Punk Gaga

So reports of Gaga’s performance at Lollapalooza have been a little up and down. But check out this shocker , during Semi-Precious Weapons’ afternoon set, the gagster joined the band, grinded with the lead singer, and then took a stage dive into the crowd.

 

You can see the whole story at billboard.com here.

And here’s a saucy little youtube clip:

Pretty intense. You go, Gaga!

Punk Gaga

So reports of Gaga’s performance at Lollapalooza have been a little up and down. But check out this shocker , during Semi-Precious Weapons’ afternoon set, the gagster joined the band, grinded with the lead singer, and then took a stage dive into the crowd.

 

You can see the whole story at billboard.com here.

And here’s a saucy little youtube clip:

Pretty intense. You go, Gaga!

Tracy Bonham

Remember this “Mother Mother”-er from the late 90s. At the time she felt like an Alanis offspring. Her 4th record Masts of Manhatta is out next week and you can preview the totally solid tracks on her site now (I think “Big Red Heart” is my favorite): http://www.tracybonham.com/

  And here’s that big hit of hers.

Hurricane

Pretty wicked rocker, and I hear they’re great live….

  Beast “Mr. Hurricane”

Sam Roberts

Canadian rocker Sam Roberts hasn’t had much success stateside but he’s much beloved in his “homeland” and his album, We Were Born In A Flame, is probably one of my favorite rock records. After an EP  became the top Indie release in Canada, this was his first full length record and it’s packed with hooks galore and covers all sorts of emotional and musical territory. There have been two subsequent albums, equally successful in Canada, that haven’t quite captured WWBIAF’s magic for me. And I encourage folks

  The track below goes out to some good friends — recently returned from India — and is appropriately sweeping and majestic.

  http://www.last.fm/music/Sam+Roberts/_/Taj+Mahal

  [Note: there’s some weirdness if you want to buy the album on iTunes….but amazonmp3 is normal]

MovieStar/RockStar-Juliette Lewis

I’m actually really into this new track from actress Juliette Lewis which has a very Hole Celebrity Skin vibe. Check out her myspace page and play yourself the track, “Terra Incognita”.
 
http://www.myspace.com/juliettelewis
 
 

Hair Metal

Over the top nostalgia.

  Steel Panther – “Community Property”

 

The Hysterics-Radical Chic

Loving this blues-y rock track from Brooklyn-based, The Hysterics — sounds very August to me.

You should be able to stream the song by clicking the track name below. Give it a listen and then go grab it from eMusic/Amazon/Apple…
 
 “Radical Chic” [mp3] from Hysterics

I couldn’t agree more

I think I love this girl. [Ida Maria – “I Like You So Much Better When You’re Naked”]

Hair Metal you need to know

A recent issue of Blender asked for a list of favorite tracks from musicians of all stripes. Here’s a recommendation from Ryan Adams that I fully endorse.

 Britny Fox – “Long Way to Love” – [Ryan’s comments: “Eighties hair metal that’s a little lighter than Kiss but not as light as Poison. And a f’ing million -dollar chorus. It’s huuuuge!”]