Classic Paul Simon: The Simon and Garfunkel Years (Paul Simon/Simon & Garfunkel)
Le Basketbawl (Free subscription) | 3 hours ago
Paul Simon sang these words a long Frickin time ago and they are still Frickin just as true today as when he wrote them; “Still a man hears what he wants to hear. And disregards the rest.” No greater proof of that is going on with all the Frickin lemmings in the media who are [...]
Pretty Boring (Free subscription) | yesterday
Taylor in New York I guess more importantly, is she ready to host? Taylor joins a short list of celebrities who have pulled double duty as both the host and the musical guest. Britney, Justin, Beyonce and Paul Simon. Her promos have been relatively funny. They only had to use the Kanye West reference once though I wouldn't be surprised if he showed up during the monologue. The big question is, will...
Popdose (Free subscription) | yesterday
Kelly Stitzel takes us home for the holidays with this week's Soundtrack Saturday, and serves helpings of Rufus Wainwright, Bing Crosby, and Luna to go with the gloomy late-'90s ensemble drama The Myth of Fingerprints .
Bumpershine.com (Free subscription) | 06/11/2009
The Bloodsugars CMJ Showcase at Spike Hill (10/23/09) Photo: Jon Klemm DOWNLOAD: “Light at the End of the Tunnel” – The Bloodsugars I was about to call it a night on CMJ Friday (Oct 23), but on my way to the subway I decided to duck into Spike Hill and catch a midnight set by The Bloodsugars. I’m [...]
The Irish Times (Free subscription) | 06/11/2009
As a young Kodak employee, Steve Sasson invented the digital camera. Kodak’s failure to commercialise it makes it a bittersweet success, writesRICHARD GILLIS
Classic Rock and More (Free subscription) | 06/11/2009
Peter Gabriel is reportedly set to release an orchestral covers album. Called "Scratch My Back" the album is reported to be a "song swap" with a host of "extremely legendary artists" set to cover each other's material. "The songs are not simply covers," Gabriel collaborator John Metcalfe told BBC 6 Music. "They are major reinterpretations of some famous...
The Independent (Free subscription) | 06/11/2009
Ed Droste is settling into the bar of his east London hotel with his Grizzly Bear bandmate Daniel Rossen, to attempt to explain their sky-rocket of a year. All but unknown this spring, the band's third album Veckatimest went straight into the US Top 10 and UK Top 30. Their fans include Paul Simon, Radiohead's Jonny Greenwood, who giddily announced on-stage that they were his favourite band, and Jay-Z,...
The Independent (Free subscription) | 06/11/2009
In recent years there has been a wealth of David Byrne-inspired US bands, such as TV on the Radio, Grizzly Bear, Animal Collective, MGMT and Vampire Weekend fusing experimentation, art-rock, a head for great pop tunes, and the occasional African musical inflection. Though in the case of the Vampire Weekend the influence is more Paul Simon than Mr Byrne. Yeasayer (left) are another band that can be...
Hidden Track (Free subscription) | 05/11/2009
More than Zappa’s Joe’s Garage. More than Centerfield. More than the Indiana Jones Theme Song. More than AC/DC’s Thunderstruck. More than even Glen Miller’s In the Mood. If I ever got the once in a lifetime chance to request a single song for Phish to cover, there currently exists one song that I would rather hear over any other song. It’s called Indoda Yejazi Elimnyama...
Line Out (Free subscription) | 05/11/2009
Damn, this is amazing. I kinda feel like I'm watching white kids appropriating African music. Yeah... but they're really good. Their polyrhythms are blowing my mind and when Amber and Haley went into that alternating stacatto on the intro to "Remade Horizon," my jaw hit the floor and I am as yet unable to pick it up. Um, but it's white kids playing African music. Okay yeah, but... I mean...
The ArchitectsNewspaper Blog (Free subscription) | 05/11/2009
This week, the second World Architecture Festival is taking place in one of the most design-conscious cities in the world: Barcelona. Sadly, the festival is located in the Diagonal Mar district on the city’s waterfront, along with the hotel that WAF sponsor emap provided to jurors (I am here serving on the jury for the [...]
Discobelle.net (Free subscription) | 04/11/2009
We just received an e-mail from NYC producers/djs Cousin Cole and Pocketknife: “Our “Tambourine Dream” mix CD has been sold out for a long time now, and Pocketknife and I are hard at work on the sequel. In the mean time, we decided to upload the first one for streaming.” This folky mix CD was our soundtrack [...]
Premium Hollywood (Free subscription) | 03/11/2009
This blog was recently voted "Blog Least Likely to Inspire Anyone to Enter the Dancing Profession" and I have to say that, although I gave myself the award, the recognition is well-deserved. For three hours each week (including the results show), I plop myself in front of the TV and am reaffirmed that I will never learn how to dance. Aaron Carter -- who has a frightening dedication to this...
clusterflock (Free subscription) | 03/11/2009
Paul Simon – You Can Call Me Al (1986) Chevy Chase and Paul Simon prove that with two chairs, and an empty room, you can still make a totally perfect music video. Take note, Lady Gaga.
Twangville (Free subscription) | 03/11/2009
Rock & Roll Hall of Fame 25th Anniversary Concerts, Night One 29 October 2009 @ Madison Square Garden, New York City Headliners: Crosby, Stills & Nash; Paul Simon; Simon & Garfunkel; Stevie Wonder; Bruce Springsteen Guests: Jerry Lee Lewis, Bonnie Raitt, Jackson Browne, James Taylor, Dion DiMucci, Little Anthony & the Imperials, Smokey Robinson, John Legend, [...]
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