The News Review:
- … Premieres ‘Stronger’ Video In NYC – News Story |…
- Music Review | ‘True Colors Tour’
- Tooling Around page 1 – Music – Riverfront Times – Riverfront Times
- … She Was Surprised By Jay-Z’s Cameo – News Story | Music…
- Reviews of religious music a book and a Web site.
- Carl Bernstein Back on the Beat
- Pumping up promotions: Record companies are turning to aggressive…
… Premieres ‘Stronger’ Video In NYC – News Story |…
MTV.com – Jun 20, 2007
“I made so many mistakes the past year I started swimming in wack juice I needed to get out of” he said. “I would read blogs and they would be like ‘His shoelaces are untied he’s a b—h. ” He added that Late Registration co-producer Jon Brion even hinted that West should try to make music that made people see him as less annoying. “Instead of coming with ‘h I’m sorry’ that song is an emancipation” Kanye explained. As for the video itself… Well there’s no way we’re going to make Kanye abruptly end his West Coast trip pack his Louis Vuitton bags get back aboard a private jet and come straight to the MTV offices because we gave away the whole thing. But we can tell you this: There is an emphasis on performance and looking fly. There is a huge special-effects segment where Daft Punk dressed as helmet-clad scientists or doctors are pushing buttons in a control room while a machine big enough to fit a truck inside is working on Kanye as he lays on a table with wires attached to him — wearing nothing but a pair of boxers. When the clip was finished one person in the theater yelled out “Cassie! I think I love you!” But most of the praise and applause were directed at Mr. West and the video. “I’mma talk sh– and play it again” he said.
Music Review | ‘True Colors Tour’
New York Times – Jun 20, 2007
” A much more musical brand of theatricality animated the Dresden Dolls a duo consisting of the pianist Amanda Palmer and the drummer Brian Viglione. Their set was a concise demonstration of cabaret-punk. Palmer singing throatily at an electric keyboard held her own not only on the band staple “Coin-perated Boy” but also even amid the bombast of “War Pigs” the Black Sabbath screed. For vocal incandescence though she couldn’t top Beth Ditto whose band the Gossip delivered the night’s most unpolished and gripping performance. Backed by the guitarist Brace Paine and the drummer Hannah Blilie Ms.
Tooling Around page 1 – Music – Riverfront Times – Riverfront Times
Riverfront Times – Jun 20, 2007
For Beasley the point was always to do something original and unexpected. “Ben asked me to be in a band and the reason I said yes was because he just said ‘Do you want to be in a band?’” Beasley recounts. Not a punk band or a metal band (or God save us all a ska band). Just a band with no preconceived notions about what kind of music the trio would make. It worked with Corbeta Corbata eventually recording a full-length album that Beasley was later shocked (and even a tad embarrassed) to find in his peers’ stereos. “Eric and I were the dorks that the hardcore and punk people wouldn’t even pick fights with or hand flyers to after a show” 26-year-old Beasley says of his adolescence. Corbeta Corbata grew to make the rounds however frequently playing at the Lemp Neighborhood Arts Center CBGB and just about every dingy basement show in town.
… She Was Surprised By Jay-Z’s Cameo – News Story | Music…
MTV.com – Jun 20, 2007
Puddle of Mudd will return July 24 with a new album titled Famous. “It’s about passion and writing music that connects with other people and somehow heals them” frontman Wes Scantlin said in a statement. “I really want to try to crawl under people’s skin and at the same time make some kick-ass rock and roll music. ” The disc produced by former Black Flag drummer Bill Stevenson will be the band’s first with new members Christian Stone and Ryan Yerdon… Long-running indie ‘zine Punk Planet is closing up shop. After 13 years of chronicling and championing the underground the mag announced in a post on its Web site Monday that it is ceasing publication after the issue now hitting stands. A combination of decreased readership and advertising revenue and the fallout from a bankruptcy filing by the mag’s newsstand distributor contributed to the decision. The magazine’s Web site will live on as a social networking hub and its offshoot book line will also continue to publish new titles.
Reviews of religious music a book and a Web site.
Free with registration – Dallas Morning News – AccessMyLibrary.com – Jun 20, 2007
Reviews of religious music a book and a Web site. (20-JUN-07) Dallas Morning News (Dallas TX)… The catchy opening track “Let’s Go Back” sets the tone filled with hooky melodies and a get-up-and-dance beat that makes it a perfect summertime listen. Allowing only rare pauses to catch your breath as with the closing ballad “From Me to You” “Wake Up! Wake Up!” stands as Everyday Sunday’s most accomplished most consistent work. And there’s a lot going on here behind the high-energy music _ uncertainty apathy angst. “Find Me Tonight” hits home for those who are struggling _ “This.
Carl Bernstein Back on the Beat
Washington Post – Jun 20, 2007
"Metal-influenced and punk-influenced" shouts Bernstein proudly describing the Actuals’ music which is playing on the very expensive stereo system in his office. "With great pop hooks. "Bernstein is expansive feisty winningly sarcastic and testy about lines of inquiry he doesn’t like. Extracting answers from him feels at times like trying to jack a necklace from the home of a master thief. Ask enough questions about his past and he goes off the record and blusters at uninterruptable length.
Pumping up promotions: Record companies are turning to aggressive…
Free with registration – Chicago Tribune – AccessMyLibrary.com – Jun 20, 2007
And some time in the fall they will own a live recording from the band’s coming tour. The band’s label New York’s Matador Records hopes that an extra dose of songs — some available now and some when the cool weather returns — will help stem the flow of illegal copies of the new album and drum up a bit of extra revenue. Call it the summer of promotional love for music fans as record labels step up already aggressive campaigns to lure consumers with unique downloads bonus videos special vinyl versions and music that hasn’t been recorded yet. “The people who go out to the record stores on the first day of a release deserve something.