About two weeks have passed since the Italian legend named Luciano Pavarotti left us and the world is still not used to that idea. His fans and people from every corner of the world go and listen to his recordings or watch bits from the opera. But for some there are more pressing problems. Like his money. His second wife has an attorney named Giorgio Bernini and he has stated that in the final months…
As you most probably know a while ago the White Stripes were forced to cancel 2 months worth of touring, due to drummer’s Meg mysterious severe anxiety illness. Speculations always fallow mysteries and New York Magazine has come up with 10 reasons that would cause her breakdown. Enjoy ! 1. The cleaners keep washing her whites with her blacks and reds. 2. Difficulty of remembering drum part to “Seven Nation Army.” 3. The emotional scarring…
Old school indie rock band Les Savy Fav are back with a new record this week, in the form of Let’s Stay Friends, so a new video to go with it was a obvious choice. There not much to say about the video for “Patty Lee”, basically there’s a fashionably dressed teenaged girl dancing on the band’s music all alone, that is until she’s joined by the band at the very end. Ouch bearded groovy…
This is my favorite song from [tag]Interpol[/tag]’s masterpiece “Our Love To Admire”, it’s deep emotions that it inflicts upon listening are extraordinary, so I’m pretty pleased they decided to make a video for this as well and a very good one too, if you think how shady The Heinrich Maneuver was or how boring the live video for Mammoth was. Although the title might suggest a more explicit and sexual video, this isn’t the case;…
The Portland sextet Blitzen Trapper are set to commence their North American fall tour this nigh in Wala Wala, Wa. Afterwards they’ll head up hill, until they reach the cold plains of Canada, before arriving in the more warmer shores of Los Angeles, where their close their tour.
As this week is very important politically speaking, I couldn’t avoid posting video with a strong message, from one of the most politically active artists, [tag]Serj Tankian[/tag]. A month ago we premiered The Unthinking Majority, a video meant as a direct critique to the current US administration and war in Iraq, now “Empty Walls” follows the same path and interestingly tries to prove that we’re all just a bunch of kinder garden kids. Twin lego…
Possibly the best musical of the year Across The Universe is a fictional love story set in the 1960s amid the turbulent years of anti-war protest, the struggle for free speech and civil rights, mind exploration and rock and roll. Sounds a bit cliché, all the main theme has be made, remade and regurgitated thousands of times, but here’s where the real magic kicks in: the events and plot itself is shown in such a…
It seems bands are getting a nasty habit for canceling gigs, no sudden illness has struck the [tag]Kaiser Chiefs[/tag], but rather urge for new material, at least that’s what they say. Here’s the official press release: “We’d like to apologize to fans in America and Canada, especially those who have already bought tickets, but something had to give. We’ve been extremely busy all year and had no time to focus on the future, we plan…
Regarded by many as the Princess of Pop [tag]Kylie Minogue[/tag] has been on a long hiatus for four year now, due to her dreadful brest cancer illness. She is a strong woman though and she managed to fight with the disease and eventually conquering it; those who’ve watched her live shows part of the Showgirl Greatest Hits tour know what I mean. Now Kylie is preparing to release her 10th studio effort some time in…
Yesterday [tag]White Stripes[/tag] fans everywhere had been disappointed by the shocking announcement that the band was forced to cancel it’s US tour dates, due to Meg White’s acute anxiety issues that renders her unable to travel. Now the rest of the tour has been scrapped as well, as it can been seen at the WS website. “The White Stripes have canceled all remaining tour dates through the end of the year. This includes all dates…
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