The News Review:
- Rock star Peaches promises to make aging cool
- New party modes arriving for ‘Guitar Hero’ encore
- Who rules the music universe? Taylor Swift
- Aggronautix Launches a Line f Punk Rock Bobbleheads
- Who’s playing music and where in and around town this week
- Jay Weinberg speaks: hockey drumming and the E Street Band
Rock star Peaches promises to make aging cool
New York Daily News
While “Cream” features plenty of Peaches’ typically transgressive and witty bon mots – as well as generous portions of her trademark synth-punk music – it jars more by bringing in something new: yearning. In the song “Talk to Me” Peaches begs a lover to return. In “Lose You” she peers into the well of loneliness. “At the beginning of my career I wanted to present music in the strongest way possible” Peaches says. “This time I wanted to push my own boundaries by pushing the vulnerability.
New party modes arriving for ‘Guitar Hero’ encore
USA Today
The newest version of the music game due this fall for the Microsoft Xbox 360 Nintendo Wii Sony PlayStation 3 and PS2 (no price set) lets up to four players rock out on whatever instrument they want all on lead guitar if they choose. And a new competitive Fest mode lets four players at home (and up to eight online) battle against each other for top scores. As the song plays when a player misses a note they lose momentum points and must hit 20 straight notes to regain the momentum. ?It becomes a little more competitive? says project director Brian Bright. There?s also new artists including Tom Petty (Runnin Down a Dream) and the White Stripes (Blue rchid).
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Who rules the music universe? Taylor Swift
Seattle Times
In the late ’90s alternative rock was the first music to blur the line between underground and mainstream. (Remember Nirvana sold millions of records. ) A couple years later pop-punk and hip-hop — in the process described above — sealed the deal. Formerly outsider music from urban centers — grunge rap punk — was embraced by suburban mass-markets. Ten years later it all coexists. These days Pitchfork reviews Beyoncé Solange Ciara and Rihanna. Megaselling artists particularly in R&B and hip-hop sit alongside indie obscurities in comfortable solidarity.
Aggronautix Launches a Line f Punk Rock Bobbleheads
About.com: Punk Music
This is the case with the company Aggronautix which has just announced their line of “Throbbleheads” immortalizing punk’s more colorful personalities. The honor of being first two to be immortalized in limited-edition plastic production goes to.
Who’s playing music and where in and around town this week
Philadelphia Inquirer
ff With Their Heads: Hoarse anthemic punk-rock trio from Minneapolis promises a slamming good time. With Higher Giant and Detournament.
Jay Weinberg speaks: hockey drumming and the E Street Band
The Star-Ledger – NJ.com
I mean everybody does but my mom’s super into the art the music and the culture there. She’d just bring us around to all these museums and stuff. That was a real education. Aside from the shows.