The News Review:
- Good Charlotte: Good Morning Revival : Music Reviews : Rolling Stone
- Cartel | Music Artist | Videos News Photos & Ringtones | MTV
- … Rocking Bilingually More Than Ever – News Story | Music…
- Stooges Take Weirdness n The Road – News Story | Music Celebrity…
- Metro Has A Lesson For Unruly Students
- French Kicks page 1 – Music – SF Weekly – SF Weekly
- Event to connect with ‘upmarket’ music fan.
Good Charlotte: Good Morning Revival : Music Reviews : Rolling Stone
Rolling Stone – Mar 21, 2007
Then came 2004’s overblownoverreaching The Chronicles of Life and Death and now comes GoodMorning Revival another album that gets further away from the band’s coreappeal: Its songs are dark and sour with shimmery electronics and sometortured emo choruses. Jumpier rhythms help and GC still know how towrite a hook. But “The River” isa cruddy L.
Cartel | Music Artist | Videos News Photos & Ringtones | MTV
MTV.com – Mar 21, 2007
The band’s biggest marketing break came in May of 2007 when they were invited to do a four-part MTV mini-series called Band in a Bubble. The show followed Cartel as they lived in a giant bubble-shaped structure on Pier 54 in Manhattan and were filmed for 22 days writing and recording their self-titled sophomore album Cartel. Although the album was planned for release in July just after the band left the bubble it was postponed while they filmed a video to promote the single “Lose it” and the record didn’t officially hit the shelves until August 21st 2007. setNGrp(1);lsConf. setNKw(10);lsConf.
… Rocking Bilingually More Than Ever – News Story | Music…
MTV.com – Mar 21, 2007
When Chilean-born Lady P. (Pilar Diaz) of post-punk quartet Los Abandoned sings those lyrics from the band’s 2004 single “Van Nuys (Es Very Nice)” she is echoing the sentiments of countless U. residents who straddle two cultures. “It’s sort of my childhood lament on being the daughter of an immigrant and seeing the differences between both countries and asking ‘Why did you leave something as beautiful as the Andes Mountains as beautiful as the Amazon forest and Machu Picchu for Van Nuys [California] which is just like cement and smog?’ “(See Los Abandoned Kinky and other bilingual bands speak up in this clip… Pacha Massive bassist Maya who was born in Colombia agreed. “It’s more socially acceptable to speak slang and Spanglish and I think that’s reflected in music. I mean music is a reflection of how society is evolving and changing and that’s been something you can see quite clearly — that Latin culture has been socially more accepted in the United States and around the world and more valued I think. As language and cultural barriers have broken down so has the rigid structure of the music business: The growth of independent labels and the Internet has been a boon to niche artists. Members of the Monterrey Mexico band Kinky said their bilingual fusion of rock and electronica encountered resistance from both English-speaking and Spanish-speaking quarters. “[With] purists of rock en español if you don’t fit with all the rules you’re just out of the picture” said singer Gilberto Cerezo. So a do-it-yourself attitude is key: “You need to use every window that is available for you.
Stooges Take Weirdness n The Road – News Story | Music Celebrity…
MTV.com – Mar 21, 2007
Subdued guitarist Ron Asheton added “It’s honest straight-up music. It’s simple rock and roll. It’s to the point it has energy. So what’s not to like?”And though some critics are praising The Weirdness — recorded onto old-fashioned audio tape with no overdubs in less than two weeks by renowned minimalist Steve Albini — for hewing to the Detroit punk godfather’s “classic” sound Pop wonders when the Stooges became such respectable gentlemen. “When we made the records that everyone said are so great now nobody said anything good about them or us [then]” said Pop whose devilish smile and boundless energy were still pumping hours after the show… It’s simple rock and roll. It’s to the point it has energy. So what’s not to like?”And though some critics are praising The Weirdness — recorded onto old-fashioned audio tape with no overdubs in less than two weeks by renowned minimalist Steve Albini — for hewing to the Detroit punk godfather’s “classic” sound Pop wonders when the Stooges became such respectable gentlemen. “When we made the records that everyone said are so great now nobody said anything good about them or us [then]” said Pop whose devilish smile and boundless energy were still pumping hours after the show. “So we don’t have that problem. We’re in our own world and we interface once in a while. It’s kind of like we have our own individual spaceship.
Metro Has A Lesson For Unruly Students
Washington Post – Mar 21, 2007
All the punks under 18 must ride on that car. All the punks under 18 must ride on that car… These punk kids even lay a hand on me or any other passenger rest assured I will defend myself and them especially since Metro apparently doesnt have the backbone to deal with the problem. Just because they are kids does not give then the right to infringe upon the safety and well being of others. Myself and other passengers have the right to a safe and peaceful ride. As far as Im concerned this whole campaign is nothing more then Metro blowing smoke and this behavior will continue. Maybe if the transit police would be more visible this would help.
French Kicks page 1 – Music – SF Weekly – SF Weekly
SF Weekly – Mar 21, 2007
0013 –>write to the editor | email a friend | print article | write your commentFrench KicksEd Banger keeps Paris churningBy Dave SegalPublished on March 20 2007 at 3:20pmDance music is going through a boom period. Labels like Kitsuné DFA and Institubes are giving clubbers and DJs more crank for their currency with a brand of track-making that emphasizes gnarly textures confrontational attitude boisterous beats and thrusting lewdness that borrows from rock’s more decadent descendents… Subject(s):Ed Banger Records Tour by Dave SegalNear the forefront of this phenomenon is the Paris-based Ed Banger Records. Led by Pedro Winter a former road manager and permanent support DJ for Daft Punk Ed Banger boasts a varied roster united by its desire to help you get your groove on — in a most rambunctious manner. ddly enough Winter — who also DJs and records under the name Busy P — claims he had no “proper business plan” for Ed Banger; he got into the wax-peddling game in 2002 simply to help young artists and to have fun. Sometimes playing it by ear can succeed in the perilous music business. While the last few years have seen minimal techno rise to prominence in Europe (though not so much in America) a backlash against it appears to be gaining momentum. Ed Banger can be viewed as a reaction to minimal’s ascendance although Winter claims this wasn’t intentional.
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