The News Review:
- Can Chris Brown save career with plea deal in assault on Rihanna?
- Punk’s Dead but Music Still Lives in Kenmore Square
- The Big Gigs: ur critics’ music picks
Can Chris Brown save career with plea deal in assault on Rihanna?
Los Angeles Times
" And her R&B duo with Ne-Yo on "I Hate That I Love You" lost to Chaka Khan and Mary J. Blige ("Disrespectful") and lost a R&B song bid to "No ne" by Alicia Keys. At this year's Grammys Rihanna lost dance recording again as "Disturbia" was bested by Daft Punk's "Harder Better Faster Stronger. " And her long-form video ("Good Girl Gone Bad Live") was edged out by Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers ("Runnin' Down a Dream"). Brown remains a Grammy loser despite five nominations. Besides those two collaboration defeats he also lost R&B male vocal for "Take You Down" to Ne-Yo("Miss Independent") this year while last year he also lost bestcontemporary R&B album for his self-titled debut to Ne-Yo ("Becauseof You") as well as best new artist to Carrie Underwood. And now that he's tinged by scandal can he ever win with the Grammys? As.
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Punk’s Dead but Music Still Lives in Kenmore Square
BU Today
thefoundationlounge. Tonight the Foundation has lined up three bands to play an array of cover tunes not strong on punk but returning to songs first performed during Kenmore?s music heyday. The Trim Von Clauss and Friends and the Richard James Band point to influences as diverse as the Beatles Led Zeppelin the Black Crowes Billy Joel and Elton John ? with some Pink Floyd and Allman Brothers thrown in for good measure. And if a cut or two from Joey Ramone or Peter Wolf were to show up in the mix that would be a nice tip of the cap to the neighborhood?s history. The music begins at 9 p.
The Big Gigs: ur critics’ music picks
Minneapolis Star Tribune
)Sofia Coppola’s favorite band and France’s trendiest export since (insert whichever fashion last came from Paris here) Phoenix recently proved on "Saturday Night Live" that they’re not some highfalutin pâté-flavored electronic act. Sure the quartet crafts innovative dance tracks and expects us to know the significance of composer Franz Liszt and turn-of-the-century Paris with their hits "Lisztomania" and "1901. " But their new breakout album "Wolfgang Amadeus Phoenix" is full of accessible playful melodies and simplistic pop bliss. See Sunday’s Variety A+E section for a feature on the band.