http://new.music.yahoo.com/blogs/ Mon, 04 Aug 2008 20:44:20 -0800 Yahoo! http://new.music.yahoo.com/blogs/spin/2939/italian-rockers-fuhgeddaboutit/ It occurred to me that, you know, the Italians have given the world a lot. But they haven't given us a great rock band. But maybe, like kids who flourish when they get out from under their parent's expectations, Italians had to get away from the land of Da Vinci and Michelangelo in order to produce good rock‘n'roll, because Italian-Americans have kicked out some spicy jams. Mon, 04 Aug 2008 20:44:20 -0800 David Marchese http://new.music.yahoo.com/blogs/spin/2931/for-those-about-to-sleep/ Last Sunday night, Spiritualized made me want to go to sleep. And thank goodness for that. Seeing the band play live, where leader Jason Pierce's weary croon and his bandmates' floating electric guitars and bleary keyboards come together in hazy majesty, made me realize how much I enjoy listening to the veteran British psych-rockers before going to bed. Tue, 29 Jul 2008 01:08:38 -0800 David Marchese http://new.music.yahoo.com/blogs/spin/2926/the-ten-best-batsongs/ As you surely know by now, The Dark Knight scored the biggest opening-weekend box office take in Hollywood history. I've listed the 10 best songs that have appeared on the soundtrack to a Batman movie. And no, Steve Miller's "The Joker" isn’t on the list. Tue, 22 Jul 2008 00:27:51 -0800 David Marchese http://new.music.yahoo.com/blogs/spin/2910/summer-bummers/ There's been a lot of scuttlebutt this summer about the lack of a breakout seasonal single. Unlike in past years, there's been no ubiquitous jam--no "Crazy" or " Umbrella" to accompany the sounds of splashing in the pool or cracking open a cool one. Tue, 15 Jul 2008 01:07:42 -0800 David Marchese http://new.music.yahoo.com/blogs/spin/199/stand-and-salute-rocks-most-anthemic-bands/ I recently went to check out a band called the Good Gospel Truth. A Brooklyn quartet originally from Tennessee, these guys put on one of the best club shows I've seen in a long time. In a word: anthemic. Tue, 08 Jul 2008 00:57:33 -0800 David Marchese http://new.music.yahoo.com/blogs/spin/72/confessions-of-a-coldplay-convert/ I’d pretty much sworn off large-scale concerts. But I’ve had a change of heart. Actually, I've had two. The thing that changed my mind about massive shows was itself something I’d been ambivalent about: Coldplay. Wed, 02 Jul 2008 00:33:46 -0800 David Marchese http://new.music.yahoo.com/blogs/spin/66/no-surpriseswhat-music-and-the-mona-lisa-have-in-common/ In the course of looking for some information about the gorgeous new Vetiver album, Thing of the Past, a gently hushed and sweetly rambling collection of obscure covers, I stumbled across a website offering a mix of frontman Andy Cabic's favorite songs; 27 songs by 27 different artists. Tue, 24 Jun 2008 20:34:03 -0800 David Marchese http://new.music.yahoo.com/blogs/spin/63/the-weezy-way/ Would you be excited or exhausted if your favorite act released music at Weezy's rate? Given that the music business is no stranger to copycatting, you just might have a chance to find out. Mon, 16 Jun 2008 23:57:14 -0800 David Marchese http://new.music.yahoo.com/blogs/spin/38/the-buddhist-way/ I write this while contemplating the recent protests surrounding the Olympic torch runs through San Francisco, London, Paris, and Olympia, as well as the recent images of protests inside Tibet and Nepal and scenes of French, British, Greek, and Nepalese police beating and arresting protestors. Not to mention the Chinese police and security forces shooting live ammunition into a unarmed crowd. Fri, 09 May 2008 18:56:17 -0800 Ian Astbury http://new.music.yahoo.com/blogs/spin/17/eating-crowes/ Did most people even know the Black Crowes had a new album? Mon, 03 Mar 2008 21:25:21 -0800 Doug Brod