Buzzin Music Blog (Free subscription) | 21/11/2008
The Kills – Tape Song – single review ‘Time ain’t gonna cure you honey, time don’t give a shit’ sings Alison Mosshart on the new single Tape Song by The Kills, released on the 24th of November. The bitter rock song is back, and The Kills are doing it in their dirty, sexy way. Taken from The [...]
Glorious Noise (Free subscription) | 20/11/2008
A young Canadian band shows remarkable prowess in honoring their influences.
The 405 (Free subscription) | 20/11/2008
Artist: Crystal Stilts Album: Alight of Night Release Date: 28/10/08 Label: Slumberland Link: http://www.myspace.com/crystalstilts There are artists that wear their influences on their sleeve, there are artists that are slightly coy and downplay their influences; and then there’s Crystal Stilts. The Brooklyn based (What do they put in the water there?) group bluntly shout their influences from the...
The Guardian Music blog (Free subscription) | 20/11/2008
John Moore: Male Stripper by Man to Man is three-and-a-half minutes of Hi-NRG perfection and one of the finest rock'n'roll records of all time
PopWreckoning (Free subscription) | 19/11/2008
The Velvet Underground (original version), 1970: from Loaded With his deadpan vocals and incredible talent, the ever-stylish Lou Reed was the arbiter of coolness back in the day. If it weren'??t for the inventive rock stylings of his influential band The Velvet Underground, I???m not sure a lot of the rock I love today would ever [...]
Aural States (Free subscription) | 18/11/2008
It was always clear to me that Fabrizio Moretti was the coolest Stroke. Julian Casablancas tries too hard to be hip, and Nick Valensi looks far too much like Euro-trash to be from New York, which is totally uncool. Let’s face it, Albert Hammond and Nikolai Fraiture never even had a chance. Fab Moretti has [...]
Entertainment Weekly's PopWatch (Free subscription) | 17/11/2008
So it really does exist. The 14-minute "Carnival of Light" track, long the stuff of Beatles legend, will finally see the light of day, according to Paul McCartney, who says he's always been fond of the experimental noodling "because it's...
Paris DJs Podcasts (Free subscription) | 17/11/2008
Binario - Binario Far Out Recordings (CD) FAR0135, 2008-11-24 "As a Brazilian band with a strong mix of rock, electro, jazz and funk it is easy to draw comparisons with Tropicalia" Continue reading
San Fransisco Chronicle (Free subscription) | 17/11/2008
Only a few tables of curious spectators showed up at the club each night, so the musicians pretty much played for themselves. In between two weekend engagements at the Avalon Ballroom, a little-known rock group from Los Angeles called the Doors played Tuesday...
Bumpershine.com (Free subscription) | 17/11/2008
Director Wim Wenders has a new film coming out called Palermo Shooting starring Campino (from the long running German punk band Die Toten Hosen), Giovanna Mezzogiorno and Dennis Hopper, as well as long-time Wenders collaborator Lou Reed in a supporting role. Music plays an important role in most Wenders films, and this one is no [...]
donewaiting.com (Free subscription) | 16/11/2008
MP3:los-llamarada-im-sorry You ever had a conversation with a someone and they seem normal enough but then you find out their number one goal in life is to go to Cancun every 6 months so they can fuck a Mexican. And it’s never like a Mayan Pyramid fantasy either. It’s like straight up like cheesy club goer dood. [...]
Filles Sourires (Free subscription) | 15/11/2008
Maks wrote a review of the FF Night in Sugar Factory: Back in 1963 Nico (Velvet Underground) recorded a brilliant track for a movie called 'Strip-Tease'. The song was written by Serge Gainsbourg. When entering the Sugar Factory yesterday to be part of the first Filles Fragiles night, it felt as walking into that particular movie as I saw the lady at the stage. A stunning blond beauty, very high-heeled...
Velvet Underground's Blog (Free subscription) | 14/11/2008
Hanoi has many womens groups. As an Australian I belong to the Australian New Zealand womans club, Isabelle is a member of the french womens association “coup de pouce’ though literally translates as ‘a push from the thumb’ ! actually means “a helping hand”. We all work under the umbrella of the Hanoi International Womens Club and each year [...]
Metro.co.uk (Free subscription) | 14/11/2008
Christina Aguilera has revealed the reasons behind her new look.
Buzzin Music Blog (Free subscription) | 14/11/2008
The Black Angels - Doves - single review The Black Angels will cap off their incredible year in style with their new single Doves released on December 8th and an accompanying autumn tour. Doves shows The Black Angels as a band who since their sophomore album ‘Directions to See a Ghost’, released in May, have hypnotised and [...]
