The News Review:
- Simple Plan
- Jazz preview | Happy Apple punk jazz at Tractor May 19
- GUEST CLUMN: Long live real punk rock
- Busy season at Performing Arts Center
- ’21st Century Breakdown’ by Green Day
Simple Plan
Buzznet
This time around the boys weren’t focused on creating “pop-punk” music but rather just good music. And I know what this album title sounds like but get your heads out of the gutter! They picked the title Still Not Getting Any. because the band felt like they weren’t getting any respect.
Jazz preview | Happy Apple punk jazz at Tractor May 19
Seattle Times
A fan of one trio is certainly going to enjoy the other but one shouldn’t expect the same things out of both bands. Happy Apple delves into long-form improvisation exploring a single concept in more depth. Fratzke’s electric bass provides a stiffer underbelly and more of a rock-music groove. And Lewis’ sax gives the trio a different voice one with a wider dynamic range one that can sometimes carry more weight or do more with less freeing the other two members to extend themselves. The group plays only original compositions. The Bad Plus is known for covering well-known rock and pop standards. King described it as “more of a song band.
GUEST CLUMN: Long live real punk rock
Attleboro Sun Chronicle
Granted this may sound pretentious I admit it and I apologize but I think that in this case the term "punk rock" is used as a blanket-statement to represent today’s heavier alternative-rock bands who have been "risen from the underground" by their dedicated secret fans. (For instance how many Green Day fans have heard the CD "1039 Smoothed-ut Slappy Hours" Alkaline Trio’s "Maybe I’ll Catch Fire" or even Blink’s "Cheshire Cat"?) No offense intended but there are more accurate examples of what punk rock actually means. Try this: (and please believe me this suggestion is made genuinely in the spirit of enlightening kids to some cool music!): go to. com and type "NFX". Click on their (new) "Coaster" CD and listen to a sample of"We Called It America". That’s when you’ll probably see and hear what the classic purist definition "punk rock" really is.
Busy season at Performing Arts Center
27east.com
From folk to pop opera to rock Tango to punk comedy to cabaret and with some oldies and show tunes to round out the mix this texturally rich season will offer something for everyone. Six of the scheduled performers are Rock & Roll or Vocal Group Hall of Famers and many of the artists have earned other esteemed awards and nominations including Tony Awards Drama Desk Awards Emmy Awards Juno Awards and Lifetime Achievement Awards and so many others. ; and world music from the South African vocal ensemble Ladysmith Black Mambazo. The season also includes folk music from the timeless soulful and distinctively bluesy Phoebe Snow the queen of American folk music Joan Baez the dazzling vocalist and guitar virtuoso Leo Kottke the unique pair of musical rebels Steve Earle & Allison Moorer and the “Loud & Rich” musical collaboration of Richard Thompson & Loudon Wainwright.
’21st Century Breakdown’ by Green Day
Los Angeles Times
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