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REVIEW: NOBLESSE OBLIGE: AFFAIR OF THE HEART
no·blesse o·blige [noh-bles oh-bleezh; French naw-bles aw-bleezh the moral obligation of those of high birth, powerful social position, etc., to act with honor, kindliness, generosity, etc. Origin:1830–40; < French: literally, nobility obliges Noblesse Oblige is a duo consisting of French-Caribbean performer Valerie Renay and German producer Sebastian Lee Philipp. While they’re new to many
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REVIEW: THIRTY SECONDS TO MARS: LOVE LUST FAITH + DREAMS
I don’t know why singer (and famous actor) Jared Leto and company decided to spell the word Thirty instead of simply using the number 30 this time around. Perhaps it’s an attempt to put some distance between this and their previous albums? But one wonders why they would do that when their last two albums
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REVIEW: FACT: BURUNDANGA
FACT released their self-titled major label debut in Japan in 2009 — a decade after they were formed in Japan’s Ibaraki Prefecture — and quickly gained a strong national and international following. They have since become one of Japan’s biggest and most-loved rock bands of the decade. In fact, their first two albums reached the
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REVIEW: DAFT PUNK: RANDOM ACCESS MEMORIES
“We’re up all night to get lucky,” Pharrell Williams sings as the now famous Daft Punk single “Get Lucky” comes to an end, but chances are you will be up all night to listen to this record. The thing about Random Access Memories is, it’s such a seductive and enchanting album that once you start
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REVIEW: MUSIC FROM BAZ LUHRMANN’S FILM THE GREAT GATSBY
Music always plays a major role in Baz Luhrmann’s films. The soundtracks for Romeo + Juliet and Moulin Rouge are two of the biggest-selling soundtracks of all time and they are masterpieces. For the soundtrack for his adaptation of The Great Gatsby, he sought out Jay Z and entrusted him to find songs that would
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Review: Eden James – Going Down
It’s hard to get inside my ears; it’s even harder to get inside my brain. If anything I have ever written for Love is Pop consists in pure, unaltered fangasm or clearly a cry for help, sometimes, it feels good to focus on someone with talent, who sends you music just because they can, that
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REVIEW: LITTLE BOOTS: NOCTURNES
It seems like just yesterday Little Boots — otherwise known as Victoria Hesketh — released her amazing debut album Hands, but it actually came out in 2009, and so four years have passed between Hands’ release and the release of her sophomore effort Nocturnes, which was released on May 3, 2013. There are a couple
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REVIEW: GABRIELLE APLIN: PANIC CORD E.P.
Singer/songwriter Gabrielle Aplin’s new single, “Panic Cord,” is taken from her album English Rain, which was just released in England today on May 13, 2013. (She is, in fact, English.) It’s the opening track on the album and for good reason: it’s a highly addictive song that showcases Gabrielle’s ability to write poignant lyrics and
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REVIEW: THE JOY FORMIDABLE: A MINUTE’S SILENCE
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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Review: The National – Trouble Will Find Me
This might be one of the most anticipated releases of 2013. The National’s sixth studio release is a beacon of what Brooklyn-based indie rock can offer: it features appearances from Sufjan Stevens, Sharon Van Etten and Arcade Fire’s Richard Reed Parry. Following 2010’s highly praised High Violet, Trouble Will Find Me has slowly leaked through
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Jack White covers U2’s Love Is Blindness… Again
Today, Bono turns 52. Today, the world finds out that Jack White’s cover of Love Is Blindness is part of The Great Gatsby’s soundtrack. Today, I need to revisit a few of my basic rules. Achtung Baby is unequivocally one of the most visited and revisited U2 albums, considered a landmark in alternative rock and
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VIDEO: VANESSA PARADIS: “LOVE SONG”
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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VIDEO: THE NATIONAL: “SEA OF LOVE”
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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Sarah Factor: “I wanted to learn how to be great at being myself and create that way.”
New York City is a place filled with unfulfilled dreams, unrealised hopes, and infinite potential. It is both exhausting and exhilarating. It’s difficult to find who sounds best and who matters in the general cacophony of the city, from open mics in the West Village to that one amazing once-in-a-lifetime concert at the Bowery Ballroom.
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VIDEO: IMAGINE DRAGONS: “DEMONS”
Here’s Imagine Dragons’ latest video, “Demons”…
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Do you, and will you ever tour the west coast of the USA ?? I’m in northern Oregon and would…