Madonna made sure she is all anyone is talking about this week, whether it was expressing her worth as a live performer , answering journalists' stupid questions , or revealing her new video " Give Me All Your Luvin' ". But there was still plenty else going on — who did not get any luvin' this week was Steve Jones, Nicole Scherzinger and Paula Abdul, who were unceremoniously 862d from The X Factor , or Taylor Swift, whose exit from the Les Miserables cast did not leave many [...]
Photo by Meghan Brosnan As reported, Columbia Records is marking the release of Leonard Cohen's first album in eight years, Old Ideas , with a cover series called "Old Ideas With New Friends". We've already heard reworkings of the legendary songwriter's catalog by Cold War Kids , Cults , and The Afghan Whig's Greg Dulli . Now, Pitchfork brings us Bradford Cox's acoustic take on "Seems So Long Ago, Nancy". Watch it here . In more Bradford Cox news, Deerhunter's contribution to the Japan benefit [...]
To celebrate Leonard Cohen's new record Old Ideas , our Album Of The Week , Columbia is putting together a series of tribute videos featuring contemporary artists covering their favorite Cohen songs. First up is Bradford Cox doing Cohen's " Seems So Long Ago, Nancy " from 19692s Songs From A Room . Head over to Pitchfork to scope the performance.
Critics of YouTube sensation turned Billboard chart-topper Lana Del Rey have even more to talk about now that the singer-songwriter has turned in a lovely performance of her signature tune "Video Games" on Letterman last night. LDR took the stage in a mod white mini dress and was backed by piano and string, for a restrained rendition of the well-worn song — which seemed to charm the pants right off the late-night host. Watch Letterman fall all over himself to invite "gangster Nancy Sinatra" back to the show below. [...]
The Deerhunter frontman covers Cohen for the Old Ideas With New Friends covers series.
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Director: Roman Polanski Cast: Jodie Foster, Kate Winslet, John C.Reilly & Christoph Waltz Certificate: 15a Running Time: 78 minutes There's always been a problem with watching a movie based on a play. It's glaringly obvious you're watching a play. You can dress it with elaborate sets and locations, garnish it with evocative orchestral scores or contemporary pop tunes and frame your shots seven ways from Sunday. It's still a play. Not that that is something to be criticised, and with Carnage , Roman Polanski's adaptation of Yasmina Reza's play God Of [...]
Last month I announced the end of the In Memoriam column. The reaction, by comments and messages via email and Facebook, surprised me. I had been under the impression, acquired by the few comments they received and the very average hits recorded, that the feature was only mildly popular (which serves to stress the importance to comment on posts in features you enjoy). The labour required for the In Memoriam feature remains prohibitive, but by cutting out what really took a lot of time – researching and collating the music and pictures – I can still provide a [...]
Looks like Dave Grohl is getting into the sitcom business. According to Deadline , Grohl and comedian Dana Gould are currently developing a sitcom for FX. Grohl is set to be the executive producer while Gould will write and star in the show. The show will focus on a rock band who has to seek therapy in order to avoid breaking up. Problem is the therapist is a negative nancy whose already going through his own problems with his divorce. Cue laugh track/applause sign. It'd be insane to [...]
Three minutes and eight seconds into the video for Lana Del Rey's indie-hip single "Video Games," sandwiched between a shot of a pool and one of a wall, there are a few frames of Del Rey glancing away from, and then back into, the camera's lens. It's clearly meant to look casual in the way that videos often make use of an "I just happened to turn the camera on" conceit – i.e., we're meant to understand that we're watching performance or moment, per se. But the glance is just a hair too practiced, too calculated: her timing [...]
Gigamesh 's physical and online presence can't go unnoticed. In addition to being one of the tallest producers in the game, he also has held the top spot on Hype Machine's Most Popular list with several of his remixes. Gigamesh hails from the Midwestern state of Minnesota where music icon Prince also calls home, so it's no surprise that Gigamesh is also making a name for himself. Gigamesh remixes have been in heavy rotation here at ATG. He demonstrates his versatility with the spectrum of tracks he's covered - everything from Foster the People to Citizens! to Katy [...]
Dieci nuove per il secondo album di Francesco Falorni , aka Aterraggio Alieno . Il lavoro esce per SuburbanSky Records e con distribuzione audioblobe il prossimo marzo e si intitolerà " Il Disgelo ". Prima di questo album Falorni aveva autoprodotto il suo primo lavoro, "La Piena" (2009, I Dischi della Lavatrice) . Numerosi i live tra cui due nel sud Italia e la partecipazione a svariati festival toscani, apre i concerti dei The Gentlemens' Agreement e di Nancy Elizabeth, divide il palco con Murièl, S.U.S, Giancarlo Frigeri e Ginevra di Marco al Festival Zero+ a San Casciano, [...]
You might not believe me, given how much Lana Del Rey's ubiquity began to irritate me towards the end of last year, but I was actually rather hoping I would like this. You see, when people get an almighty slagging I automatically end up pulling for them a little even if, as in this case, that kind of means pulling against myself. And to be fair, Del Rey has received some almighty slaggings both from anyone with any sense at all as well as, a little less enjoyably, from quite a few people with none. I [...]
Hi friends. I have received a lot of comments and messages over the last few months about the lack of Best o' features. Sorry. The only explanation I can offer is that it's really hard to stay on top for a full month to find this much free music, check copyrights, and then to finally put it together. I know how popular this series is, and it's not going anywhere. Now that I've gone full time on the site, I have a new energy for publishing; I really enjoyed putting this article together for you, and I [...]
Lana del Rey - Born To Die (Today we introduce our new column , Dialogue . Every month, editors Keith Meatto and L.V. Lopez will discuss an ongoing controversy in pop music. This month, the editors take on Lana del Rey's Born To Die and the critical struggles surrounding it.) Lana del Rey - "Born To Die" For those of you who don't follow such things, Lana del Rey is the stage name [...]
Everyone's favorite Dutch duo, Bassjackers , is landing right in the backyard of Santa Barbara this Friday at one of downtown SB's swankiest clubs- EOS Lounge ! This stop is a special appearance from Bassjackers , currently on their North American tour. If you didn't know, Bassjackers have performed at huge events like Electric Daisy Carnival and have had their single "Mush Mush" picked up by Tiesto on his Musical Freedom label. Like [...]
This week's top releases are on opposite ends of the spectrum. One album is a quasi debut from a reinvented chanteuse who seems to spark speculation with every move she makes. The other is a return-to-form from a beloved music industry mainstay. Born to Die - Lana Del Rey // Buy You're going to listen to this album. Whether you are a champion of Lana Del Rey (@lanadelrey) or a part of the peanut gallery [...]
Recently signed to Merge Records, home to numerous indie luminaries, Hospitality is in excellent company. There's something irresistibly charming about the band members' unassuming dispositions that bleed into the quartet's accessible pop music. The band will be releasing their debut, self titled full length with a show at Glasslands on Friday 02.03. - Read Nancy Chow's interview with the band here . Friends of Friends by Hospitality
I'd like to start yet another discussion of Lana Del Rey 's debut, Born To Die , with a quotation from model Bradley Soileau, who plays her lover in the video for the title track. When asked if Del Rey's lips were real, Soileau responded: "People obsess about the wrong things. They should be obsessed with her voice and her music because it's fucking amazing. But everyone is gonna wanna hate and say whatever it is they wanna say." Her music is definitely not "fucking amazing," but he has a point. Everyone and Brian Williams feels [...]
Opening with a boozy mix of glamour and sultry vocals Lana Del Rey kicks off her debut album (sort of, her real debut was released under her real name Elizabeth "Lizzy" Grant and is due to be re-released later this year) with 'Off to the Races'. She should, by now need no introduction. Having stormed the world wide web with 'Video Games', a canny marketing plan and regal video for title track 'Born to Die', the New York girl's certainly had a strong introduction to the world. 'Off to the Races' is [...]
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