San Francisco’s Golden Gate Park hosted the First Annual Outside Lands Music & Arts Festival to much applause and yearning. With so much available open space, it’s hard to imagine that there hasn’t been a music festival that has rocked the park past sunset. … Continue reading…Outside Lands 08: Day One (Friday)
“The audience will understand that it’s in the national interest.” — Chen Qigang, chief music director of the Beijing Olympics opening ceremony, on why the Chinese government had one girl sing while a cuter girl lip-synched for the international audience … Continue reading…Chen Qigang On The Beijing Olympics Lip-Synching
The debut album from What Laura Says hits you with what feels like a “Cliff Notes” version of music history. … Continue reading…What Laura Says – Thinks And Feels (2008)
The film and jazz music are perfectly summed up with a line by Wayne after witnessing Turner get helped to his room after another drunken night: “Even the most beautiful things can be the most painful.” … Continue reading…Round Midnight (1986)
Toy Tugboats is the culmination of years of writing and composing over the course of several years during tour traveling and basically with any free second the musicians had. The album’s consistency is remarkable. Never flashy and never overt, Sunfold gives Annuals a run for their money. … Continue reading…Sunfold – Toy Tugboats (2008)