David Bowie Weekend

I think he has a very fantastic charisma and he had been in many different musical styles.So,this is why i always have called him perfect artist.

His eyes added an exotic element to his looks that would become a signature of his image and he had had work of arts in psychedelic folk,glam rock,soul, R&B,jazz,dance music ,so he had has attention on every musical styles.

David Bowie's name comes from the Bowie knife... His real name is David Jones. Another Davey Jones was a member of the Monkeys. David Bowie had previously recorded as Davey Jones and the King Bees.

Bowie also appeared in a lot of movies,tv series.

In the British Broadcasting Corporation's 2002 poll of the 100 greatest Britons, Bowie ranked 29. Throughout his career he has sold an estimated 136 million albums, and ranks among the ten best-selling acts in UK pop history.

For the year 2006, David Bowie once again announced a break from performance, though he made a surprise appearance at a David Gilmour concert to sing the songs "Arnold Layne" and "Comfortably Numb", closing the concert.
Interview with David Bowie and more info about him.

Modern Music Rated David Bowie Albums:
Pin up
Hunky Dory
Diamond Dogs
Tonight
The man who sold world
Space oddity
Scary monsters
Let's Dance

David Bowie:Low

Best album of 70s.
Believe me,this album is best David Bowie album. I saw that Pitchfork rated the album greatest album of 1970s.I did not become suprised.Because this album is full of best lyrics,best musics,glam rock,experimental tunes...Totally perfect.

We know that lots of bands influenced from this masterpiece.'Warszawa' which was a main inspiration for Joy Division.'Sound and Vision' is rocking its great guitar rhythm,'Be my life' which song is One of the few straightforward bit on Low possessing both a verse and a chorus, for a start.

Without a discussion,'Low' got different kind of powers in it;electronics,instrumental sections,experimentalism.And David Bowie had done superbly such a lovely record which is still fresh ,still easy to listen.
Also check out:
Hunky Dory
Don't miss ,this weekend will be David Bowie weekend at MM.

Great new rock singles and chosen songs

Modern music top songs

1.Sleepy jackson - God lead your soul
2.New York Dolls - Dance like a monkey
3.Adam Green - Nat King Cole
4.Bonnie 'Prince' Billy - Cursed sleep
5.Primal Scream - Dolls
6.Johnny Cash - God's Gonna Cut You Down
7.Bob Dylan - Cold Irons Bound
8.Steely dan - Do it again
9.The Raconteurs - Hands
10.Luna - Lovedust

Two old tracks entered MM top 10 Luna and Steely Dan from their new best of album.

Robyn Hitchcock:Fegmania!

Digging 80s greatest albums

I know Modern Music readers love 80s,Here is a masterpiece from 80s.

Rating:10/10
MM review
'My Wife & My Dead Wife' starts with little bell noises and it sounds little Magazine's songs, especially 'A Song from Under the Floorboards'.But it sure that Robyn Hitchcock sounds more joyful.

'Fegmania'(86) isn't a slowspeed album.We know the other Robyn Hitchcock albums
are darker than 'Fegmania'.'The Man With The Lightbulb Head' is the most
weird and different song.This is probably his most mainstream-sounding album,
but i think it takes time to get this point,because of strange sound effects,
ending of songs are quick.

There are songs which can grow on you at first listen,which ones?;'Strawberry Mind',
'Egyptian Cream',''Heaven'.

When i first listened the album,i considered sound with jungle pop bands:R.E.M.,The dBs.He influenced by Syd Barrett,Bob Dylan,Pink Floyd.But Fegmania! has a different sensibility,focusing on you slowly and being a part of you after a while.He influenced by Syd Barrett,Bob Dylan,Pink Floyd.After listening first ten song there is no way to escape aura of this masterpiece.Without a blemish,'Fegmania!' is one of the most magical album from 80s.
MM picks:'The Fly','Heaven','Strawberry Mind'
Also you can check:
Bob Mould - Workbook
Pixies - b sides

Steely Dan:The Definitive Collection

Rating:6.5/10
Modern Music Review
New pure,reposeful collection from Steely Dan which is an American classic rock,jazz rock band centered on musicians and songwriters Walter Becker and Donald Fagen.Actually album is totally awesome.

Order of the songs is chosen perfectly.Also 'The Definitive Collection'(2006) is a short way to find all best-known works of Steely Dan.

If you're interested in good single disc review of their work,then this is a good collection.

But Steely Dan still have great songs to discover at other albums.So,it's hard to find underrated pieces at this 'The Definitive Collection'(Original Recording Remastered).'Do It Again','Kid Charlemagne','My Old School','Dirty Work' are reasonably satisfying hits.


You don't interested in discovering mysterious great songs,then this compilation album is well enough for your musical pursuit.
Steely Dan's official website:
http://www.steelydan.com
Also you can check out:
Fleetwood Mac

Billy Bragg:England Half English

This isn't a new album review
'England, Half-English', is his first album of all-original songs in over
five years, features Billy Bragg and his touring band The Blokes continuing that spirit of rollicking collaboration.

Feels like a jam session--bluesy keyboard lines and guitar riffs busk
with soul-inflected harmonies, world-music percussion and complex,exotic rhythms.

Modern Music review
The new romantic songs, especially the bouncy "Another Kind of Judy" and
the gorgeous immigrant's reverie "Distant Shore," find the sharp and
sweet catchiness of Bragg's best work.

Half English' Emotional songs balanced adult alternative album,there are appreciable different melodies and guitar chords.On the other hand,Songs are not the same sound,
they're all diverse,it's a disadvantage and it takes time to understand the
melodies.But while you're considering about the album,do not be so impatient,Half English'
is quite album,there are many hidden gems in it.
MM picks:'Jane Allen','England, Half English'
Also you can check:
Ray Davies - Other People's Lives

Teenage Fanclub:Man Made

Rating:9.5
MM review
This week 'album of the week' belongs Scottish alternative rock band Teenage Fanclub.
As i said before their 2005 release Man-Made which is one the best record of them.Their underground pop tunes strongly effective,memorable,pure and full with senses.Listened this record several times but still i have the same feelings,gorgeous.Man-Made represents the first record recorded by the band in the States, this time produced and mixed by John McEntire (Tortoise) in Chicago.

Here is an album with all-new complexity, unforseen depth and many delightful hidden layers.Playlouder

If you're Big Star fan you'll die absolutely at your first listen. Gerard Love is usually the most dependable songwriter of the bunch and this didn't change,again successful songwritings with 'Save','Time stops','Falling Leaves'.Man-Made is among the finest collections of pop songs any of us and it seems to be protect its beauty.
Modern music picks:Cells,Nowhere Going,Time Stops

The National:Alligator

Rating:6.5/10
MM Album Review
The National's good work 'Alligator'(2005).The National are American but influenced mostly brit singer/songwrites Scott Walker,Stuart Staples.Also they are compared with Leonard Cohen and the more mellifluous tendencies of Joy Division and Echo and the Bunnymen.

I think they sounds slower version of Interpol or the Strokes.'Karen' is a good song which shouldn't be missed.But this album isn't awesome,actually sometimes boring.They're totally influenced from American Music Club if you listen their music you'll immediately realize.'Baby, We'll Be Fine' is shining at first listen but it's going to shine again.Darkness and brilliant melodies will control over your ears.

"Alligator" is easily the National's best effort and quite possibly one of this year's finest records.''Billboard

'Alligator' can be a great choice to listen in your plaintive times but sometimes it can be exhausting listen.
MM picks:Karen,All The Wine,'Baby, We'll Be Fine'

Yo La Tengo:Yo La Tengo Is Murdering the Classics

Rating:4.5/10
Modern Music review
cover album
Yo La Tengo which is an american rock band have demonstrated unusual longevity for the indie-rock scene.

Yo La Tengo Is Murdering the Classics (2006) is as sloppy and awkward as its title portends, but it's nevertheless an amusing listen galvanized by
the overwhelming love of rock & roll that informs all of the band's efforts.

Entire of album sounds quite pleasing but not totally memorable.
'Yo La Tengo Is Murdering the Classics' is a pretty record for their fans.
Also you shouldn't expect too much from cover albums,they're beautiful for
remember old classics and sometimes cover songs work for love a band.
Because we know,lots of band come up with a cover song at the start of their
career.Good classic rock & roll songs anyway.

So,it's an interesting,melodic,quick listen cover album.
Standout covers:Paper Lace,The Stooges,Jonathan Richman,Brian Eno,Yes,T.rex

Sonic Youth

Initially inspired by the noise experimentation of Glenn Branca (with whom most of the band have performed); as well as the heavy garage rock of The Stooges and the noise experimentation of The Velvet Underground, they were known for using a variety of unorthodox guitar tunings, and for applying screwdrivers or other preparations to
guitars to alter the instruments' timbre.

Any doubts as to the continuing relevance of Sonic Youth upon their jump to major label status were quickly laid to rest by 'Goo', their follow-up to the monumental 'Daydream Nation'.

If Modern music choses their the most effective albums,they'll be absolutely 'Goo' and 'Bad Moon Rising','Daydream Nation'.Their latest records like 'Sonic Nurse' and 'Rather Ripped' shows us They haven't lost any power of their music.More importantly their music are growing
and regenerating.Combinations of different music styles,which are mostly Noise-Rock,
College Rock,Indie Rock and Experimental tunes,unite in their music.And all we have to is to discover this great fusion of rock music.

From Archive:
Rather Ripped 2006
Murray Street
Sonic Nurse
Dirty
Bad Moon Rising

Top 10 Sonic Youth songs By Modern Music:

1.Disappearer
2.Plastic Sun
3.Unmade Bed
4.Kool Thing
5.Sugar Kane
6.Mary-Christ
7.Expressway To Your Skull
8.Candle
9.Teen Age Riot
10Death Valley '69

Bob Dylan Weekend:A Legend Musician

Nobody can hold me up from preaparing this article.

Bob Dylan is an American folk-rock singer-songwriter. He is known for poetic, often obscure lyrics with politically and socially charged themes.As you know,Bob Dylan is a cult idol,His influence on popular music is incalculable.He has also recently performed alongside other major artists, such as Paul Simon, Joni Mitchell(Listen her 'Court and Spark' classic album, if you don't know about her), Tom Petty and Eric Clapton.

Much of Dylan's best known work is from the 1960s when he became an informal documentarian and reluctant figurehead of American unrest.his most recent album of new songs, 2001's "Love and Theft" which includes sheer songs like 'Mississippi','Summer Days' , reached the top five on the charts in the U.S. and the U.K. And I'm very exited about his upcoming studio album 'Modern Times'.

Modern Music Recommended Albums:
Highway 61 revisited
Nashville skyline
Blood on tracks
Knocked out loaded
Time out of mind
Love and theft
More infos:biography

Top 10 Bob Dylan Songs by MM
(if you want to send your own Top 10 songs just leave it to comments)
* 1. Like a Rolling Stone
* 2. Subterranean Homesick Blues
* 3. Shelter from the Storm
* 4. Tombstone Blues
* 5. It Ain't Me Babe
* 6. Desolation Row
* 7. Tangled Up in Blue
* 8. The Times They Are A-Changin'
* 9. Visions of Johanna
* 10. Idiot Wind