| calendarlive.com: Muse
On its three previous releases, this English rock outfit seemed like a casserole stuffed with the leftover vocal stylings of Radiohead and the thundering drums and shredding guitar of Tool. An interesting mix of flavors, but the notes felt so familiar that the result was ultimately unsatisfying.
The trio has apparently let new sounds simmer after a yearlong hiatus, and while "Black Holes and Revelations" (in stores Tuesday) is yet another sonic melange, its elements are fresher. The album opens with tickles of synth, and the first four tracks carry a decidedly more poppy, electronic feel. The first single, "Supermassive Black Hole," is a jaw-dropping departure, boasting a baffling, Justin Timberlake-like falsetto, a bizarrely danceable beat and infectious, cheeky riffs.
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Bay Chamber Concerts Summer Music Festival Update, Events July 19 ...
ROCKPORT (July 10): Summer is turning up the heat, and so is Bay Chamber Concerts. The Vermeer Quartet performs two nights of music with Andrew Wolf Award Winner Max Levinson on July 12 and 13. Also featured on the bill on July 12 is Bay Chamber Concerts Artistic Director Thomas Wolf in his one appearance of the summer. This summer, concerts are held every Wednesday night at the Strand Theatre in Rockland and Thursday nights at the historic Rockport Opera House. Twenty-Two Strings
Year after year, Bay Chamber Concerts receives requests for concerts featuring the guitar. The spring featured the all-woman guitar concert "La Guitara" on stage at the Strand Theatre, resulting in a sold out performance. This summer offers the classical guitar of David Leisner, who has made a career out of finding and performing unusual guitar chamber music.
Guitar Signed By DEEP PURPLE Auctioned For Charity - July 10, 2006
Mick Box of URIAH HEEP has collected a bunch of famous names in rock to sign a white Telecaster which will be sold on eBay with the proceeds going to a cancer charity. Among the people who signed the guitar is the current lineup of DEEP PURPLE and David Coverdale (WHITESNAKE, ex-DEEP PURPLE). Mick has also posted some pictures from the gig URIAH HEEP did with DEEP PURPLE in Bad Brückenau.
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Macca's first guitar up for auction
The first guitar Paul McCartney ever played is up for sale. Schoolboy McCartney learned his first chords on the Rex acoustic guitar belonging to his best friend Ian James. Now the instrument is expected to fetch over 100,000 at auction later this month. It comes with a letter from the former Beatles which states: "The above guitar belonging to my old school pal Ian James was the first guitar I ever held. "It was also the guitar on which I learnt my first chords in his house at 43 Elswich Street, Liverpool 8." Ian's guitar lessons helped shape the course of music history. On July 6, 1957, 15-year-old McCartney attended a summer fete at St Peter's Church Hall in Woolton, Liverpool. A young John Lennon was playing there with his band, The Quarrymen.
Discs ; IN STORES TOMORROW
Yorke's first solo album proves he's the brains, but not the brawn, behind Radiohead. Currently on a revitalizing world tour, Radiohead is reminding fans that rock 'n' roll lives with new, guitar-heavy material. At the same time, Yorke's "The Eraser" is an anti-rock album. It's high-art electronica pop, yet, unlike Radiohead's "Kid A" and "Amnesiac," there are enough hooks to keep even casual fans interested. Over a sonic palette of mostly blips and beeps, Yorke's unmistakable voice and poetic lyrics supply the diversity. Made up of laptop loops and synths, the political diatribe "Harrowdown Hill" and the love-gone-wrong title track exemplify Yorke's rare ability to craft pop without guitar, bass or drums. Download: "The Eraser." - JED GOTTLIEB ** Every cloud has a . . . SOUL ASYLUM "The Silver Lining" (Legacy) Grade: B- The boys in Soul Asylum began their careers as nasty little Minneapolis alt-rockers palling around with peers the Replacements and Husker Du.
Sir Paul McCartney
London: The first guitar that Sir Paul McCartney held and played is expected to fetch more than 100,000 pounds when it is auctioned at Abbey Road Studios in London on 28 July. Sir Paul learned his first chords on the Rex acoustic instrument, which was owned by his best friend, Ian James. The instrument is accompanied by a letter of authenticity from the former Beatle which says, The above guitar is the first I ever held. James, also 64, is selling it to help fund his retirement, reports the Sun.
-- Asian News International (ANI) .
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