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#16 album of 2012 – the Idler Wheel is Wiser by Fiona Apple

Artist: Fiona Apple

Album: the Idler Wheel is Wiser than the Driver of the Screw, and Paid Its Mortgage Selling Half This Rhyme to Mountain Dew™

Fiona Apple’s fourth album is built on

(1) impassioned, bluesy, yet highly articulate singing

(2) Charlie Drayton’s inventive, busy percussion (drums and cymbals, but also vibraphone; drumsticks tapping light-switches; moths fluttering into walls while wearing tap-dancing shoes; the wheels of tiny wagons pulled across pebbly trails by nervous midget horses; storage-room shelves collapsing; […]

By brian|March 18th, 2013|Reviews|0 Comments

Sly Stone Turns 70, Contest and New Box Set News

Sly Stone is Legacy Artist of the Month
Sly Stone is 70.

Now you feel old.

Sylvester Stewart, the heart of Sly and The Family Stone, had a groove for everyone over a decade of crossover success when the band fused every music of the day from rock to funk to pop to soul to maybe drawing the line at Creole. Over a period of just several years, everything the Sly and the Family Stone released topped Billboard’s […]

By George Bounacos|March 15th, 2013|People|0 Comments

American Idol Season 12: Cutting Down To 9

Even after the promised changes, new judges, and two less contestants in the finals, Wednesday night’s American Idol felt same old same old. The show was a mixed bag with some good performances and many shaky performances. It’s pretty obvious that the girls are much better than the guys. Could this be a carbon copy of season three when the girls owned the top four? It should be.

But with the new voting app where […]

By GG|March 15th, 2013|News|2 Comments

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