Archive for June, 2010
Nateva Festival To Offer Big Acts And Small Crowds
With headliners She & Him, Passion Pit, Grizzly Bear and The Flaming Lips, it’s no wonder music fans are flocking to the woods of Oxford, Maine, this weekend to catch the birth of the Nateva Music and Camping Festival. Running from July 2nd- 4th, Nateva is doing things a little different than most major festivals. [...]
Phosphorescent: Shining A Light On Country Rock
Stream songs from Here’s To Taking It Easy: “If there was a mission statement in Phosphorescent, it would be to follow whatever these songs are becoming on any given day,” says Matthew Houck at Nashville’s Ryman Auditorium at the tail end of a long run of shows. For the most part, Phosphorescent has served as [...]
Death of Auto-Tune? Don’t Tell Rock Band 3
Along with three-part vocal harmonies and a MIDI keyboard, Rock Band, the popular music video game, will now feature vocal pitch correction. In an effort to make the game more realistic, Harmonix’s newest version, Rock Band 3, will integrate real-time pitch detection and pitch shifting middleware from the audio signal processing company, iZotope, Inc. Pitch [...]
Eminem: Recovery
Eminem Recovery Interscope Rating: Eminem is looking for a new doctor. Forget Dre and his beats. There’s only one on Recovery—the certified banger, “So Bad.” No, what Detroit’s favorite son wants is Back to the Future’s Doc Brown and his time-traveling Delorean. Why else would he mention Michael J. Fox on two separate songs? Or [...]
Bruce Springsteen’s Darkness On The Edge Of Town Reissue To Include Rarities
Well, everybody’s got a secret, sonny…. Here’s an update on the Darkness On The Edge Of Town reissue that’s slated to hit stores this fall. E Street guitarist Steve Van Zandt tells a UK radio station (don’t ask us which one): “We put 10 or so outtakes on the [1998] ‘Tracks’ box set and we [...]
Honorable Mention | “Drive Backwards”
“DRIVE BACKWARDS” WRITTEN BY JANE GOWAN ONTARIO, CANADA Once I get to the bottom of this constitution once I close up the book and declare revolution once I convince the jury of this point I’m proving Once I find me a hobby or a new distraction once I reload this pez dispenser I’ve been packing [...]
Honorable Mention | “Just Shoot Me”
“JUST SHOOT ME” WRITTEN BY BARRY CRANNELL & BILL OSOFSKY PORTLAND, OREGON Dancin’ like old lovers But we had barely met I was a redneck Romeo She was blue jeans Juliet She told other cowboys “just move on” Like I was the only one I felt myself surrender And thought “Cupid, have some fun” Just [...]
Songs You Need To Hear: Griffin House, “Head For The Hills”
Nashville loves its “story songs.” Here’s a story that hits close to home. “I sat in my bedroom and wrote ‘Head For The Hills’ while the rain pounded Nashville and caused the city to flood,” writes singer-songwriter Griffin House, whose excellent new album, The Learner, takes a hard look at life and love. “When I [...]
Honorable Mention | “Dirty Welcome Mats”
“DIRTY WELCOME MATS” WRITTEN BY KIM POWELL SAN MIGUEL DE ALLENDE, MEXICO Rain brings a strange air blowing in Got to get back to myself again Don’t love you and you don’t love me But the past holds all this history When I was a girl I wished at the moon When the sun came [...]
Honorable Mention | “Rock Me To Sleep”
“ROCK ME TO SLEEP” WRITTEN BY PATRICIA S. COYNE ANCHORAGE, ALASKA The hookers are cursing The drunk drivers snore The shoplifter’s crying on this cold jail house floor, So I need you now, Momma like never before. Rock me to sleep, Momma, Rock me to sleep. (Chorus) Rock me to sleep. I remember the joy, [...]
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