Archive for October, 2010
Exclusive: Rivers Cuomo Explains Weezer’s Cover Of “Un-Break My Heart”
We’re big fans of crazy covers, but when we saw the track list for Death To False Metal, the upcoming rarities album from Weezer, we had to do a double take. The last track on the album is a reading of Toni Braxton’s R&B power ballad “Un-Break My Heart.” What’s next? Could Weezer have a [...]
Single File: Kings Of Leon, Weezer, David Gray, and More
JP, Chrissie & the Fairground Boys – “If You Let Me” JP, Chrissie & the Fairground Boys’ Fidelity! isn’t a far cry from the stuff of Chrissie Hynde’s old band, but this time she’s got a young Welsh gentleman half her age singing with her about the perfect relationship destroyed by age difference. But they [...]
Great Quotations: Caleb Followill
“I didn’t think it would be a single, let alone the first one. I mean, the vocal, I mess up on the first verse, I mess up on the second verse, I mean, my voice is off, so I really didn’t think the label would want that as a single, but they wanted it first. [...]
Taylor Swift Covers Coldplay
Everybody, it seems, loves Coldplay’s “Vida La Vida.” Weezer included their version of the song as a bonus track on their new Hurley album. Joe Satriani, Creaky Boards, and Yusuf Islam would have loved to make some money off it (they each accused the band of plagiarism – it didn’t work out). Other artists who’ve [...]
Still Rolling: A Q&A With Van Dyke Parks
Van Dyke Parks may be one of the few acts at MoogFest you won’t see on stage with a Moog synthesizer. But that doesn’t mean the legendary songwriter, composer, arranger, pianist and performer doesn’t have a unique history with the instrument. “If anyone should be playing MoogFest, it’s me,” Parks says, half-joking, from his home [...]
Buzz Cason:Working Without A Net
Buzz Cason Working Without A Net ArenA Recordings Rating: Nashville music industry vet Buzz Cason wears many hats—among them songwriter, music publisher, studio owner and, most recently, touring Americana recording artist. His songwriting resume is hard to compete with and well worth noting; over the last five decades, Cason’s songs have been recorded by The [...]
The End Is Nigh: An Interview With Serj Tankian
Serj Tankian, best known as the frontman of System of a Down, has continued to establish himself as a solo artist to be reckoned with. Following 2007’s Elect the Dead, 2010′s Imperfect Harmonies expands on his unique metal stylings with the prominent use of an orchestra. Tankian is known for his prominent support of human [...]
Bob Dylan Gets Loose In Nashville
Bob Dylan and His Band are playing “Leopard Skin Pillbox Hat” when I arrive at Nashville’s Municipal Auditorium. There’s no time to buy beer. I give my ticket to the usher, who walks me right in front of the stage to get to my seat. And for a moment there, I swear I feel Bob [...]
Rod Stewart: Fly Me To The Moon…The Great American Songbook Volume V
Rod Stewart Fly Me To The Moon…The Great American Songbook Volume V J Records Rating: Growing old gracefully is a wonderful thing, and a lot of aging rockers would do well to take the lead of people like Sting or Robert Plant when it comes to doing this. But seemingly almost giving up gracefully is [...]
Great Quotations: Taylor Swift On Turning Relationships Into Lyrics
“If I continue to write music about my life and my life is always changing, then my music is always changing. And if I change that whole process of writing music, that entire process of writing songs in my bedroom about what I’m going through at that moment — because the only way I know [...]
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