The annual Bridge School Benefit charity show was held this weekend at the usual location, Shoreline Ampitheatre in Mountain View, Ca. Neil Young and his wife started the event back in 1986. If you've ever been lucky enough to attend one of these shows, then you know how powerful they are. Various musicians coming together for an amazing cause and an excellent night of mostly acoustic perf
As most people already know, Jay-Z and Coldplay's Chris Martin have a widely acknowledged friendship that apparently transcends the stark differences in their musical styles. They have collaborated on Coldplay's Prospekt's March, which was their strong follow-up EP to Viva La Vida. Likewise, Chris Martin has contributed to Jay-Z's Kingdom Come.After hearing some of the collaborative work by the...
Bat For Lashes’ Natasha Khan recently described her stint opening for Radiohead last year as “very inspiring,” but also “really scary,” due to it being her first time performing for such large audiences. Well, that experience will certainly come in...
Just when a somewhat sketchy story about a musician piling on the “Coldplay plagiarized” bandwagon was starting to gain traction, Shynola, the team behind the awesome “Strawberry Swing” video in question have released probably the coolest plagiarism...
Like it or not, Coldplay will convince you that they’re “good guys.” As we reported in May, the band have already made big strides in the rock-meets-charity department with their patronage to Upbeat, a group supplying musicians who have mental...
As most people already know, Jay-Z and Coldplay's Chris Martin have a widely acknowledged friendship that apparently transcends the stark differences in their musical styles. They have collaborated on Coldplay's Prospekt's March, which was their strong follow-up EP to Viva La Vida. Likewise, Chris Martin has contributed to Jay-Z's Kingdom Come.After hearing some of the collaborative work by the...
‘Stick To Being Coldplay, Thanks‘I’ve had the privilege - some would say misfortune - of seeing Coldplay perform live three times following the release of last summer’s all-conquering studio album, ‘Viva La Vida’, and I think it’s fair to say that my own experiences of the tour have been somewhat varied. Just as every band [...]
Who the hell would have thought that Coldplay had it in them? Sure, the very tired sounding X & Y did have it's moments of grandeur- such as the towering, anthemic chorus of personal favorite "White Shadows" and the catchy, though hardly eye opening, "Talk." Yet it didn't prevent many of us from wondering if we would see the band release 5 more X & Y clones in the next 10 years. Would the band ...
It was October 20. Ottawa, Ontario. It was a dark, windy night. And a little chilly. The kind of weather best suited for a nice cashmere sweater and a scarf, perhaps a late-afternoon hot chocolate. Not a star was in sight, unless of course you count music act Stars at the Scotiabank Place arena. Having released the Sad Robots EP back in September, Stars were clearly excited to be performing li...
Well it's the end of another gorgeous month here in the heartland of the States. Gasp, I am an American blogger. I live in the armpit of America where nothing unusually awesome ever happens. Which is probably why I have so much free time to listen to music and play like my opinions matter {which we all know they really do}. Once again, though, the time has come for me to post my favorite re...
While you might be in the middle of putting the perfect costume together, I thought I'd just spill a little knowledge on some of the shows tonight. Down in DC the uber-band Coldplay rolls into the Verizon Center with Duffy while on a much smaller stage at Iota Junior League and The Resurrectionists play. Up [...]
Really horrible if you ask me. I'll be happy if Radiohead or Wayne gets album of the year. BEST NEW ARTIST Adele Duffy The Jonas Brothers Lady Antebellum Jazmine SullivanALBUM OF THE YEAR Coldplay - Viva La Vida Lil Wayne - Tha Carter III Ne-Yo - Year Of The Gentleman Robert Plant & Alison Krauss - Raising Sand Radiohead - In RainbowsPOP COLLABORATION WITH VOCALS Alicia Keys and John...
I am no Harvard Law graduate, but I'm pretty sure if you are being sued for plagiarism, it'd be a really really good idea to not go on a radio show and say you've ripped off other artists. Coldplay's Chris Martin did just that on a BBC Radio 1 show today. Martin and his band Coldplay are being sued by guitarist Joe Satriani, who believes Coldplay's successful "Viva La Vida" title-track is a dir...
"Yesterday news hit that Coldplay":http://mog.com/Charley_Rogulewski/blog_post/158862 were giving out a free MP3 of their first Viva La Vida single, "Violet Hill." So today I ventured into the inter-space to download the track via the Band's Web site. After being asked for my email, zip code and country of origin I was told to check my inbox for a link to the download. I ran into minor technica...