http://unratednyc.com What we have here is failure to communicate. Thu, 02 Sep 2010 23:25:51 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 http://unratednyc.com/2010/09/brooklyn-based-z02-proves-that-art-imitates-life/ http://unratednyc.com/2010/09/brooklyn-based-z02-proves-that-art-imitates-life/#comments Thu, 02 Sep 2010 23:20:59 +0000 Sam http://unratednyc.com/?p=15085 Playing birthday shows for kids may be a great way to meet hot moms and start a new prepubescent fan base, but get a record deal? Seems a bit far fetched if you ask me, but Z02 members Joey Cassata and brothers Paulie and David Zablidowsky (otherwise known as Joey, Paulie Z, and David Z) have been doing pretty well by this formula. ]]> http://unratednyc.com/2010/09/brooklyn-based-z02-proves-that-art-imitates-life/feed/ 0 http://unratednyc.com/2010/08/priority-records-celebrates-25-years-of-legendary-rap/ http://unratednyc.com/2010/08/priority-records-celebrates-25-years-of-legendary-rap/#comments Tue, 03 Aug 2010 20:07:33 +0000 Sam http://unratednyc.com/?p=14992 Rap music in the late 80’s and early 90’s was raw, violent, and eye opening to listeners around the world. Artists like EPMD, Ice Cube, N.W.A., and Snoop Dogg were at the forefront of a music revolution now known as “Gangsta Rap”, and the record label that gave their voices a mainstream audience was Priority Records.]]> http://unratednyc.com/2010/08/priority-records-celebrates-25-years-of-legendary-rap/feed/ 0 http://unratednyc.com/2010/07/mark-olson-revealed-on-many-colored-kite/ http://unratednyc.com/2010/07/mark-olson-revealed-on-many-colored-kite/#comments Tue, 27 Jul 2010 04:54:05 +0000 Sam http://unratednyc.com/?p=14956 As a founding member and primary singer/songwriter of The Jayhawks, Mark Olson often sang behind the beat, letting the music dictate which direction his voice would travel, but on his newest album to date, Many Colored Kite his voice leads the inspiring sounds that create this beautiful collection of songs.]]> http://unratednyc.com/2010/07/mark-olson-revealed-on-many-colored-kite/feed/ 0 http://unratednyc.com/2010/07/sweet-cyanide-part-deux/ http://unratednyc.com/2010/07/sweet-cyanide-part-deux/#comments Tue, 13 Jul 2010 03:09:40 +0000 Sam http://unratednyc.com/?p=14864 With stellar songs like “Bad Jesus,” “Red Rats,” and my personal favorite, “Dirty Sexy Pig,” the album should have been titled kick your ass and leave you begging for more because that is exactly what it does. In the age of poppy crap rock Sweet Cyanide has written the blueprint for a modern rock music masterpiece. ]]> http://unratednyc.com/2010/07/sweet-cyanide-part-deux/feed/ 2 http://unratednyc.com/2010/07/justin-currie-takes-joes-pub-through-the-great-war/ http://unratednyc.com/2010/07/justin-currie-takes-joes-pub-through-the-great-war/#comments Sat, 10 Jul 2010 02:59:59 +0000 Sam http://unratednyc.com/?p=14464 When Justin Currie performed at New York City’s famed Joe’s Pub in mid-June the place was packed with people of all ages expecting to hear tunes from the group he co-founded in Scotland during the mid 80’s called Del Amitri. Songs like “Kiss This Thing Goodbye,” “Just Like A Man,” and “Always The Last To Know” gained notoriety because of Currie’s ability to combine uplifting tunes and darker lyrical themes]]> http://unratednyc.com/2010/07/justin-currie-takes-joes-pub-through-the-great-war/feed/ 2 http://unratednyc.com/2010/06/new-york-citys-enigmatic-linfinity/ http://unratednyc.com/2010/06/new-york-citys-enigmatic-linfinity/#comments Thu, 03 Jun 2010 17:14:52 +0000 Sam http://unratednyc.com/?p=14438 Linfinity are a New York City based group of musicians who helped form a band around enigmatic front man Dylan Von Wagner. The initial impetus behind the endeavor could best be described as a spark, or the clicking on of a light bulb. ]]> http://unratednyc.com/2010/06/new-york-citys-enigmatic-linfinity/feed/ 0 http://unratednyc.com/2010/05/jace-everett-bleeds-intensity-red-revelation/ http://unratednyc.com/2010/05/jace-everett-bleeds-intensity-red-revelation/#comments Sat, 15 May 2010 21:41:31 +0000 Sam http://unratednyc.com/?p=6802 Although “Bad Things” is the song that took off, Red Revelations is filled with heavy music that grabs at the soul with unbelievable precision. “Burn For You,” is a riveting song that emphasizes how hot the feeling can be when two people are madly in love.]]> http://unratednyc.com/2010/05/jace-everett-bleeds-intensity-red-revelation/feed/ 0 http://unratednyc.com/2010/04/new-amerykah-from-the-window-seat/ http://unratednyc.com/2010/04/new-amerykah-from-the-window-seat/#comments Thu, 29 Apr 2010 01:00:03 +0000 Sam http://unratednyc.com/?p=14152 New Amerykah Part Two (Return of the Ankh) incorporates sampling and live instrumentation, while its more personal lyrics focus on themes of romance and relationships. Badu has described its sound as "very analog". Recording during 2006 to 2009, a portion of the album was recorded at New York City's Electric Lady Studios.]]> http://unratednyc.com/2010/04/new-amerykah-from-the-window-seat/feed/ 0 http://unratednyc.com/2010/04/believing-in-goldfrapps-head-first/ http://unratednyc.com/2010/04/believing-in-goldfrapps-head-first/#comments Tue, 27 Apr 2010 03:41:22 +0000 Sam http://unratednyc.com/?p=14106 Head First is Goldfrapp's most powerful trip to date, a speedy rush of synth optimism, euphoria, fantasy and romance. With life affirming lyrics and stellar production it lifts off at full tilt and takes us on a journey to the heart of 2010.]]> http://unratednyc.com/2010/04/believing-in-goldfrapps-head-first/feed/ 0 http://unratednyc.com/2010/04/knebworth-concert-revisited-01/ http://unratednyc.com/2010/04/knebworth-concert-revisited-01/#comments Mon, 19 Apr 2010 23:27:54 +0000 Sam http://unratednyc.com/?p=13702 The year was 1990, and the location was Hertfordshire, England, the same location where some of rock’s most historic events took place: Led Zeppelin’s final British show & Queen's final performance headed by Freddie Mercury. Approximately 120,000 people descended upon Knebworth Park for the massive all-star concert benefiting the Nordof-Robbins Music Charity Centre and the Brit School for Performing Arts. ]]> http://unratednyc.com/2010/04/knebworth-concert-revisited-01/feed/ 1 http://unratednyc.com/2010/03/a-toast-to-the-irish-welcome-homemusic-of-ireland/ http://unratednyc.com/2010/03/a-toast-to-the-irish-welcome-homemusic-of-ireland/#comments Tue, 09 Mar 2010 04:48:35 +0000 sfrank115 http://unratednyc.com/?p=13257 Music of Ireland traces the origins of Irish music, and features exclusive interviews with U2's Bono and Adam Clayton, Michael Flatley and Bill Whelan of Riverdance, Live Aid and Band Aid founder Bob Geldof of The Boomtown Rats, Sinéad O'Connor, Pete Seeger, The Chieftains' Paddy Moloney, former Celtic Woman Órla Fallon, Black 47's Larry Kirwan, six-time Academy Award-nominated director Jim Sheridan, the late Liam Clancy in his final U.S.]]> http://unratednyc.com/2010/03/a-toast-to-the-irish-welcome-homemusic-of-ireland/feed/ 2 http://unratednyc.com/2010/02/carl-coxs-burning-man-inspired-audio-journey/ http://unratednyc.com/2010/02/carl-coxs-burning-man-inspired-audio-journey/#comments Sun, 28 Feb 2010 03:55:47 +0000 sfrank115 http://unratednyc.com/?p=12658 Taken from a storming 2 hour set at [Burning Man's] Opulent Temple in the Black Rock Desert this past summer, Carl Cox released his debut Global Underground mix album, ‘Black Rock Desert,' on January 25th, 2010. ]]> http://unratednyc.com/2010/02/carl-coxs-burning-man-inspired-audio-journey/feed/ 0 http://unratednyc.com/2010/02/behave-yourself-with-the-cold-war-kids/ http://unratednyc.com/2010/02/behave-yourself-with-the-cold-war-kids/#comments Tue, 09 Feb 2010 01:21:30 +0000 Sam http://unratednyc.com/?p=12764 The Cold War Kids' boss Nathan Willett had more than enough of his own toxic-guitar to go around on the band's latest EP, Behave Yourself, a slight dip in consistency from 2006's Robbers & Cowards and 2008's Loyalty to Loyalty. ]]> http://unratednyc.com/2010/02/behave-yourself-with-the-cold-war-kids/feed/ 0 http://unratednyc.com/2010/02/stellar-debut-album-off-maura-kennedys-to-do-list/ http://unratednyc.com/2010/02/stellar-debut-album-off-maura-kennedys-to-do-list/#comments Mon, 08 Feb 2010 04:34:40 +0000 sfrank115 http://unratednyc.com/?p=12478 Maura Kennedy, one-half of the folk-pop mavens, The Kennedys, released her first solo album on Planned Effervescence Recordings on January 19, 2010. Parade of Echoes is a thirteen-song soliloquy to the light and dark sides of pop, cast in the brilliant sheen of her carillon harmonies and bell-like lead vocals.]]> http://unratednyc.com/2010/02/stellar-debut-album-off-maura-kennedys-to-do-list/feed/ 0 http://unratednyc.com/2010/02/vampire-weekends-contra/ http://unratednyc.com/2010/02/vampire-weekends-contra/#comments Tue, 02 Feb 2010 10:11:43 +0000 Sam http://unratednyc.com/?p=12732 Vampire Weekend is back with their sophomore album, Contra. The four-piece indie rock band met at Columbia University before producing their debut album in 2008. The band has said that their influences are drawn from popular African music and western classical music. Give one of their songs a listen and you'll quickly realize how true this is – and indeed, how great it sounds. ]]> http://unratednyc.com/2010/02/vampire-weekends-contra/feed/ 0 http://unratednyc.com/2009/12/headbang-your-pain-away-with-adelitas-way/ http://unratednyc.com/2009/12/headbang-your-pain-away-with-adelitas-way/#comments Mon, 28 Dec 2009 19:42:51 +0000 sfrank115 http://unratednyc.com/?p=12327 It was the Adelita Bar. “There were a bunch of young, really pretty girls and I realized it was basically a brothel,” explains Rick. “I chatted with one girl, questioning why she was living this life? And I wrote a song about it. The band name emerged from the sad stories behind the ‘Way’ they lived at the Adelita—Adelitas Way.]]> http://unratednyc.com/2009/12/headbang-your-pain-away-with-adelitas-way/feed/ 0 http://unratednyc.com/2009/12/filo-peri-re-invent-trance-music-on-nightplay/ http://unratednyc.com/2009/12/filo-peri-re-invent-trance-music-on-nightplay/#comments Mon, 28 Dec 2009 18:08:32 +0000 sfrank115 http://unratednyc.com/?p=12288 A 15-strong-track album of flammable-fresh at-home and in-club orientated music, it will again bring F&P’s name to the very epicentre of the dance scene. Filo & Peri have brought some of the world’s finest (and previously undiscovered) singers and songwriters into the spotlight. ]]> http://unratednyc.com/2009/12/filo-peri-re-invent-trance-music-on-nightplay/feed/ 0 http://unratednyc.com/2009/12/echoes-from-the-broken-glass-on-sparkle-lane/ http://unratednyc.com/2009/12/echoes-from-the-broken-glass-on-sparkle-lane/#comments Thu, 17 Dec 2009 01:02:27 +0000 sfrank115 http://unratednyc.com/?p=12099 "Sparkle Lane is a street in England where my grandmother lived," Rogers explains. "The concrete was mixed with pieces of broken glass, so when I was a kid and I'd go to my grandmother's house in the evening, the street would always look like it was sparkling. That's how life felt to me as a kid."]]> http://unratednyc.com/2009/12/echoes-from-the-broken-glass-on-sparkle-lane/feed/ 0 http://unratednyc.com/2009/12/raekwon-keeps-the-wu-legacy-alive-with-only-built-for-a-cuban-linx-2/ http://unratednyc.com/2009/12/raekwon-keeps-the-wu-legacy-alive-with-only-built-for-a-cuban-linx-2/#comments Tue, 15 Dec 2009 00:33:42 +0000 Sam http://unratednyc.com/?p=12035 "I'm really confident with what we've put together with II," Raekwon states. "It's another classic. I challenged myself and I didn't try to repeat myself or topics. I just had to make sure I captured the feeling that the first one had and gave to the listener."]]> http://unratednyc.com/2009/12/raekwon-keeps-the-wu-legacy-alive-with-only-built-for-a-cuban-linx-2/feed/ 0 http://unratednyc.com/2009/12/pearl-jams-backspacer-has-got-some-if-you-need-it/ http://unratednyc.com/2009/12/pearl-jams-backspacer-has-got-some-if-you-need-it/#comments Sat, 12 Dec 2009 04:05:57 +0000 Sam http://unratednyc.com/?p=11940 McCready said, "I'd sum it up as kind of a tight, concise, rock 'n' roll record with kind of pop or maybe new wave elements to it... It's a really quick record, but I like that element to it. I like the sparseness of the songs and the way that Brendan pulled us together and made us play as good as we could."]]> http://unratednyc.com/2009/12/pearl-jams-backspacer-has-got-some-if-you-need-it/feed/ 0 http://unratednyc.com/2009/12/rakim-shoots-balls-of-conscious-fire-on-the-seventh-seal/ http://unratednyc.com/2009/12/rakim-shoots-balls-of-conscious-fire-on-the-seventh-seal/#comments Fri, 11 Dec 2009 22:26:52 +0000 Sam http://unratednyc.com/?p=11906 After months, if not years of Internet speculation and rumor, the man many call The God MC, Rakim Allah released his long awaited new album The Seventh Seal on November 17, 2009. Guest artists include Busta Rhymes, Jadakiss, Maino, Tracey Horton, IQ, Styles P, and others, including Destiny Griffin, Rakim’s own daughter.]]> http://unratednyc.com/2009/12/rakim-shoots-balls-of-conscious-fire-on-the-seventh-seal/feed/ 0 http://unratednyc.com/2009/12/muse-proves-the-resistence-is-far-from-futile/ http://unratednyc.com/2009/12/muse-proves-the-resistence-is-far-from-futile/#comments Fri, 11 Dec 2009 04:28:46 +0000 sfrank115 http://unratednyc.com/?p=11882 On September 15, British progressive rock band Muse is getting released their 5th studio album entitled The Resistance. In an effort to bolster opening day sales the band opened up for U2 on the east coast leg of their 360 degrees tour. You can also her the album's first single, "Uprising" during certain highlights on ESPN's Sportscenter. ]]> http://unratednyc.com/2009/12/muse-proves-the-resistence-is-far-from-futile/feed/ 0 http://unratednyc.com/2009/11/rock-band-at-sea/ http://unratednyc.com/2009/11/rock-band-at-sea/#comments Tue, 17 Nov 2009 05:05:17 +0000 sfrank115 http://unratednyc.com/?p=11291 UnRated NYC caught bassist Geoff Council, drummer Jeff Olson, guitarist Andrew Burns, and lead vocalist/guitarist Jason Brody on stage at The Suffolk in late October performing tracks off their self-titled EP to a group of enthusiastic concert goers.]]> http://unratednyc.com/2009/11/rock-band-at-sea/feed/ 0 http://unratednyc.com/2009/09/air-gives-fans-a-new-outlook-on-life-with-love-2/ http://unratednyc.com/2009/09/air-gives-fans-a-new-outlook-on-life-with-love-2/#comments Thu, 24 Sep 2009 02:04:54 +0000 Sam http://unratednyc.com/?p=9077 On their newest album, Love 2 Air shows us how to welcome life from a different vantage point. Recorded at their new studio in Paris, Love 2 is a musical adventure that deconstructs the way our brain manipulates time.]]> http://unratednyc.com/2009/09/air-gives-fans-a-new-outlook-on-life-with-love-2/feed/ 1 http://unratednyc.com/2009/08/dangerous-mcees-redman-methodman-blackout2-review/ http://unratednyc.com/2009/08/dangerous-mcees-redman-methodman-blackout2-review/#comments Sat, 22 Aug 2009 03:36:11 +0000 Sam http://unratednyc.com/?p=6392 In the classic song "How High", Redman says "I get it on like Smif-N-Wess, who cliques the best." He answers the question on the BO2 intro with "talk that greasy, on and off tv, even pigs love the bosshogg's cd, what you find hard, I do it easy, I could see why the next guy want to be me." ]]> http://unratednyc.com/2009/08/dangerous-mcees-redman-methodman-blackout2-review/feed/ 0 http://unratednyc.com/2009/08/david-gilmour-brings-high-hopes-to-gdansk/ http://unratednyc.com/2009/08/david-gilmour-brings-high-hopes-to-gdansk/#comments Thu, 20 Aug 2009 11:06:55 +0000 Sam http://misovibrations.com/?p=1167 From the banshee screams that complete 1971’s “Echoes” to the squealing pig noises of 1977’s “Pigs (Three Different Kinds)” drummer Nick Mason, bassist Roger Waters, keyboardist Richard Wright, and guitarist/vocalist David Gilmour, created some of the most unique music the world has ever known]]> http://unratednyc.com/2009/08/david-gilmour-brings-high-hopes-to-gdansk/feed/ 0