10 March 2010, 7:50 am
For the better part of two weeks now it’s been Chopin in the kitchen and Chopin in the car as I gear up for a piece to mark the composer’s 200th birthday, which was March 1 and has meant a crash course in music virtually unknown to me, except for those portions of it that are almost as familiar ... Read More »
10 March 2010, 6:47 am
Linda Ronstadt: Chapter 12.... Read More »
9 March 2010, 10:37 pm
Stall High School Band Director Braeden Kershner tries to break the old Guinness World Record for how many times he can fit his body through a tennis racket in one minute.... Read More »
9 March 2010, 5:32 pm
The veteran Americana rockers make everything sound easy on this scorcher of a disc, their first of new material since 1996.... Read More »
9 March 2010, 7:51 am
Here's a rundown of the albums available online and in record stores today: Gorillaz , Plastic Beach Blur frontman's cartoon crusaders face eco horror. Read Review Ted Leo and the Pharmacists , The Brutalist Bricks 2010's most hummably detailed political platform. Read Review Titus Andronicus ... Read More »
9 March 2010, 5:17 am
Solid post-punk rock from veteran scenesters, produced by Steve Albini.... Read More »
9 March 2010, 12:33 am
March 9 (Bloomberg) -- “Plastic Beach” by Gorillaz , out today, is a musical mishmash. It’s also ambitious and brilliant: 2010’s best CD so far. The record jumbles sounds and styles: seagull squawks, orchestras, hip-hop, Bollywood, disco, reggae, folk, Sergei Prokofiev , space-age lullabies,... Read More »
9 March 2010, 12:20 am
Gorillaz, "Plastic Beach"(Virgin) The gentle waves, seagull sounds and orchestral washes that herald Gorillaz' third album are a ruse. "Welcome to the World of the Plastic Beach (featuring Snoop Dogg & Hypnotic Brass Ensemble)" is the real intro, a dark-minded, brassy track that lays the plan for th... Read More »
8 March 2010, 5:22 pm
It's been a bad week for lovers of new music – so it's with delicious irony that Matt Wells and the Media Talk team were booted out of their regular, roomy studio so that an obscure indie band could record a session for our Music Weekly podcast . Nevertheless, Maggie Brown and Paul Robinson cram i... Read More »
8 March 2010, 12:18 pm
By Rachel Brodsky Ever since the release of 2007's War Elephant , John McCauley's raspy snarl and bittersweet words have painted the portrait of an older, more wizened musician. Known for creating a bluesy fusion of country music, rock, and alt-folk, his band, Deer Tick, has often raised the ire of ... Read More »
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