September 2011 | My Music

Friday, September 23, 2011

CD REVIEW - PINK FLOYD: DARK SIDE OF THE MOON (EMI)

YOU can’t really argue with 741 weeks in the charts, can you? And for those who kept it there this is a real treat: a remastered version of that 1973 album along with a previously unreleased live performance of the album from 1974. Just one of a raft of Floyd re-issues this week, Dark Side in particular shows what a ground-breaking...

Concert Review: Alice Cooper, Trusts Stadium

It was a little disappointing really, only for the fact Alice Cooper - still the reigning king of gonzo shock rock after more than 40 years in the business - died just once, maybe twice, last night. He was here two years ago and got knocked off four, maybe five times. It was a busy night for the guillotine back then. Not that it mattered...

John Denver tribute concert features singer's lead guitarist

As a kid in the early 1970s, Shawn Garvey loved listening to a live double-album by singer-songwriter John Denver. He practically had the record memorized, including Denver’s introduction of his band, beginning with lead guitarist Steve Weisberg.“I’ve known Steve’s name almost my whole life,” says Garvey, who later started playing the guitar...

Concert review: Odd couple Train and Maroon 5 send Amphitheatre crowd off on high note

Train and Maroon 5 are an odd pairing – Train with their trippie, hippie sing-along songs and Maroon 5 with their funky bunch of poppy soul, big lights and pyrotechnic-like effects -- but both put on brilliant performances that pleased a capacity crowd at the Zoo Amphitheatre on Thursday night. Opener Matt Nathanson put on a decent short set to get things started. Nathanson is a little rough around the edges but he has some good...

1965 Beatles concert contract sells for $23K

A contract for a 1965 Beatles concert that demonstrated the Fab Four's stand against segregation has sold for $23,000 US. There was hot bidding on the contract at the Nate D. Sanders auction house in Santa Monica on Tuesday, pushing the price well above the $3,000 to $5,000 estimate. The contract, signed by Beatles manager Brian Epstein,...

Thursday, September 22, 2011

Album review: Wilco's 'The Whole Love'

Wilco in 2011 finds all six members reaching out into new directions, but the result is a strong and cohesive 12-song effort that recalls ‘Summerteeth' and ‘Yankee Hotel Foxtrot.' It feels a little funny starting a review of Wilco's new album “The Whole Love” with an ode to a drummer, but then Glenn Kotche is no ordinary drummer. Plus,...

Chris Webby Announces Fall Tour Dates, CMJ Headlining Appearance

The New England rapper cosigned by Freeway and Gorilla Zoe hits a number of stages next month.Norwalk, Connecticut rapper Chris Webby has announced new tour dates, including several university venue appearances, and CMJ in New York. Having worked with Gorilla Zoe and Freeway, Webby released mixtape, Webster's Laboratory earlier this year.The...

Adele Booed By Fans As She Reveals 2012 Arena UK Tour Plans

The singer, who has had huge success with second album '21', told the audience at her London Hammersmith Apollo show on Tuesday night (September 20), that it would be the last time playing such intimate venues. Adele, who has admitted to suffering from stage fright told the audience: ''This is the last time you'll catch me at a venue like...

Maccabees To Play 'Intimate' Tour

We've been promised that the five piece from London are just a few finishing touches away from unveiling their eagerly awaited third album to the world. But for those who can't stand the suspense - you can hear a taste of the follow up to 2009's Wall of Arms when the band road test the new tracks at a series of intimate shows next month. The...

Snow Patrol confirm support act for 2012 live tour

Snow Patrol have announced the support act for their early 2012 UK and Ireland tour. Everything Everything will accompany the band throughout the jaunt, which is set to begin in January next year. Everything Everything have become one of the most exciting UK bands around over the past 12 months, and were shortlisted for the Mercury Music...

Gary Moore - Live at Montreux 2010

Rock and blues guitar great Gary Moore passed away on February 6, 2011. The 58-year-old Irish rocker gave his final recorded live performance in July of 2010 at the Montreux Jazz Festival. Eagle Rock Entertainment has issued that performance as Live at Montreux 2010 on CD, DVD and Blu-ray. The CD contains 11 of the 13 songs performed, packing in 77 minutes of music. The mix keeps Moore's searing leads prominent, making this...

Driftwood Fire - How to Untangle a Heartache

Going back to my college days, I've long been entranced by the chanteuses of modern folk and Americana, especially those who prefer playing acoustic instruments. (Nothing wrong with electric guitars, but I find it harder to actually hear melodies and voices when the volume is cranked.) Among some of my favorites are the Indigo Girls, Shawn Colvin, and Brandi Carlile. Each of these not only has an amazing voice, but also understands...

Kaura - That Which Defines Us

Kaura's That Which Defines Us has been out and about for a while, I think. The album was released, at least in some formats, last year. On Tuesday, as in yesterday, the band touted the release of it as a "new album." Granted the new release of That Which Defines Us includes a DVD that includes an hour-long "Making of the Album" feature and a pair of music videos. Either way, That Which Defines Us is here and ready to build on...

The Sound of Music at Newcastle Theatre Royal

The Sound of Music has started a three-week run at the Theatre Royal in Newcastle. Verity Rushworth plays Maria in most performances. Entertainment Editor GORDON BARR reviews JUST how do you solve a problem like Maria? It must have seemed like real life imitating art when Connie Fisher – perhaps the most famous Maria since Julie Andrews – was forced to pull out of The Sound of Music due to illness. She had been the main selling...

Gloria Cheng opens Piano Spheres’ 18th season

The late composer Luciano Berio called his small but potent book of Harvard lectures “Remembering the Future.” And that seemingly paradoxical phrase informed Gloria Cheng’s nearly all-British Piano Spheres program Tuesday night at the Colburn School’s Zipper Hall. In the first half, the pianist offered the United States premiere of Bernard...

Wednesday, September 21, 2011

JLo Debuts Video For New Single 'Papi' - Watch Now

After returning to the top of the worldwide charts with ‘On The Floor’ and ‘I’m Into You’, International icon, actress, recording artist, entrepreneur and American Idol judge Jennifer Lopez announces ‘Papi’ as the third single to be released from her worldwide multi-platinum album ‘LOVE?’. Having sold over a million UK singles...

Coldplay drummer wanted Rihanna's vocal

Coldplay drummer Will Champion wanted to sing Rihanna's part on one of the group's new tracks. The 'Fix You' rockers teamed up with the 'S&M' singer for 'Princess of China' - which is on their forthcoming album 'Mylo Xyloto' - but frontman Chris Martin admits she had competition from Will. He said: "There's a bit of a love story thread...

THE MISFITS ANNOUNCE NEW ALBUM 'THE DEVIL'S RAIN'

In 1977, at the dawn of the punk movement the Misfits set out to make an impression, and created a legacy that has truly withstood the test of time. Immortalizing black and white B horror films in their music, the Misfits developed a ghoulish and totally unique persona that's consistently evolved, while remaining true...

Kasabian's 747 gig 'will go down in history'

Kasabian fans can watch highlights of the band's recent Boeing 747 gig on a new online video.Whether you were one of the lucky 200 who got to go, or if you were gutted at missing out, you can see what went on at the Bruntingthorpe Proving Ground show, in Lutterworth. Kasabian Kasabian frontman Tom Meighan said of the gig: "This...

MASTODON STREAMING BRAND NEW ALBUM ONLINE NOW

Mastodon are streaming their highly anticipated new full-length studio album, 'The Hunter' online now. You can hear it below. This is their third studio album to be released on Reprise Records in the US and Canada and their first to be released on Roadrunner Records outside of North America. The release date is September 26th Several...

Tuesday, September 20, 2011

Kasabian heading for trio of number ones

Kasabian are heading for their third consecutive chart-topping album in the UK as former N-Dubz member Dappy looks set to start his solo career with a number one single. Columbia-signed Kasabian’s newly-issued Velociraptor is outselling its nearest rival, Asylum/Atlantic artist Ed Sheeran’s +, by more than two copies to one at this stage of the week, according to Official Charts Company Data. XL act Adele’s 21 is currently third,...

Jessie J in tears after being replaced by Ellie Goulding on Katy Perry tour

The Do It Like A Dude singer has scrapped plans to join Perry on her California Dreams tour in the US in November as she continues to recover from foot surgery. She tweeted: 'Having a cry about having to pull out of the Katy Perry tour. I am as upset as my #heartbeats (sic) believe me. My foot is just not healing as well as I hoped."...

Queen to launch official tribute band

Those were the days ... Queen's Roger Taylor, Freddie Mercury, Brian May and John Deacon. Photograph: Everett Collection/Rex Features Roger Taylor has announced plans for an official Queen tribute band. The group's drummer is recruiting "great-looking guys" for Queen Extravaganza,...

Wednesday, September 14, 2011

Coldplay, Lady Gaga, Elbow for Children In Need concert in Manchester

Coldplay, Lady Gaga and Elbow are amongst the acts set to appear at a special Children In Need fundraising concert in Manchester on November 17. Organised by Gary Barlow, the show will also see performances from Michael Buble, JLS, Hugh Laurie, James Morrison, N-Dubz, Snow Patrol and Ed Sheeran, with more names to be confirmed at a later...

Music Reviews: Jimi Hendrix - In The West & Winterland [Box Set]

Jimi Hendrix (November 27, 1942 - September 18, 1970) was shy of his 28th birthday by a couple of months when he died, and we'll never know how much more he could have accomplished if he had even lived another decade. In her coming of age memoir of life in New York City in the late 1960s-early-1970s, Just Kids, Patti Smith describes...

Hear Red Hot Chili Peppers' new single 'The Adventures Of Rain Dance Maggie' - audio

The Red Hot Chili Peppers have debuted their new single 'The Adventures Of Rain Dance Maggie' online. The track was not due to be released until later today, but after it leaked out early, the band have posted the new track online. The track will be available to stream officially from redhotchilipeppers.com from 8pm (BST) today (July 18)....

THE MEADS OF ASPHODEL Begins Work On New Album

Vocalist Metatron of the English progressive black metal band THE MEADS OF ASPHODEL will go to Krakow, Poland in November to research Auschwitz for the band's new album, to be titled "Sonderkommando". The concept behind the release is to see the Holocaust from the eyes of the Jewish Sonderkommando (these were the unfortunate workers who...

Tuesday, September 13, 2011

Could CDs Be Obsolete Within Five Years?

HMV chief executive Simon Fox has said he believes the ever-reducing market for CDs may be gone altogether within five years. Fox is quoted in The Sun newspaper today as saying while there will still be room for CDs for the immediate future, that could come to an end before this decade is out. “There will be a place for CDs, but it’s difficult...

Coldplay : A Rush Of Blood To The Head

Chris Martin has been doing a lot of thinking. While everyone else was digesting Coldplay's debut album, 'Parachutes', Martin was already asking difficult questions of both himself and his craft. He wondered whether Coldplay had the depth to improve on the concise, melancholic pop of their first set. Could they widen the picture? Did they...

Hurts top NME poll to find this year's best performance at T In The Park

Hurts have topped an NME poll to find the best performance at this year's T In The Park festival. The electro-pop duo, who played in the King Tut's Wah Wah Tent, fought off competition from headliners Arctic Monkeys and Coldplay to pick up the title. Our online poll, which received 400,000 votes, invited fans to rate performers from this...

Pop art! Music legend Annie Lennox celebrated in museum exhibition

She is one of the top female singers in British music history, selling over 80 million records and boasting eight Brit Awards. Now the success of pop legend and trend-setter Annie Lennox, 56 will be celebrated in a six-month long exhibition opening at the Victoria & Albert museum this week. Called the House of Annie Lennox this...

Dead and Divine, A Sight For Sewn Eyes Eastern Canada Tour Announced

Dead and Divine and A Sight For Sewn Eyes will embark on an Eastern Canadian run in October. Dates follow: Oct 05 Sudbury, ON @ Little Montreal Oct 06 Ottawa, ON @ Mavericks Oct 07 Montreal, QC @ Underworld Oct 08 Toronto, ON @ The Mod Club Oct 09 St Catharines, ON @ L3 Oct 12 Barrie, ON @ The Mansion Oct 13 London, ON @ Rumrunners Oct 14...

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