Not since a dying Freddie Mercury sang, “The show must go on,” has that line had as much meaning until the documentary Young at Heart.
Young at Heart is the name for an annual musical featuring a cast whose average age is 80 and eldest is 92. These fans of reserved music such as classical and opera are voluntarily pushed out of their comfort zones to where they sing rock and punk from bands such as The Ramones and Johnny Cash. Continue reading
Posted in Wicked Reviews
Tagged best documentaries, movie review, old age, Young at Heart, Young at Heart review
They’ve loved by underground poppers. Their individual songs may not be sensational (maybe as much a deliberate choice as their avoidance of Billboard fodder) but there’s an overall, alternate reliability to their albums. This Machine maintains that respect.
As pretty as the guitar and owl in the wilderness cover is, i don’t understand its relevance. Seems so folky. Then again, the sky isn’t blue so what do i know? Reality is different for everyone. The music’s more understandable. “You can beg but I’ll never stay,” sings opener, ‘Sad Vacation’. Continue reading
Posted in Indie & Alternate Album Reviews
Tagged Dandy Warhols, Indie, This Machine, This Machine review
Featuring the latest music videos from The Plastics, The Magnetic Fields, Feist, Patrick Watson, Beth Jeans Houghton & The Hooves Of Destiny, Keep Shelly in Athens, St. Vincent, Royal Baths, M. Ward and the Dirty Projectors.
Ex-Korn guitarist, Brian Head Welch, makes a very Korn sounding release which is ironic since the latest Korn album never sounded like Korn. Brian is sure to come under fire for sounding like his origins but i’ve no problems with that since he was instrumental to their development. It may be more debatable that his singing style mimics Jonathan Davis but he caught me in a moment when i was eager for big hard rock with a sinister undertone (and that’s either damn funny considering his religious conversion to or further proof that christianity is the most diluted religion of all).
You may have already guessed that there are no revelations here but a good afternoon headbang is sure to be had. Continue reading
Posted in Rock Album Reviews
Tagged Brian Head Welch, Chemicals, hard rock, Jonathan Davis, korn, Love and Death
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