Information Leafblower (Free subscription) | yesterday
THE GOOD: The Tunes: Hard not to love their decidedly retro Editors-meet-Phil Spector arena ready pub rock. "Geraldine" is a total smash, as is "Go Square Go." The Accents: If it's not scottish, it's crap! The Look: Poofy hairdos, leather...
PopMatters Music (Free subscription) | yesterday
Unless Phil Spector is at your soundboard, you have no business writing "Danny Says".
I Read the News Today: All Beatle News (Free subscription) | 03/10/2008
I love the fact that George Martin is sharing his musical legacy with his son. It is the best thing that he could pass along to his boy. Imagine not only working along side your father with his legacy laid out in front of you, but actually being given an opportunity to tweak it and [...]
Happy Catholic (Free subscription) | 03/10/2008
I have heard many homilies about Matthew 14:22-33, when Jesus comes walking on the water in the night across the sea to the disciples in the boat where they have been battling the storm. Go read it for yourself. There are many details that I never considered about the timing which George Martin brings to our attention. Very, very interesting when we consider our own discipleship. ... The wind-and-wave-battered...
About Crime / Punishment (Free subscription) | 03/10/2008
Several hundred potential jurors began answering questionnaires this week in preparation for the second murder trial of fames music producer Phil Spector for the murder of actress Lana Clarkson....
Daily News (Free subscription) | 02/10/2008
About 40 prospective jurors were asked today to fill out questionnaires in the murder retrial of music producer Phil Spector, who is accused of killing an actress and House of Blues hostess at his Alhambra mansion in 2003.
Circle, Triangle, Square (Free subscription) | 02/10/2008
Whilst writing course materials, I had cause to visit the website of the College of Arms; that body within England, Wales and Northern Ireland responsible for registering and recording coats of arms and pedigrees. I was wryly amused to find George Martin's coat of arms ; I think it requires a better knowledge of the British music industry than I have to get all the jokes and references he's managed...
Daily News (Free subscription) | 02/10/2008
Prospective jurors will fill out questionnaires today as the process begins to select a panel to hear the retrial of music producer Phil Spector, who is accused of killing a House of Blues hostess at his Alhambra mansion in 2003.
Sky News (Free subscription) | 02/10/2008
The murder retrial of legendary music producer Phil Spector starts today, five years after an actress was found shot dead in his Los Angeles mansion.
Times Online (Free subscription) | 02/10/2008
When Giles Martin was asked to work alongside his father and remix the Beatles for Love, a Cirque du Soleil show based on the band’s back catalogue, he wasn’t sure he should take it on. “If anyone told me they were going to get George Martin’s son to mix the Beatles and put on a show in Las Vegas, I’d probably have punched them,” he says in his well educated voice, as he puts down his mint tea. “Because...
Metro Times Music Blahg (Free subscription) | 02/10/2008
The Satin Peaches , "Motor City’s new favorite sons" (at least that's what Britain's New Musical Express recently dubbed them), just nabbed the opening slot on the upcoming tour by the great Alejandro Escovedo (check out his recent excellent Tony Visconti -produced Real Animal CD, if you haven't already!). The Peaches recently released Morning Maid , a mini-album that was onl yavailable in the U.K.,...
Stereogum (Free subscription) | 01/10/2008
I haven't been shy about talking up Crystal Stilts: The Brooklyn quartet, who got together back in 2003, and recently added ex-Vivian Girls drummer Frankie, concoct a dark, minimalist, melancholic sound, frontman Brad Hargett making like Ian Curtis fronting a Phil Spector-produced down-tempo Chills. Their forthcoming Slumberland full-length Alight Of Night , an '08 favorite, is great, as evidenced...
Some Velvet Blog (Free subscription) | 01/10/2008
SVB is smitten with the debut album Youth Novels from Sweden's Lykke Li . Li's debut is an intimate and wistful collection of pop songs dressed up with flourishes of jazz, synth/electro-pop, folktronica, Phil Spector-esque production and Li's child-like vocals. Fans of this album liken her to Tegan & Sara, Morcheeba, Peter Bjorn & John, Beth Orton, El Perro Del Mar, Jane Birkin and The Ronettes. In...
The Telegraph (Free subscription) | 01/10/2008
The remix of the maverick record producer's murder trial promises to be as lurid as the original. Mick Brown reports
Kings of A&R (Free subscription) | 30/09/2008
Lars Gets Loud Over The Loudness War: “Listen, there’s nothing up with the audio quality. It’s 2008, and that’s how we make records. [Producer] Rick Rubin’s whole thing is to try and get it to sound lively, to get it to sound loud, to get it to sound exciting, to get it to jump out [...]
