As the straining cordon of policemen splits under the frantic pressure of budding femininity, the coach swerves away from Glasgow Apollo and speeds though the dark, wet back streets.

Soon the last gang of pursuers stumble back into the distance and a solitary figure keeps abreast of the coach,running as if its life is at stake. The coach just clips through an amber light and still the figure keeps coming, madly ignoring the Green Cross Code.

“Pull up! Stop!” yells Roger Taylor and the coach jerks twice and coasts to a halt. The automatic doors purr open and young Mark Duffy, heaving with exhaustion and excitement, staggers up the steps to rapturous applause.
“Please will you put ‘I was in your coach’?” he asks Nick Rhodes as the lipstick blond signs his programme.“Please… otherwise my friends won’t believe me…”
OK, although the incident’s true, you’ve read it many times before. Duran Duran: pop stars, candyfl oss gods to a new generation of gullible adolescents with more pocket money than sense. If only the stupid sheep would scream and lend fi nancial support to the worthy likes of the Gang Of Four, the world would be
a better place. Well… er… wouldn’t it?
I, for one, quite honestly doubt it and have caught a fair amount of flak in the past for being stupid enough to say so. Here, at Maker Central, my rapturous review of the ‘Rio’ album is still the subject of ridicule and considered an unbalanced lapse of common sense.
But just why do the press find Duran Duran unacceptable?
Do they pose some threat to jealously guarded traditional standards? Is it because they wear make-up? Just why do they offend mature sensibilities? And why do they sell so many records? Only one way to find out…Yours truly nipped up north of the border with the express purpose of confronting Duran with their own reputation and giving them a rare right of reply.Nick Rhodes provided the most apt preamble.
“We are probably the only band that’s known as five individuals. We are five very different personalities as The Beatles were four.
“There can be up to five contradictions at any one point. I think this interview is important because we’ve never ever been able to level our how we felt exactly about all those things… I think it’s really interesting… about the reasons why…”Appetite whetted? Here goes…
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Modern Music Rated Duran Duran Albums:
Duran Duran - Medazzaland
Duran Duran - Rio
Duran Duran - Astronaut

Album of the day
It's Dreamy,it's gloomy,it's Reflective...It's Luna.
The former Galaxie 500 frontman shares the wealth in this best of, chronicaling the velvety tales of Luna.Their music was full of cosmic guitar interplay between Wareham and Sean Eden, but the rhythm section-- at first ex-Feelies drummer Stanley Demeski and bassist Justin Harwood, later Lee Wall and Britta Phillips-- was always solid and down-to-earth.

Rating: 8/10
MM Review
Actually i see that this 'Best Of' is a great way to having opinion about their music.'California','Chinatown' ,'Tracy I Love You','Lovedust' ride the album.But you should listen their songs several time,they haven't got any commercial songs.Maybe you didn't hear anything about them,they're definitely amazing.Uptempo rhythms and sharper melodies will get you...
Also check out:
Television - Adventure

Rating:8.2/10
Modern Music Review
This is not a new album review,just a great album review.
Singer/songwriter Adam Green had released a new great record.
I hadn't had a chance to listen.You can see some great influences
like Lou Reed,Roy orbison,Chet Baker,Chuck Berry in this deluxe
Record."drugs" which is the highlight song of the solo.It changes your
mod depressively such lyrics like:
I like to do drugs
I like to have drugs
I like to hold a cigarette full of grass in my hand
It's not a new to hear in his lyrics 'Drugs'.
Actually,all the songs feel you and want to tell you that how they're willing
to be a classic.And more importantly you guess this ablum should be a classic.
But it's a new one.

Adam Green is so much more than that, and this album has a classic,
timeless feel to it, brilliantly drawing from divergent musical traditions
(much like the Gershwins in that respect), twisting from them an unique but
incredibly familiar sound.

i really appreciated the songs(novotel,drugs,hey dude,animal dreams,watching old movies white)i think i will write down the whole album.I love to listen sensitive and
complicated songs.if you listen singer/songwriters like Ben Folds, Leonard Cohen,
and Jonathan Richman you'll adore this stuff.Absolutely it tastes as a nostalgic record.

Rating:9/10
Modern Music Review
When 'the Letting Go', recorded in Iceland last winter with Björk producer Valgeir Sigurdsson, is due out September 18 on Domino in the UK, and in the U.S. the following day courtesy of Drag City. After his great cover album performance with Tortoise 'The brave and the bold' it's great to hear his new solo album. 'Strange Form Of Life' is truly the first impact on me with it's perfect female back vocals by Dawn McCarthy from Faun Fables. It's very exciting to hear great melancholic songs which Will make flawlesly on his career.

"I See a Darkness" has been Will's one of the best work. This album is pretty as 'I see a darkness' because there are several new melodies and there is no doubt lo-fi listeners will love this record throughout.

"Cursed Sleep"- little deadly guitar creaks and little strong guitar solos which are the true words to describe this pretty song.Female vocals are ferocious. All the songs are restful and therapeutic in the album. You can think the songs sound like a soundtrack and it would be a true observation. In addition, this isn't bad point. I like movies, and also Art can't be without movies, musics or books. They're too tight together.

"The Seedling" and "Love Comes To Me" sounds more indie from the others. Bonnie "Prince" Billy had decided to use more violins in this album. Violin tunes are incredible in the song 'The Seedling'. We can see that Violin is a very sexy instrument and you can do miracles with that. The in high spirits era covers almost every composition in this album, and Bonnie's whistle in the song named "No Bad News" is totally romantic and broken. Fantastic lyrical combinations!

It's an album which is centered by lyrical success as usual. You know it's his the strongest talent. "Lyrical explosive" describes this album clearly.
MM Picks:The Seedling,Cursed Sleep

The Most Modern 10 (11)
rock singles chart
1.Johnny Cash - God's Gonna Cut You Down
2.Sleepy jackson - god lead your soul
3.New York Dolls - Dance like a monkey
4.The mars volta - Viscera Eyes
5.Adam Green - Nat King Cole
6.Barry Adamson - here in the hole
7.Primal Scream - Dolls (new!)
8.James D. Bradfield - That's No Way To Tell A Lie
9.Bonnie 'Prince' Billy - Cursed sleep (new!)
10.The Raconteurs - hands (new!)

'hands' by The Raconteurs ,lead vocals on this track are by Brendan Benson There's a very vintage rock'n'roll feel to Hands, the sum of White's robust guitar poundings, Benson's Steve Marriott-esque vocals.
'Primal Scream Dolls' the simple, scuzzy guitar riff, "la la la" refrains and party-starting drum groove are infectious, but your local Rolling Stones tribute band could probably rustle up something similar.
'Cursed Sleep' sounds quite good from forthcoming album is Will Oldham's new album 'the letting go'.

This week,unique Scottish Band Belle & Sebastian is our guest.This seven membered twee pop,indie,chamber Pop band have much in common with influential indie bands such as The Smiths,Felt and mostly Nick Drake.

There is little gossip that points Belle & sebastian's mostly influenced Nick Drake's 'Hazey Jane Ii'.Actually 'Hazey Jane Ii' includes some of Belle's sounds.
Rating:7.7/10
MM Short Album Review:
I'm listening their last record 'The Life Pursuit'.Appreciable songs of this album are 'Another Sunny Day','Dress Up In You','To Be Myself Completely','The Blues Are Still Blue' and 'We Are The Sleepyheads' which is my unchanging on air song.The Life Pursuit isn't totally new in indie but still sounds absorbing.They have a natural aura.

Belle & sebastian - Life pursuit
Belle & sebastian- Tigermilk
Belle & sebastian - If you're feeling sinister
Belle & sebastian- Dear catastrophe waitress
Belle & sebastian - Storytelling
Belle & sebastian - Boy with arab strap

Important Releases of This month
All dates are for U.S. releases unless otherwise noted.
Powerman 5000 - Destroy What You Enjoy 2006-08-01
Ani Difranco - Reprieve 2006-08-08
The Sleepy Jackson - Personality 2006-08-08
Slayer - Christ Illusion 2006-08-08
Waterboys - Fisherman's Blues 2006-08-15
Primal Scream - Riot City Blues 2006-08-22
Lampchop - Damaged 2006-08-22
Mountain Goats - Get Lonely 2006-08-22
Tortoise - A Lazarus Taxon 2006-08-22
The Mars Volta - Amputechture 2006-08-22
Razorlight - Razorlight 2006-08-22
Bob Dylan - Modern Times 2006-08-29

Short Notes:I've listened Lambchop's Damaged and it sounds amazing,i love it.We'll see what the others got.'A Lazarus Taxon' is a compilation album by Tortoise.
Modern Music Recommends:Mars Volta,The Sleepy Jackson.

Modern music recommended
Has Been (2004) is William Shatner's second musical album after 1968's The Transformed Man.

Cover Cover Cover
His power-pop cover of Pulp's "Common People" has Joe Jackson going grandiose with Shatner and a chorus with upwards of 60 vocalists.What makes 'Common people' a legitimately great album is that different orchestral vocals,shiny beats,melodic power-pop beats.'If you love to make Fantasy with songs then it's very favourable for that.'

Ben Folds creating arrangements for Shatner's prose-poems, and feature guest appearances from Folds and Aimee Mann (backup vocals on "That's Me Trying"),Lemon Jelly (on "Together"), Henry Rollins (on "I Can't Get Behind That"),
and Brad Paisley (on "Real", which he wrote specifically for Shatner).

Simply, it's just unbelievably good.
MM picks:Has Been,It Hasn’t Happened Yet

Album of the week
'Strong lyrics and riffs in alternative rock area.'
Nothing's Shocking is Jane's Addiction's first studio album
because the self-titled debut is a live recording.

With strong influencec of Jesus and Mary Chain,Velvet Underground,
Jimi Hendrix,Led Zeppelin on them,it proves that they get used to love
noise rock.
"Up The Beach","Ocean Size" are strong opening songs."Mountain Song","Jane says"
work well with their slower rhythm."Jane Says" is the breakthrough single
off the album.

This live record is quite succesful with a heavy rock-funk-punk mix that's a pleasure
to hear.The album isn't quite as good as "Ritual de lo Habitual".But it
proves impressive performance of Perry Farrell's voice and lyrics,
Dave Navarro's guitar riffs.

Nothing's Shocking is a must-have for lovers of cutting-edge,
influential, and timeless hard rock.
Also you can like:
Faith No More - Songs to Make Love To

Rating:8/10
Modern music review:
Kinks leader Ray Davies fascinates again us with his last solo record "Other People's Lives".Starting with its best song "Things Are Gonna Change" ending with again great song " Over My Head".

It's proof that he's still alive for writing clear,pop songs.These are great pop songs put across in fantastic performances.

This is, however, a darker Ray Davies than you remember from The Kinks. "Creatures Of Little Faith", "All She Wore", "Other People's Lives" help to drive the rousing. "All She Wore" contains luxuriant guitar chords but it has more than it can carry, so it's a little grey.

I absolutely like all the melodies in this album as well as Ray's brilliant vocal delivery."Creatures Of Little Faith" and "Over My Head" are chine of album. This album will stand out over time. It was completely worth to have a listen his Singer/ Songwriter performance.
Modern music picks:"Over My Head","Creatures Of Little Faith".
Related albums:
David Bowie - Billboard Hits U.S.A.
The Kinks - Muswell Hillbillies
Mott The Hoople - All the Young Dudes

Fantômas is an alternative metal band. The group is named after Fantômas, a villain featured in a series of crime novels popular in France before World War I.

The Director's Cut was a series of reinterpretations of motion picture theme songs. Some versions are rather loyal to the sources (such as the eerie lullabye from The Night of the Hunter), while others offer radical takes on the music (such the theme from The Godfather tackled as a thrash metal song).

You'll love this album if you're looking for different weird songs."Twin Peaks: Fire Walk With Me", "Rosemary's Baby","Twin Peaks: Fire Walk With Me","The Godfather","Charade" are my pics.
From archive:
The who
10000 maniacs

Modern music honors
Music in his hands,like a pale flower in autumn.
Nick Drake produced great albums of chilling, somber beauty.They're so greatto listen,you can't even talk while his songs are playing...

He had released three precious studio album which are memorable masterpieces.If you like folk rock masters like Leonard Cohen,Van Morrison or depressive singers/songwriters like Scott Walker,Syd Barrett,You will probably enthuse to Nick Drake.

"Five Leaves Left", recorded in 1969, was the first of three albums by British folk musician Nick Drake. Like Bryter Layter and unlike Pink Moon, this album contains no completely solo songs. Nick was accompanied by members of the British folk-rock group Fairport Convention.

"Bryter Layter" contains great folk,baraque pop songs "Hazey Jane II","At the Chime of a City Clock ".Nick was accompanied by part of the British folk-rockers group Fairport Convention and John Cale from The Velvet Underground.

"Pink Moon" After two albums of tastefully orchestrated folk-pop, albeit some of the least demonstrative and most affecting around, Drake chose a radical change for what turned out to be his final album.
Related Albums:
Syd Barrett - wouldnt you miss me
Van Morrison - Astral Weeks
Kevin Ayers - Rainbow takeaway

Recommended
Rating:7/10
Modern Music Album Review
Melancholic,Dizzy,Reposeful
I've been listening Grahan Lindsey's new release "Hell Under the Skullbones" for days.
The new folk album which is full of great vocal performances, folk guitar melodies, alternative country tunes.Album is produced by Steve Deutsch and dedicated to Adrian Hill.

We see in this album great songwriting and singing performance the origin
of the naturalism in the lyrics can be marked, it feels like true events
taken from real life.Lyrics are pathetic and emotional - The album includes tasty songs.

Opening track 'Matchbook song' is only one of the reason to love this album.
It's very hard to adore to a folk album at your first listen. But 'Hell under the skullbones' breaks this rule. Because Graham Lindsey's charismatic voice, which is very similar with Bob Dylan, is growing on you fast.

Songs like "Deathtrip Blues", "Elly Bly", "Jusk like Past" show us Graham's
perfect rhythm in his singing success.
From lyrics of "Just like bust":
Cause I've been honest I've been kind
I've been waiting all my life
but so sadly I so badly have to go...

Lyrics are part of life, This material makes "Hell under the scullbones" more natural.
Light-headed songs soon came out of its shell,this makes you to became infatuated.

Electric guitarists of this record are terrific(James Harrah,Greg Leisz,Moris Tepper).
Guitars are so impressive and giddy.

This album is truly one of the succesful folk rock album of 2006. For sure,
Graham Lindsey is going to be Modern Music's the most impressive new artist.
If you're fan of folk music,you'll love "Hell under the skullbones" at first listen.
Street date:08/15/06
Modern Music Picks:Matcbook song,Just like dust,Slow Train Stomp
For More Info:
www.grahamlindseymusic.com
www.myspace.com/spacebarrecordings

Album of the day
The dB's were a power pop group of the late 1970s and 1980s.
Their energetic jungle pop sound makes everyone singing along with them.

Modern Music Deep Review:
In their debut "Stands for Decibels","Big Brown Eyes","Dynamite","The Fight","Cycles per Second","Bad Reputation" are truly hits of the album."Big Brown Eyes" reflects ambiance of 80s.when it's your first album,you're ambitious and determined.So it's a big opportunity to record your best..Maybe their name is simple but their music is unforgetable.I love to listen them with R.E.M. and other College Rock bands.

The album stands not only as a landmark power-pop album, but also as a prototype for much of the Southern jangle that would follow.

Chutes Too Narrow is a 2003 album by indie rock group the Shins. The album was generally well received by critics, garnering an overall score of 88/100 on Metacritic."Gone for Good" was used in the 2004 film, In Good Company.

Life On Other Planets is the fourth album from English rock band Supergrass which is growing on me with their latest great album "Road to Rouen".Actually they're not same with other Brit pop bands.This band is good to your soul.

Is that a joke?It can be b side album it sounds like a complication album.Also Pixies is a legend band of mid-80's.Breeders isn't as well as Pixies but still remarkable music.Breders ,Originally formed as a side project for the Pixies' bassist Kim Deal, The Breeders quickly became her primary recording outlet.
Storytelling is the soundtrack that cult heroes Belle & Sebastian created to accompany Todd Solondz's controversial film of the same title

Pixies - Complete b sides
Supergrass - Life on other planet
Breeders - Last splash
Shins - Chutes too narrow
Belle and sebastian - Storytelling
Better than ezra - Compilation

Underground Archive
Dark side of indie rock unites with Darker My Love
Darker my love is an indie rock band from CALIFORNIA.
Great band name and different sound.They're not discord.
Musics are more noticeable within "Summer is here".They're holding guitars on the foreground.It's very succesful and you can hear all the great guitar spinnings with this little trick.

"Hellium Heels" may scare you.'This song hasn't got the power' But probably you would be
wrong by saying that.It's the first impact.Some songs grow on you after a few
listen.So i listened this song two times more.It really has the power with
noisy guitars and dark vocals.The song has great opening and closing.

"Sleep within you" is quite amazing song.It describes the sound of "Dark My love".
If you're looking some dark indie music,Dark My love will be lovely choice.
You can listen ,find more info @ here
www.darkermylove.net

Album of the day
Hailed by a growing number as "the future of rock," the Vines are more a conglomeration of the best of the past. The Sydney, Australia, quartet sounds alternately like Nirvana, the Beatles, T. Rex, and even the Beach Boys (and, at times, all of those blended together). On Highly Evolved they present 12 flawlessly crafted songs, each one living up to the title of the album and first song.

The hi-octane Highly Evolved drops down into the dreamy Autumn Shade which is just what you’d expect – a melancholic kickabout through piles of leaves in your head. And then they’re off again, cranking it up with Outathaway!, a shouty rant of a rock song stuffed with exclamation marks.

In its tender moments, the album shines with 60s psychedelia and moments of pure musical finesse. When it rocks, it really rocks. Highly Evolved isn’t Sergeant Pepper, nor is it Nevermind. But the Vines are growing.
Related Albums:
Vines - Winning days
Vines - Vision Valley

Live Paul Weller Album
I haven't seen Paul Weller's bad song,album,project or composition.Obviously
Paul Weller is one the most important singer/songwriter.

His solos are flawless and he had been in a band which was very succesful
in punk scene.And also his unbelievable changings with Style Council...Jazz-pop,
punk,soul,house,adult alt is there another style in music?So that shows us
his influences like Traffic,Marvin Gaye,The Kinks add lots of newness and original
styles his music.

After winning the coveted Outstanding Contribution To Music Award at this
years Brits Award Paul Weller is ready to set the music scene ablaze with
the release of his live album. Entitled 'Catch – Flame!', it was recorded
at London's Alexandra Palace on the 5th December 2005.

Did you listen his latest album "As Is Now".I'm sure you'd listened.
But if you don't you have to give some credits his solo albums.

Modern music Picks:Wishing On A Star
I've been listening his last live album 'Catch Flame' and today i picked
song named 'Wishing On A Star' which is one of his standout work.I can
rate "Catch Flame" 10/10 because it's very memorable live album.He intensified
his talents on music thoroughly ,it's quite open for a fan of him.