Author Archives: Sarah A. McCarty
Playlist of the Week: Adam Yauch
Playlist: The Essential Beastie Boys Created by: TheSouce.com In honor of Adam “MCA” Yauch, who lost his battle with cancer Friday, TheSouce.com created this playlist for the Beastie Boy. Link: http://open.spotify.com/user/1222715213/playlist/73ljxoasEvR3IhLDJsXpuU
An unexpected side-effect from “Call Me Maybe” mania
Carly Rae Jepsen’s “Call Me Maybe” mania continues to sweep the nation. Just today I saw various light-hearted covers, attack articles and parody videos. I admit I didn’t really pay much attention to the song until yesterday after Los Angeles critic David Greenwald, founder of Rawkblog, posted a version of the song to his tumblr […]
Dry the River – Lion’s Den
I’m loving this song right now. If you listen, you must listen to the whole thing.
Playlist of the Week: Levon Helm
Playlist: Levon Helm’s Finest Moments Created by: Rolling Stone In honor of Levon Helm, who passed away Thursday, Rolling Stone created a playlist featuring some of his finest moments. Helm, the singer and drummer for The Band, was remembered this week by his peers, music fans, contemporary artists and publications. Hidden Track compiled sentiments from […]
Another piece of Janis Joplin: The Pearl Sessions
Legacy Recordings released today The Pearl Sessions, a two-disc edition of Janis Joplin’s final studio album. Joplin’s Pearl, originally released on January 11, 1971, was recorded in the fall of 1970, just before she died. Disk One of The Pearl Sessions includes the original album and original mono singles from the album. It contains such […]
Playlist of the Week: Coachella
Playlist: The Complete Coachella Playlist Created by: Fuse Tv The featured playlist for this week, which is bookended by Coachella’s two weekends, features almost every band performing at the festival. Fuse TV‘s list runs nine hours long. Whether you just attended Coachella’s first weekend and want to relive it, are curious about the bands you […]
Green Day tout “epic” trilogy
More than 20 years and eight albums into their career, Green Day are more prolific and adventurous than ever. The band, which spent the last few years garnering acclaim for the punk rock operas American Idiot and 21st Century Breakdown, just announced they will release a trilogy of albums, entitled Uno!, ¡Dos!, and ¡Tré! and due out September 25, November 13 […]
The Concert Tee: Memories threaded in a shirt
Pictures. Ticket stubs. Cell-phone videos. There are many ways to remember an epic concert, but one of my personal favorites is the concert t-shirt. According to Paste magazine, which just published 16 musicians’ reflections on their first concert t-shirts, the concert t-shirt is king. There is actually a wikipedia page on concert t-shirts, which claims […]
Bob Marley: An outsider with influence
Bob Marley—an artist who garnered followers throughout the world, inspired millions of fans and influenced the world on politics, religion, international relations and human rights—felt like an outsider. At least, that’s one of the stories Kevin Macdonald, who directed The Last King of Scotland, tells in his upcoming documentary of Marley. Macdonald told The Guardian […]
Playlist of the Week
Playlist: Easter – 20 Musical Takes on Jesus Created by: Ann Powers, pop critic at NPR Weather you celebrate Easter with colored eggs and bunnies, as a religious holiday honoring the resurrection of Jesus, or not even at all, you must check out this playlist. Artists often address spirituality and religion in their music, and […]
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