A fine, if slightly flawed re-examining of what is arguably the Who's greatest album.
A fine, if slightly flawed re-examining of what is arguably the Who's greatest album.
The DIY rock opera/collective 23 Psaegz (pronounced say•jezz) carry on the warm, weird legacy of NYC's Dufus , the freak folk band founded by Seth Faergolzia over 13 years ago. This numerous group of musicians originally gathered with the intention of performing Seth's 23 Psaegz stream of consciousness puppet rock opera, and has since also become a collaborative backing for his complex web of musical delight. Leading this new project, Faergolzia brings his one-man-band skills (mastering simultaneously the guitar, glockenspiel, kick drum, and vocal antics) to a new apex of musical sagacity.
The DIY rock opera/collective 23 Psaegz (pronounced say•jezz) carry on the warm, weird legacy of NYC's Dufus , the freak folk band founded by Seth Faergolzia over 13 years ago. This numerous group of musicians originally gathered with the intention of performing Seth's 23 Psaegz stream of consciousness puppet rock opera, and has since also become a collaborative backing for his complex web of musical delight. Leading this new project, Faergolzia brings his one-man-band skills (mastering simultaneously the guitar, glockenspiel, kick drum, and vocal antics) to a new apex of musical sagacity.
Chicago Tribune (MCT) -- Damian "Pink Eyes" Abraham, the roly-poly singer in Toronto's F----- Up, spends a lot of his time at the band's concerts in the audience, doing everything from climbing on chairs and tables to munching on beach balls. In the band's early days, he thought he needed to be threatening and verbally abusive to get the crowd going, but something changed when he saw the "exciting, positive energy" at an Andrew W.K. show. "That was a...
Filed under: News , Exclusive , New Music , New Releases Daniel Boud "We're ready to talk about our feelings now." In theory F---ed Up guitarist Josh Zucker's explanation of why they aren't making so many songs like 'Police' anymore makes perfect sense. But in terms of whether he's being ironic, like the kid in ' The Simpsons ' episode about Lollapalooza, dude, we don't even know anymore. The Toronto hardcore punk outfit have [...]
Filed under: News , Exclusive , New Music , New Releases Matador Records "We're ready to talk about our feelings now." In theory F---ed Up guitarist Josh Zucker's explanation of why they aren't making so many songs like 'Police' anymore makes perfect sense. But in terms of whether he's being ironic, like the kid in ' The Simpsons ' episode about Lollapalooza, dude, we don't even know anymore. The Toronto hardcore punk outfit have [...]
Bob Brainen played "Waterwheel" from the first Hall & Oates album, Whole Oates. You may only remember the duo from their cheesy "Private Eyes" video from the 1980s. But they made many high class pop/soul albums the previous decade. Scott Williams played "Carmellia" from their self-titled album. If you think they were strictly commercial, check out John Allen playing "Babs Babs" from Darryl Hall's Sacred Songs, produced by underground prince, Robert Fripp. On World Of Echo, Dave Mandl played "Breathless: from Fripp's Exposure, a record Hall appeared on. [...]
Offering his services as curator and contributor, Ray Davies' commentary illuminates his collaborations with Bruce Springsteen, Alex Chilton, Black Francis, Lucinda Williams, Metallica, Jackson Browne, Spoon, Billy Corgan, and then some...
MUSIC NEWS - With no Who tour this year, we will still get to hear many of their songs live. Roger Daltrey has announced his plans to perform the rock opera " Tommy " and other Who hits across the United States and Canada this fall. Daltrey begins the twenty eight show " Tommy " tour with a September 13 performance at Seminole Hard Rock Live in Hollywood, FL, concluding two months later on November 2 with a concert at the MTS Centre in Winnipeg, MB. [...]
Filed under: Concerts and Tours , News , Video , Exclusive Gino DePinto for AOL The Parlotones , the raucous four-piece from Johannesburg, South Africa, have basically been living on the road for the past year, playing sold-out shows all over the world. Taking time out of their busy workload, the band sat down with Spinner to discuss their newest project 'Dragonflies and Astronauts.' "It's a theatrical rock opera reminiscent of [...]

You all have undoubtedly heard that Peaches has been performing her version of "Jesus Christ Superstar" called "Peaches Christ Superstar" all over the world the last few months, but did you know you can see it here in Chicago TOMORROW NIGHT? Yes, Peaches and Chilly Gonzales' take on the classic Andrew Lloyd Webber and Tim Rice rockpera will be performed tomorrow night at the Portage Theater and tickets are TOTALLY still available! In fact, my friends, you can get exclusive Young Creature discounted tickets! Sweet. Click on the link below to buy tickets and [...]

It looks like any hopes of a new Pixies album gets dimmer by the day. However, this does mean a great deal of output from Pixies-frontman Black Francis , who has been touring solo , touring with his wife , and producing albums , is now taking on another ambitious project. Bluefinger (which you may remember as the name of Francis's 2007 album) will be a new rock opera which "...focuses entirely on the life and death of Herman Brood, a Dutch artist, rocker and junkie who leapt to his death from [...]
Do you remember Ludo? He was the gentle beast in Labyrinth that helped Sarah through the maze. He's the inspiration for the name of a band that hails from the Midwest. From their quirky songwriting I totally get that they are a bit into magic, mischief, mystery and fantasy, but it seems like they would identify more with someone more outgoing one way or another: Didymus or Jareth perhaps. Nevertheless, that's what they decided to call themselves once they recorded their first album and played their first gig as a full band [...]

Photography by Me ! We got one more Sled Island report for ya! Our last full day in Calgary was filled with absolute laziness from a long and epic vacation, 2 days in Vancouver, 2 days on a train exploring western Canada, 2 days in Banff & Lake Louise, and now these few days venturing around checking out band after band, while still exploring Calgary (yay zoo & Recordland !) we were just done! We made it out for breakfast but instead of bands or the museum, it [...]
Gamers rejoice! The gospel of Mega Man has arrived.
Earlier this week, Arlington's Man Factory released for digital download Street Fight!!! Round Two, the second installment in its planned power-pop opera trilogy based on the popular Street Figh... Continue reading "Q&A: Man Factory, Which Has Now Written Two Albums About Street Fighter, Admits To Not Being That Good At The Game." >
Surely, you've been waiting on the edge of your seat for this news: Today, Arlington's Man Factory releases the second album in its planned pop-rock opera trilogy centered around the Street Figh... Continue reading "Arlington's Man Factory Releases Street Fight!!! Round Two, The Second In Its Three-Disc Street Fighter Rock Opera" >
Discs of Fury vs. the Bat Lord ::: Photo by Josh Lovseth For one night only, the Discs of Fury brought another epic tale to the Crocodile stage, an original rock opera that makes others pale in comparison, or at least pale that they're in any way associated with these laugh-a-minute goofballs of uncommon musical ability. [...]
Here's a word I don't get to use too often when describing an album - operatic. Specifically, rock operatic, the short form of which you might more easily recognize as rock opera. Creating one, at least a good one, is truly a challenge for any artist to even think about attempting, and that's possibly why we rarely get rock operas these days. Arguably the biggest and best band known for their albums filled with gigantic stadium rockers mixed with complex and lengthy passages would be Queen. They pulled off simplistic-sounding cuts like "We Will Rock You" and "We Are the [...]