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By Robin Kavanagh
Consulting Editor
With a voice that tears through the air like cool liquid, it seems Amy
Lee can take Evanescence anywhere they want to go.
If having the No. 3 song on K-ROCK’s playlist, an album that debuted
at No. 7 on the charts isn’t enough to safely say this force from
Little Rock, Alabama, is an unqualified success, perhaps their upcoming
show at Webster Hall (that is already sold out) will do it.
Was it the tease of Lee’s vocals in “Daredevil” or
the band’s first single, “Bring Me to Life” so resembling
the sound of Linkin Park, that made Evanescence an overnight hit? Or was
it the novelty of gothic-drenched heavy-riffed sound lead by a woman that
has brought this young quartet into the forefront of mainstream consciousness?
Who can say?
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| Linkin Park's new album, "Meteora,"
is the band's follow-up to their 2001 release, "Hybrid Theory." |
By Robert Salemme
Staff Writer
Avoiding the sophomore record jinx, Linkin Park’s
new CD “Meteora” proves how they have evolved as songwriters
and musicians. As their follow up to “Hybrid Theory” -- one
of the biggest albums of 2001 --“Meteora’s” melodic
tone comes from the simple contrast between the vocals of Chester Bennington
and the vocal rap of Mike Shinoda.
In fact it is the essence of this album. Every song works
well as a potential single.
The record is relatively short, but it is potent. The first
track is a 13-second “Foreword” that is the opening to “Don’t
Stay.” I don’t even know why they listed it as a song itself
but the band says it was recorded after the album was finished. “Don’t
Stay’s” guitar parts were originally supposed to have a reggae
vibe. But guitarist Brad Delson decided to change guitar variations multiple
times and come up with a heavier sound.
The first single “Somewhere I belong” was released
to radio stations months before the album came out. The band flirts with
betrayal and revenge on “Hit the Floor” which is one of the
big rockers on the CD. “Easier to Run” is the rock/pop song
which is about avoiding commitment. This is will probably become a single
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By Robin Kavanagh
Consulting Editor
Smash a southern upbringing together with California acoustic chops bred
in coffeehouse splendor, and you can begin to imagine the words to describe
Jason Mraz.
Mraz’s “The Remedy” has been in heavy rotation on
WPLJ of late, and in case that Don McClean voice with the Jamiroquai rhythm
isn’t enough to intrigue even those most skeptical of new music,
then maybe the lyrical stylings that would make Barenaked Ladies envious.
“According to Freud, I’m a pervert,” Mraz said. “But
I love to see the world’s smile and while the world’s got
its mouth open grinning, I’ll sing right down their throats hoping
they’ll find their own way of regurgitating it later. Like a global
vomiting of wisdom, purity and enlightenment. Good things.” |
Springsteen's summer tour to rock Giant's Stadium
By John Bertollo
Staff Writer
For years, Giants Stadium has been the home of many things: New York
Giants football, New York Jets football, MetroStars soccer, international
soccer, college football, and concerts galore.
This summer, it will become the home of one of the greatest rock bands
of all time: Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band. For the first time
since 1985 when he played the stadium for the Born in the U.S.A. tour,
the Boss will return for 10 shows.
Springsteen has been breaking records for a long time and his 2003 World
Tour is no different. When tickets for the first seven shows went on sale
March 1, Springsteen broke a record for TicketMaster.
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