One of the most wonderfully abrasive concerts Listen, Dammit, has ever seen came courtesy of Pissed Jeans, a group of Pennsylvania noise-rock reprobates who managed to blow the power in a tiny makeshift venue in New Haven, Conn., not once, but twice.
The band’s brief performance consisted largely of thrashing and churning, which closely mirrored the [...]
August 21, 2009 at 9:30 am | Share |
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A few years ago at the Pitchfork Music Festival in Chicago, Listen, Dammit, overheard some hipster kid say to his friend, “First and foremost, Jay Reatard is making some of the best music in the world right now.”
That kid was absolutely right, as long as you’re into fast and loose punk rock with a late-’60 [...]
August 19, 2009 at 10:00 am | Share |
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The era of the soulful acoustic hip-hop cover hasn’t ended yet: Chicago singer and songwriter William Fitzsimmons has tackled Kanye West’s “Heartless,” and where Kanye’s version is defiant and angry, Fitzsimmons gives the tune a weary and sorrowful air.
Fitzsimmons, who has landed songs on “Grey’s Anatomy” and “General Hospital,” released his latest album, “The Sparrow [...]
August 7, 2009 at 6:00 pm | Share |
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