Let’s Hear It For New York!

November 9, 2009 By 2 Comments

Oh how I love this glorious city.  I would live here my whole life if I could.  Below is a beautifully shot video and achingly catchy anthem from two real New Yorkers.  Several times in the last week I’ve watched it over and over consecutively.  My favorite thing about it is how authentically New York [...]

Filed Under: Bob Dylan, Music, Music Reviews, Music Videos, Videos Tagged With: , , , , 2 Comments

The Best 7 Minutes, 13 Seconds Of Tom Petty’s Career

October 21, 2009 By Leave a Comment

I say this with no exaggeration: I have heard all the albums and hundreds of live concerts many many times and this performance of Refugee from his Take The Highway tour features the most perfect realization of one of Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers’ most perfect songs. It has the fullest and most exciting and [...]

Filed Under: Music, Music Reviews, Music Videos, Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers, Videos Tagged With: , , , , Leave a Comment

God Is In The House

September 11, 2009 By Leave a Comment

As I’ve mentioned before:  As far as I go, no singer/songwriter better explores the theme of religion or better employs religious imagery than Nick Cave.  Very few people write either religious music or music about religion that avoids either preaching on its behalf or railing against it.  Nick Cave is liberated from any creedal loyalty [...]

Filed Under: Arts, Christianity, Culture, Cutural Criticism, Fundamentalism, Indie Music, Indie Rock, Music, Music Reviews, Music Videos, Pop Culture, Religion, Religious Satire, Sarah Palin, Videos Tagged With: , , , , , , , , , Leave a Comment

Anthems For A Seventeen Year Old Girl

July 18, 2009 By Leave a Comment

In honor of Metric’s appearance promoting their new album “Fantasies” on David Letterman just now, here is the song in which Metric’s lead singer Emily Haines first completely mesmerized me (and many others).  Her voice and performances are so completely alluring that I keep going back and listening to her even though her song writing [...]

Filed Under: Indie Music, Indie Rock, Music, Music Reviews, Music Videos, Videos Tagged With: , , , , , , , , Leave a Comment