Author: Paris365
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The Joy Formidable’s “A Minute’s Silence” was released on vinyl on Record Store Day this year. An exquisite piano ballad, it doesn’t have any percussion or guitars, but it’s easily one of their very best songs to date. The melody is beautiful but melancholic and the piano is rather dark. The song also uses keyboards…
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They’ve finally made Vanessa Paradis’ new video for her single “Love Song” viewable from within the States. The song is taken from her exquisite album Love Songs, which will be released in France on May 13th.
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Here is The National’s first video from the album Trouble Will Find Me, “Sea Of Love,” out May 20(UK)/21(US).
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Here’s Imagine Dragons’ latest video, “Demons”…
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It’s funny that the opening track on this album is called “Sacrilege” because that’s what I initially felt about this album. Oh, like the rest of the world, I thought “Sacrilege” was a fantastic track. It’s truly amazing, the way it builds and builds, becoming something greater and more emotive as it goes on, and…
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When I see She & Him in concert in Boston this July the opening act will be Camera Obscura and I can’t think of a better match. For it’s Camera Obscura that immediately comes to mind when I listen to She & Him’s new album, Volume 3. A mere ten seconds into the opening track,…
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“Take me somewhere I can grow, give me something, let me go, or tell me something I don’t know,” she sings, armed with her acoustic guitar, with the tongue of a poisonous viper. You do not want to fuck with her. “I am a master, I am a master, I am a master, hunter,” she…
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Bradenton, Florida’s finest are back with a red hot new single every bit as infectious as past hits like “Secret Valentine,” “Heaven Can Wait,” “Party, Fun, Love & Radio,” and “Friday is Forever.” It begins with twinkly guitars then the drums and vocals kick right in and immediately hook you. “I’m all alone / holding…
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Until recently, I thought that Diplo and Major Lazer were two different people. Alas, I was wrong. Diplo is Major Lazer, Major Lazer being his reggae-ish alter-ego. Although many of the songs on Free the Universe stray pretty far from reggae. And I have to say — this is a very difficult album to digest.…
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I really hate that there’s a hash tag in the title of this song. It was obnoxious enough when will.i.am used one in the title of his new album. We certainly didn’t need Mariah to do that. It just seems like a lame attempt to capture the attention of the Twitter generation. She’s a living…
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Metallica’s Kirk Hammet and James Hetfield rocked the national anthem before the Giants vs the Dodgers game on Friday (May 3). The Giants proclaimed it “Metallica Day” at AT&T Park. Metallica drummer Lars Ulrich was also present and threw the first pitch of the night.
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The above was posted by the surviving members of Slayer on Facebook Thursday night after Jeff passed away. A tribute to Jeff from the Revolver Golden Gods Awards last Thursday night, which took place just hours after the world learned of Jeff’s passing:
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Although many of the songs were in English, Iggy Pop’s last two albums, Preliminaires and Après, were essentially French pop albums. Iggy is a national icon in France, arguably as popular as Elvis is in the States, so I’m sure one of the reasons he made those albums was to thank his devoted French fans.…
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“Everybody have fun tonight, everybody have fun tonight,” will.i.am sings during “Hello,” the first track on his fourth solo album, #willpower. If that sounds boring and uninspired, well, welcome to a whole album of boring and uninspired anthems. I’m talking about songs so horrifyingly bad that they make even the worst songs he’s done with…
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It’s hard to believe but Norwegian singer-songwriter/DJ Annie has been releasing music for over ten years now. OK, so technically her debut album Anniemal dropped in 2004, but she was DJing and releasing underground singles like “The Greatest Hit” as far back as 1999. Anyway, man, time flies. I feel like I just bought Anniemal…
