Review: Citizen Cope with Alice Smith in Tempe
While a mass of humanity took in Fergie’s (disappointing? gasp!) set across Town Lake at the Tempe Music Festival, we smart ones were filing into the Marquee Theater to take in D.C. / Brooklyn artist Citizen Cope. It was billed…
Ickmusic’s Friday Five: March 27, 2008
Guess who just got back today? Them wild-eyed boys that had been away, haven’t changed, haven’t much to say but man, I still think them cats are crazy. They say absence makes the heart grow fonder, but we’re back! When…
First Listen: Kensington Prairie
The perfect compliment to a cold and rainy day in New England, the debut record from Canada’s Kensington Prairie is one of the finest slices of Dream Pop I’ve heard since The Sundays Reading, Writing, and Arithmetic. The heart and…
First Listen: Duffy
When you start seeing and hearing this young lady everywhere you can tell your friends that you heard it here first. And while there is an overwhelming urge to call Duffy ‘the next Amy Winehouse’ I’d rather like to think…
Seeing George Michael
I’m going to see George Michael in concert. In June. There, I said it! Say what you will, brothers and sisters, but George’s music has always connected with me. I’m a sucker for his voice, the great melodies he puts…
Boss: “Something” in Columbus
photo from Backstreets.com The Boss made his Magic stop through Columbus on Monday night, and the crowd got treated to not one, not two, but three tour premieres: Something in the Night (mp3, live from the show) – a killer…
Bob and Tom on the 4th of July (Part Two)
As promised, here’s the second part of this nice collection of tunes from the July 4th, Dylan/Petty show way back in old ’86. An interesting note about “Rainy Day Women” – Howie Epstein plays slide guitar, and Mr. Tom moves…
Steve Earle performs Copperhead Road on Letterman (1988)
Steve Earle performing “Copperhead Road” on Late Night, 1988. I miss Letterman in the old NBC studio (now Conan’s). Look, Paul Shaffer with hair (sort of)!
Truth in Advertising
The second video in so many weeks to have me at a loss for words. Too funny.
