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> <channel><title>California Literary Review &#187; Music</title> <atom:link href="http://calitreview.com/category/topics/music/feed" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml" /><link>http://calitreview.com</link> <description>An arts and culture magazine.</description> <lastBuildDate>Thu, 24 May 2012 17:23:39 +0000</lastBuildDate> <language>en</language> <sy:updatePeriod>hourly</sy:updatePeriod> <sy:updateFrequency>1</sy:updateFrequency> <generator>http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2</generator> <item><title>Album Review:  Iggy Pop&#8217;s Après</title><link>http://calitreview.com/26833</link> <comments>http://calitreview.com/26833#comments</comments> <pubDate>Fri, 18 May 2012 08:58:04 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Michelle Lopes</dc:creator> <category><![CDATA[Blog-Music]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Music]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Apres]]></category> <category><![CDATA[bel canto]]></category> <category><![CDATA[chanteuse]]></category> <category><![CDATA[cover]]></category> <category><![CDATA[cover album]]></category> <category><![CDATA[cover songs]]></category> <category><![CDATA[French]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Iggy Pop]]></category> <guid
isPermaLink="false">http://calitreview.com/?p=26833</guid> <description><![CDATA[To those unacquainted with Iggy Pop's vocals let it be known that they are not merely idiosyncratic, they are bewitching – a feast of aural mesmerism that groans, quavers, and wavers with bass-driven emotion.]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://calitreview.com/26833/feed</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>Album Review: Nick Waterhouse&#8217;s Time&#8217;s All Gone</title><link>http://calitreview.com/26412</link> <comments>http://calitreview.com/26412#comments</comments> <pubDate>Tue, 08 May 2012 19:25:54 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Michelle Lopes</dc:creator> <category><![CDATA[Blog-Music]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Music]]></category> <category><![CDATA[1950s]]></category> <category><![CDATA[1960s]]></category> <category><![CDATA[album review]]></category> <category><![CDATA[doo-whop]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Nick Waterhouse]]></category> <category><![CDATA[R&B]]></category> <category><![CDATA[retro]]></category> <category><![CDATA[review]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Rock and Roll]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Time's All Gone]]></category> <guid
isPermaLink="false">http://calitreview.com/?p=26412</guid> <description><![CDATA[There is the distinctly unnerving sensation of both familiarity and newness; the sound of another era that growls, glows, and swings all at once while creating something fresh that was never there before.]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://calitreview.com/26412/feed</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>Album Review: Rufus Wainwright&#8217;s Out of the Game</title><link>http://calitreview.com/26360</link> <comments>http://calitreview.com/26360#comments</comments> <pubDate>Mon, 07 May 2012 08:52:22 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Michelle Lopes</dc:creator> <category><![CDATA[Blog-Music]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Music]]></category> <category><![CDATA[1970s]]></category> <category><![CDATA[1980s]]></category> <category><![CDATA[album review]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Out of the Game]]></category> <category><![CDATA[pop]]></category> <category><![CDATA[retro]]></category> <category><![CDATA[review]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Rufus Wainwright]]></category> <category><![CDATA[soft rock]]></category> <guid
isPermaLink="false">http://calitreview.com/?p=26360</guid> <description><![CDATA[Underneath the skin of the music there is the pulse of the long car trip, songs that tell stories casually and with the easy rhythm of dotted white lines whipping by along the asphalt.]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://calitreview.com/26360/feed</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>Album review: Deuce&#8217;s Nine Lives</title><link>http://calitreview.com/26204</link> <comments>http://calitreview.com/26204#comments</comments> <pubDate>Thu, 03 May 2012 17:55:24 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Hazel Robinson</dc:creator> <category><![CDATA[Blog-Music]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Music]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Deuce]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Hollywood Undead]]></category> <category><![CDATA[music rap]]></category> <guid
isPermaLink="false">http://calitreview.com/?p=26204</guid> <description><![CDATA[...and we have achieved triple threat; misogyny, racism and homophobia. Quite an achievement for a guy with a vocabulary of about 300 words.]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://calitreview.com/26204/feed</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>21</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>Album Review: This Machine from The Dandy Warhols</title><link>http://calitreview.com/25976</link> <comments>http://calitreview.com/25976#comments</comments> <pubDate>Fri, 27 Apr 2012 07:55:11 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Michelle Lopes</dc:creator> <category><![CDATA[Blog-Music]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Music]]></category> <category><![CDATA[album review]]></category> <category><![CDATA[music alternative]]></category> <category><![CDATA[music pop]]></category> <category><![CDATA[music rock]]></category> <category><![CDATA[The Dandy Warhols]]></category> <category><![CDATA[This Machine]]></category> <guid
isPermaLink="false">http://calitreview.com/?p=25976</guid> <description><![CDATA[At times it's hard to escape an identity that a band has established over the years, and when a group evolves it can be as awkward as the growing pains of adolescence.]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://calitreview.com/25976/feed</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>Album Review: Dapayk &amp; Padberg&#8217;s Sweet Nothings</title><link>http://calitreview.com/25697</link> <comments>http://calitreview.com/25697#comments</comments> <pubDate>Thu, 19 Apr 2012 12:23:11 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Hazel Robinson</dc:creator> <category><![CDATA[Blog-Music]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Music]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Dapayk & Padberg]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Eva Padberg]]></category> <category><![CDATA[music electronic]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Niklas Worgt]]></category> <guid
isPermaLink="false">http://calitreview.com/?p=25697</guid> <description><![CDATA[Bold, elegant and tender, with enough will towards experimentation to reward repeat listenings enormously this is a tremendous album and an early contender for best of 2012.]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://calitreview.com/25697/feed</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>Yesterday is Today: The Pop of Jim Noir</title><link>http://calitreview.com/25684</link> <comments>http://calitreview.com/25684#comments</comments> <pubDate>Wed, 18 Apr 2012 06:53:22 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Michelle Lopes</dc:creator> <category><![CDATA[Blog-Music]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Music]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Jim Noir]]></category> <category><![CDATA[music pop]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Tower of Love]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Zooper Dooper]]></category> <guid
isPermaLink="false">http://calitreview.com/?p=25684</guid> <description><![CDATA[He makes pop, but to be clear this is a pop so smart and with such strong roots in 60s and 70s pop,  psychedelia, and travelogues, that it's impossible to brush off as mere background noise.]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://calitreview.com/25684/feed</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>Album Review: Bear In Heaven&#8217;s I Love You, It&#8217;s Cool</title><link>http://calitreview.com/25495</link> <comments>http://calitreview.com/25495#comments</comments> <pubDate>Thu, 12 Apr 2012 18:02:23 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Hazel Robinson</dc:creator> <category><![CDATA[Blog-Music]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Music]]></category> <category><![CDATA[experimental music]]></category> <category><![CDATA[indie music]]></category> <category><![CDATA[music remixes]]></category> <guid
isPermaLink="false">http://calitreview.com/?p=25495</guid> <description><![CDATA[The slowing down was a screen; a record two years in the making speaks of obsession, if not nervousness and releasing it into the world with high expectations facing a band is daunting. What better modesty panel than turning it into a drone? That keening, stretched noise will forever be associated with the album as much as the contents itself, a pre-emptive remix to guard against what anyone else could say about the "actual" release.]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://calitreview.com/25495/feed</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>Album Review: Unentitled from Slim Cessna&#8217;s Auto Club</title><link>http://calitreview.com/25398</link> <comments>http://calitreview.com/25398#comments</comments> <pubDate>Tue, 10 Apr 2012 19:40:42 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Michelle Lopes</dc:creator> <category><![CDATA[Blog-Music]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Music]]></category> <category><![CDATA[music country]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Slim Cessna's Auto Club]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Unentitled]]></category> <guid
isPermaLink="false">http://calitreview.com/?p=25398</guid> <description><![CDATA[This music is something darker; it's the country hidden beyond the well-traveled farms and ranches, yet ultimately resonating with the frenzied arrythmic lubdub of the American heartland.]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://calitreview.com/25398/feed</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>2</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>Album Review: Kalenna&#8217;s Chamber of Diaries</title><link>http://calitreview.com/25178</link> <comments>http://calitreview.com/25178#comments</comments> <pubDate>Mon, 09 Apr 2012 14:56:34 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Hazel Robinson</dc:creator> <category><![CDATA[Blog-Music]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Music]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Chamber of Diaries]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Kalenna]]></category> <category><![CDATA[music hip hop]]></category> <guid
isPermaLink="false">http://calitreview.com/?p=25178</guid> <description><![CDATA[The mixtape format allows artists to experiment without needing to conform to anything a label wants, letting edgier and more exciting stuff get pushed to the fore -- Kalenna has no need to control her swearing-as-punctuation habit if there's no official single with obligatory radio edit, for instance and from the aggressive outset of "Go To Work," that's very much the core of <em>Chamber of Diaries</em>.]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://calitreview.com/25178/feed</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>1</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>NY Philharmonic’s Modern Beethoven Festival Concludes</title><link>http://calitreview.com/24999</link> <comments>http://calitreview.com/24999#comments</comments> <pubDate>Wed, 28 Mar 2012 16:03:02 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Lucy Butcher</dc:creator> <category><![CDATA[Music]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Performing Arts]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Beethoven]]></category> <category><![CDATA[classical music]]></category> <category><![CDATA[David Zinman]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Gil Shaham]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Karl Amadeus Hartmann]]></category> <category><![CDATA[New York Philharmonic]]></category> <guid
isPermaLink="false">http://calitreview.com/?p=24999</guid> <description><![CDATA[There’s nothing worse than a complacent performance of a Beethoven symphony. Being such a staple of the orchestral repertoire, Beethoven is all too easily performed on auto-pilot. Some conductors, however, have made it their mission to find fresh approaches to the great composer, like David Zinman, the music director of the Tonhalle Orchestra of Zurich, who led the New York Philharmonic’s Modern Beethoven festival at Avery Fisher Hall this month.]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://calitreview.com/24999/feed</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>Book Review: Some of My Lives: A Scrapbook Memoir by Rosamond Bernier</title><link>http://calitreview.com/23990</link> <comments>http://calitreview.com/23990#comments</comments> <pubDate>Sun, 19 Feb 2012 20:21:59 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Julia Braun Kessler</dc:creator> <category><![CDATA[Art]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Books]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Music]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Non-Fiction Reviews]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Aaron Copeland]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Alberto Giacometti]]></category> <category><![CDATA[classical music]]></category> <category><![CDATA[David Hockney]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Diego Rivera]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Eugene Ormandy]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Henry Matisse]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Henry Moore]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Jerome Robbins]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Joan Miro]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Leonard Berstein]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Leopold Stowkowski]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Malcolm Lowry]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Max Ernst]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Philadelphia Orchestra]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Picasso]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Rosamond Bernier]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Some of My Lives: A Scrapbook Memoir]]></category> <guid
isPermaLink="false">http://calitreview.com/?p=23990</guid> <description><![CDATA[Rosamond’s very early experiences with the great and famous were connected with her father’s love for music. Because he headed the Board of Directors of the Philadelphia Orchestra, she went often to rehearsals and concerts as a child, and when conductors and soloists were invited to Sunday luncheons at the Rosenbaum’s regularly, she was enthralled by their artistic talk and liberated manners. Among those she encountered and admired then were Otto Klemperer. Nathan Milstein, Jose Iturbi, Eugene Ormandy among others. So collecting her anecdotal tales of their eccentricities and foibles began even then. She even speaks of the Philadelphia Orchestra as “her extended family.”]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://calitreview.com/23990/feed</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>Oscars 2012: Slighted Soundtracks And Fantasy Scores</title><link>http://calitreview.com/23483</link> <comments>http://calitreview.com/23483#comments</comments> <pubDate>Mon, 30 Jan 2012 17:54:10 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Dan Fields</dc:creator> <category><![CDATA[Best Movies]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Movies]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Music]]></category> <category><![CDATA[The Fourth Wall]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Academy Awards]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Angelo Badalamenti]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Atticus Ross]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Barry Adamson]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Chemical Brothers]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Cliff Martinez]]></category> <category><![CDATA[David Lynch]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Drive]]></category> <category><![CDATA[films of 2011]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Hanna]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Howard Shore]]></category> <category><![CDATA[John Williams]]></category> <category><![CDATA[movie score]]></category> <category><![CDATA[movie soundtrack]]></category> <category><![CDATA[movie soundtracks]]></category> <category><![CDATA[original score Oscar]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Oscars]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Trent Reznor]]></category> <guid
isPermaLink="false">http://calitreview.com/?p=23483</guid> <description><![CDATA[Acting, directing, and writing awards are the most popular targets for discussion, but there were more very creative folks left off the roll this year. Two aggressively original outsiders are out in the rain, peeping in at the Best Original Score category without so much as an acknowledgment.]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://calitreview.com/23483/feed</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>4</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>Book Review: Verdi and/or Wagner: Two Men, Two Worlds, Two Centuries by Peter Conrad</title><link>http://calitreview.com/21921</link> <comments>http://calitreview.com/21921#comments</comments> <pubDate>Mon, 28 Nov 2011 15:00:21 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Ed Voves</dc:creator> <category><![CDATA[Biography]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Books]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Germany]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Italy]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Music]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Non-Fiction Reviews]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Opera]]></category> <category><![CDATA[classical music]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Giuseppe Verdi]]></category> <category><![CDATA[nineteenth century]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Richard Wagner]]></category> <guid
isPermaLink="false">http://calitreview.com/?p=21921</guid> <description><![CDATA[Perhaps, the best way of approaching Conrad’s book is to regard it primarily as a meditation on creativity. As with opera itself, where passion and empathy lead, intellectual appreciation will follow. The key insight of this fine book is easy enough to grasp. In an age of strutting nationalism, both Verdi and Wagner gave the world music that ultimately transcends the limits of borders or political ideology, regardless of how subsequent regimes used it.]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://calitreview.com/21921/feed</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>3</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>Mark Kozelek: On Tour Film Review</title><link>http://calitreview.com/21719</link> <comments>http://calitreview.com/21719#comments</comments> <pubDate>Fri, 18 Nov 2011 01:38:06 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Ben Caro</dc:creator> <category><![CDATA[Blog-Music]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Movies]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Music]]></category> <category><![CDATA[acoustic]]></category> <category><![CDATA[concert]]></category> <category><![CDATA[concert review]]></category> <category><![CDATA[films]]></category> <category><![CDATA[folk music]]></category> <category><![CDATA[movie documentary]]></category> <guid
isPermaLink="false">http://calitreview.com/?p=21719</guid> <description><![CDATA[Mark Kozelek is the immensely talented lead singer and writer for Sun Kil Moon, and before that, the Red House Painters, one of the leading bands of the sadcore movement in the 90s. When Kozelek tours, he tours alone, just his nylon string guitar and mournful, weary voice. His large fan base in Europe often [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://calitreview.com/21719/feed</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>Music Review: New York Philharmonic, “John Williams: A Night at the Movies”</title><link>http://calitreview.com/21344</link> <comments>http://calitreview.com/21344#comments</comments> <pubDate>Sat, 05 Nov 2011 16:32:25 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Lucy Butcher</dc:creator> <category><![CDATA[Movies]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Music]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Performing Arts]]></category> <category><![CDATA[classical music]]></category> <category><![CDATA[New York Philharmonic]]></category> <guid
isPermaLink="false">http://calitreview.com/?p=21344</guid> <description><![CDATA[Judging by the audience’s response, the final item listed on the program was what many had come for: Williams’s title theme from <em>Star Wars</em>, one of the most well-known compositions in the modern music repertoire. There were a couple of encores, including the theme from <em>Indiana Jones</em> and the “Imperial March,” or Darth Vadar’s theme, from <em>Star Wars</em>, which drew cheers from fans and a standing ovation.]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://calitreview.com/21344/feed</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>Music Review: New York Philharmonic, “Alan Gilbert Conducts Bach, Berg, and Brahms”</title><link>http://calitreview.com/20869</link> <comments>http://calitreview.com/20869#comments</comments> <pubDate>Mon, 17 Oct 2011 15:20:51 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Lucy Butcher</dc:creator> <category><![CDATA[Music]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Performing Arts]]></category> <category><![CDATA[classical music]]></category> <category><![CDATA[New York Philharmonic]]></category> <guid
isPermaLink="false">http://calitreview.com/?p=20869</guid> <description><![CDATA[Taking the second violin part, Gilbert, who has previously played in the Philharmonic’s chamber music concerts, proved himself to be as much an accomplished instrumentalist as a conductor, though he quipped, in a video interview published on the Philharmonic’s Website, “I certainly don’t intend to try to take the city by storm as a violinist.”]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://calitreview.com/20869/feed</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>San Francisco Opera: Heart of a Soldier</title><link>http://calitreview.com/19971</link> <comments>http://calitreview.com/19971#comments</comments> <pubDate>Tue, 13 Sep 2011 18:52:12 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Geri Jeter</dc:creator> <category><![CDATA[Music]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Opera]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Performing Arts]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Theatre]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Heart of a Soldier]]></category> <category><![CDATA[San Francisco Opera]]></category> <category><![CDATA[World Trade Center]]></category> <guid
isPermaLink="false">http://calitreview.com/?p=19971</guid> <description><![CDATA[For its world premiere of <em>Heart of a Soldier</em> at San Francisco Opera, the creators chose to concentrate on the personal story of Morgan Stanley's security head Rick Rescorla, whose actions led over 2,700 World Trade Center South Tower workers to safety, only to lose his own life when he reentered the building to search for stragglers. The opera focuses on his journey from childhood in Cornwall, England, to his role in the tragic events on 9/11. An exploration of a life that culminated in those heroic actions is a story worth examining.
Unfortunately, it was poorly told.]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://calitreview.com/19971/feed</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>3</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>Why Buddha Would Go to Indie Rock Concerts</title><link>http://calitreview.com/19834</link> <comments>http://calitreview.com/19834#comments</comments> <pubDate>Wed, 07 Sep 2011 18:52:02 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Ben Caro</dc:creator> <category><![CDATA[Blog-Music]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Music]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Religion]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Buddhism]]></category> <category><![CDATA[concert]]></category> <category><![CDATA[indie rock]]></category> <guid
isPermaLink="false">http://calitreview.com/?p=19834</guid> <description><![CDATA[&#160; At my 17th birthday dinner at a place that played live music, the host sat me and my family behind a wall. We couldn’t see the band; we could barely hear the muffled tones and applause. I was not 18, and in Northern Virginia, this made it difficult to see any interesting music live. [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://calitreview.com/19834/feed</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>The Turn of the Screw at Glyndebourne, Live Streamed via The Guardian</title><link>http://calitreview.com/19509</link> <comments>http://calitreview.com/19509#comments</comments> <pubDate>Mon, 22 Aug 2011 13:02:03 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Jem Bloomfield</dc:creator> <category><![CDATA[Blog-Theater]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Music]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Opera]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Theatre]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Glyndebourne]]></category> <category><![CDATA[The Turn of the Screw]]></category> <guid
isPermaLink="false">http://calitreview.com/?p=19509</guid> <description><![CDATA[Glyndebourne: one of the names in the British calendar.  Up there with Wimbledon, Henley and other occasions which involve large quantities of strawberries being consumed in extremely specific clothing.  With the added attraction of some of the best opera in the world.]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://calitreview.com/19509/feed</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>Baloji: Nowhere and Everywhere</title><link>http://calitreview.com/18716</link> <comments>http://calitreview.com/18716#comments</comments> <pubDate>Thu, 21 Jul 2011 18:23:30 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Charlie Coffeen</dc:creator> <category><![CDATA[Africa]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Belgium]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Blog-Music]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Music]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Baloji]]></category> <category><![CDATA[soukous]]></category> <guid
isPermaLink="false">http://calitreview.com/?p=18716</guid> <description><![CDATA[&#8220;Over there I don&#8217;t feel totally Conogolese, and here, I don&#8217;t particularly feel Belgian,&#8221; says Baloji, a Congolese/Belgian musician who recently released his second album, Kinshasha Succursale. The story of Africa&#8217;s Congo is a long and troubled one, outlined in terrifying honesty by Adam Hochschild in King Leopold&#8217;s Ghost (yes, that&#8217;s suggested reading). In short, [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://calitreview.com/18716/feed</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>1</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>Turntable.fm Plays Well With Others</title><link>http://calitreview.com/18002</link> <comments>http://calitreview.com/18002#comments</comments> <pubDate>Wed, 29 Jun 2011 16:35:21 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Ben Caro</dc:creator> <category><![CDATA[Blog-Music]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Music]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Grooveshark]]></category> <category><![CDATA[internet]]></category> <category><![CDATA[website]]></category> <guid
isPermaLink="false">http://calitreview.com/?p=18002</guid> <description><![CDATA[When a music playing site catches the eye of the law, you know it’s got to be good. Turntable.fm is constructed for those who love the sound of their own iTunes libraries and can’t bear listening to Pandora or their perfectly made Grooveshark playlist one more time without others listening as well. In it, users [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://calitreview.com/18002/feed</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>Concert Review: The Mountain Goats Celebrate Survival and Success in L.A.</title><link>http://calitreview.com/17918</link> <comments>http://calitreview.com/17918#comments</comments> <pubDate>Sun, 26 Jun 2011 21:38:04 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Ben Caro</dc:creator> <category><![CDATA[Blog-Music]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Music]]></category> <category><![CDATA[concert review]]></category> <category><![CDATA[indie rock]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Los Angeles]]></category> <category><![CDATA[mountain goats]]></category> <guid
isPermaLink="false">http://calitreview.com/?p=17918</guid> <description><![CDATA[&#160; It’s good to be young, but let’s not kid ourselves It’s better to pass on through those years and come out the other side. -You Were Cool The El Rey Theater on Wilshire Blvd. in L.A. was the kind of large, ornate venue that you’d expect chamber music to be coursing through. The walls [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://calitreview.com/17918/feed</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>James Blake in Chicago: Sold-Out and Silent</title><link>http://calitreview.com/17601</link> <comments>http://calitreview.com/17601#comments</comments> <pubDate>Thu, 16 Jun 2011 20:12:59 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Charlie Coffeen</dc:creator> <category><![CDATA[Blog-Music]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Music]]></category> <category><![CDATA[chicago]]></category> <category><![CDATA[electronic]]></category> <category><![CDATA[james blake]]></category> <category><![CDATA[lincoln hall]]></category> <guid
isPermaLink="false">http://calitreview.com/?p=17601</guid> <description><![CDATA[&#160; I was late to the must-attend show in Chicago of 2011&#8230;and I&#8217;m better for it. James Blake went on stage around 10:00, I arrived close to 10:10, and before opening the heavy doors to the concert hall floor, I heard no indication that there was anyone inside. If I had arrived on time, I [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://calitreview.com/17601/feed</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>You Can Never Leave: L.A. Burnout Mixes</title><link>http://calitreview.com/17487</link> <comments>http://calitreview.com/17487#comments</comments> <pubDate>Fri, 10 Jun 2011 16:43:47 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Ben Caro</dc:creator> <category><![CDATA[Blog-Music]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Music]]></category> <category><![CDATA[60s]]></category> <category><![CDATA[70s]]></category> <category><![CDATA[acoustic]]></category> <category><![CDATA[burnout]]></category> <category><![CDATA[l.a.]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Los Angeles]]></category> <category><![CDATA[mix]]></category> <guid
isPermaLink="false">http://calitreview.com/?p=17487</guid> <description><![CDATA[What do you do when you get tired of the place you live in? When you can’t stand the idea of heading down road that gets you to your house one more time? When you’d rather just take a right for once. Do you move? Do you give up?  Let’s say you’re in Demascus, Maryland. Then I’d say yes. I’d say yes, get out of there. Find another Safeway to forage in. Find another lawn to mow. But you can’t leave Los Angeles. You’ve learned that from the Eagles.]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://calitreview.com/17487/feed</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>Welcome to When You See Sparks, CLR&#8217;s New Music Blog</title><link>http://calitreview.com/16253</link> <comments>http://calitreview.com/16253#comments</comments> <pubDate>Tue, 10 May 2011 20:51:12 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Paul Comstock</dc:creator> <category><![CDATA[Blog-Music]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Music]]></category> <guid
isPermaLink="false">http://calitreview.com/?p=16253</guid> <description><![CDATA[We are pleased to announce the start of CLR&#8217;s new music blog. Ben Caro, a Los Angeles based writer, and Charlie Coffeen, a professional musician from Chicago, will be keeping you informed about all areas of the music world &#8212; concerts, albums, up-and-coming artists, as well as Charlie&#8217;s insights into life on the road and [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://calitreview.com/16253/feed</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>Opera Review: Anna Nicole at the Royal Opera House, London</title><link>http://calitreview.com/14426</link> <comments>http://calitreview.com/14426#comments</comments> <pubDate>Thu, 24 Feb 2011 17:26:51 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Jem Bloomfield</dc:creator> <category><![CDATA[Music]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Opera]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Performing Arts]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Theatre]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Royal Opera House]]></category> <guid
isPermaLink="false">http://calitreview.com/?p=14426</guid> <description><![CDATA[Anna Nicole zipped herself up in a bodybag, surrounded by a crowd of camera-headed creatures which had been stalking her all the way through the second act, peering at her and sorting through piles of rubbish on the stage. The sudden blackout at the end produced a pause, then elated applause.]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://calitreview.com/14426/feed</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>2</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>The Great Music Videos Valentine&#8217;s Edition: &#8220;Days Go By&#8221; by Dirty Vegas</title><link>http://calitreview.com/14156</link> <comments>http://calitreview.com/14156#comments</comments> <pubDate>Mon, 14 Feb 2011 15:02:20 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Julia Rhodes</dc:creator> <category><![CDATA[Movies]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Music]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Television]]></category> <category><![CDATA[The Fourth Wall]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Byron McIntyre]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Dirty Vegas]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Garland Spencer]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Great Music Videos]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Leigh Marling]]></category> <category><![CDATA[MTV]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Rob Legatt]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Valentine's Day]]></category> <guid
isPermaLink="false">http://calitreview.com/?p=14156</guid> <description><![CDATA[Happy arbitrary and consumerist holiday from CLR and The Fourth Wall! Richard Phillips&#8217;s album artwork is lovely. Dirty Vegas were basically a few-dance-hits-wonder, but if your one massive hit comes with a video like &#8220;Days Go By,&#8221; you win at awesome. Ten years ago, &#8220;Days Go By&#8221; soared onto pop radio and MTV&#8217;s after-school hit [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://calitreview.com/14156/feed</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>1</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>The Weekly Listicle: No, We CAN&#8217;T Feel The Love Tonight!</title><link>http://calitreview.com/14049</link> <comments>http://calitreview.com/14049#comments</comments> <pubDate>Thu, 10 Feb 2011 20:46:10 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Dan Fields</dc:creator> <category><![CDATA[Best Movies]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Children's Literature]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Humor]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Movies]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Music]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Television]]></category> <category><![CDATA[The Fourth Wall]]></category> <category><![CDATA[animated musicals]]></category> <category><![CDATA[dr. seuss]]></category> <category><![CDATA[elton john]]></category> <category><![CDATA[gnomeo and juliet]]></category> <category><![CDATA[mary poppins]]></category> <category><![CDATA[movie songs]]></category> <category><![CDATA[movies animation]]></category> <category><![CDATA[movies children]]></category> <category><![CDATA[movies children's]]></category> <category><![CDATA[movies family]]></category> <category><![CDATA[movies musical]]></category> <category><![CDATA[the muppets]]></category> <guid
isPermaLink="false">http://calitreview.com/?p=14049</guid> <description><![CDATA[This week, Julia Rhodes and I (Dan Fields) recall a bygone era, when entertainment for kids - specifically the musical accompaniment - got as much attention and thought as anything produced for an adult audience. It's not meant strictly to pick on Elton John, but he seems an appropriate figurehead for the rather bland trends in children's movie music today. This is not your typical twentysomething anti-Disney rant. It is a cry of nostalgic woe, and includes a number of selections from pre-downhill-slide Disney. Please enjoy, and remember some songs you might like to track down and show your own kids.]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://calitreview.com/14049/feed</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>7</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>Tom Russell: American Primitive Man</title><link>http://calitreview.com/13088</link> <comments>http://calitreview.com/13088#comments</comments> <pubDate>Mon, 13 Dec 2010 10:00:33 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Dan Fields</dc:creator> <category><![CDATA[Africa]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Art]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Biography]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Canada]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Mexico]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Music]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Performing Arts]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Westerns]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Writers]]></category> <category><![CDATA[country music]]></category> <category><![CDATA[cowboy music]]></category> <category><![CDATA[folk music]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Ian Tyson]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Iris DeMent]]></category> <category><![CDATA[live music]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Marty Robbins]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Ramblin' Jack Elliott]]></category> <category><![CDATA[recording artist]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Texas music]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Tom Russell]]></category> <guid
isPermaLink="false">http://calitreview.com/?p=13088</guid> <description><![CDATA[Every Tom Russell song has something to say about the human heart. In each voice he invokes there are universal echoes of love, doubt, weakness, fear, restlessness and faith. The figure of the wanderer – whether soldier, cowboy, nomad, pioneer, outcast or pilgrim – passes again and again through his work.]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://calitreview.com/13088/feed</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> </channel> </rss>
