Before music there was silence
Outside Lands Festival. August 10, 11, 12 This party at Golden Gate Park has been going since 2008. San Francisco. Pay attention to the DJ Dome. Tickets are about to go on sale (4/19) Alabama Shakes | Allen Stone | Amadou & Mariam (French) | Andrew Bird | Animal Kingdom | Beck | Big Boi [...]
SOUNDLUST OP-ED I’m starting to understand why Axl Rose may have included that Charles Manson song on the Spaghetti Incident? release. They’re both fucking crazy. Manson directed his destruction outward, Rose’s destruction is all directed inward. Have some fucking fun man. Fuck. Go attend Saturday’s Rock N Roll Hall of Fame induction. Yeah, you have [...]
Madonna deserves to have the good come before the bad. Since, MDNA is an up and down, inconsistent affair a song by song review prevails as the best way to take it in. GOOD GIRL: The opening spoken words of “Girl Gone Wild” obviously are reminiscent of “Like A Prayer.” It also makes me think [...]
Who’s licking their Goldfingers? Face To Face and Goldfinger headline The Great American Barbecue & Beer Festival this Saturday in Chandler, AZ., noon to 8pm. A total of 12 acts will sweat their chops on two stages. Together with 200 kegs and 20,000 pounds of meat in a BBQ off, it’s going to be a [...]
Looking for new music — yes, aren’t we all. First go here to hear Ximena Sariñana, then go to the Crescent Ballroom Wednesday night and listen and watch her perform. I met Julio, one of Ms. Sariñana’s concert promoters, Sunday at a friends house and my ears perk up whenever I hear a name I [...]
Two months from now, Puddle Of Mudd will release a CD of covers; pulled from their influences and history. Their fifth studio release, Re:(disc)overed is a celebration of sorts for the polyglot band’s 10 years in music, and if someone’s gonna let them do it, well heck they’ll do it. They’re auspicious beginnings demand nothing [...]
Impulse buys don’t always work out. Foster the People was featured for as an iTunes free download. I’d heard the band was burning up the road getting seen and heard. I listened to “Helena Beat” for about a minute and bought the entire Torches album. On top of the unsettling feeling of not being sure [...]
If it wasn’t for one thing, I would think this band represents the second coming of Jesus. Well, his support band. “It’s A Good Thing” has an insanely catchy opening riff, that instantly sends your mind spinning into “Who is this?” territory. Not so much that Choo Choo sound like anyone, but that they sound [...]
Country music takes center stage with still stomping acts such as the Gatlin Brothers and Ty Brown. The 21st annual Festival of the West will be held March 17-20, 2011 at the Westworld facility in Scottsdale. Other acts include Lynn Anderson, Don Edwards, Dave Stamey, Waddie Mitchell, Johnny Rodriguez, Michael Martin Murphey, and Josh Gracin, [...]