " LOtUSFLOW3R " and " MPLSoUND ," and a third called, " Elixer ," featuring Prince's protege Bria Valente, will be packed together and sold at a deal price. Following the music industry trend, Prince follows after AC/DC, The Eagles and Bruce Springsteen in making deals with a retailer for exclusive releases. In return for given the retailer "exclusive" permission, the performers received an advance payment and promise promotional support. In the case of Bruce Springsteen, he received a lot of [...]
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There are a lot of famous anecdotes about our 36th president, and a strange number of them involve the bathroom. In one, a female reporter is trying to get Johnson to answer some questions, and Johnson agrees on the condition that she hold his pecker while he pee; in another, he goes to relieve himself in the middle of a meeting and has the other person follow him, continuing to talk whilst emptying his bowels. So when Wall Street Journal scribe Ethan Smith starts off a profile of artist manager [...]
Influences such as Blondie , Garbage and The Chemical Brothers have greatly developed the rock-electric sensation that is Taxi Doll . With a name that come from the bobbleheads that were seen when riding in a taxi, Taxi Doll's dance music can be heard in clubs all over and have even been featured on soundtracks to both video games and movies. This February, Taxi Doll will be releasing their new album Here and Now . The album Here And [...]
Sometimes, CD reviews seem trite. Also, sometimes, I simply find myself getting pretty bored with the act of writing them. Therefore, I have decided just for fun to curb the rules and write an open letter to the album's creator rather than simply state what I would have done differently and which songs tickled my fancy. That pen pal style prose can be found here: Welcome back Reel Big Fish . It's been a while. I've missed you! What has it been, like four years now? Oh yeah, that's right, you did release an [...]
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The countdown to the Ticketmaster/ Live Nation game of Super Concert Monopoly merger announcement is still on, and over at Hitsville, Bill Wyman notes that the Wall Street Journal story on the merger has excised the paragraph claiming that Bono, Don Henley , and Jay-Z would be making statements supporting this unholy matrimony that we noted last night . (It's still in the print edition, though.) So... who complained? [ Hitsville / Previously ]
The 2009 Grammy Awards weren't really full of any real surprises tonight. The complete winners list is after the jump, in case you've missed it or Tivo'd it for later. I will say that Coldplay walked away with a couple of wins and Stevie Wonder performed along with Justin Timberlake . Lil' Wayne was also a winner tonight, as well as John Mayer . U2 [...]
From the @TheGrammys Twitter Feed... Producer Of The Year, Non-Classical : Rick Rubin (Death Magnetic, Home Before Dark, Mercy, Seeing Things, Weezer). Best Rock Song : Girls In Their Summer Clothes, Bruce Springsteen, songwriter. One Award left! Best Rock Instrumental Performance : Peaches En Regalia, Zappa Plays Zappa Featuring Steve Vai & Napoleon Murphy Brock. Oh Dweezil. Best Metal Performance : My Apocalypse, Metallica! Best Hard Rock Performance : Wax Simulacra, The Mars Volta [...]
It's that time of year again, readers, when the who's who in music gather together at the Staples Centre, in Los Angeles, to celebrate the world famous ceremony that is the Grammy Awards . This year's bash has been a particular success for British artists. Home-bred talent such as Coldplay (pictured top), Radiohead (pictured right), Duffy , Leona Lewis and Led Zepplin's Robert Plant are all up for coveted gongs ranging from 'Album of the Year' to 'Best New Artist'. Brits performing at the awards include Adele , Paul McCartney [...]
Valentine’s Day is just around the corner, folks! I would highly recommend that you do something nice for your significant other. What’s that? You don’t have a significant other? That’s perfectly ok because now you can enjoy This Week’s Top 5 Most Played Songs From Swap’s iTunes without any interruption! [...]
Valentine’s Day is just around the corner, folks! I would highly recommend that you do something nice for your significant other. What’s that? You don’t have a significant other? That’s perfectly ok because now you can enjoy This Week’s Top 5 Most Played Songs From Swap’s iTunes without any interruption! Pearl Jam will undoubtedly go in the history books as one of the greatest bands ever assembled.[...]
(via FotoViewr ) If you aren't up on the sheer innovative majesty that is Microsoft Songsmith , then go download the free trial like nowish. And get to work. Michael Jackson - "Beat It" The Eagles - "Hotel California" Billy Idol - "White Wedding" Oasis - "Wonderwall" Survivor [...]
Filed under: News , Exclusive Spinner.com : Eagles songwriter Jack Tempchin may hold the rare distinction of being able to write a song over the telephone based on someone else's dream. That's what happened when he wrote the ballad 'Box of Memories,' with keyboardist Bobby Whitlock, about a... Read more
Another song from the amazing Regina Spektor tonight, who I am still completely smitten with by the way. The anti-folk/indie artist released Carbon Monoxide as the first single from her third album Soviet Kitsch . Soviet Kitsch, released in 2004, was Spektor's first major-album release. I was sucked into this song right from the get go with an introduction that reminded me of a mix between Elton John 's Tiny Dancer and the Eagles ' Pretty Maids All in a Row , two favorites of mine. Plus it didn't hurt that [...]
Dopo aver spulciato i nomi del pop internazionale che dovrebbero arrivare quest'anno in Italia con i loro nuovi tour, passiamo ai grandi del rock che in questo 2009 potremo vedere da queste parti. Tra i primi ad aver annunciato il passaggio nel nostro paese - ed esaurito in un lampo i biglietti - ci sono gli AC/DC , freschi del record di vendite del loro ultimo disco. Parlavamo poi di Springsteen atteso in primavera per presentare il nuovo album , così come gli U2 in arrivo [...]
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