29th to the 31st of October, I attended Pitchfork Music Festival in Paris, which on the Friday night Thom Yorke headlined with a live performance of his 2014 album ‘Tomorrow’s Modern Boxes’, as well as other works from Atom’s for Peace. Thom Yorke is predominantly known as the lead singer to the band Radiohead, the highly popular alternative band who were voted the “2nd best band of the 2000s” . This performance was of Thom Yorke’s second solo album, his first being ‘The Eraser’ (2006), and both were
fighter. Shakira is a popular singer born and raised in Barranquilla, Colombia. She won several Latin music awards and brought her superstar success overseas. Born in Colombia on February 2, 1977, extremely successfully Colombian pop singer and dancer Shakira has won two Grammy Awards, seven Latin Grammy Awards and 12 Billboard Latin Music Awards, and has been nominated for a Golden Globe Award. Known for hits like, "Whenever, Wherever" and "Hips Don't Lie," Shakira is one of the most highest-selling
#13 We all think of coldplay as an amazing group of men doing their passion and giving happiness to everyone. If you don't know what Coldplay is well, Coldplay is four men very passionate in music and so they created a band called coldplay. Every one loves their music like me. I love there song attention and when I got to know the history of it it amazed me. An interesting fact about Coldplay is that before they were a band and there were only Chris Martin and Jonny Buckland they named their small
of MTV exposed me to a lot of popular music and artists. Videos from artists like Michael Jackson and Madonna were a part of my daily life. There was one video that caught my attention because it did not look or sound like anything I had heard before. That video was of a song called “Rockit” by Herbie Hancock. Here is the video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GHhD4PD75zY As I have grown older in years (and thankfully with the help of my husband’s vast music collection), I have come to learn more
with their music reaching all corners of the world, Coldplay have a very diverse range of fans and followers aiding in their ever-increasing involvement in issues affecting a broad majority of the world. Though their journey to fame was a relatively slow burn, Coldplays flare for entertaining, passion for performance, ongoing release of music and constant charity work has kept them in the publics’ line of sight for over 18 years. Coldplay have been nominated for and won a multitude of awards during their
Sia, otherwise known as Sia Kate Isobelle Furler, is a successful Australian singer, songwriter, record producer and music video director born on December 18th 1975 in Adelaide, South Australia. Sia was associated with creative elements growing up as her mother, Loene Furler, was involved in the arts, working as an visual artist and art lecturer. Her father, Phil B. Colson, is a musician. Her father knew band members from INXS and Colin Hay from Men at Work. Growing up, she knew Hay very well throughout
Bangkok, Asia on February 12, 2013. And it will end on March 11, 2014 on small island in Miami called the Great Stirrup Cay. Even though Paramore music is given the characteristic of being emo because most of their fans are emo and the image the band members have while performing, its identity is an alternative rock band that combines punk rock music with pop music. Paramore is identified as religious because their creativity and inspiration comes from their Christian religion and is then shown in their
Roll Professor Patterson April 18th, 2014 Green Day “Dookie” The Rock album I have chosen is “Dookie” by Green Day. This album was released in February 1st, 1994 by Fantasy Studios in Berkeley, California or Reprise Records in New York. Green Day's band members include Billie Joe Armstrong (Guitar and Vocalist), Tre Cool (Drums), Mike Dirnt (Bass), Jason White (Guitar), and Al Sobrante (Drums.) The main composers of this album was the band Green Day, Billie Joe Armstrong and Mike Dirnt as the main
parts of the world, and to make it grow in popularity. (Ragland 1). Heavy metal is a form of rock ‘n’ roll music played on electric guitars and amplified to unnatural volume levels. Such effects as feedback, distortion, reverb, and Wah Wah pedals are commonly added to the music. These effects create completely new sounds, exploiting the possibilities of electric guitars. Most heavy metal music is based on death, Satanism, youth, and teenage rebellion. It is broken into three sub categories; speedcore
genre wise, was mostly associated as an alternative rock and grunge. (Gaar, 2011) They had three studio albums: Bleach, Nevermind, and In Utero. In Utero was the last album they had as a band with Kurt Cobain and felt
The 1990’s were responsible for a plethora of powerful music. While many may correlate this decade with pop stars like Brittany Spears and Christina Aguilera’s brand of bubble gum mainstream music, there were many women who did not resign themselves to the conventional. Artists like Courtney Love and Fiona Apple hit the music scene during this decade. They introduced the world to a new brand of female power unlike anything the world had seen. During this time, these women and many others were not
With a sound of new wave, ska, alternative rock, and electronica the band was a fan favorite. The band began as a comedy troupe in Los Angeles. But by 1979 the band morphed into the band we know today. In a ten-year span the band and their genre moved away from the synthesizers and matured into a more guitar driven rock band. The bands most notable and popular album was in 1985 called “Dead man’s party”. Not only was it well received by their fans
Soundgarden was anything but 'superunknown' when it unleashed its album of that name on March 8, 1994. Superunknown was a critical and commercial success and became the band's breakthrough album. Nominated for the Grammy Award for Best Rock Album in 1995, certified five times platinum and having sold around nine million copies worldwide, Superunknown was a major success. Soundgarden is an American rock band formed in Seattle, Washington in 1984. Formed by singer and guitarist Chris Cornell, lead
transitions. During the early ‘90s, the “grunge” scene, emanating from Seattle and its surrounding area, enthralled the youth of the time with the music of such acts as Soundgarden, Pearl Jam, and Nirvana. This surge in high-distortion, high angst rock snapped the genre out of the doldrums of glam-metal, which, for a long time, dominated the “rock music” racks of record stores across America. By 1997, grunge was dead, its end spurred by the death of Kurt Cobaine, the impending breakup of Soundgarden
In 1995 “Hurt” was released by Nine Inch Nails on the album “The Downward Spiral”. The song was written by Trent Reznor and was nominated for a Grammy Award for Best Rock Song in 1996. In 2002 Johnny Cash recorded a cover of that same song which quickly became an ode to his life and death. The two versions of the song, much like the artists who provide the versions, are completely different yet, still the same. The song takes on new meaning when performed by Johnny Cash, however, it still retains
Kurt was ranked as the twelfth greatest guitarist of all time, seventh in the 22 Greatest Voices in Music by MTV, ranked twentieth on 100 Greatest Metal Singers of All Time, and placed into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 2014. Nirvana won a Grammy for the Best Alternative Music Album in 1996, MTV’s Video Music Award for Best New Artist in 1992, and a string of other awards for videos, songs, and albums. Many
What is Fentanyl? The drug that killed Prince revealed The opioid crisis currently plaguing the United States can now count one of the most iconic and best-selling musicians of all time as one of its victims. Medical examiners confirmed that celebrated musician Prince died of an accidental fentanyl overdose at his Paisley Park home in Minnesota almost two years ago on April 21, 2016. The confirmation of his death from an opioid overdose is only the latest in a years-long crisis that’s gripped virtually
Rock music is as much of an American invention as the jazz genre was. Rock music is a popular music styled drawing its roots heavily from American jazz music, rhythm and blues, and the traditional genres of folk, country, and gospel. Rock music typically relies on guitar-powered songs commonly paired with drums, bass, and perhaps accompanying additional guitars or piano. Although the genre of rock music has become so broad and varied that this “formal” grouping is not as commonplace. Rock music reached
Album Art Analysis 1. The Beatles: St. Peppers Lonely Heart Club Band: - St. Peppers Lonely Hearts Club band was released on June 1st 1967. It holds some of The Beatles worldwide hits such as “With a little help from my friends” & “Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds. The artwork and content on this album fits itself due to the fact it has everyone joined together which is suitable for what was going on during that time era. The background consists of cut- outs of different famous people. All the bright
together for any reason, music is there,” according to neuroscientist Daniel J Levitin in This Is Your Brain on Music. (Levitin, 2006) Lee et.al. (2012) mentioned that music appeared to have become embedded in our daily lives. From the moment we wake up, our day is filled with music ranging from our country’s national anthem to that song on radio that reminds us of how we are feeling about a person or an event, to one that got us dancing and singing at the end of a work day. Music penetrates almost every