The News Review:
- MUSIC; Return of the Dolls What’s Left of Them
- Kat Fuzz Music Buzz
- Web wise: Sites that killed TTP
- Unstoppable McFly top music chart
MUSIC; Return of the Dolls What’s Left of Them
New York Times – Jul 23, 2006
(More on that in a minute. Johansen a wayward Catholic-school student from Staten Island has spent a lot of time talking about his band’s legacy since deciding to the surprise of many to reunite with the surviving Dolls for a British music festival in 2004. That one-shot performance quickly sold out; a second was added. Then came a third and a fourth. And now what’s left of the East Village group that ignited the city’s rock scene in the 1970′s but imploded before cashing in on it has made its third studio album 32 years after its second. It’s called ”ne Day It Will Please Us to Remember Even This… ” And most remarkable of all — as these sorts of latter-day reunions go — it’s very good. The timing seems perfect. Catchy punk-inflected shout-alongs that reflect the Dolls legacy is rock’s main toehold in the pop arena these days. And there is a general return to the Dolls’ dress-up-and-put-on-a-show approach in the preening style of bands like the Killers and My Chemical Romance; even Green Day is sporting mascara. Wearing a tight ribbed white V-neck top black jeans and a tangle of amulets around his neck Mr. Johansen shows his taste in couture has clearly mellowed from the days when the Dolls were notorious for their transvestite fashion sense. He still has the unmistakable bearing of a rock star.
Kat Fuzz Music Buzz
Lakewood Buzz – Jul 23, 2006
06 By Kat Stewart Music Editor 07. 06 The annual Punk Rock Flea Market will be held at.
Web wise: Sites that killed TTP
Times nline – Jul 23, 2006
tv can count on big-name guests such as the Flaming Lips while www. net is a downloadable video show with a distinctly punk-rock ethic. TTP’s one-size-fits-all approach seems hopelessly eclectic compared with the highly focused beam of the web. Take world music: the slick French-run www. com features many artists who will never get anywhere near the Top 400 but video delights (only in Real Player format) include footage of India’s Debashish Bhattacharya making sounds with a guitar fretboard that Jimi Hendrix would have been proud of… ” Before being totally bowled over by the quality of acts such as Bloc Party Editors and Damien Rice remember that this is Holland. So the past four years of the Dutch air-guitar championships are also available. Remember seeing Nirvana playing Smells Like Teen Spirit on TTP in 1991? How can broadcasters today capture the buzz of a live act exploding off the stage? Each month Tiscali Music’s London-based Showcase nights (www. The site’s design is too busy but Delays and a pared-down Zero 7 are recent high-profile live highlights while exposure for a band such as the supercharged punk-spirited Louie who won’t make it to Television Centre for a while shows perfectly how the web can take the underground global.
Unstoppable McFly top music chart
BBC News – Jul 23, 2006
Lily Allen – Smile5. James Morrison – You Give Me Something Source: fficial UK Charts Company The Rogue Traders’ – fronted by Neighbour’s soap actress Natalie Bassingthwaighte – fell three to six with Voodoo Child while Nelly Furtado’s catchy Maneater also slid three to seventh. Sandi Thom’s I Wish I was a Punk Rocker fell three to this week’s number eight while Last Request by Paolo Nutini dropped to number nine. Gnarles Barkley rounded out the top 10 by rising 13 places with Smiley Faces. Allen and Nutini were both new entries in the album charts – at two and three respectively – with Alright Still and These Streets. Razorlight managed to grab first place with their self-titled album Razorlight.