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Fast, Loud and Savage: Hey, Hey, They're Arctic Monkeys |
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Friday, 18 May 2007 |
 Alex Turner always acts as if he’s trying hard to stave off boredom and barely succeeding. Onstage at the Hammerstein Ballroom on Tuesday night with his band, Arctic Monkeys, he glanced at the heaving crowd and said, “Nice to see you’re on your feet.” Nice, maybe, but not surprising: there are no chairs on the main floor.
In 2006 Arctic Monkeys, from Sheffield, England, became one of the world’s most talked-about rock bands when they released “Whatever People Say I Am, That’s What I’m Not,” a near-perfect debut album full of spiky little songs about, well, staving off boredom, mostly. Now barely a year later the band is on tour to support “Favourite Worst Nightmare” (Domino), the follow-up.
Like lots of second albums, this one feels more premeditated and less exciting than its predecessor. Last time Mr. Turner’s lyrics paid mordant tribute to aimless nightlife: “These two lads squaring up proper, shouting ’bout who were next in the queue/The kind of thing that’d seem so silly, but not when they’ve both had a few.”
This time the tunes are more twisted and the lyrics more fragmented; instead of cutting through the din, Mr. Turner’s voice is part of it. Having been anointed the spokesman of young Britain, he just wants to be a lead singer again. |
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Friday, 18 May 2007 |
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Another day, another music video. The Bravery and Time Won't Let Me Go. Enjoy!
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CD Review: Minutes To Midnight |
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Thursday, 17 May 2007 |
Rap metal is dead. Linkin Park are not, because they were always more than the meager sum of that combination -- more pop and classic rock in their riffs, hooks and drive, even on Collision Course, their 2004 mash-up with Jay-Z. On Minutes to Midnight, co-produced by Rick Rubin, Linkin Park are more of  something else -- topical -- and furiously good at it. In the last song, "The Little Things Give You Away," the band coolly torpedoes George W. Bush's petty, disastrous arrogance on Iraq and New Orleans (for starters), building from acoustic strum and soft-shoe electronics to magisterial Seventies-arena guitar and lacerating disgust. "All you've ever wanted was someone to truly look up to you," Chester Bennington sings. "And six feet underwater/I do."
That's not all. Bennington is not going over old-girlfriend ground when he promises, "Your time is borrowed," in the hammering thrash of "No More Sorrow." And Mike Shinoda's state-of-disbelief rap "Hands Held High" comes with military-funeral drums and an "amen" chorus. This would be as much fun as a filibuster if Linkin Park did not pay equal attention to the punch and detail in the gritty stomp "Bleed It Out" and the balled-fist guilt of "What I've Done." "Shadow of the Day" is a too-literal echo of Joshua Tree-era U2, but most of Minutes is honed, metallic pop with a hip-hop stride and a wake-up kick. "What the fuck is wrong with me?" Bennington barks over the jingle bells and distortion in "Given Up." The answer all over this record: nothing that getting off your ass can't fix. |
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Wednesday, 16 May 2007 |
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On Tuesday 22 May, from 10:35pm - 11:35pm on BBC1 (UK) there will be a documentary about the legendary Scott Walker. The BBC's 'Imagine' programme will explore the history of Scott's career from his life in the Walker Brother's until present day. "Alan Yentob tells the story of one of the enigmas of modern music, Scott Walker, who gave up pop stardom in the 1960s to plough a more experimental and esoteric musical furrow. Featuring rare exclusive interview material of Walker at work on his latest album and contributions from a gallery of musicians and producers touched by his work, including Brian Eno, Marc Almond, Johnny Marr, Alison Goldfrapp, Damon Albarn, Jarvis Cocker, and Ute Lemper."
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A Swedish Band With a Yen for the Olden, Golden Days |
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Wednesday, 16 May 2007 |
 Between Mando Diao’s set and its encore at the Bowery Ballroom on Monday night, the band members went backstage, shook up their beer bottles and returned to spray them across the stage and their closest fans. That was the kind of old-school boisterousness they also showed in their songs, which embrace 1960s garage-rock as if it might grow up to be punk.
Mando Diao, which is from Sweden, headlined what could have been called Retro Adrenaline Night: a triple bill of bands that have all decided that vintage styles survive best with a little infusion of speed. The Films, an American band with Anglophile leanings, opened with brash, smartly rhymed new-wave songs tinged with Elvis Costello’s corrosive wit and some of the swagger of Britpop. Pop Levi, an English rocker, favors psychedelic clothes and twisted 1970s memories; he mixed the stomp, high vocals and campy dance steps of glam-rock with blues-rock riffs and two-chord vamps, extending and bearing down on them until they became an ecstatic drone. (He also has a Prince-like funky side, but didn’t show it.)
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Tuesday, 15 May 2007 |
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We've got here Red Hot Chilly Peppers music video which is the last signle from the Stadium Arcadium album. Hump De Bump. Enjoy!
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RHCP - Blood Sugar Sex Magik and One Hot Minute |
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Monday, 14 May 2007 |
In 1990, the group switched labels to Warner Bros. Records. Rick Rubin was hired to produce their fifth album, which was, at the time, still untitled. The writing process was far more productive than what was  written during Mother's Milk. Kiedis said that: "(every day) now, there was new music for me to lyricize".
Throughout the entire 6 month process, the long periods of rehearsal, songwriting, and the incubating of ideas led the band to record the album. Rubin, however, was discontented with an everyday recording studio, implying the Chili Peppers would bear fruit in a more unorthodox setting. He came across an "amazing, huge, empty historically landmarked Mediterranean haunted mansion a stone's throw from where we all lived." For the next approximate month, Frusciante, Kiedis and Flea remained in seclusion, never once leaving the house during the entire recording process. Smith, however, decided not to stay, as, according to many, the mansion was haunted; he had no intention of remaining, and would leave on his Harley Davidson each night.
The title of the album was still uncertain to the band, however, one particular song title stuck out: "Blood Sugar Sex Magik". Although it was not a featured song, Rick believed it to be "Clearly the best title we have now....." |
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Modest Mouse: May 13th Los Angeles Show Moved to Gibson Amphitheatre |
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Saturday, 12 May 2007 |
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Due to the fire in Griffith Park, The Greek Theatre remains a command center for the Los Angeles Fire Department; therefore, Nederlander Concerts has moved the Modest Mouse concert with special guests Man Man and Love As Laughter on Sunday, May 13 to the Gibson Amphitheatre at 8:30 PM. All Greek Theatre tickets must be exchanged at the Gibson Amphitheatre box office upon entry, please allow ample time for this process. The Gibson Amphitheatre box office will open at 5:00 PM the day of the show to accommodate all exchanges. For further information call The Greek Theatre at (323) 665-5857 or Gibson Amphitheatre box office at (818) 622-4440 or visit the venues websites at www.greektheatrela.com or www.hob.com/venues/concerts/gibson/index.asp. |
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Fall Out Boy: MySpace Winner #2 |
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Friday, 11 May 2007 |
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Go Crash Audio is the 2nd winner in the MySpace Second Stage contest and will play the Kansas City show tomorrow on May 12. |
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Saturday, 12 May 2007 |
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Today I'd like to introduce you one of music videos of the band Silverchair. This one is called Emotion Sicness. Enjoy!
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Chevelle: Tour Date Changes |
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Thursday, 10 May 2007 |
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After a crazy day yesterday (5/9/07) with the band losing all their gear, instruments, etc...they will be back in business beginning May 17th in Urbana, IL - moving forward. Tour dates originally scheduled for 5/10 - 5/15 will be rescheduled for later in the year. |
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