February 27th, 2008 by Sean
How is it that in this day and age Maxim can assign a star rating to it–without actually listening the album ?
The review of Warpaint–the new album by The Black Crowes in the March issue of Maxim. The writer who has not listened to the album since advance CDs were not made available wrote what appears to be an offensive assessment anyway, quoting “it hasn’t left Chris Robinson and the gang much room for growth.”
The magazine gave the album a two and a half star rating although the writer nor the editor could have heard more than one song (the single “Goodbye Daughters of the Revolution”).
When questioned for an explanation, the magazine described the review as “an educated guess preview.” which is pretty poor .
Black Crowes manager Pete Angelus said, “Maxim’s actions seem to completely lack journalistic integrity and intentionally mislead their readership. When confronted with the fact that they never heard the album they are claiming to ‘review’ in their music section–with a star rating, no less–they attempt to explain that it was an ‘educated guess.’ In an email correspondence , Maxim went on to state : ‘Of course, we always prefer to (sic ) hearing music , but sometimes there are big albums that we don’t want to ignore that aren’t available to hear , which is what happened with the Crowes . It’s either an educated guess preview or no coverage at all, so in this case we chose the former.’”
Angelus also stated, “It speaks directly to the lack of the publication’s credibility. In my opinion, it’s a disgrace to the arts , journalism, critics, the publication itself and the public . What’s next–Maxim’s concert reviews of shows they never attended, book reviews of books never read and film reviews of films never seen?”
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February 19th, 2008 by Sean
It appears that a Stone Temple Pilots reunion this year is not just rumor, but it’s almost certain. On January 20th of 2008, lead vocalist Scott Weiland told the Miami Herald at a charity event in Miami that Stone Temple Pilots fans “should be on the lookout for a STP reunion in the coming months.”
The rumor of a STP reunion had been circulating for some time since reported problems in Velvet Revolver rose up again, which also coincided with Scott Weiland reconciling with Robert and Dean Deleo, who were also the main songwriters with Stone Temple Pilots. Stone Temple Pilots broke through in 1992 with the release of their debut album ‘Core’ which has since gone 8 times Platinum on the strength of the single ‘Plush .’ Stone Temple Pilots released their last full length studio album ‘Shangri-La Dee Da’ in 2001 and the fans have been wondering if Scott and the Deleo brothers could ever reform.
While Weiland formed Velvet Revolver with former members of Guns N Roses and the Deleo brothers went on to release an album under the name Army of Anyone, it seems STP fans can finally get excited about the certain. We caught up with Robert Deleo recently at an Army of Anyone show to find out how he feels about Stone Temple Pilots long list of accomplishments and if there were any hard feelings between him and Weiland.
Deleo Proud Of Stone Temple Pilots Accomplishments
“You know, I haven’t seen Scott in awhile. I wish him the best and there’s no hard feelings at all. We just kind of moved on and I’m very proud of what we did.”
In 2006 Scott Weiland was questioned if he could see a Stone Temple Pilots reunion in the future and he stated “the only thing that’s left unfinished is the completion of the story . If all the planets lined up, you never know what might happen one day ,” implying that the end of the bands story had yet to be written . Recently, current Velvet Revolver and former Guns N Roses guitarist Slash, who is currently working on a solo album , mentioned a Guns N Roses and Stone Temple Pilots reunion tour wouldn’t be impossible to happen. Although anything that would involve Axl Rose certainly wouldn’t be easy to make possible. Look for Stone Temple Pilots to confirm their plans for in the coming months.
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February 12th, 2008 by jonny
Thomas Lang , one of the best drummers on the planet . Years of total dedicationm, immense aspiration and unmatched independence of limb has brought him to work with many artists , produce and create many instructional DVD’s as well as touring clinics.
At the age of 5 , Lang a native of Vienna , Austria, took up the drums after being inspried by a televised performace of a heavy metal band . “the drummer looked like he was the boss , and got to sit down”….well said Tom and how right you are
Thomas Lang has leant his expertise to Meinl Cymbals , Remo and Sonor Drums . Over his professional years he has also managed to feature on about 250 albums , countless jingles , movie tracks and singles .
Lang currently endorses Sonor drums and Meinl cymbals , and uses a Sonor X-Ray kit that was designed by himself and a Sonor Delite kit when performing live . Thomas has also had the privilege to design his own Meinl cymbals ,a Synthetik Crash , Kompressor Crash , Kinetik Crash , Signal Crash/Klub Ride , and Filter Chinas. All of these designer cymbals are available in even sizes between 8″ and 16″.
Lang also uses Roland electronics , and he certainly knows how to make the best of Roland’s electronic drums . Using a selection of brains and a multitude of pads and pedals , he is able to more-or-less mimic his full size acoustic kit and deliver a stunning performance .
2003 - 2007 Tour Kit
Drums - Champagne Sparkle or X-Ray Acrylic
Cymbals - Meinl
Please see this awesome video of Thomas Lang warming up on chairs !! ;
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October 10th, 2007 by PlayRecord.Net Management
The internet is an absolute goldmine for discovering and listening to new music. there is much more beyond downloading mp3 files using bit torrent or shareaza. What’s more - its all legal. so here is our up the the minute breakdown of the best ways and places to get all the legal free music you need :-).
Internet Radio:
Internet radio has been around almost as long as the internet itself. Our favourite player for listening to internet radio is winamp , which also comes with a comprehensive internet radio directory so you can immediately start discovering new music from the huge range of niche stations. another great internet radio resource is Live 365 .
Last.fm
A recent addition to the free online music world is Last.fm . after installing their special software you can enjoy your own customised internet radio stations. i hesitate to call it radio as their is no commentator or anything, its really just streaming music. The great thing is that you put in the band or artist you want to listen to and Last.fm will serve it up alongside a load of music that it classes as similar. This is an awesome way to discover new music which you are very likely to enjoy.
The downside of Last.fm is that it can sometimes be a bit patchy, and if you start typing in less well known artists or bands, the selection can sometimes be repetitive or completely unrelated. The reason for this is that Last.fm is built around a system called audioscrobbler which monitors the music that you listen to and creates relationships. so if you listen to The doors and then follow that with some jimi Hendrix, then Last.fm will link these two artists together and if someone else asks for jimi Hendrix, they are likely to be served up a side order of The Doors. (this is possibly an oversimplification, click here for the full power geek version.)
Last.fm was recently sold to CBS for $280 million, so its evidently a powerful platform that is here to stay.
Pandora
Pandora is another very powerful system which serves up customised internet radio. The system is entirely browser based, which is nice as it means you don’t have to install any software to enjoy it. Pandora is arguably more reliable when it comes to serving up related music to the artist or band that you specify. The reason for this is that instead of tracking peoples listening habits, the relations are worked out with an algorithm to determine similarity. click here for the full technical details, but suffice to say it works very well. The only drawback with this system is that it takes time and resources to work out all those relations for all that music, so you may find that Pandora is not able to serve up more esoterical or obscure music. However the stuff it does have is plentiful.
Music Blogs
If you are prepared to be a bit more proactive then the world of mp3 blogs can be a very rewarding place for the online music lover. mp3 Blogs are blogs (just like this one) that also serve up mp3s, usually accompanied with a bit of info and some nice pictures… imagine reading NME, but being able to hear the music that the journo is waxing lyrical about. fun
To best enjoy the world of mp3 blogs we recommend using this new firefox based web browser called songbird . This browser will automatically scan a blog for mp3s and set up a playlist for you to listen to the tracks quickly and easily. It really makes the whole mp3 blog browsing experience very easy and fun.
To find what you are looking for the easiest way to get started is to use an mp3 blog search engine. The most popular of these is Elbows . another great one to check out is Hype Machine . once you have found an mp3 blog that you like, you can start to traverse the mp3 blogosphere by following the links you find in that blog.
Conclusion so much free music out there that its hard to comprehend. We will keep our eyes on the scene and update this story as we discover more great sites. If you know of any particularly good ones that we should try, please post them in the comments.
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