You're Only As Good As Your Latest Song
Another Day On Earth writes and records a new song every day – and HEAVE gets a weekly update on this adventerous project.
Hi. Since January, and due to a severe chemical imbalance, I've been writing and recording a song each and every day. This has caused me to somehow lose friends but gain weight. I post the tunes on a blog, but I'm using this space to review the week's songs...
Posted by Lawrence Bonk on Jul 06, 2009 @ 12:00 am
The Michael Jackson Mixtape
We wonder if Michael Jackson has made the most appearances on mixtapes made for friends?
Last week the king of pop passed away - taking with him a legacy of phenomenal music and a career that impacted multiple generations. Despite the turmoil of his personal life, Michael Jackson was a musical genius, and a staple in music to any child of the 70s and 80s...
Posted by Lisa White on Jul 03, 2009 @ 9:00 am
The Twilight Sad Give Us 'Reflection Of The Television'
Cleaner production on The Twilight Sad's soon to be released album still paints a bleak picture.
Some might say that Glasgow, Scotland's The Twilight
Sad couldn't make us feel any sadder about life and how to live it. Their debut
album, Fourteen Autumns and Fifteen Winters, was a forceful
collection of "sad bastard" music turned up to ten. The
melancholy that usually permeates the Northern UK (Arab Strap, Tindersticks) is
best in small doses. For future reference, please refrain from rocking
out ot Mogwai if you are taking Paxil or Effexor – just a friendly warning. "Reflections Of The Television," taken from The Twilight Sad's soon to be released Forget The Night Ahead, has lead singer and chief song-writer James Graham painting a
bleak picture of being alone with only the TV to keep him company. Graham
sings in an accent as thick as Mike Myers' father in So I
Married An Axe Murderer, while Mark
Devine's drums sound like a house falling down you. The noticeably
cleaner production that would otherwise compromise a noise-pop band's
"cool status" only brings Graham's paranoid voice to the foreground. Five
minutes of genuine Scottish desolation worth listening to.
Posted by Joe Roth on Jul 02, 2009 @ 9:00 am
The Michael Jackson Debate
Is Jackson's death the biggest music death we will ever see, and should it be treated as such?
Mark Steffen - Michael Jackson’s death will most likely be the greatest musical death of our lifetime. Let’s face the facts: his music was good. This was no Madonna with her tragedies like Confessions on a Dance Floor or Bob Dylan with his sidesteps like Street Legal and Down in the Groove...
Posted by Wes Soltis on Jul 01, 2009 @ 10:00 am
'Chamber Music" Provides Some Needed Wu-Tang
Let’s all be honest – it’s absolutely impossible to hate Wu-Tang Clan.
Hope you’ve been holding on to your samurai sword because it’s time for some new Wu-Tang. Chamber Music provides some chill clippings to what Wu-Tang has been up to recently, even though we can’t consider this a full Wu-Tang release (RIP Ol’ Dirty Bastard)...
Posted by Andrew Macnider on Jul 01, 2009 @ 9:00 am