The News Review:
- Punk Core Records
- Pittsburgh music got outta town in 2006
- … Dolly Parton Salute Yanked – News Story | Music Celebrity…
- Ten organizations receive grants from music fund.
- They heard ‘unheard music’
Punk Core Records
Aversion – Dec 21, 2006
From the up-to-11 guitars on "Disappointed" to the absolutely derivative arrangements of "Shit For Dreams" it?s clear the Devotchkas aren?t giving their music any thought. Instead they simply regurgitate years and years of unoriginal drivel and pour out just what is expected of every mohawked super-punked band: boring absolutely non-threatening noise. What?s worse the band?s lyrics can?t hold a candle to its insipid punk music. Apparently the concept of meter and rhyme have yet to filter down to the underground as the Devotchkas? lyrics are about as inept and awkward as anything this side of free verse. Cramming eight sylables? worth of words into a space with room for three makes many of the band?s lyrics indecipherable as well as humorously bumbling. Cryptically delivered lyrics may serve to help out the band as when it?s clear what it sings about it?s hard not to be overcome with derision. Whether it indulges in enough ethnocentricism to make a redneck proud in "Hip Hop Kids" or chronicles the always-interesting tale of a V.
Pittsburgh music got outta town in 2006
Pittsburgh Post-Gazette – Pittsburgh Post Gazette – Dec 21, 2006
htm –>Pittsburgh music got outta town in 2006A breakout yearThursday December 21 2006By Scott Mervis Pittsburgh Post-GazetteThis could have been the best year for Pittsburgh music nationally since the City of Champions days when the Iron City Houserockers The Silencers Norm Nardini and Donnie Iris all had major label contracts. In 2006 the sound from Pittsburgh was much more diverse as we had the likes of Girl Talk Anti-Flag Wiz Khalifa the Dirty Faces and Weird Paul all touring and gathering attention in the rock press. That’s two punk bands a mashup artist a rapper and a lo-fi “freak folk” artist. And that’s not even mentioning the return of Wexford’s own Christina Aguilera the rise of the Indiana County-bred teen-pop girl group Everlife or the amazing exploits of TV on the Radio (featuring two Pittsburgh members). Here’s a look at the biggest local pop music stories of 2006:WIZ KHALIFA: STAR IN THE MAKING… Click photo for larger image. The spiky political punks totally sold out signing to RCA and playing a patriotic Super Bowl halftime show with Jessica Simpson Toby Keith and the Dallas Cowboy cheerleaders. Actually only the RCA part is true. Anti-Flag went about its usual business of taking down the Bush administration with “For Blood and Empire” a world tour and a headlining slot on the Vans Warped Tour. Anti-Flag also made its network debut ripping through “Die for Your Government” to a circle pit on “Jimmy Kimmel Live. The band also kept its hand in political activism this time supporting the troops.
… Dolly Parton Salute Yanked – News Story | Music Celebrity…
MTV.com – Dec 21, 2006
The Cure will headline the ninth annual Ultra Music Festival at the Winter Music Conference in Miami on March 23 and 24. Tiësto (who rarely performs live) Deep Dish Shiny Toy Guns Miss Kittin Paul van Dyk Carl Cox Erick Morillo Danny Tenaglia and Ferry Corsten are also on the bill… Rancid fans witnessed what may well be the closest thing to a reunion of legendary East Bay California punk outfit peration Ivy during a concert in San Francisco on Sunday night. According to The Mercury News p Ivy frontman Jesse Michaels joined former bandmates Tim Armstrong and Matt Freeman during the Rancid gig for a rendition of “Unity” — marking the first time the three have played together since the band split back in 1989. Former peration Ivy drummer Dave Mello did not perform.
Ten organizations receive grants from music fund.
Free with registration – Buffalo News – AccessMyLibrary.com – Dec 21, 2006
21–Ten Western New York cultural and community organizations have been awarded $784000 in the second round of grants from the New York State Music Fund. The nonprofit program was created by the state attorney general’s office under a settlement with companies accused of bribing radio stations and disc jockeys to play their artists’ music. It aims to make contemporary music of all kinds available to audiences and communities across the state. CPYRIGHT 2006 The Buffalo News.
They heard ‘unheard music’
San Diego Union Tribune – Dec 21, 2006
The Blasters fronted by brothers Phil and Dave Alvin opened in wary fashion the band uncertain how its roots-rock was being received and the crowd not sure they should be liking the then-untrendy music. X has no such doubts. “I knew I was supposed to like it. That was the first time we met them – we became friends that night with them… The Blasters fronted by brothers Phil and Dave Alvin opened in wary fashion the band uncertain how its roots-rock was being received and the crowd not sure they should be liking the then-untrendy music. X has no such doubts. “I knew I was supposed to like it. That was the first time we met them – we became friends that night with them. That was a great show” Cervenka said by cell phone as she and her current band The riginal Sinners headed toward Philadelphia.