2011

New York Dolls, Poison, Motley Crue: Mississippi Coast Coliseum, Biloxi, MS, 7/8/11

On a tour celebrating thirsty years of sexed-up rock & roll, the Crue are cruising from town to town and giving their loyal fans exactly what they want. “You voted who we were going to tour with and you voted what songs we were going to play,” bassist Nikki Sixx announced to the crowd. “This tour is actually all about you guys”. And so it was. Putting all their past differences and discrepancies aside for a couple of hours, Mars and Sixx, Tommy Lee and Vince Neil stepped onto the lighted stage and threw down almost two hours of rock solid riffs and traumatic drumming to please you, the fan.

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Vanessa Carlton

Vanessa Carlton walked “A Thousand Miles” into the public’s hearts with her Be Not Nobody record selling two million copies worldwide. Her fourth album Rabbits on the Run drops at the end of the month.

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Ben Folds: Marquee Theatre, Tempe, AZ 7/18/11

And for a finale Folds played his role of Glee conductor and divided the audience into three part harmonies to sing “Not the Same,” his retrospective to an acquaintance’s acid trip turned born again.  28 songs in two hours is nothing to complain about, especially for a guy on less than six hours sleep, with plenty of dust storm related improv.  It might be too early in the game too coin Folds as an "American Original," but there's no argument that his hows certainly fall into the unique category.

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In Memoriam: Amy Winehouse Dead at 27

We’re sad to report that English vocalist Amy Winehouse has been found dead in her London flat today. The singer, who had become better known for her drug habits and

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Video: Bill Withers – Harlem

It’s been riot-inducing hot for most of the country this past week, with temperatures today topping out at the 100 degrees mark featuring a heat index of a mere 108

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Televised Tune: On The Tube This Weekend

Radiohead’s King of Limbs in-studio performance that was filmed for BBC will finally make its American premiere on Palladia this Saturday night at 9PM ET. The innovative Brits tackle all

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Vetiver: The Errant Charm

The Errant Charm, Vetiver’s fifth full-length album (and second with Sub Pop) continues a process that began with Tight Knit, moving the band away from this unorthodox folk into more traditionally structured California pop. Overall, most of the album has a subdued and gossamer mood, but to its credit, there is also an eclectic mix of breezy, sanguine arrangements combined with robust moments like “Ride, Ride, Ride that recalls an A.M.–era Wilco.

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