The Joy Formidable – Music – More Music Videos Valentine’s Day has come and gone and good riddance. In what could be antithetical to modern analogs of Valentine’s Day, the Joy Formidable’s debut CD, “The Big Roar,” is a release of mammoth proportions, dark emotions, and impossibly gigantic and brilliant sounds. It’s an effort is …
Much enjoyment was had by all re: the festivities! This was my second Pop Conference – I attended sparsely last year as I had work conflicts throughout the weekend, unfortunately. We saw some great speakers this year, especially (in my opinion) Robert Christgau, David Ritz, and even an exceptional grad student or two! I had …
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Thanks to Clearly Nebulous for the tip. The best part comes toward the end where the AF Personnel are actually dancing in sync atop a jet fighter. One hopes these young service personnel were not disciplined too harshly for this:
And here it is, in all it’s glory:
Alt-Country musician Michael Dean Damron will perform tonight, March 2, at the Laurelthirst Public House in scenic East Portland (2958 NE Glisan) with special guests, Tin Horn Prayer, all the way from Denver, Colorado. This appearance by songwriter and pug-fancier Damron will celebrate the release of his new album, “Plea From a Ghost” and is …
The latest from Andrew Hamlin: What if you threw your own sci-fi hip-hop musical, and [almost] nobody came? http://www.sandiegoreader.com/weblogs/bands/2011/feb/27/keven-darklight-the-man-the-musical-and-the-review/ …but wait, the guy’s actually pretty good! Find more artists like KEVEN at Myspace Music You can find more at: http://www.myspace.com/kevenstar4you/music/songs/keep-holding-on-78378328
This is beautiful, just beautiful. It’s the words of Charlie Sheen set to lovely, delicate music by New York band, Apollo Run. Just sit back and enjoy: .
I’ve long held to the concept of “the perfect song”, by which I mean a song where the writer/performer has gotten something so right that it cannot be improved upon. This includes music and lyrics. Here are my two favorite examples. It is perhaps wrong to use live versions, as the studio is what I …
Adele’s unstoppable conquest of America continues. She is making fans out of this country, one television show at a time. Here she is on Letterman:
Here it is, “The Manifesto of Mother Monster,” set to become the most watched, and therefore the most important, music video of all time. There’s a long pseudo-religious intro which is vaguely reminiscent of Revelation 12. The whole thing makes you miss the good old days of Poker Face:
Here’s another reminder that St. Patrick’s Day is just around the corner. In Chicago, for instance, St. Paddy’s Day is a big deal. Windy City offices close for two days due to low productivity on the green day itself and the hangover time wastage which inevitably follows the next day. I never thought I’d miss …
St Patrick’s Day is right around the corner:
Kina Grannis has a new video out, In Your Arms, and a new album, Stairwells, to be released soon. Below is the new song and vid. Success is moving too fast to allow her to put in the time necessary to make either the song or the vid terrifically fantastic. They’re both just OK, and …
Rocker John Cale, of Velvet Underground fame, made an appearance on American television show, I’ve Got a Secret, on September 16, 1963. Filmed only two years before he was to found the Velvet Underground with Lou Reed, in this clip Cale appears to be an overly grave, studious chap with what must have seemed like …