Today U2 debut their new song, “Ordinary Love.” To listen, please click this link and then you’ll see a video player on Facebook.
Monthly Archives: November 2013
Watch & Listen: Lou Reed, Leonard Cohen Part of 92nd Street Y Online Archive
92nd Street Y has recordings of over 10,000 events going back to 1949. This Thursday they will start letting people watch or stream audio of over 1000 of them, and right now there’s an audio stream of Leonard Cohen performing “The Stranger Song” from 1966, and an interview with Lou Reed from 2006 that you can check out.
Lou Reed:
Leonard Cohen reads two poems – “For E.J.P” and “You Have the Lovers” – and performs “The Stranger Song.”
Watch: Arcade Fire Deploy New Video for “Afterlife”
Watch: M.I.A. Performs “Come Walk With Me, ” “Y.A.L.A.” on “The Colbert Report”
Interview:
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“Y.A.L.A.”:
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“Come Walk With Me”:
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Big Bucks Dept.: Madonna Tops List of Highest-Paid Musicians of 2013
Though the year is not quite over, Forbes has put together a list of the best-paid musicians of 2013 and the Material Girl tops the list, netting $125 million thanks mostly to her MDNA Tour, which grossed $305 million.
Lady Gaga comes in second, netting $80 million, mostly from touring, where she grossed $168 million.
There’s an overview piece at Forbes
Check out the rest of the list:
1. Madonna – $125 million
2. Lady Gaga – $80 million
3. Bon Jovi – $79 million
4. Toby Keith – $65 million
5. Coldplay – $64 million
6. Justin Bieber – $58 million
7. Taylor Swift – $55 million
8. Elton John – $54 million
9. Beyonce – $53 million
9. Kenny Chesney – $53 million
11. Diddy – $50 million
12. Paul McCartney – $47 million
13. Calvin Harris – $46 million
14. Jennifer Lopez – $45 million
15. Roger Waters – $44 million
16. Muse – $43 million
16. Rihanna – $43 million
18. Jay Z – $42 million
18. One Direction – $42 million
20. Dr. Dre – $40 million
20. Red Hot Chili Peppers – $40 million
22. The Rolling Stones – $39 million
22. Katy Perry – $39 million
24. Tim McGraw – $33 million
25. Pink – $32 million
25. Tiësto – $32 million
Watch: Bob Dylan Live in Glasgow 2013, “Blowin’ in the Wind”
So far this Nov. 18 video is the only clip to surface from one of Bob Dylan’s three shows this week at the Clyde Auditorium in Glasgow.
Check out the suit he’s wearing, which is so cool. The hat is great as well.
Watch: New No Wave Noise Duo Yvette’s “Radiation”
Cool video, cool track. Earplugs recommended.
Watch: 40 Savage Minutes of the Savages Live
The terrific English post-punk combo Savages performed at Chicago’s Lincoln Hall earlier this year.
Here’s a 40-minute blast of the group in action.
Thanks Sound Opinions and NPR.
Q&A: Kathleen Hanna Talks About “The Punk Singer”
In today’s New York Times Kathleen Hanna spoke about why she cooperated with having a documentary, “The Punk Singer,” made about her life, and why she is so open about herself in the film. “The Punk Singer” will be in theaters starting next week. There’s a clip from it below.
You really opened up your life, from late-stage Lyme disease to your relationship with your husband.
Mortality looming over you really changes your personality in such a huge way. I thought I was dying, so I was like, “I don’t care anymore — I am vulnerable. I’m sick of being guarded!” Adam really got me through coping with Lyme: every day, he would place every single one of the 39 pills I had to take in my pill case so I didn’t have to do it. He’s the person who changed my IV bags, kept the house clean, cooked every single meal for me and kept everything running for two years. Besides the fact that he’s hot as hell, really talented and has the best sense of humor of anyone I know, who else would change an IV bag for you while you’re laying on the couch having a seizure?
“The Punk Singer” begins with footage of you performing an early confessional spoken-word piece where you describe the importance of “screaming what’s unspoken.”
I’m standing in a coffee shop with Ian MacKaye and Guy Picciotto of Fugazi, rocking back and forth and saying all this stuff about incest! When I see it today, my stomach drops and I want to hide under a blanket. At the same time, that’s what I was like — Mr. Confrontation.
For more, head to the New York Times.
Listen: New, Epic Thee Silver Mt. Zion Memorial Orchestra Song, “Austerity Blues”
A new album from Thee Silver Mt. Zion Memorial Orchestra is due out January 21, 2014.
It’s got a great title: Fuck Off Get Free We Pour Light on Everything.
While you wait for the album listen to this track off it, “Austerity Blues.”
Thanks Consequence of Sound!