Tagged: michaelhearst

South Brooklyn band One Ring Zero know their food - and their celebrities. The orchestral pop duo emerged in 2006 after releasing "As Smart As We Are", a CD featuring original music and lyrics by top novelists including Margaret Atwood, Paul Auster, Dave Eggers and Jonathan Ames amongst others. The new album takes a similar approach, but replacing authors with top chefs in the lyrics department - isn't good food a little like poetry after all? One Ring Zero asked David Chang, Chris Cosentino, Mario Batali, Isa Chandra Moskowitz, Michael Symon, Mark Kurlansky, and many more chefs for [...]

• Michael Hearst - Peanut Butter Brunettes

Magnetic Fields Majestic Theatre October 13, 2008 Better Than: Pretty much anything else I've ever seen at the Majestic. Just as Magnetic Fields front man Stephin Merritt told the Observer last week , his band does indeed put on a quiet show, and in the right atmosphere that is certainly not a bad thing. Last night's show proved that when excess noise is removed, Merritt's songwriting and his bandmates' musicianship take center stage. [...]