Happy accidents are a rare pleasure in music. However your marginal propensity of discovering a good new band are roughly multiplied by a factor of 100 when you attend a major music event like SXSW. So luck was running high when my colleague Mike Hughes and I were midway through a solid week of bands …
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(Photo of Ian Hunter with Mick Ronson’s daughter.) ”I didn’t know if I was going to become a musician, because I couldn’t sing very good. In those days you really had to be a good singer. I didn’t know I had a chance until Dylan came along. I couldn’t really understand what he was saying, …
So much has already been written about The Joy Formidable that its nearly cliché to discuss the band’s size, sound, attitude, relationships, or comment on all the attention they’ve recently been paid by other musicians, the press, or the late night show circuit in America. However, one common theme that keeps being bandied about is …
Mike Hughes has created an archive of all the set lists he’s photographed. Go here.
Lykke Li – Sadness is a Blessing – Video is Deft Metaphor for Cultural Controls in Swede-Am Families
Thanks to Mike Hughes for bringing the video below to my attention. He describes it, “This is just so beautiful. The restaurant could only be in a Nordic country, the tristesse is beautifully expressed, and the fact that Lykke Li’s dress is reminiscent of a strait-jacket just adds to the poignancy… [This clip dramatizes what …
http://youtu.be/qAkubiZhly4 “To our Fans and Friends: As R.E.M., and as lifelong friends and co-conspirators, we have decided to call it a day as a band. We walk away with a great sense of gratitude, of finality, and of astonishment at all we have accomplished. To anyone who ever felt touched by our music, our deepest …
There’s a talent gap across the pond this week. This video has been lighting up screens all over the UK since it was released last Friday. It’s vacuous, empty and not in the least bit entertaining. It’s important to avoid posting negative reviews on the net at all times as they lead to legions of …
Thanks to Mike Hughes of catshoegazing.blogspot.com for this:
This fits in with the standing joke, about how most United fans are from nowhere near Manchester (the locals tend to support City). So people are warned to watch out for traffic queues on the motorways leading back down south at the end of big home games… – Mike Hughes (Catshoegazing)
The great Mike Hughes includes some incredible photos of The Joy Formidable, your next huge thing, in the review on his Catshoegazing blog. http://catshoegazing.blogspot.com/2011/03/joy-formidable-live-at-levis-store.html
Love Will Make Our Ears Bleed, Again: The Joy Formidable, “The Big Roar,” by Peter Raffington Dysart
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 …
Adele was one of a small glut of female singers that came out of nowhere to huge acclaim since around 2008 (see also Duffy). BRIT (performing arts) school, posted demos on youtube, millions of hits on the internet, next thing she is the BRIT Awards (not the same as the school) Critics Choice, then chart …
Adele was one of a small glut of female singers that came out of nowhere to huge acclaim since around 2008 (see also Duffy). BRIT (performing arts) school, posted demos on youtube, millions of hits on the internet, next thing she is the BRIT Awards (not the same as the school) Critics Choice, then chart …
All photos Ashley Osborn NEW YORK, NY (June 11, 2021)— Making a grand entrance with highly anticipated new music, GRAMMY® Award-nominated multi-platinum pop superstar JESSIE J returns with a brand-new single entitled “I Want Love” via LAVA/Republic Records. To bring the track to life, she worked with three-time GRAMMY® Award-winning mega-producer Ryan Tedder [Beyoncé, Adele] who serves as producer and co-writer. Jessie J says “I wanted …
Here’s a rich, pensive, jazzy, new version– out less than a week– of the beloved Swedish hymn, “Blott en Dag” (English title, “Day By Day”) written by Carolina Sandell-Berg (or, as we used to call her in the old country of Chicago, where she has her own statue: Lina Sandell). The recording artist is Sven …
What started out easily enough as an interview with The Joy Formidable this year ended in a fantastic journey. This past spring, I sat down with Ritzy and Rhydian of The Joy Formidable to have an open and frank discussion on the state of affairs in their world and the music business in general. With …
This song kills me. My daughter and I had a running joke where I would shout at her: “Where’s your Dylan!? Where’s your Dylan?!” After I heard Suf’s first album, I thought, well my daughter’s generation now has their Dylan. Such a great storyteller. – Mark Handley . Casimir Pulaski Day – Sufjan StevensUploaded by …
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 …