1977 brought a whole new sound that people had never heard, and a sound that many people didn’t want to hear. But that is exactly the thing that appealed to punk rockers. They wrote and played music because it’s what they loved, not to get fame and money.
Punk rock has evolved since then, and the big question now remains is punk rock dead?
Friday, January 22, 2010 many well -known celebrities and musicians helped out with Hope For Haiti Now, a global benefit concert for earthquake relief. This telethon took place in in 3 cities: Los Angeles, New York, and London.
George Clooney organized this concert with MTV to help earn more relief for Haiti, which has already lost roughly 200, 000 people.
During the benefit concert, celebrities and musicians answered phones and performed music to get people to call in and donate money to the hope for Haiti Now earthquake relief.
Coldplay, Beyonce, as well as a joint efforts with Bono, Jay-Z, Rhianna, and the Edge, performed in London. The latter four musicians performed together a new song, “Stranded– Haiti mon Amour.” Their collaboration turned out to be successful, giving the world a catchy song and Haiti relief money. Check out their song below!
In New York, Haitian-born, Wycleaf Jean hosted and sang. With him Bruce Springsteen, Jennifer Hudson, Shakira, and Sting performed.
And in LA, George Clooney took charge and was joined by musicians: Alicia Keys, Christina Aguilera, Taylor Swift, Justin Timberlake, Stevie Wonder, John Legend, Keith Urban, Sheryl Crow, and Kid Rock.
I have to say Clooney actually did a great job getting great artists to join together in a great cause. I wish I could have personally been at the benefit concert, but then again I wouldn’t know which one I would have wanted to be at!!
Good news: you can purchase the songs from the concert on itunes and all the proceeds will go the earthquake relief in Haiti.
If you want to help Haiti out and missed the Hope For Haiti Now benefit concert, you still can. Just visit Hope For Haiti Now to donate.
Unfortunately Imagine Dragons will no longer be able to join Provo for the concert this Saturday, because of a death in the family.
The bands who will be playing now are: The Vibrant Sound, Elizabethan Report, Can’t Stop Wont Stop, and One Man Short.
Remember the concert starts at 8:30pm Saturday, January 23, 2010.
The Bands there will be filming a live DVD so please join them for some great dancing. And Imagine Dragons promises to join their Provo following with a concert at Velour February 6th.
Don’t know what to do with your Monday nights? Muse Music Cafe in Provo has the perfect solution.
During 2010 January through April, every Monday night at 9 pm Muse Music Cafe will be showing free Rock documentaries. The first Rockumentary video started three weeks ago with a documentary on Arcade Fire’s 2007 album, “Neon Bible.”
If you want to start the night even earlier, Muse will be holding a free open-mic night at 7 pm before each Monday movie night. And don’t forget, Muse has a cafe!
Get the 2010 Rockumentary schedule below:
1/25: Hype! (Seattle Music Scene)
2/1: Heima (Sigur Ros)
2/8: Genghis Blues (throat singing in Mongolia)
2/15: Meeting People is Easy (Radiohead)
2/22: Directions (Death Cab For Cutie)
3/1: Anvil: The Story of Anvil
3/8: It Might Get Loud (Jack White/Jimmy Page/The Edge)
3/15: DiG! (The Dandy Warhols/Brian Jonestown Massacre)
3/22: Spend An Evening With Saddle Creek
3/29: You May Need A Murderer (Low)
4/5: New York Doll
4/12: The Carter (Lil Wayne)
4/19: Kurt Cobain: About a Son
4/26: Spinal Tap
Provo are you ready for another great concert? Two of my favorite bands in the Provo area, The Vibrant Sound and Imagine Dragons are coming back from their Vegas tour to give their Utah fans a treat.
When: Saturday, January 23, 2010 at 8:00pm -12:00pm
Where: Velour Live Music Gallery (of course):
315 N UniversityAve. Provo, UT
How Much: $7.00 (but it is worth it for all the great dancing, music,
and crowd you will be enjoying)
Many of these bands have played together before and will continue to. The chemistry between the bands is great and the show is smooth.
Hope to see you guys there!
Looking for a way to crank up your ipod? Here are a few of the best musical iphone apps that anyone with musical talent or taste would enjoy:
1. Guitar Toolkit ($9.99)
If you love to jam, this app is worth the ten bucks it costs. This rockin’ iphone app is equipped with an accurate chromatic tuner, adjustable metronome and complete chord library of over 1500 chord variations.
Good news everyone, the Who, will be rocking the Super Bowl 2010 half-time show, releasing a new studio album, and have live performances in the near future.
The two surviving band members of the Who, Pete Townshend and Roger Daltrey, will be performing on Dec. 7th, at the Miami Dolphin’s stadium. With over 100 million viewers, the Super Bowl will be sure to give the band a huge commercial boost.
For those of you who don’t know much about Pandora.com, here is a quick Pandora radio review.
Pandora Radio is a music discovery service that allows you to discover new music online, while listening to music you already love. Pandora is powered by the “Music Genome Project”: a comprehensive analysis of music that sought to match you up with similar musical sounds and styles based on what you say you already like.
Looking for a present for the family member or friend who loves indie music? We’ve got some awesome indie-music books lined up for you with something for everybody. We have everything from an indie-cook book, to enjoyable fiction, to an indie-music encyclopedia. Take a look:
*Every book is available on Amazon.com with new and used copies.
So The Killers are not so underground, but their catchy Christmas tunes tend to be. Did you know that The Killers have released four Christmas singles for the last four years?!
Keeping up their holiday tradition, the Killers just released their fourth Christmas single for (RED) campaign against AIDS; this time the song is entitled “Happy Birthday Guadalupe” and has a fresh Mariachi sound.
The Killers worked with friends Wild Light and Mariachi Bronx on this year’s Christmas track. They also, asked Beverly Hills 90210 actor, Luke Perry, to star in their mesmerizing music video, which is filled with symbolism hidden under a seemingly haunted Christmas song.
However, like most Christmas songs, “Happy Birthday Guadalupe” leaves you with the spirit of giving. And likewise The Killers keep giving their fans new surprises that leave us craving more.
Get in the holiday spirit with your friends and family by watching or listening to the Killers Christmas music videos.
