The Huffington Post (Free subscription) | 07/11/2009
At the end of the day, we were but tourists in the whole charade. Yet one American fit right in: David Hasselhoff.
Hindu (Free subscription) | 06/11/2009
A track made originally by the British band Tears for Fears, it hit No. 3 on the U.K. Singles Chart in November 1982. Two decades later, the song made a popular resurgence when it was covered in a much slower, ballad-like style by composer ...
Martian Art. (Free subscription) | 06/11/2009
The music was fine, new romantics, the wonderful Tears For Fears "Everybody wants to rule the world, ded ded ded de ded ded ded ded de ded" but the fashion OMG, why is it back? It doesn't suit women with curves and with the media telling us that we are getting bigger, the majority of us look like a sack of spuds. Batwings, skinny legs, little ankle boots, big fur jackets, it only suits a...
The XPN All About The Music Blog (Free subscription) | 04/11/2009
Here's a great video of Brandi Carlile covering Gary Jules's version of the Tears for Fears song "Mad World." It's a cover of a cover and we'll take it! It was recorded at the Schnitz in Portland, Oregon on October 22.
Rock and Roll Daily (Free subscription) | 04/11/2009
Who The U.K. synth-pop sensation — it’s scored two Top Five hits in England — consists of striking androgynous singer Elly Jackson and behind-the-scenes beatmaker Ben Langmaid (he refuses to be interviewed or photographed and doesn’t perform live). But Jackson is used to being the center of attention, for her hair — a red, Woody [...]
get2sammyb.co.uk (Free subscription) | 04/11/2009
DJ Hero inserts new-found vigour into the stagnating music genre, but its niche concept, high price-tag and challenging learning curve will, sadly, drive many away. What’s It All About? Covering the electro, hip-hop, pop and dance arm of Activision’s massive “Hero” franchise, DJ Hero puts you behind the decks as a master DJ, cutting and scratching yourself [...]
The Time Traveller's Strife (Free subscription) | 04/11/2009
Come Out Tonight (Laverne) - Kenickie c/w How I Was Made (Laverne/Du Santiago) 1995 Fierce Panda first foray for Kenickie. Not a hit, Fierce only do limite...
blah blah blog (Free subscription) | 04/11/2009
Last year, the AV Club ran an article based on something they saw somewhere else -- which is essentially a highbrow meme -- where they picked a favorite album for each year they've been alive . Of course, I think it's kind of a neat idea. So, here are my favorite albums for each year that I've been alive: 1975: Fleetwood Mac, Fleetwood Mac 1976: Hotel California, The Eagles 1977: Rumours, Fleetwood...
GameGrep Feed (Free subscription) | 31/10/2009
The release of the new game, DJ Hero has excited fans of the "Hero" franchise since the game was announced back in May. Now, with it's release, Edge Magazine has pubished a review for Activision's lastest Hero game to hit the shelves.
Know The Ledge (Free subscription) | 31/10/2009
Until Franchise buys DJ hero so I can go over and review it for myself, this New York Times article by SETH SCHIESEL will have to do. “Over all the game includes more than 90 new mixes using more than 100 songs, fromEminem to Jay-Z (who consulted on the game) to Herbie Hancock, Beck, Isaac Hayes, Young MC, David Bowie, Tupac [...]
"ROGUE GUNNER" (Free subscription) | 30/10/2009
The Real Lessons Of Nimrod All these men died at the hands of the MOD, RIP. Nimrod families demand corporate manslaughter charges My heart goes out to the families of these men who were sacrificed on the alter of the penny pinching MOD. Nimrod compensation offer 'insulting' Bill Rammell met them after the damning Haddon-Cave report was published, he treated the event "like any other ordinary meeting"...
I Am Fuel, You Are Friends (Free subscription) | 30/10/2009
In the same way that when she covers Hallelujah, she is clearly covering Jeff Buckley’s version of Leonard Cohen’s song, when Washington singer/songwriter Brandi Carlile took on “Mad World” at Portland’s Schnitzer Hall last Thursday night, she was wailing her way through Gary Jules’ unsettlingly sad version (from Donnie Darko) of the Tears for Fears [...]
Word Magazine blogs (Free subscription) | 29/10/2009
Driving home from work today with the iPod on shuffle mode, two separate tracks came up that I had not heard in ages and were from artists that did a couple of brilliant albums and then disappeared (to my knowledge anyway). So harking back to the "Where Are They Now?" page from Q of old..... i) Nicky Holland - I believe she initially did some stuff with Tears For Fears but then released...
Chart Rigger (Free subscription) | 29/10/2009
Wow! I never in a million years would have predicted Owl City —aka one-man band consisting of cute indie dude Adam Young —would reach the top of the Billboard Hot 100 with "Fireflies." It's almost as if the Black Eyed Peas clogged things up for 26 weeks, then came the Drano and the anything-goes floodgates were finally opened! I honestly feel like "Fireflies" has to...
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