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Ke$ha or Gwyneth Paltrow – The Next Great Country Singers?
On August 6, 2010 at 10:11 am
It never ends. The list of pop, rock and Hollywood stars that announce they are going to make country music, that is. Just last week everyone in Nashville was rolling their eyes at the news that Gwyneth Paltrow will play a country singer in an upcoming movie, and that she will record some country music. [...]
Taylor Swift’s New Single Released Early
On August 5, 2010 at 3:44 pm
** ½ (out of 4 stars) Label: Big Machine Records Yesterday morning, Taylor Swift’s newest single (“Mine”) was still under wraps, waiting for August 16th, when it was scheduled to come out. Then, an inferior mp3 file of it was illegally leaked on the internet, so the record label went ahead and released the song [...]
Buckcherry – “All Night Long” (Music Review)
On at 2:23 pm
*** (out of 4 stars) Label: Eleven Seven Music Buckcherry is back with rock songs about rocking, and partying songs about partying. The band, led by Josh Todd, has delivered 11 songs about nothing but drugs, sex and rock ’n’ roll that are ready for stadium audiences. Click here to see the official video for [...]
Evan Voytas – “I Took A Trip On A Plane” (Music Review)
On August 4, 2010 at 1:48 am
*** (out of 4 stars) Evan Voytas hasn’t released a full-length yet, but that doesn’t mean we shouldn’t take note. His releases come piece by piece as singles, and his latest song “I Took A Trip On A Plane,” is his best yet. With a gently weaving rhythm, the song establishes a dreamlike state that [...]
Arcade Fire – “The Suburbs” (Music Review)
On August 3, 2010 at 2:54 pm
**** (out of 4 stars) Label: Merge Records Arcade Fire has hit a home run with the release of the new album, The Suburbs. Away from the recording studio for the past 3 years, the band is still growing artistically; the indie-pop power mixed with ambitious epic rock confessions still packs the same punch it [...]
Steven Tyler An American Idol Judge?
On at 10:56 am
Aerosmith front man Steven Tyler is taking the “American Idol” bench, courtesy of the big-lipped one’s own Saturday (7/31) night announcements in Las Vegas. The musician, who – together with Sharon Osbourne – will cement rock’s domination over elimination TV shows with “America” in their names, was speculated as a member of next season’s cast [...]
Nine Songs We’re Ashamed to Love
On August 2, 2010 at 7:07 am
Some of the writers and editors of Parcbench were asked to fess up and tell the world what songs they’re ashamed to be in love with. The results would make for the weirdest mix-CD ever. Gilbert O’Sullivan’s monster hit of 1972 (six weeks at number one) Alone Again (Naturally) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0rmt-u1lTG0 It drones on and on. Yet [...]
Get Low – The Soundtrack (Music Review)
On at 7:01 am
*** (out of 4 stars) Label: Rounder Records There’s a reason to get happy this summer; one of the tracks on the Get Low soundtrack features a new song performed by Alison Krauss. It is a gorgeously underplayed, guitar-driven declaration of determined solitude titled “Lay My Burden Down.” She sings from the other side of [...]
George Thorogood and the Destroyers – “Live in Boston, 1982” (Music Review)
On July 30, 2010 at 8:01 am
*** ½ (out of 4 stars) Label: Rounder Records If you’ve never heard rocking blues legends George Thorogood and the Destroyers play live, you have no idea what you are missing. The energy in the room is overwhelming, the guitar licks heal all wounds, and the speakers beg for relief as they try to keep [...]
Easton Corbin “Rolls With It” on Brad Paisley’s H2O Tour (Interview)
On at 7:22 am
Easton Corbin is just about the genuinely nicest person I’ve met all summer… and, I’ll tell you what – I’ve been hanging out in the land of nice folks (Kentucky and Canada) for the past month or so. Considering what an amazing ride the past year has been for him, it’s great to see that [...]
Justin Bieber Almost Gets Trampled on a Segway (Video)
On July 29, 2010 at 5:41 pm
Teenage girls are pretty passionate about things they like. Pre-teen girls are even more so. Things like, well, Justin Bieber. He escaped getting trampled this week in Glendale, Arizona where he is currently on his “My World” tour. View the video footage here. The teen superstar was taking some time off to relax by riding [...]
Charlie Daniels Band “(What The World Needs Is) A Few More Rednecks 2010”
On at 7:01 am
*** ½ (out of 4 stars) Label: Blue Hat Records Charlie Daniels first wrote “What the World Needs Is A Few More Rednecks” in 1989. It is 11 years later, and he has updated the song for a new generation. He has replaced the Gorbachev references with a mention of Osama bin Laden. Speaking about [...]
Hugh Laurie: Singing The Blues? (video)
On July 27, 2010 at 7:16 am
From USA Today: British television star Hugh Laurie, best known as miracle worker Dr. Gregory House on the self-titular character’s award-winning dramedy, is trading in his guitar for a brass horn: He’s signed a deal to produce New Orleans-style music for Warner Brothers, according to a 7/26 press release given the public. Laurie, whose American [...]
Bon Jovi Photoshoots With Half Naked Babes!
On at 7:13 am
Oh yeah. According to a book entitled “Sex, Drugs, and Bon Jovi,” the abovesaid rocker had a bunch of R-rated pictures snapped for a 1985 photoshoot that until now hadn’t been made public in the interest of keeping JBJ’s reputation clean. At least, as clean as can be for your average metal maniac; the dude [...]
The “American Idol” Audition Experience
On July 26, 2010 at 7:33 am
Lived and Written by Tyler Matl (In this article, Parcbench.com guest columnist Tyler Matl [pronounced like “model” – remember that name] shares with us his experience trying-out for next season’s “American Idol.” Tyler is 16 years old, and has been singing since he was 5. He plays the piano and a little guitar, and is [...]
Jerrod Niemann – “Judge Jerrod and the Hung Jury” (Music Review)
On July 21, 2010 at 6:50 am
***½ (out of 4 stars) Label: Arista Nashville When’s the last time you put a CD in your car on the way home and found yourself driving around for a few extra blocks, just so you could finish listening to the entire album? Well, meet Jerrod Niemann. Jerrod Niemann isn’t a newcomer to Nashville. He [...]
