Looks like many of you dug the first installment of “Rock ‘N’ Roll Rebus.” So here’s a new one, related to a band that recently got some coverage on this blog. Continue reading
Isobel Campbell & Mark Lanegan’s Hawk: Filter Review
Posted in Album Reviews, Reviews with tags Isobel Campbell, Mark Lanegan on 09/25/2010 by Kurt OrzeckHere is another not-terribly positive album review I recently wrote for Filter. This one criticizes Isobel Campbell & Mark Lanegan’s Hawk – a record that should instead be attributed to “Campbell and Friends” or simply “Campbell.”
Jarrod Gorbel’s Devil’s Made A New Friend: Filter Album Review
Posted in Album Reviews, Reviews with tags Jarrod Gorbel, the Honorary Title on 09/25/2010 by Kurt OrzeckHere is my less-than-favorable Filter review of Devil’s Made a New Friend, the new album from singer/ songwriter/ ex-Honorary Title frontman Jarrod Gorbel.
Cover Me: Paper Tongues’ Paper Tongues
Posted in Cover Me, Features with tags Paper Tongues on 09/25/2010 by Kurt Orzeck
Submissions to the Bad Penny’s “Cover Me” feature are coming fast and furious. The latest comes courtesy North Carolina rock septet Paper Tongues, whose guitarist, Joey Signa, would die to hear MGMT, Passion Pit, Mutemath and others reinvent songs from the band’s self-titled debut. Continue reading
Cover Me: Research Society’s Best Of Seven EP (Exclusive MP3 Download Included)
Posted in Cover Me, Exclusives, Features with tags Research Society on 09/24/2010 by Kurt Orzeck
Research Society took an innovative approach to participating in the Bad Penny’s ongoing “Cover Me” series: Rather than let one bandmember do all the talking, co-songwriters Namky (vocals, rhythm guitar, programming) and G Mann (lead guitar, bass, backing vocals, programming) had a lil’ dialogue. Here’s what the indie-rock band – which hails from Los Angeles’ Los Feliz neighborhood – dreamed up for its new Best of Seven EP – along with an exclusive download song from it. Continue reading
Meet And Greet Danny Ross; Download Exclusive MP3s
Posted in Exclusives, Features, Interviews, Meet And Greet, MP3s with tags Danny Ross, Duncan Sheik, Ryan Adams on 09/23/2010 by Kurt Orzeck
When I caught up with Danny Ross in late August 2009, he was trying to get his feet wet – but not in the literal sense.
“It’s been rainy, uncharacteristically rainy, the last two months” in New York, he said.
A little over a year later, the singer/pianist/multi-instrumentalist/composer has gotten them more than just a little wet. Ross is now fully drenched in music accolades, and on Saturday night, he headlines a show at NYC’s prestigious Mercury Lounge. Continue reading
Memento: Winterlings’ Autumn Harvest
Posted in Features, Mementos with tags Winterlings on 09/23/2010 by Kurt Orzeck
The Winterlings – a self-described “nocturnal alternative-folk band” – recently reached out to the Bad Penny with some thought-provoking pictures that warrant another installment in our ongoing “Memento” series. And with the fall having just arrived and Halloween around the corner, the timing couldn’t have been more perfect. Continue reading
Bad Penny Exclusive Premiere: TV Buddhas’ Third Vlog
Posted in Exclusives, Features, Videos with tags TV Buddhas on 09/21/2010 by Kurt Orzeck
Bad shows are a dime a dozen. But it doesn’t get much worse than TV Buddhas’ recent gig-that-wasn’t in New Orleans: When they showed up, the venue didn’t even know a concert was scheduled. Watch all the gory details about that incident and beyond in the third installment of the Israeli band’s tour vlog, which is premiering exclusively on the Bad Penny. Continue reading
Bad Penny Recipe: Neil Hamburger Soup
Posted in Features, Recipes with tags Neil Hamburger on 09/21/2010 by Kurt Orzeck
After Neil Hamburger’s horrendous reception at the Reading Festival last week – tossed bottles, vicious chants, etc. – he probably wants someone to warm him up with a bowl of soup. Here’s a suggested comfort-food recipe for the perpetually embattled comedian. Continue reading
Great Debate: TV Buddhas On Supermarket Lunches Vs. Eating Out
Posted in Features, Great Debate, Interviews with tags TV Buddhas on 09/20/2010 by Kurt Orzeck
For the first installment in a new Bad Penny feature, “Great Debate,” Israel’s TV Buddhas conduct an intra-band, intra-family discussion about the merits of eating at the local supermarket – or taking the more extravagant route: eating at an actual restaurant.
Which place causes one Buddha to feel like he’s a balloon? Who loathes pizza? And what do at least two of them agree truly is yummy? Read on and find out in this endearing contribution straight from the band. Continue reading
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