Where Artists Come To Shine
Source:Wikipedia Head First is Goldfrapp's most powerful trip to date, a speedy rush of synth optimism, euphoria, fantasy and romance. With life affirming lyrics and stellar production it lifts off at full tilt and takes us on a journey to the heart of 2010. The duo's fifth album, 'Head First' … [Read more...]
When Pink Floyd closed out Live 8 with their magnificent rendition of "Comfortably Numb" back in 2005 the event became epic for a number of reasons. Besides the unlikely Floyd reunion, the funds raised by the event, and the multiple locations around the globe that participated it was the first time … [Read more...]
Kermit the frog once said, "It ain't easy being green," and for the people of Ireland nothing could have been closer to the truth. As potato famine spread across the land millions of Irish families, with little or no money, were forced to settle in the cities that ships landed in. Despite their … [Read more...]
Taken from a storming 2 hour set at [Burning Man's] Opulent Temple in the Black Rock Desert this past summer, Carl Cox released his debut Global Underground mix album, ‘Black Rock Desert,' on January 25th, 2010. Both CDs are bursting with exclusives. CD1 includes the whacked out groove of … [Read more...]
By Lindsay Wallace The Cold War Kids' boss Nathan Willett had more than enough of his own toxic-guitar to go around on the band's latest EP, Behave Yourself, a slight dip in consistency from 2006's Robbers & Cowards and 2008's Loyalty to Loyalty. The EP opener, "Audience", has a chorus you can … [Read more...]
Maura Kennedy, one-half of the folk-pop mavens, The Kennedys, released her first solo album on Planned Effervescence Recordings on January 19, 2010. Parade of Echoes is a thirteen-song soliloquy to the light and dark sides of pop, cast in the brilliant sheen of her carillon harmonies and bell-like … [Read more...]