Tagged: rockopera

As the Who gears up for another series of shows featuring Quadrophenia, beginning on June 8, 2013 at Dublin, it's worth remembering that things haven't always gone so well for Roger Daltrey and Pete Townshend. In fact, during rehearsals for the original tour of this 1973 opus, with a film crew there to document things, the two actually - and [...]

Those in the audience who heard the sound of the ocean around 8:25 at the Verizon Center on November 13 th knew this signified that The Who would soon be coming to the stage. It seems to be a lost art these days; the idea of the album as a cohesive unit. Thanks to bands like The Beach Boys and The Who in the late 60s, the idea of an album turned around from a collection of singles and filler, to a cohesive piece of art that was bound together by a theme or idea. On that night, The [...]

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Wool is doing it big in this video were he is preforming Rock Opera (Discobelle Records) and Purple Ohm (Plant Music) live. Stay tuned for us giving away a track from his Rock Opera EP later this week. If you can't wait and want to support us and him go get it on Beatport . "This video is not about criticizing the use of computers in music. It's more about getting away from the creative headspace that computers confine me to. It's about making unique choices, expressing and surprising [...]

Flavorwire lists the 10 grumpiest authors in history. Stereogum lists the top 10 rock operas that deserve a stage adaptation. PopMatters interviews singer-songwriter Tift Merritt . The Brown Daily Herald interviews Brian Evenson about his new book, a novel adaptation of the videogame Dead Space . The Herald: I [...]

Stereogum The world has come a long way since the Who released Tommy in 1969. Tomorrow night, a stage adaptation of the Flaming Lips' seminal 2002 rock opera Yoshimi Battles The Pink Robots will premiere at L.A.'s LaJolla Playhouse. It's not Broadway, but it is an indicator that the era of the rock opera could make a comeback. And this is the perfect time for a revival of the style. Read More... [...]

The world has come a long way since the Who released Tommy in 1969. Tomorrow night, a stage adaptation of the Flaming Lips' seminal 2002 rock opera Yoshimi Battles The Pink Robots will premiere at L.A.'s LaJolla Playhouse. It's not Broadway, but it is an indicator that the era of the rock opera could make a comeback. And this is the perfect time for a revival of the style. Read More...

Sometimes you latch on to things. If you’re here, reading this, you probably have a serious case of vinyl attachment, but there are all kinds of psychic warm blankets to pull over yourself: music, books, comedy, movies are just a few. People? Yeah sure, but that’s a whole other article for a different magazine. After recently pulling myself out of a depression-induced couch jag, I realized that I had probably watched the film Almost Famous 248 times in about two weeks. For some reason I found it comforting: the relatable displacement of a [...]

MUSIC NEWS - This week, The Who held a virtual press conference to announce that they will be back on the road for a special North American arena tour this fall. On this run, the legendary rockers will play their...

Cursive have released a new video for their song, "Drunken Birds", from their recently released rock-opera album, I Am Gemini . This new video follows their previously released video for " This House Alive ". Watch Cursive's video for "Drunken Birds" below. Read more »

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.

• The 23 Psaegz - Desk Away

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. [...]